Josef K It's Kinda Funny Rare 7" 45 Near Mint Postcard Paul Haig 1980 Post Punk
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This is a very well preserved near mint copy of a rare 7" by this influential band. It's been stored in a plastic ziplok sleeve. B-side is Final Request. released in 1980.
Josef K were a Scottish post-punk band, active between 1979 and 1982, who released singles on the Postcard Records label. The band was named after the protagonist of Franz Kafka's novel The Trial. Although they released just one album while together and achieved only moderate success, they have since proved influential on many bands that followed.Musically, they resembled their label mates Orange Juice in fusing post-punk guitars with funk and disco rhythms.[3] They were influenced by American bands such as Pere Ubu, television, Talking Heads, and The Voidoids, and British bands such as Subway Sect.[3]However, in terms of their lyrics and image Josef K were always far more downbeat and austere than Orange Juice, and were never to match Orange Juice's commercial success. They were also described as sounding similar to Joy Division but "less doomy".[5] Haig was a fan of Joy Division and "It's Kinda Funny" was inspired by the death of Ian Curtis.[3] Haig's lyrics were also inspired by the works of Franz Kafka, Albert Camus, Hermann Hesse, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and Knut Hamsun.[3][4]
The band adopted what was described as an "anti-rock stance", most members eschewing drink and (most) drugs, and the band never doing encores, which Ross considered "patronizing".[3]
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