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14 Records,
Flipside Magazine #18, May 1980
by Hud
(Spelling and some punctuation
corrections made.)
The Units
Warm Moving Bodies/I-Night#Hud
/Warm Moving Bodies: Kraftwerk+E.L.P.=This
song, though a bit of their own character comes out-good lyrics, "out
of 6 million sperm cells / I cam in first and won / a warm moving body."
/I-Night: When the synthesizers fill in after vocal parts, E.L.P. comes
to mind, lyrics complement the music. I would say that they're talking
about an out of body experience? Remember the Mad Scientists Club
(paperback books)? Well imagine those kids growing up, getting hold of
synthesizers and other familiar instruments. That's this band. They are
worth seeing live, fun and stimulating.
Slash Magazine, Vol 3 #3
THE UNITS
(WARM MOVING BODIES / I-NIGHT)
I hate synthesizers but both sides of this make me eat my words. Listen
to "I-Night" and re-evaluate the bloated crap that comes out
of most electronic groups. Once the singing starts, though, on "Warm
Moving Bodies" I throw in the towel. It's some of the lamest vocal
arranging ever to be found anywhere and the words are the standard science-art
jokes that've gotten as sickly cute as leopard skin on Saturday Night
Live. "I-Night" doesn't fall victim to this syndrome, instead
letting loose with one of the wildest riffs this side of Metal Urbain.
The words are shuddery and bleak, and the vocals tolerable.
-CHRIS
D.
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