While bands elsewhere moaned melodramatically about the fascist state, in 1981 Spaniards fumbled out of an actual dictatorship in the wake of a failed coup.
The forty two bands presented in this landmark survey of Spanish post-punk, dubbed the ‘siniestro’ sound, took shelter in big hair and a spiky solipsism, heavily indebted to the jagged neo-psychedelia and doomed glamour of early Cure, Banshees, U2, and Bunnymen.
Sombras sounds like a typically top notch mid-80s edition of the Juan Peel show.
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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John Robins, Comedian
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Stuart, Chortle
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Brighton Argus
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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World Without End, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Idrie, Youtube
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk