Frozen Blood cover

Frozen Blood

Recorded
1980-1982
Released

Crispy Ambulance’s slightly tangled history with Factory can be partially summed up in noting they only released one thing on the label proper: the two track Unsightly and Serene single in 1981, with “Deaf” being the better song in its upfront, slightly weird energy. Frozen Blood compiles that effort with a variety of contemporaneous additions: a slew of radio session cuts from 1980 and 1981 plus some live tracks from 1982. If the various songs don’t always quite reach The Plateau Phase’s majesty, they showed the band’s driving post-punk approach well.

Ned Raggett

Suggestions
Tinderbox cover

Tinderbox

Siouxsie & the Banshees
LC cover

LC

The Durutti Column
Delaware cover

Delaware

Drop Nineteens
Odditties cover

Odditties

The Clean
Southeast of Saturn cover

Southeast of Saturn

Various Artists
Bring It Down cover

Bring It Down

Madder Rose
Galore cover

Galore

The Primitives