10 Bands That Only Ever Released One Good Album

Another short-lived group from the '80s, these guys took the DIY of punk, but traded out the high energy and aggression to deliver catchy and atmospheric jams. If you like lo-fi music, then this album is certainly for you. Half the songs sound like they were recorded on equipment taken from an under privileged music college. There's nothing flashy about this sound. The level of production is so minimal that you feel as though you could do better, with nothing but a secondhand guitar and a tape recorder.

But that's all part of the charm. Despite its technical simplicity, the album is proficient at hooking you with each and every song. Ever the high water mark for judging if an album is worth your time, Kurt Cobain, famously listed this as one of his favourite records.

Alison Statton's vocals float around on all the bouncing bass lines and video game synth beats, in a carefree and self-assured manor. There's a confidence to this album, for all it's shortcomings you get the sense the group was very much aware of what they were doing. This was post-punk, it wasn't supposed to be highly polished, it was all about doing what you could with whatever you had.