but it channels its hopelessness into an original and compelling take on hardcore punk

SAUL CONRAD’s debut album Poison Packets is a collage of folk Americana and country songs

that record’s sound didn’t seem to require further unpacking

who at the time had already produced records for the likes of Low

Album art designed by Carsten Nicolai

S.Y.P.H. - Pure Freude Singles 1979 - 1981 LP Artprint but it channels its hopelessnessWith their unpredictable live performances and songs like "Back to Concrete" and "Industrial Girl", S. Y. P. H. caused a sensation at the end of the 70s as one of the bands around Dsseldorf's Ratinger Hof that began to write lyrics in German. From the very beginning, the band broke with genre conformist expectations and made music that drew on rock, punk and Kraut as well as the unbridled nature of Dadaism and the reality of everyday life. S. Y. P. H.