{"id":29110,"date":"2025-12-02T21:12:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=29110"},"modified":"2025-12-02T21:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:12:32","slug":"fini-tribe-the-sheer-action-of-fini-tribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/fini-tribe-the-sheer-action-of-fini-tribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Fini Tribe &#8211; The Sheer Action of Fini Tribe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fini Tribe, Scotland&#8217;s legendary 1980s music mavericks, return with The Sheer Action of Fini Tribe: 1982-1987, which was released by Shipwrecked Industries. According to Chris Connelly: &#8220;This compilation was a long time in the making, a labour of love for the band, showcasing our most productive years as a six-piece.&#8221; The compilation, which includes BBC studio recordings, live performances, and raw rehearsal-room demos, covers every aspect of the band&#8217;s innovative sound during the early stages of its development. Except for &#8220;I Want More,&#8221; the tunes were composed and performed by Chris Connelly, Andy McGregor, David Miller, Simon McGlynn, Philip Pinsky, and John Vick. What unfolds is a vibrant representation of a band pushing post-punk frontiers and influencing later electronic and even\u00a0Techno trends. The journey begins with &#8220;Splash Care (Peel Session),&#8221; a track driven by mysterious synth lines and a buzzing post-punk bass that creates a cinematic, almost story-like mood. The feeling of surprise and progression continues with &#8220;We&#8217;re Interested (Peel Session),&#8221; which begins with a minimal piano theme and progresses to a more complex arrangement of bass and guitar. The vocal details here have the sound of The Smiths, giving the music a cool and thoughtful touch while maintaining its typical post-punk attitude. Perhaps the most obvious prediction of what is to come is seen in &#8220;Do We Understand Each Other (Live at Calton Studios),&#8221; a piece whose beating structure and rhythmic loop feel strangely comparable with the basis of 1990s techno. Hearing it now highlights how innovative and forward-thinking Fini Tribe were, developing themes that electronic artists would expand on years later. The Sheer Action of Fini Tribe: 1982-1987 is more than just a history; it&#8217;s an accurate representation of a band that is constantly pushing the boundaries of sound. The album focuses on Fini Tribe&#8217;s brave combination of mature post-punk, experimental electronics, and proto-techno innovation, which helped establish the musical foundation of subsequent underground movements. It acts as both a historical record and a celebration of a dynamic creative spirit that remains fascinating and important today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 400px; height: 472px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3884249089\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisconnelly.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-sheer-action-of-the-fini-tribe-1982-1987\">The Sheer Action of the Fini Tribe 1982-1987 by Fini Tribe<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fini Tribe photo by Bili Tennant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisconnelly.bandcamp.com\">https:\/\/chrisconnelly.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FiniTribe\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FiniTribe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/finitribe_\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/finitribe_<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fini Tribe, Scotland&#8217;s legendary 1980s music mavericks, return with The Sheer Action of Fini Tribe:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[4716,455],"class_list":["post-29110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-fini-tribe","tag-post-punk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29110"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29112,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29110\/revisions\/29112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}