The Very Things - Mr. Arc Eye Under A Cellophane Sky - Vinyl

The Very Things (TVT) were originally formed in 1983 by RR Dallaway and The Shend (who had in 1977 been founder members of punk/post-punk Crass Records legends and John Peel favourites, The Cravats). Their mission was to create a 'flexible container' for a variety of personnel, music and ideas. Their art-pop projects were infused with the band's distinct brand of surreal, black humour. 

Having initially parted ways in 1988, The Very Things have now returned, to release their first new recordings in 35 years, with the welcome release of Mr. Arc-Eye (Under A Cellophane Sky), bringing TVT's firmly back into the contemporary music scene. With principle songwriter, vocalist and instrumentalist RR Dallaway leading the project, the line-up includes original members Steven Burrows (bass), Disney Time (drums), new recruit Tony Sherrard (bass) and special guest, The Cravats’ Svor Naan (saxophones and clarinet).

It is all new, but the DNA is familiar. It's been made using the same idiosyncratic processes as earlier TVT recordings; multiple cassette recorders, lucid dreaming, chance occurrences and found sounds have all been employed, coupled here with new (but distinctly TVT) soundscapes. A combination of vintage analogue equipment and digital technology has been used to create a rich sonic texture. It contains ‘ghosts, radiation, an electrician, rivers of sand, a toga, Samantha Stephens, an antique suit, space walks and a scrap iron man’. Album themes include: illusion and truth, belief and reality.

Track listing: 
Side A: 1. We're Working On It / 2. Driver / 3. I Don't Know About You / 4. Mr Arc Eye.
Side B: 1. Titanic Suit / 2. I Said Year / 3. Ghost Pool / 4. This Is Not My Side / 5. 76 Trombone Street