“Infected” by The The

"Infected" is the title track of The The's 1986 album, and it's Matt Johnson's show from top to bottom: he wrote it, sings it and plays guitar and keyboards, and produced it with Warne Livesey. It's a feverish, overheated groove, and Johnson stacks it high: Guy Barker's trumpet stabs, Luís Jardim's percussion rattling underneath, David Palmer's drums and Dan Brown's bass pushing hard, and Zeke Manyika and Tessa Niles joining in on vocals. The whole thing sweats and swaggers, rock with a funk engine and a fever.

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