The Same - Sync or Swim
Comments: They only put out one album in 81, but damn it's enjoyable.
Artist: The Same
Rating: GOOD
Genres: Minimal Wave Psychedelic Rock
Released: 1981
Type: Album
Label: Unlikely
Link: Bandcamp
The Same were a six piece group who recorded Sync Or Swim in peaceful Wiltshire, UK between September 18th and October 6th 1981. 1000 copies were pressed and released on Unlikely Records as UR17. A cassette version ( URT17 ) followed in 1984. Over the years, and somewhat to my surprise, this album has become rather sought after with s/h copies selling for over £50. It is now remastered from the original reel-to-reel tape and here for all to enjoy, or not. To quote The Same's electric guitarist Andy Thomas 'Mostly rubbish with a few interesting bits here and there!' Hah! What does he know? Having not heard parts of it for over 30 years I was surprised at the complexity of the recording we made on a 4 track machine (with a lot of overdubbing). Modesty aside, my bass playing is better than I remembered it to be too. Enough......
~Robert Cox, March 2017

released March 14, 1982
Editions:
1981 Original Release
Unlikely | UR 17 | Vinyl, LP
Side A:
  A1. Set Zero (4:00)
  A2. Hot & Cold (4:12)
  A3. Larruping Shuftly (0:27)
  A4. Auntie Meat (1:32)
  A5. My First Ride in a Metro (3:13)
A6. Sampled & Held (3:53)
  A7. Sync or Swim (2:15)
Side B:
B1. E Scapes (20:44)