JOHN BENDER - pop surgery LP emo who bring a distinctly Japanese

who bring a distinctly Japanese take to the table

dreamy tunes on this album are undoubtedly still cloaked by a certain dark atmosphere

Their reluctance to release anything until now reflects both their disdain for musical trends and their quest for a recording worthy of their sound

and once melded with the voices of Piché and Joanna Anonychuk back at the analog studio of SFU

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JOHN BENDER - pop surgery LP emo who bring a distinctly JapaneseFollowing the release of lo fi electronic masterpiece I Dont Remember Now I Dont Want To Talk About It and his brilliant follow up Plaster Falling, Cincinnati based artist John Bender began assembling his third and last album, Pop Surgery, in late 1982. While all of Benders work draws from intimate home recordingsfeaturing the artist alone with various keyboards, analogue sequencers and tape delaysPop Surgery remains the one that perhaps best distills