After the original Pere Ubu broke up, the group's central figure, David Thomas, embarked on a fascinating body of work with the Pedestrians that was both highly musical and experimental. Alongside veteran female jazz pianist Lindsay Cooper, Thomas stayed at Rough Trade Records for a 45rpm album, The Sound Of The Sand And Other Songs Of The Pedestrians. It continued Thomas's preferred furrow of avant garde rock, mingled with some of the strangest and most endearing vocal performances known to the rock/pop sphere (everything from animal impersonations to a full-blown operatic tilt). A subsequent lull was broken by Variations On A Theme in 1984. The release of More Places Forever and The Monster Walks On Winter Lake (with the Wooden Buds) allowed Thomas to interact with a huge body of diverse talent; he has collaborated with Chris Cutler, Mayo Thompson, Ralph Harney, Scott Kraus, Ian Green, Richard Thompson, Anton Fier (Golden Palominos), Philip Moxham (Young Marble Giants), Eddie Thornton and Allen Ravinstein, among many others. After the issue of Winter Comes Home on the experimental label Recommended, followed by Blame The Messenger on Rough Trade (Twin/Tone in the USA), the idiosyncratic Thomas later re-formed Pere Ubu.

More on David Thomas and Pere Ubu can be found at the Pere Ubu website

 

These docs come from cookingvinyl.com, it's well worth a visit, they've got real audio extracts of the songs

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