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So, in 45 years they did more than 2000 concerts in 45 countries. It was time for a new 45rpm 7\" single. From the brand-new set they are playing full-on this year, they picked two blinding tracks: 'Great!' and 'The Evidence'. Urgent, willful, adventurous, open hearted and joyfully obstinate. As such, The Ex remains true to that one, indestructible adage: forward in all directions!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Ex","offers":[{"title":"Black 7\"","offer_id":50382080672075,"sku":"2222113","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_f28cc239_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726241694"},{"product_id":"blueprints-for-a-blackout","title":"Blueprints for a Blackout","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Ex's fourth album originally released in 1984. Re-release of the double LP with original artwork, and 24-page LP-size magazine. It's caustic. 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Originally released on the band's own Verrecords (they made up different label names with each record), the LP falls squarely within a punk idiom and, at the same time, shows this influential Dutch group's restless energy. Terrie Ex's guitar serves up vectors of percussive pulse, fraying the edges of the music's squared-off rhythms. Vocalist G.W. Sok – an anarchist Dziga Vertov with a mic – observes, declaims and condemns across a set of interrelated political concerns that would return in Ex-music for years to come. While The Ex channel the poise and principled attack of Crass or Flux Of Pink Indians, they create a unique declamatory sound all their own – trailing brilliant flashes of color in the wake of punk's monochrome palette. Offering ten songs in only twenty-two minutes, \u003ci\u003eDisturbing Domestic Peace\u003c\/i\u003e lays bare a vivid snapshot of a truly singular band who (at the time) were just finding their feet. 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