Spike in Vain - Disease is Relative garage rock Folk both sits apart from

Folk both sits apart from and serves as a precursor to the 'pastoral techno' sound Ultramarine went on to pioneer

It is the band's second album with lead vocalist Jeff Gutt

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Spike in Vain - Disease is Relative garage rock Folk both sits apart fromThe cover art by the band's Chris Marec tells nearly everything one needs to know about this album: a misshapen, CHUD like figure wanders in a graveyard bearing a cross, while a mutated fish flops in a polluted ditch and a clutch of factories belch their smoke above it all. The message of the illustration is not to frighten or warn, but to celebrate and admire. Originally released in January of 1984, Disease Is Relative is an unapologetic and