{"product_id":"thomas-leer-contradictions-2lp","title":"THOMAS LEER - Contradictions 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eHighest recommendation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas Leer is an innovative electronic musician from Port Glasgow, Scotland. By 1977, he had moved to London, where he fronted Pressure, a Clash­-esque punk group with fellow experimental Scottish musician Robert Rental.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter hearing Kraftwerk, Leer became interested in synthesizers – not long after, he was exploring the experimental techniques of Eno, Zappa, Beefheart, Faust, and Can. In 1978, Thomas released his first single, “Private Plane”\/“International”, on his own Oblique Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlmost 50 years later this is fresh UK D.I.Y. post­-punk, compelling pop with a dark heart, vacillating between the pretty disturbing and the disturbingly pretty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Great artifacts revived for musical history. This release has all the goings-on of a creative mind during post-punk experimental atmosphere. Thomas Leer informing us that he was there too in the genius pool along the likes of early Human League\/ Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n90zalW0N_Q?si=AngjZxnSTjWiXB0j\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Spittle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67824992059486,"sku":"THOMAS LEER - Contradictions 2LP","price":64.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1273\/6111\/files\/thomasleer-contradictions.jpg?v=1792644385","url":"https:\/\/www.strangeworldrecords.com.au\/products\/thomas-leer-contradictions-2lp","provider":"Strangeworld Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}