The Comsat Angels - Waiting for a Miracle (1980)
SamplesAnother OOP post-punk classic that took way too long to find in mint
condition for a reasonable price. Amazing stuff. Buy it if you can find it.
Allmusic.com:
Waiting for a Miracle is a sorcerous first album, at least once it sinks in,
after short-to-long phases of puzzlement, bemusement, and fascination.
Its songs of romantic ruin, paranoia, and doubt are spare, inelastic, and
ceaselessly on edge. Even when the songs are at their bounciest and most
alluring, they have an insular and alien quality. The instruments are played
with intrepid simplicity, but when they're heard as one, they sound peculiar
and complex.While there are crucial differences that reveal themselves after deep listening,
this album can be appreciated by anyone touched by other maverick post-punk
albums released the same year, such as Joy Division's Closer, Associates' The
Affectionate Punch, Magazine's The Correct Use of Soap, the Sound's Jeopardy,
and Simple Minds' Empires and Dance.
