Highly recommended. First studio album Conviction, originally released in 1986. This 2019 remastered reissue includes song lyrics, photos of the band and an introduction by Stewart Lee. Reminds us very much of NZ's early 90's underground artist Sandra Bell. Radical rock group Ut was founded by Nina Canal, Jacqui Ham and Sally Young in 1978. Originating in the downtown NYC No Wave scene and inheritors of the collision between rock, free jazz and the avant-garde, the band exploded the rigidity of conventional rock, constructing songs through collective improvisation, swapping instruments and rotating the role of singer / director. Migrating to London in 1981, Ut played with bands like The Fall and The Birthday Party and released music on its own label Out Records, including Live At The Venue In 1982, the Ut EP in 1984, the Confidential 12-inch in 1985 and the LP Conviction in 1986. Ut became a favourite of BBC’s John Peel and recorded sessions for his show in ’84, ’85 and ’87. Joining forces with Blast First in 1987, they released the live compilation album Early Live Life and then the highly critically acclaimed In Gut’s House in 1988, which made the year’s NME Top 50 Albums.
