I'm dealing with heavy, flu-like side effects from the latest Covid immunization (funny how that works) so I may keep this one sort. This isn't my first go-around with this seemingly clandestine Kansas City duo, as I've shared no less than two
Tirez Tirez releases, one issued in 1980, and the another a few years subsequent to this single, but the mere two cuts that were allocated to this '84 wax just might be the most stimulating tuneage they ever committed to a black plastic circle. A healthy chunk of press clippings that accompanied my copy of this record played-up Tirez's dance floor appeal. While I can't be any entirely dismissive of that notion, this is synth-pop/rock of a more sophisticated nature endeavoring in a conspicuously more layered sonic heft, that also nurtures a discernable hook in the guise of "Under the Door." The elongated flip-side, "Sleep" with it's near-trance inducing redundant rhythm/riff slowly blooms into a heightened tuneful savoir faire all it's own. I'm not sure if any full-scale Tirez reissues are in the pipeline, but their 1983 import-only
Story of the Year has recently been made available for
streaming.
A. Under the Door
B. Sleep
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