I mention to Joshi that, in spite of their crucial presence in shaping the post-rock to come, there hasn’t been another band quite like Bark Psychosis. “There really hasn’t. They influenced so many bands but they just didn’t sell. So many people have Bark Psychosis in their all-time favourite albums. You just think, ‘is it just because people haven’t heard it and don’t know it?’” It’s the Spiderland situation all over again. The impact of Hex was a slow burn, pushing out toward more and more listeners through word-of-mouth. And despite the widespread belief that it was one of the very first
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