3 tracks showing Life Support's distinctly unique and confused style. From the dark brooding love song About You, through the nuclear wasteland of 'the penny drops...as the mushroom rises',to a throwaway teenage kicks arrangement, State of Mind the band were rarely restrained by their influences, more their instruments."About you" starts with sharp guitar, then poppy bass before heavy snare, adds a wee scare, a hint of the darkness to come. "I felt I sensed the worst, the day that I met you, you radiated something special, a sort of instant gloom...". Its not a love story. The complete opposite of The Police's "every breath you take". This is the song of a man being stalked, then trapped and powerless to evade. He shouts but you feel the voice is suffocated. Unlucky Pal, you've no chance is what this reviewer thinks.The only link between 'About You' and 'The Penny Drops' is the despair you feel for the character. The Penny Drops starts with heavy rising bass before "a loud bang, alarm bells ring" and the drums are smashing you ear drums. "The penny drops as the mushroom rises" tells the story of a lonely survivor and wanders into the era that gave us Trainspotting. The drugs culture in the late 70's and early 80's saw Edinburgh one of the homes of AIDS. This song clearly compares the imagined post Nuclear landscape to the carnage being reaped by Thatcher on communities in Scotland. Its a song that could've made the Trainspotting sound track.State of Mind is a return to simple songs in C, F & G. Two verses, two chorus, middle eight and a final chorus. Easy on the ear and so derivative of Teenage Kicks, but good for it.

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