Kaleidoscope
©Polydor. UK, 1980.
‟2 days into the tour supporting their 1979 album 'Join Hands', Siouxsie and the Banshees guitarist John McKay and drummer Kenny Morris walked out, leaving Siouxsie and bassist Steve Severin as a 2-piece. The Cure's Robert Smith and former-The Slits/Big in Japan drummer Budgie were brought in to tour and promote the album. While Smith left afterwards to return to The Cure, Budgie stayed in the fold and the 3 went to work on the follow-up, 'Kaleidoscope', with help from Magazine guitarist John McGeogh and Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones.
In terms of a lineup change, it was pretty spectacular, as there was a pretty noticeable change in sound, as well, as they took a pretty firm step away from punk rock and toward the dark goth-wave that would serve them so well over the next years of their career. In particular the two singles, "Happy House" and "Christine", pointed directly toward the band's future.
There was still plenty of dust left to settle, however. On much of the album they sounded unsure of where they were headed, and tracks such as "Tenant", "Hybrid", "Clockface", and "Paradise Place" seem rather half-complete. The end result is that the album and the band itself seem to be a work in progress. A couple steps away from their earlier punk-styled sound, a couple steps away from the more refined unit they later turned out to be, and certainly a couple steps away from the goth band they were always accused of being.
But progressing they were, and with the next album, 'Juju', they would arrive. As for 'Kaleidoscope', they still weren't quite there, but they were soundly on their way.‟
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