A grungy-looking quartet of punkers (check out the photos on the back cover of this album),
Subhumans were a radical
British punk group in the vein of
the Clash and
Conflict, though their sound was different in a couple of ways than both those acts. Like
the Clash,
Subhumans experimented with
ska and
reggae beats, but
Subhumans' music was a bit more simplistic and their themes almost always straightforward. On
Worlds Apart,
Subhumans sing about
"Apathy," "Businessmen," and
"Heads of State," all objects of scorn for them. These weren't exactly risky targets to attack in the context of '80s
British punk rock. Later, in the band
Citizen Fish, who included a few members of
Subhumans,
singer/songwriter Dick refined his lyrics and wrote more thoughtful diatribes. But
Subhumans were always pretty basic. Still, the music on
Worlds Apart is relatively varied, heavy on the reverb, and it contains more than enough hooks. This is one of
Subhumans' best efforts, but most of their music sounds more dated than other bands from that era. ~ Adam Bregman
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