MP3 Fáshiön - Product Perfect
First generation Punk/New Wave groundbreaking 1979 album (released with no time off for good behavior)
12 MP3 Songs in this album (44:13) !
Related styles: POP: New Wave, ROCK: Punk
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In the brief spotlight of their fifteen minutes of fame Birmingham, England band Fà shiön toured both the USA and UK as opening band for The Police, did a UK club tour with a then unknown band from Ireland called U2, opened for The B52''S on their first ever UK tour, and had a new band called Duran Duran open shows for them
Hammersmith Odeon, London
The Police/ Fà shiön (Message In A Bottle tour)
Sounds review, September 1979
â⊠Though what FĂ shiön appeared to be when they rushed into âBurning Downâ was a fairly standard new wave band, brazen and incoherent. Then they came looping out of that into their most oddly identifiable piece to date, âCitiniteâ. Bassist Mulligan switched to synthesizer and began to crank out the distinctive rolling chords. Lukeâs fattened-up guitar sound wheeling along behind it. The vocal a stylized urban horror show. It was a strange kind of quivering tango as seed and jolly as a fairground hurdy-gurdy and cosmic as a starry night. Pretty and silly and rich-textured. Not like anybody else at all ⊠Fashion use electronics and they use their brains. Donât hold it against them though. Pop for the undeadâŠ.â
Squeeze/Fashion
Canterbury Odeon
Melody Maker review, February 1980
â âŠIn Citinite FĂ shiön released one of the diamond singles of last year ⊠and I remain convinced they are one of the bands to pay attention to for the duration. Old favorite âProduct Perfectâ teased as ever, almost pop, almost catchy, almost toe-tapping, perversely pleasing. New songs to me âFiction Factoryâ and âDo It In The Darkâ were full of FĂ shiön freshness and challenging to orthodox song-making. Primitive sophistication? A new theorem: âPeople who play in garages donât have to have mundane brains.â Ultimate proof was âArtificial Eyesâ. A manically feverish reggae, a white nightmare in a black night, it featured the lengthy Luke whose salient vocals and inventive guitar playing had kept FĂ shiönâs music in motion when all else was in turmoil. From punk buzzsaw to John Williams harmonics heâs the most exciting instrumentalist Iâve seen since the last time I said he was the most exciting instrumentalist Iâve seen sinceâŠâ
Fà shiön: Citinite (Fà shiön Music)
Sounds review of second single release.
Umlauts all over the place which will be a Brummie laugh on reviewers who donât read the enclosed blurbs and think theyâre Krautrockers. Bloody excellent single. I feel I ought to say something more aesthetic as there are so many electronic tricks involved in producing the sound that this could well be Art. On the other hand itâs also pop. A glorious warm texture of burbling, purring synthi-guitar and bass. Plus a tune and discreet vocal. Discover them on tour right now âŠâ