Sean Kitching caught up with Cardiacs bassist and co-founder Jim Smith to discuss the recent Melodic Virtue book, Cardiacs: A Big Book and a Band and the Whole World, the recent tour, and the forthcoming posthumous album, LSD
Cardiacs c.1988. Credit: Steve Payne
From their formation in Kingston upon Thames in 1977, their first single (as Cardiac Arrest) in 1979, through several different incarnations and ten self-released studio albums, Cardiacs persisted against the evident distaste of the mainstream music press, carving out their own unique space as one of the most cultish of UK underground bands. Tim Smith’s blending of progressive and punk elements (amongst many other genres and flavours) may have been perceived as a cardinal sin by some, but it...
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