First of all, I quite enjoy my first listen.
this record is one of those things that makes me curious about all the micro genres going on. What differentiates Dance Punk from New Wave. This album starts out very much new wave and ends that way. The first side builds to a full on electro pop sound by Erection which continues until the industrial onslaught of Dropkick the Punks. It then returns to a new wave sound. It honestly reminds me of early industrial - think Ministry’s With Sympathy or Land of Rape and Honey.
I also find it fascinating that folks with music degrees gravitate or make this kind of music. Not that it’s not interesting and complex but it’s just not the music I think most would associate with someone who studied music.
Kind of wish I had listened to it to ask better questions for the interview.