GANG OF FOUR - Happy Now (Sealed) (LP)

The post-punk pioneers Gang Of Four have been blowing up traditional rock structures since their foundation in 1977 in order to reassemble them with energetic funk grooves. Their influence on bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, INXS, Rage Against The Machine, Franz Ferdinand and LCD Soundsystem is correspondingly great. Now GO4 present their thirteenth album Happy Now, on which each instrument is given its equal role in a non-hierarchical musical structure and the lyrics give razor-sharp analyses of current political issues.