fireLP – Limited Edition Neon Orange Vinyl (2025 Repress).

Sampled on TV ads, lauded by critics and swooned over on the dancefloor, ESGs post-punk took out the grunge and polished the basics. Cut them open and less is more is written all the way through.

Keep On Moving was released just over ten years ago to much praise (Q said it was even better than 2002s much loved Step Off). ESG had been sparring partners for PiL and early hip hop and four years after the Off, they were onto something new rhythm as core, reflective storylines about relationship management, sensuality and insanity gather around the bass fix but theyre much blurrier than the incessant beats. Inadvertently they unmask techno and glitch and leave out any kind of superfluous fluff. Its hard and temple throbbing. Turn it up. And keep moving.

If theres one tune which sums up ESGs enduring lust for life, its the beautifully-judged Black Flag/early techno crossover of the closing Gimme A Blast.
– Ben Thompson, The Guardian 5/5

This albums every percussive aspect has been honed to impart the maximum amount of pleasure. –The Observer

Despite their influence on younger bands (you can hear LCD Soundsystems knobbly grooves on Insane), ESG still sound like nothing else. – The Guardian

An astonishingly primal album. – Uncut

Tracklist:

Side A
1. Purely Physical
2. Keep On Moving
3. Insane (Tambourine Mix)
4. The Road
5. I’d Do It for You

Side B
1. Everything Goes
2. Ex
3. Insane (Bass Mix)
4. Gimme a Blast