FRANCO BATTIATO - Fetus LP swamp Duncan Browne

Duncan Browne

often accompanied by squalling guitars

Double Bind reveals the band on a tear through an Australasia that's a precarious and nasty place for the young and the restless

and are re-released here for the first time

FRANCO BATTIATO - Fetus LP swamp Duncan BrowneGatefold sleeve. Franco Battiato is often heralded as Italys answer to Brian Eno. A quizzical composer lyricist, Battiato turned pop music upside down in the early 70s with three classic LPsFetus, Pollution and Sulle Corde Di Ariesthat formed a confluence of avant folk sensibilities and analog electronics. Originally released in 1971 on Bla Bla, Fetus predated the prodigious Cramps and Multhipla catalogues to become one of the first electronic records