The Mares Nest

I have a "Squalor Is At Large" mug. Not sure if it is rare or not but I haven't seen it mentioned by anyone else. Maybe it's not 'official'?

Already pre-ordered the new album and t-shirt.

Woohoo! The first William D Drake album on CD!!!!!!! It just gets better.

It makes me smile. Not a bad thing. I like them.

Have been on Soulseek all evening tracking down obscure krautrock. Nice

I have the first album and The World of Genius Hans and they're both very good. I don't find that so surprising though, as my experience has been that there's a heck of a lot of obscure European prog which doesn't deserve its neglect. Then maybe you should post me a nice list of the good stuff. Tha...

I am sure I am not the only fan here of their self-titled 1970 album. There's a moment or two of Cardiacs, a bit of Gong and a whole lot of jazzy progness. Generally, the whole album is surprisingly high in quality. Why do I say surprisingly? I guess that's because so much of the more obscure Euro-p...

Bollocks, I made a group anyway.

If you are so inclined, please join or visit

A nice Cardiacs pond

If not, I might just make one.

Arghhh!!!!! I just bought Pony & Mr. & Mrs. Smith & Mr. Drake on CD!!!

Ordered a mug!!

You've probably seen this but posting it just in case some have missed it: As resident shopkeeper, I have been asked repeatedly about forthcoming releases and re-releases. Whilst I firmly believe that patience is a virtue, it has been decided that I should put you all out of your collective misery a...

gave the new album a listen, pretty good. went on to Skeletal Lamping and once i got used to the style i gotta say, i'm hooked After living with it for a while, Lousy with Sylvianbriar is fast becoming a favourite to rival even Skeletal Lamping (although not quite). I hope Kevin Barnes keeps making...

I just listened to my whole Cardiacs collection the last two days. No. Remote. Comparison. Bob Totally agree. Very little similarity to Cardiacs but....how could there be? I think we are all agreed that there is no band actually like them other than copyists and those who absorb their influence out...