Slack Slack Music by Gareth Sager

This one is for fans of the Pop Group, and folks interested in the Scottish post punk stylings of Gareth Sager. Upon a couple of listens, I can definitely recommend it:

NEW ALBUM – ‘SLACK SLACK MUSIC’ RELEASED ON CREEPING BENT – 15TH JUNE 2009

“I strolled into town in my crushed velvet strides…”

Founder member of The Pop Group, Gareth Sager releases his long-awaited debut solo album via the Creeping Bent Organisation on the 29th of June 2009. The album is preceded by a single, Not Since The Accident (released 15th June).

‘Slack Slack Music’ features twelve brand new tracks and was produced by Howard Grey, who has worked with Van Morrison, Tom Verlaine and Scritti Politti. The new album encompasses, to great effect, raw elements of most of Sager’s back catalogue, from The Pop Group through Rip Rig & Panic up to his most recent project, C.C. Sager, who released ‘The Last Second of Normal Time’ album on Creeping Bent in 2001.

Gareth Sager sings and plays most of the instruments on ‘Slack Slack Music’ together with Ian Holford (The Nectarine No9 / Sexual Objects) on drums, while Fire Engines frontman Davy Henderson takes lead vocals on three tracks; ‘Her Saucepan Is Rouge’, ‘Dollar Hungry’ and ‘Not Since The Accident’.

Gareth Sager set off on a musical path on April the 7th 1977 with the purchase of his first baby blue Burns electrical guitar and the following year he formed Bristol’s The Pop Group, who for many were the first and the last après - punk band. After two seminal albums ‘Y’ and ‘For How Much Longer Must We Tolerate Mass Murder’ the group split in 1981 and Sager formed the critically claimed and influential Rip Rig and Panic. Since then he has formed bands such as Head, Pregnant, C.C. Sager, had a brief stint in The Nectarine No.9 and recorded an album with the legendary Jock Scot entitled ‘The Caledonian Blues’.

Visit the following link for a preview of the album with the single "Not Since the Accident":
- Not Since the Accident (single, MP3)

The album is available digitally at iTunes, eMusic, and other digital stores.