Cut Lunch

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Cut Lunch
Cut Lunch cover
EP by Models
Released July 1981
Recorded Richmond Records, Melbourne 1981
"Atlantic Romantic" at AAV, Melbourne 1981
Genre New Wave
Length 20:42
Label Mushroom
Producer Tony Cohen, Models
"Atlantic Romantic" by Eddie Rayner, Models
Models chronology
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(1980)		 Cut Lunch
(1981)		 Local and/or General
(1981)

Cut Lunch is a mini-album or EP by Models, originally released on 10" vinyl in 1981. The collection started off as demo recordings, which proved successful enough to release just before the group went to England to record their second album proper, Local and/or General. One track, "Man o' Action", was re-recorded for that album.

Cut Lunch is generally regarded as the Models release most influenced by post-punk and dub, and least by conventional pop music. Apart from "Atlantic Romantic", which had been a live favourite of the group for a number of years, the songs were freshly composed: their lyrics were difficult to understand, and remain confusing even now. "Atlantic Romantic" was co-produced by Eddie Rayner of Split Enz fame.

A promotional music video was released for the mini-album, which combined videos for brief excerpts of each of the tracks (including a crude home-made claymation video for "Germ") with vox pop interviews conducted by the band members in the streets of Melbourne. No single was released, although "Two Cabs to the Toucan" was given radio airplay and was promoted on Countdown. Cut Lunch made #32 in the Australian charts.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Two Cabs to the Toucan" – 3:19
  2. "Germ (Teradacity Cometh)" – 2:12
  3. "Atlantic Romantic" – 3:29
  4. "Unfaithful to the Corps" – 3:29
  5. "Man o' Action" – 3:30
  6. "Cut Lunch" – 4:43

[edit] Personnel