Debut solo album forAlternative TVfront man and long-time running UK punk scenester, originally released in 1980 on Deptford Fun City Records.Mark Perrywas also the man behind the iconic Sniffin\’ Glue zine, founded in July 1976. The album was produced byGrant Showbiz, principally known for his work withThe Fall,The SmithsandBilly Bragg, and it is literally an art-rock nugget. Sort of an autobiographical work, the record is full of twisted hooks, showing the dark side of post-punk. Less hysterical than the output released with Alternative TV,Snappy Turnsshould be considered as a post-apocalyptic pop record. It could have been easily included in the infamousNurse With Woundlist (guess what, his former band was there) introducing several connections to the so-called \”grey area\”. In particular, the disturbing tape loops and the violin heard in \”Death Looks Down\” are perversely informed by lateThrobbing Gristle, a band seriously informed by the same aesthetics (Alternative TV used to rehearse in TG studio in Hackney back in the days, while former ATV memberAlex FergussonfoundedPsychic TVwithGenesis P-Orridge). As the shadow of doubt surrounds the nearby future,Snappy Turnscould be easily an appropriate soundtrack. Contains two bonus tracks from the 1980s 7\”Whole World\’s Down On Me.