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Skronky post-punk from Germany’s Neue Deutsche Welle period (New German Wave, duh). I was about to do the requisite “they really stood back and threw darts at the band names of the last five years for this one” when I realized this debut LP came from ’81. Sorry to all of the “Neon” and “Babies” named bands, they beat you to the punch by three decades. Fans of LiLiPUT and Kleenex take note, jagged party-time art-punk with hints of reggae, punk, new wave and lots of pop sensibility. Vocalists Anete and Inga Humpe went on to long, fairly successful careers in pop and later new age, which sort of makes this the German version of Yanni’s first band. Check out the no-wave version of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”.

Neonbabies – Spass Muss Sein
Neonbabies – Ich Will Dich Nicht
Neonbabies – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Neonbabies – Blaue Augen

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