Sweethome

Alicia (Ingrid García Jonsson) ist eine junge Immobilienmaklerin und als solche inspiziert sie gelegentlich neue Objekte. Bei solch einer Gelegenheit entdeckt sie einen heruntergekommenen Wohnblock, der in Kürze verkauft werden soll. Das alte Gemäuer versetzt sie sogleich in eine romantische …

If I Die, I Die is the Virgin Prunes' proper debut album. The first three (of seven) parts of a conceptual work entitled A New Form of Beauty, issued as 7", 10", and 12" singles preceded it in the same calendar year. Produced by Wire's Colin Newman, the album's 14 tracks are the epitome of post-punk adventurism. Here, tribal drums and edgy, spooky, detuned guitars and bouzoukis cross paths and meld with synthesizers and primitive drum machines in an onslaught of off-kilter creativity where everyone from the Fall, PIL, New Order, Siouxsie & the Banshees, and even Bruce Springsteen are called in for reference in a brew that is dangerous, primal, and excessive.