With Pere Ubu on hiatus since 1982’s excellent ‘Song Of The Bailing Man’, David Thomas had
recorded a` much-praised solo album and the band had now signed to a major label. In a period of rampant world commercialism, what
would happen next? Another crucial era for the band unravelled, Pere Ubu’s journey charted new undulating territory and so began a
three-album escapade that retooled our understanding of what pop music is. Things were further obscured with ‘Cloudland’ when they
released 'their industrial strength equivalent of a class Beach Boys album from musicians more familiar with factories than surf.' (Greg
Kot, Chicago Sun Times).
