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
,
experimented with
ska
reggae
beats, but
' music was a bit more simplistic and their themes almost always straightforward. On
Worlds Apart
sing about
"Apathy,"
"Businessmen,"
"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
singer/songwriter
Dick
refined his lyrics and wrote more thoughtful diatribes. But
were always pretty basic. Still, the music on
is relatively varied, heavy on the reverb, and it contains more than enough hooks. This is one of
' best efforts, but most of their music sounds more dated than other bands from that era. ~ Adam Bregman