U.X.A. - Illusions Of Grandeur

Non-standard Californian punkband United Experiments of America was formed in San Francisco in 1978, centring on frontwoman Denise Semiroux, alias De De Troit, and guitarist Michael Kowalsky, who tragically died of a heroin overdose that same year. Debut album Illusions of Grandeur, released by Posh Boy in 1980, captured the tense atmospheres and in-between nature of the group's sound, part hardcore and part dirge-rock. With original pressings trading at sky-high prices, this reissue comes with rarities 'Social Circle' and the angst-ridden theme song 'U.X.A.', from the esteemed Tooth And Nail compilation. Intense!


Tracklist:

SIDE A
Paranoia is freedom
No time
UXA
Hand in glove
I don't lose sleep
You saw me
Social circle (bonus track)

SIDE B
Tragedies
Sister godfrieda
Innocent bystander
Non-fiction
Immunity
Death from above
UXA (bonus track)