Tube Alloys - Magnetic Point LP 3 by Watkins / Peacock

3 by Watkins / Peacock

Ben Bauermeister

The ensemble began at the very end of the '70s as a performance art-based unit whose anarchic shows would often involve destruction of venues and audio equipment

and with Arbor he's revisited the avant-folk inspirations he wears so well

Spiralling kinetics are largely the order of the day

Tube Alloys - Magnetic Point LP 3 by Watkins / PeacockTube Alloys have made a type of record that is in short supply these days. A record that is untethered to prevailing musical trends, punk or otherwise, in either their native Los Angeles or further afield. It's in keeping with a tradition, sure, one pioneered by bands like Wire, Swell Maps and This Heat, who sought to combine the vitality of punk music with an omnivorous ear for the avant garde. But Tube Alloys honour this tradition with their