Minneapolis, circa the early '80s wasn't all hardcore, and
Fine Art were one of several anomalies. The coed band in question were to great extent artful indeed, but I think oblique would have been a more apropos descriptor. Chilly and vaguely impersonal (thanks in part to the sometimes deadpan parlance of
Terri Paul), I wouldn't term Fine Art as coldwave by any stretch, yet still cast firmly in the post-punk mold. The saxophone-enhanced "You Tell," really abets the tune with some much needed bounce and sway, but is subtle enough not to define it, or for that matter the quartet writ large. "Nerves Ending" is a propulsive two-minute nugget, while "A Scheduled Interruption" plays us off with an air of noir mystique.
01. You Tell Me
02. Motives
03. Nerves Ending
04. A Scheduled Interruption
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