Somewhat of a milestone indie rock recording,
Twister was released by
Mark Robinson on his Teen Beat imprint as a cassette release limited to 400 copies in 1998. The recordings feature juvenile versions of songs that appeared in more developed forms on the acclaimed
Malcolm X Park album and were recorded in the years spanning 1983 to 1988, with
Robinson leading a cast that included
Phil Krauth,
Tim Moran, Tajinder Chadha, Andrew Riley,
Chris Thomson, and
Dave Park. The demo versions of songs from
Malcolm X Park include "Oily" -- which is a noisier take on "Oils," a supercharged post-punk anthem and the opener of the
Malcolm X Park album -- as well as "Dago Rising," a tape experiment featuring the lyrics of "Dago Red" with the Kenneth Anger tribute Lucifer Rising's vocal delivered simultaneously. The candid lo-tech approach became a signature of
Unrest's later work, and is toyed with here on a wryly humorous Latin-tinged "Give Me Yr Eyes," which is, in fact, a strangely disguised cover of
the Cure's "A Strange Day."