Jon Savage on song: The Lines make a White Night of it

This obscure gem from 1978 succeeded in melding punk with psychedelia for a journey through a derelict, nocturnal cityTranscendence is not a quality usually associated with punk rock but if you keep your ears open, it's there. Just think of the spacey noises in the Sex Pistols July 1976 demo of Submission – thanks to unrepentant stoner soundman/producer Dave Goodman – or the phasing liberally doused over Cheat by the Clash. Buzzcocks had a psychedelic edge that they were quite happ...

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