He Said - Pump, 1986

Happily came across another He Said record during a quick stop at Treehouse Records in uptown Minneapolis - a great little shop with solid local roots. I’ve been somewhat obsessing over Wire member Graham Lewis’ He Said side project ever since a chance encounter with his Take Care album last month. Pump was one of the first singles off his first album Hail from 1986.

He Said - Watch-Take-Care, 1989

One of the many experimental electronic side projects of Graham Lewis, bassist of Wire, beginning with the release of Hail in 1986 on Mute. Take Care is his last album to date.

I’ve pretty much had the entire album on repeat since picking this up last week from Zzz’s.  It covers a lot of ground, spanning from industrial noise to moody new wave, electro ballads, and even a bit of acid house. The dystopian video-collaged album art, credited to Sven, certainly doesn’t disappoint either.