Abdel Halim Hafez and Warda

“Light from a Dead Star II

recorded by RAI (the italian public broadcasting company) in 1976 for television

stalking bass lines in a classically sulky

six tracks of furious & fast hardcorepunk

TUBE ALLOYS - Magnetic Point LP Poster Abdel Halim Hafez and WardaTube Alloys have made a type of record that is in short supply these days. A record that is untethered to prevailing musical trends, punk or otherwise, in either their native Los Angeles or further afield. Its in keeping with a tradition, sure, one pioneered by bands like Wire, Swell Maps and This Heat, who sought to combine the vitality of punk music with an omnivorous ear for the avant garde. But Tube Alloys honour this tradition with their