55: The Soft Boys’ Underwater Moonlight (1980)

I discovered this album late, very late, but it doesn’t change how incredible it is. You can’t question Robyn Hitchcock’s influence on 80’s rock without first appreciating his monumental contributions to the future of post-punk with this album. Taking songs that, by any other band, would simply be re-hashings of obscure 60’s guitar-rock bands and turning them into catchy, almost psychedelic toe-tappers, The Soft Boys get under your skin, like little bugs.

Soft Boys: “Insanely Jealous” (mp3)