JOHN BENDER - pop surgery LP emo The band split that year

The band split that year after a final Xmas gig at the Pembroke Arms in Bournemouth

chart-topping pabulum of the day

Their reluctance to release anything until now reflects both their disdain for musical trends and their quest for a recording worthy of their sound

Reminds us of Popol Vuh and Jürgen Knieper

JOHN BENDER - pop surgery LP emo The band split that yearFollowing the release of lo fi electronic masterpiece I Dont Remember Now I Dont Want To Talk About It and his brilliant follow up Plaster Falling, Cincinnati based artist John Bender began assembling his third and last album, Pop Surgery, in late 1982. While all of Benders work draws from intimate home recordingsfeaturing the artist alone with various keyboards, analogue sequencers and tape delaysPop Surgery remains the one that perhaps best distills