A reissue of a reissue, and I'm here for it. The (sub)title really tells you all you need to know - Polish New Wave 1983...seventeen songs from MADAME, MADE IN POLAND, VARIÉTÉ and 1984. All four bands play variations of stark, anthemic proto-goth; MADE IN POLAND are slower and brooding, MADAME are quintessential Eastern European mainstream wave (think Klaus Mitfoch and/or REPUBLIKA but darker), VARIÉTÉ come off like OMD on a steady diet of Pornography and saxophone, and 1984 are just...perfect urgent cold wave. Pay special attention MADAME's "Głupi Numer," which has a chorus that will make your entire dark/wave collection melt, and 1984's "Tu Nie Będzie Rewolucji" (taken from their Tonpress 45) which is on a short list of the most fiery, punk new wave songs I've ever heard. Extremely pleased when this one showed up in my mailbox a few months into Thee Covid.
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