Skylarking [Import] (200 Gram Vinyl) 10/17/2017 UAKTA (percussion)

UAKTA (percussion)

Ambient textures from blasted organs and synths and guitar harmonics coalesce toward a squall of maqam violin themes grafted onto post-minimalist repetition

While Black Sabbath remained one of heavy metal's top concert draws throughout the late '70s

Many of the tracks had been leftover from the SOME GIRLS sessions and reflect the band's loose-limbed state

exploration of the dark corners of life's often tragic twists and turns

Skylarking [Import] (200 Gram Vinyl) 10/17/2017 UAKTA (percussion)XTC: Andy Partridge (vocals, guitar); Dave Gregory (vocals, guitar, piano, Chamberlin, synthesizer); Colin Moulding (vocals, bass). Though borne out of frustrating circumstances, SKYLARKING proved, upon its 1986 release, to be XTC's biggest seller. Attention was spurred along by "Dear God," which was originally issued only as a B side and not even included on the album. Subsequent pressings quickly substituted the song (removing "Mermaid Smiled,"