Automatics - Walking With The Radio On (Recorded 1978)

[Released 2000]

Here's a quick blast of punk n roll, from that epic era of punk, one that never quite got its shine until much later. The story goes they put out a single in the UK (When The Tanks Roll Over Poland Again) that achieved a fair amount of success. They recorded a full length for Island Records but before it was released there was a shake-up in management and the new dude wanted to put his resources into some band called U2. As a result the Automatics were dropped, the album shelved, and the band members dissipated into other bands and occupations. Vocalist David Philp moved on to L.A. ...

Years later, in the mid 90s some superfans in Japan came across the Automatics online and the album was released by Base Records. Philp rebooted the band and continued to make new music. That's as far as my research has taken me. Plus I'm not really one to tell other people's stories, it just seems like some exposition should be given to explain the 22 year time lapse. And per usual, it's music business fuckery.

Anyway, this track rocks and it flows really nicely into track 2, Like A Moth Into The Flame.