***Throughout the age of Punk and pos tpunk the English music press, the major labels, and the 
established indies ignored the South Coast with surprising thoroughness. Their neglect blurred lines between potential chart acts, Rough Trade prospects, and deliberate DIY, so that the South Coast scenes (while still insular) remained highly varied, while "DIY" became less a choice than a necessity. Except for the Mods, hardly anyone put out records on their own, so instead the best documents of South Coast postpunk were a handful of excellent local compilations—and a raft of barely-circulated tapes—that account for a majority of the tracks here. Messthetics purists may note with alarm that almost every band on #108 had a proper drum-kit (sacrilege!) and also performed regularly in public. Still, there are Messthetics sounds of all species on #108—and it’s our most generous selection yet! Features twenty-four songs on the CD, plus 10 bonus MP3s and a video, as well as a 28-page booklet with extensive histories, photos and artifacts.  
 
Includes vinyl tracks from: THE CHIMES, BLOATED TOADS, OBJEKS, GREETING NO. 4, RENALDO AND THE LOAF, VITAMINS, THOUGHT POLICE, INDIFFERENT DANCE CENTRE, ATTIC, ALMOST CRUELTY, LEGENDARY TENFOOTS, PINK FLAMINGOS, and MIKE MALIGNANT AND THE PARASITES. Unreleased and demo material from THE CHEFS, POISON GIRLS, AGAIN AGAIN, LILLETTES, APRIL & THE FOOLS, JOE DASH, RELATIVES, RIGHT PROFILE, 3D, FORWARD EDGE, INTESTINES, CATHOLIC GIRLS, PASSENGERS, CHIMES, BUTCHER and VENUS IN FURS.