I think Magazine are somewhat under-appreciated. Not that they aren't highly regarded by those who remember them, but you just don't hear as much about them as some of their contemporaries, and I wonder if the Kids These Days even know about them at all.
Musically I guess you could say they straddled the line between the Buzzcocks' punk-pop and the more arty sounds of bands like PiL or the Fall. They were infinitely more listenable than the latter two, but much bleaker than the former - particularly in terms of their lyrics which, let's just say, appeal to my inner misanthrope.
This is a truly magnificent single from them, which also appeared on their second album, Secondhand Daylight.
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