![]() ![]() Metallic guitar riffs, moody basslines, and Wasp synthesizer beeps are set to the band’s cache of processed tape loops. Adrian’s anguished voice tackles lyrics that are politically charged and morbidly fixated. Songs are manic and twisted, pervaded with haunting subterranean atmospheres. Full of hard mechanical sounds produced by Adrian’s guitars and Graham’s homemade drum machines, the album actively engages the listener. ![]() By 1981 Second Layer had found a home on London-based label Cherry Red and released their debut album “World of Rubber” in November of that year. ![]() The first was ‘Flesh As Property’ EP in 1979 and the second ‘State Of Emergency’ EP in 1980. The band’s first two singles were released by Tortch label. Honest songwriting and a harsh sonic backdrop set them apart from their peers. The music was bleak, detached, and desolate, but very beautiful. Second Layer featured the voice and guitars of Adrian mixed with the bass and The project was born from early punk band The Outsiders, which had both Graham and Adrian as members. Second Layer was a side project of Adrian Borland and Graham Bailey, members of post punk band The Sound.
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