Pere Ubu Dub Housing (Vinyl)

Not only the second Pere Ubu album, but their second album in 1978, Dub Housing follows the Avant-Garage blueprint of The Modern Dance, but everything is turned up, or should that be down a notch.

The music is denser in composition, and while none of it could be classed as dub, the bass is more prominent and there is more space in the mix, giving David Thomas room to moan and wail his themes of alienation and disaffection.

The lyrics also start to show Thomas gift at black comedy, when he howls I have desires in opening track Navvy, its almost like a punch line to a surreal joke. Even when Ubu break into What Became of the Drunken Sailor in the closing stages of Caligari’s Mirror you go along with it as it all makes sense, in a perverse way.

To some Dub Housing is as good as Pere Ubu ever got, and next to The Modern Dance its Thomas and co at their purest, pushing boundaries in composition and what a singer could be.

For this reworking, Paul Hamann at Suma has transferred from the original 2-track analogue mix tapes to digital at the highest resolution available, which is at least four times the resolution of the original. The tracks have carefully been re-mastered by sonic architect Brian Pyle so as to capture the unique qualities within. This is another essential Pere Ubu release!

New pressing of 500 on black vinyl with download

Tracklist:
A1 Navvy 2:43
A2 On The Surface 2:40
A3 Dub Housing 3:40
A4 Caligari’s Mirror 3:48
A5 Thriller! 4:35
B1 I, Will Wait 1:46
B2 Drinking Wine Spodyody 2:42
B3 (Pa) Ubu Dance Party 4:47
B4 Blow Daddy-o 3:38
B5 Codex 4:56