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On their farewell album, 1995's Funky Little Demons, the Wolfgang Press take the final plunge they had been toying with on 1991's Queer and finally make a straightforward, unashamed dance record lacking the oddball arrangements, dark undercurrents, and inscrutable left turns of their earlier, artsier post-punk releases. The results are, with the exception of the percolating, nearly ambient "Christianity," not particularly compelling. The album is neither particularly funky nor at all demonic, and in these tamer surroundings, Michael Allen's formerly compelling baritone murmur sounds kind of mannered and pretentious. This would all be less of an issue if the songs were better -- no one complained when former labelmates Colourbox got on the dancefloor as part of the team behind "Pump Up the Volume," because that single beat all of their previous releases to a bloody pulp -- but songs like the insipid "Going South" and the glossy "She's So Soft" sound like nothing so much as Gang of Four's miserable mainstream plunge, Hard. Funky Little Demons is a disappointing end to a once promising band.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Apollo 440, Programmer - Claudia Fontaine, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Allen, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Fisher-Jones, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Brown, AssociatedPerformer - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Mark Cox, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dave Curtis, AssociatedPerformer - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - The Wolfgang Press, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Andrew Gray, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Drostan Madden, AssociatedPerformer
1994 4AD Ltd 1994 4AD Ltd
Michael Allen, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Craig Vear, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Cox, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - Segs, AssociatedPerformer - The Wolfgang Press, MainArtist - Andrew Gray, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Blake, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1994 4AD Ltd 1994 4AD Ltd
Rew, Programmer - Michael Allen, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Gary Asquith, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Cox, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - Segs, AssociatedPerformer - The Wolfgang Press, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Andrew Gray, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1994 4AD Ltd 1994 4AD Ltd
Trevor Gray, Programmer - Claudia Fontaine, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Allen, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Mark Cox, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - The Wolfgang Press, MainArtist - Andrew Gray, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Drostan Madden, Programmer
1994 4AD Ltd 1994 4AD Ltd
Rew, Programmer - Michael Allen, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Mark Cox, AssociatedPerformer - The Wolfgang Press, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Andrew Gray, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Sandra Moussempes, AssociatedPerformer
1994 4AD Ltd 1994 4AD Ltd
Michael Allen, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Craig Vear, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Cox, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - The Wolfgang Press, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Andrew Gray, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1994 4AD Ltd 1994 4AD Ltd
Michael Allen, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Craig Vear, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Cox, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - The Wolfgang Press, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Andrew Gray, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1994 4AD Ltd 1994 4AD Ltd
Michael Allen, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Mark Cox, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - Segs, Programmer - The Wolfgang Press, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Andrew Gray, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Sandra Moussempes, AssociatedPerformer
1994 4AD Ltd 1994 4AD Ltd
Michael Allen, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Mark Cox, AssociatedPerformer - Vicky St James, AssociatedPerformer - Segs, AssociatedPerformer - The Wolfgang Press, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Andrew Gray, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Drostan Madden, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Posner, AssociatedPerformer - Gloria Robakowsi, AssociatedPerformer
1994 4AD Ltd 1994 4AD Ltd
Michael Allen, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Cox, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - The Wolfgang Press, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Andrew Gray, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1994 4AD Ltd 1994 4AD Ltd
George Holt, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Allen, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Mark Cox, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - Segs, Programmer - The Wolfgang Press, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Andrew Gray, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Drostan Madden, AssociatedPerformer
1994 4AD Ltd 1994 4AD Ltd
Michael Allen, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Craig Vear, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Cox, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - Segs, AssociatedPerformer - The Wolfgang Press, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Andrew Gray, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Surgeoner, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Sandra Moussempes, AssociatedPerformer
1994 4AD Ltd 1994 4AD Ltd
Album review
On their farewell album, 1995's Funky Little Demons, the Wolfgang Press take the final plunge they had been toying with on 1991's Queer and finally make a straightforward, unashamed dance record lacking the oddball arrangements, dark undercurrents, and inscrutable left turns of their earlier, artsier post-punk releases. The results are, with the exception of the percolating, nearly ambient "Christianity," not particularly compelling. The album is neither particularly funky nor at all demonic, and in these tamer surroundings, Michael Allen's formerly compelling baritone murmur sounds kind of mannered and pretentious. This would all be less of an issue if the songs were better -- no one complained when former labelmates Colourbox got on the dancefloor as part of the team behind "Pump Up the Volume," because that single beat all of their previous releases to a bloody pulp -- but songs like the insipid "Going South" and the glossy "She's So Soft" sound like nothing so much as Gang of Four's miserable mainstream plunge, Hard. Funky Little Demons is a disappointing end to a once promising band.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:43
- Main artists: The Wolfgang Press
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: 4AD
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
1994 4AD Ltd 1994 4AD Ltd
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