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No need to disperse with more effusive praise and historical diatribes about the importance of New York City post-punkers Liquid Liquid at the moment. It's been done, and besides, the band's material speaks volumes, even though relatively few volumes of the band's material exist.

Leave it to Domino to help remedy that situation with their May 19 release of Slip In and Out of Phenomenon, a collection of three of Liquid Liquid's landmark EPs: the self-titled debut, Successive Reflexes, and Optimo. The set comes jam-packed with bonus cuts aplenty, and it's being offered in both CD and triple-LP formats.

Though Liquid Liquid have seeped into the cracks of time, multi-instrumentalist Dennis Young still kicks out the jams most solidly, and he's got a pair of UK club dates to his credit on the way. Of note: he'll play Glasgow's Optimo Club, so named, of course, after the Liquid Liquid tune.

Slip In and Out of Phenomenon:

CD:

01 Groupmegroup
02 New Walk
03 Lub Dupe
04 Bellhead
05 Rubbermiro
06 Spearbox
07 Lock Groove (In)
08 Lock Groove (Out)
09 Push
10 Eyes Sharp
11 Zero Leg
12 Where's Al
13 Optimo
14 Cavern
15 Scraper
16 Out
17 Sank Into the Chair
18 Outer
19 Groupmegroup
20 Sank Into the Chair
21 Elephant Walk
22 Setmeonmyown
23 Not Again

LP:

A1 Groupmegroup
A2 New Walk
A3 Lub Dupe
B1 Bellhead
B2 Rubbermiro
B3 Spearbox
C1 Lock Groove (In)
C2 Lock Groove (Out)
C3 Push
D1 Zero Leg
D2 Eyes Sharp
D3 Where's Al
E1 Optimo
E2 Cavern
E3 Scraper
F1 Out
F2 Sank Into the Chair
F3 Outer

Dennis Young:

06-21 London, England - Corsica Studios
06-22 Glasgow, Scotland - Optimo