Non-standard Californian punkband United Experiments of America was formed in San Francisco in 1978, centring on frontwoman Denise Semiroux, alias De De Troit, and guitarist Michael Kowalsky, who tragically died of a heroin overdose that same year. Debut album Illusions of Grandeur, released by Posh Boy in 1980, captured the tense atmospheres and in-between nature of the group’s sound, part hardcore and part dirge-rock. With original pressings trading at sky-high prices, this reissue comes with rarities ‘Social Circle’ and the angst-ridden theme song ‘U.X.A.’, from the esteemed Tooth And Nail compilation. Intense!
TRACKLIST
01 Paranoia is freedom
02 No time
03 UXA
04 Hand in glove
05 I don’t lose sleep
06 You saw me
07 Tragedies
08 Sister godfrieda
09 Innocent bystander
10 Non-fiction
11 Immunity
12 Death from above
13 Social circle (bonus track)
14 UXA (bonus track)
Label: Radiation Records
Barcode: 8055515233834