The latest batch of Dutch neo-industrial weirdness that we just received produced this odd little EP from a Belgian outfit called Club Moral. Formed back

in 1981 by Danny Devos and Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Club Moral were both a pioneering early industrial/noise outfit and an art collective working within the

realm of "extreme art"; the group's musical activities included releasing material on Iphar, the extreme electronics tape label operated by Whitehouse's

Philip Best in the early 80's, as well as releases on the Extreme, Cthulhu, and Staalplaat labels. Centered around rhythmic noise and demented vocals

completely mutated by effects processors, Club Moral were one of the weirder bands to come out of the seminal industrial movement. This recently released 7"

is the group's final document, with two tracks that date from 1981 and 2003, respectively. "Lonely Weekends" was recorded in '81 and combines a staccato

machine rhythm with undecipherable vocals, almost like a spartan new wave dance number played back on a relentlessly skipping CD. "Gun", the track from 2003,

is right up my alley though, adding turntables and guitar and delivering a menacing mutant industrial dirge with the vocals rendered totally demonic through

a wall of effects. Limited edition of 500 copies in a full color jacket.