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Remorse Code is the sole studio album by English band Desperate Bicycles, released in 1979 by record label. It reached number 10 in the UK Independent Albums chart.
The Desperate Bicycles were an English punk band from London formed in 1977. They released a series of independent recordings through their own label Refill Records in the late 1970s, encouraging and inspiring many other bands to do likewise. The Desperate Bicycles pioneered the do-it-yourself ethic of punk, adopting a proselytising role exemplified by their ardent exhortation: "it was easy, it was cheap – go and do it!". The group have been described as "DIY's most fervent evangelists"
Trouser Press called the album "an LP of ten pop gems", while Smash Hits called it "awful. And I do mean awful". (😂)
Steven Malkmus cited the album in his list "The Records That Changed My Life" for Spin magazine.
Along with the far more heralded Soft Boys, this legendary post-punk Chocolate Watch band predated the neo-psychedelic movement by several years with a series of self-released singles and an LP of ten pop gems. The interplay of agile bass and near-perfect guitar on Remorse Code helps kick things along, and songs like “Sarcasm” and “It’s Somebody’s Birthday Today” are utter classics. Sly humor is exhibited with silly tape and sound effects, not to mention the guitarist’s savvy pseudonym: Dan Electro.[David Sheridan]
