JOHN BENDER - pop surgery LP emo The juxtaposition of these reflections

The juxtaposition of these reflections are best articulated in closing track “Into the Sun

dreamy tunes on this album are undoubtedly still cloaked by a certain dark atmosphere

The band split that year after a final Xmas gig at the Pembroke Arms in Bournemouth

These control voltages and timing signals derived from the amplitude envelope shapes of what the musicians played

JOHN BENDER - pop surgery LP emo The juxtaposition of these reflectionsFollowing the release of lo fi electronic masterpiece I Dont Remember Now I Dont Want To Talk About It and his brilliant follow up Plaster Falling, Cincinnati based artist John Bender began assembling his third and last album, Pop Surgery, in late 1982. While all of Benders work draws from intimate home recordingsfeaturing the artist alone with various keyboards, analogue sequencers and tape delaysPop Surgery remains the one that perhaps best distills