Medium Medium - The Glitterhouse (1981) [CD Reissue 1988 & LP 2017]

Formed in Nottingham, England just one year after the Sex Pistols' last show, Medium Medium's self-styled "extreme dance music" and "searing Zen funk" merged dance rhythms and staccato guitar with squawking sax and found sounds to create a "free-blown dubbed-up white funk" (NME) that positioned the band "at the forefront of the post punk funk movement" (Cashbox). In February 1981, Medium Medium signed to Cherry Red and released "Hungry, So Angry," the band's second single. Dave Henderson (Sound International) wrote prophetically, "It could be one of the most important records of the type to emerge this year and will doubtlessly be revered as a classic after the group have long since departed." At the end of the year, influential music critic Robert Christgau (Village Voice) included "Hungry, So Angry" in his "Dean's List" of top singles for 1981. The 1981 dance club hit that paved the way for the current new wave of early 1980s-influenced bands, Medium Medium put together a series of special reunion shows in 2004. Not only did the groundbreaking single impress critics but it also reached #48 on the Billboard Disco chart, "introduced scads of young bassists to the popping bass line" (), and has been included on numerous compilation albums.