Floating Mill Records

Our reissue of Lack Of Knowledge's debut release, The Uninvited, is now fully available–preordered tapes are in the mail and should be arriving soon!

For a band who never sent a demo tape to a label, never had a manager or booking agency, only ever received one royalty check for £24 each, and only rehearsed with a proper vocal PA twice, Lack Of Knowledge did pretty well during their eight year run together. After their debut release in 1982, “The Uninvited” was played by John Peel, LOK was signed to Crass Records, they released three 7”s and one LP, and placed on the UK indie charts. Despite”[reveling] in people not liking” them and their best efforts “sabotaging the furthering of a career,” LOK had gained traction and a loyal fanbase around their hometown of London. But given their self-destructive nature, they “were always surprised if anybody liked” them.

We at Floating Mill hope to keep those surprises coming, reissuing LOK’s debut release (along with Germany’s No Plan Records) for the first time, adding the originally planned B-side to our tapes. The type I and type II tapes come UV printed and housed in an oversized “j-card” that takes inspiration from LOK’s original comic-book sized packaging for the original 7” release.

Really excited about this one and hope you are too!

New release! Link in bio for FMR.006!

London’s Lack Of Knowlesge formed in 1978 by a group of teenagers, the youngest just 13. In 1981, they recorded their first release, a single called “The Uninvited.” Our UV-printed type I and type II tapes feature that song, the released b-side “Ritual,” and a recording that was initially intended as the b-side but was later replaced called “The Men.” The latter has never been released until this reissue (and a vinyl reissue on Germany’s No Plan Records). The self-released single was so impressive that they got asked to release their second record on Crass Records.

Our tapes, officially out on March 23, are housed in massive screen printed 18.75” x 9” trifold inserts (to mimic the original oversized packaging) and Velcro-fastened plastic sleeves. As always, all tapes recorded in real time by Floating Mill. Screen printing by Pittsburgh’s Revival Print Co.

To listen more and read the band-written release description, please visit the link in our bio!