Love Backed By Force

lp with booklet and download. reissue of uk diy masterpiece by what's your rupture?. originally released in 1981, it sold out completely in its first week. the label, alien records, celebrated the success by going out of business. 'love backed by force' registers as an instant classic of outsider folk-pop, a true mutant of an lp that never sounds the same way twice. it may take a few listens for its pull to take effect, but once you settle into its orbit, it'll be difficult to remove yourself. music will never sound the same again, and in the world of love backed by force, it doesn't even sound the same from song to song on the same album. layer upon layer of close-talking lyrics are buffeted by mind-clogging guitar (even the acoustic tracks create immense blocks of light-absorbing interference in your brain), synthesizer abuse, and rudimentary drumming, made by a man who regularly discussed seeing ghosts to general disbelief.