The late 20th century is littered with examples of brave souls who came together for a while, made some great music, and then returned to the margins like rusting hulks on the side of the M4 — or perhaps they ended up working at Tesco’s, dreaming of the days when they made glorious noise and we all listened. Pigbag might fall into this category, although strictly speaking some of their members did go on to carve a slightly larger niche in musical history. Anybody out there know where bassist Simon Underwood ended up?

From 1980 to 1983 Pigbag did their thing, and this track was their highest moment of visibility, actually reaching the top 5 of the UK charts when it was released for a second time in 1983. But never mind all that, just turn up your little computer speakers out there until your sub-woofer rattles the copy holder, and give this a listen.

I got this from the 7″ vinyl in Mark Harrington’s pile. Unfortunately there is very little Pigabg to link to, notwithstanding the valiant work at fansite pigbag.com.