another "flex" was recorded years later by Nick and Ziggy in Dog Canute, featured on The Dog of The Deep Green album (well, the same lyrics but very different song)
listen at: dogcanute.bandcamp.com
Recorded @ Priority studio, Sheffield Feb '88.Recorded @ Vibrasound studio, Sheffield July '88.
lyrics
First incision, delivered by a blade
Dragged into light
I kick my life away
I’m angry can’t you see
Upset the apple cart
Square peg in a round hole
It doesn’t fit at all
(I kick it over, I kick it out
I kick it over, I kick it out
I kick to start, just watch me flex
Watch me flex…)
Seeking comfort in the fist
Like a babe to the nipple
Hackles rise, uneasiness
And the atmosphere ripples
I’m flexing flab in code
And we surround the prey
Fight for first hit
There is no other way
There is no other way
The meat on my fist
Also fills my head
And all the blood I spill
It becomes my bed
Home is where the heart is
Home is where they fall
(You’re the fear I need
Watch me flex)
bipolar blues and experimental riffage - two great mini-albums "Trampled" featuring some guest vocals by Captain Beefheart and "Attack the Ghost" The Midnight Choir
I bought the 12 inch single for Bela Lugosi’s Dead at Fred’s records in St. John’s, Newfoundland in the eighties and it remained a treasured item in my collection until it was lost, left behind, stolen, loaned out, whatever. I accepted that that item was lost to time and likely irreplaceable. Hence my utter shock to see that I will once again hear this evocative masterwork on vinyl along with an extra three tracks. I recall Boys was included on the B-side of that long list single. Thank you! skritti
AutoTuned vocals, pop-punk riffs, frenetic drum loops, a DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ collaboration: the Liverpool band do hyperpop-rock right. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 28, 2024