‘Hex Enduction Hour’ was the fourth studio album by The Fall, building on their lo-fi production and featuring a two-drummer line-up. It was an oddity, even in 1982. Back then, the post-punk tumble had finally run dry, leaving a lightened thirst for the kind of colourful pop that would soon be cherished by both The Face and the NME – some of it excellent, but much of it the kind of fizzle that would give the decade a bad name.

Typically perverse, The Fall chose this moment to unleash a dark if not difficult album. A slab of blackened rock – arguably the bands most rocky outcrop to date – and yes, darker than the deepest sea. It really was no surprise when Hip Priest found its way onto the soundtrack of Silence of the Lambs.

The album was recorded in Reykjavik, Iceland and Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Featuring the classic l