Spasmodic Caress were an English

post punk Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of music that emerged in late 1977 in the wake of punk rock. Post-punk musicians departed from punk's fundamental elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a broader, more experiment ...

/ new wave band, formed by Peter Masters, that played many gigs along the East Coast in Essex, Ipswich, Colchester and London between 1979 and 1984. They recorded a track for the

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12" compilation ''Presage(s)'' in 1980 and performed at 4ad sponsored gigs in London with other 4ad artists including

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, In Camera and

Bauhaus The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the , was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined Decorative arts, crafts and the fine arts.Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4th edn., ...

. Another track "Register of Electors" was recorded at the same time and is now included in the download version of Presages. They also released two albums, ''Hillside '79'' and ''Fragments Of'' on Falling A Records. Bassist Peter Ashby went on to form The Insane Picnic with Barry Lamb.''Record Collector Magazine'', October 2011, No 393, p. 54

Discography

*"Hit the Dead" track on ''Presage(s)'' 12" (4AD - catalogue number BAD 11) - released 1980 *''Hillside `79'' cassette only release (Falling A - catalogue number FAC 101) - released 1983 *''Fragments of Spasmodic Caress'' CD (Falling A - catalogue number EBSCD2) - released 2004

References

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