Groundhogs, The - Split (2025 Repress)

A much-loved opus with a side-long concept piece. A bona fide inspirational rock classic. And a second side that delivers the mighty ‘Cherry Red’, McPhee’s take on The Beatles’ ‘A Day In the Life’, a sideswipe at junk food and a glorious interpretation of John Lee Hooker’s ‘Groundhogs Blues’.

“Tony McPhee has turned to anarchic paranoid battlegrounds of the mind for inspiration,” Melody Maker.

“Both musically and lyrically, ’Split’ speaks for a lost time, a nomad time when ideals took to the hoof and musicians stayed on the road rather than confront the fact that the '60s 'war' had been lost.” Julian Cope

“Murky, fuzzy, and wisely esoteric.” AllMusic.

“Supercharged, fractured and raging.” MOJO

Remastered and packaged with bonus tracks on the download (out-takes from the original sessions that spawned this spontaneous monster).