Spasmodic Caress were an English post punk / new wave band that played many gigs along the East coast and in Ipswich, Colchester and London between 1979 and 1984. They recorded a track for the 4AD 12" compilation Presage(s) in 1980 and also released an album on Falling A Records. Post-punk refers to two distinct movements in rock music: the first appearing at the dawn of the 1980s following the initial punk rock explosion, and the second beginning in the late-1990s and continuing into the present day. ... The term New Wave has been used to describe several movements in art. ... This article is about the record label, not the year 4 British indie rock record label, 4AD, was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records. ... Falling A Records was a very important Essex, England based Independent record label formed in the late 1970`s, and heavily involved with the D.I.Y cassette movement of the early 1980s. ...

Discography:

• "Hit the Dead" track on Presage(s) 12" (4AD - catalogue number BAD 11) - released 1980
• Hillside `79 cassette only release (Falling A - catalogue number FAC 101) - released 1983
• Fragments of Spasmodic Caress CD (Falling A - catalogue number EBSCD2) - released 2004