Comments on: The Units – Warm Moving Bodies

By: Roberto

Roberto — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:29:18 +0000

a friend of mine used to have this,great find,we all miss this kind of imaginative bands today

By: Peter G Werner

Peter G Werner — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:32:00 +0000

I remember The Units from the very early '80s â€“ I even saw them once at the Savoy Tivoli in 1980. They were actually a good band live, with videos being a big part of their performance. (I read that they were actually based in North Beach, which in 1980 still had a lot going on, unlike the pure yuppie neighborhood/tourist trap the area is now.)

I'm not so sure about the comparison to The Screamers â€“ I know Synthpunk.org likes to put them in the same genre, but I'm not so sure. The Screamers and Nervous Gender were definitely punk, even if they weren't doing guitar-based music. One didn't get that sense from The Units. They were more part of the wave of late '70s/early '80s "Art Institute bands" that were kind of on the margins of the San Francisco punk and New Wave scene, but didn't really fit into either.

iNight really is a great piece of music â€“ something I vaguely remember getting airplay on college radio at the time, but hadn't heard since then. I didn't even know the song was by The Units, actually.

In defense of "Warm Moving Bodies", I think that the version on the "Digital Stimulation" album is much better than this one, with more solid electronics and less of an attempt at "slick" vocals. The version of "High Pressure Days" on that album is quite good too. (If you search around Punktorrents.com, you can find a bittorrent source for the entire album, which is still working as of this writing.)

Thanks for uploading the 7".

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:50:00 +0000

“Cannibals” is my favorite Units song (and probably my favorite synthpunk song), but damn “iNight” is killer!! The A-side, “Warm Moving Bodies”, sounds boring like they were trying to make a “hit” or something. “iNight” sounds even creepier when you’re driving home in the dark listening to it (like I did on the way home from work yesterday).

- TONY in Chicago

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 02:25:00 +0000

This is the band that thought Jandek (who originally also released as the Units) would be a threat to their reputation, and issued him a cease and desist letter.

By: rich

rich — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:26:00 +0000

This single is absolutely fantastic, both sides, though I predict maybe not as out there as the two Futurisk 7″s if I ever get to hear them

By: Drindle

Drindle — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I saw these guys play a couple of times in Los Angeles and they were a Great band. Origianlly they were a 3 piece, drums and 2 keyboard players. The later added a femail on vocals. There is another 45 that is also great by these guys, it has a rubber stamped cover.

By: ahipdude

ahipdude — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I forgot all about the Units. I had the EP New Way to Move. I loved it. Thanks for posting them. Nick

By: Mr Fab

Mr Fab — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks amucho for these.
iNight (is that an Apple product?) sounds like Keith Emerson gone punk.