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laying the path for Alex's guitar to slowly build up the sound of city-living anxiety

Hallelujah Chicken Run Band - Take One LP 7” contaminated efflorescence which is picturedIn 1972, the country of Rhodesia as Zimbabwe was then known was in the middle of a long simmering struggle for independence from British colonial rule. In the hotels and nightclubs of the capital, bands could make a living playing a mix of Afro Rock, Cha Cha Cha and Congolese Rumba. But as the desire for independence grew stronger, a number of Zimbabwean musicians began to look to their own culture for inspiration. They began to emulate the staccato