Spasmodic Caress were an English

post punk Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of punk music that emerged in the late 1970s as musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a variety of avant-garde sensibilities and non-roc ...

/ new wave band, formed by Peter Masters, that played many gigs along the East Coast in Essex, Ipswich, Colchester and London between 1979 and 1984. They recorded a track for the

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12" compilation ''Presage(s)'' in 1980 and performed at 4ad sponsored gigs in London with other 4ad artists including Modern English,

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and

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. Another track "Register of Electors" was recorded at the same time and is now included in the download version of Presages. They also released two albums, ''Hillside '79'' and ''Fragments Of'' on Falling A Records. Bassist

Peter Ashby Peter Ashby is an English musician and composer, and a founder member of the bands Frenzid Melon, Spasmodic Caress and the insane picnic, as well as co-founder of Falling A Records with Barry Lamb. He was the original bass player and composer i ...

went on to form The Insane Picnic with Barry Lamb.''Record Collector Magazine'', October 2011, No 393, p. 54

Discography

*"Hit the Dead" track on ''Presage(s)'' 12" (4AD - catalogue number BAD 11) - released 1980 *''Hillside `79'' cassette only release (Falling A - catalogue number FAC 101) - released 1983 *''Fragments of Spasmodic Caress'' CD (Falling A - catalogue number EBSCD2) - released 2004

References

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