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Open share drawer A box set of the UK pop/punk quartet’s 12 7" singles comprehensively documents the band’s rapid evolution, capturing the group’s energy in short, controlled bursts. Over the past few years, Domino Records has put welcome effort into the continued canonization of UK pop/punk quartet Buzzcocks. The label has lovingly reissued the group’s studio output from its inception in 1976 to its initial split in 1981, including a formerly bootlegged collection of demos,...

Amid a cornucopia of delights in the new issue of Uncut – in UK shops now or available to buy online by clicking here – there’s a deep dive into the making of Buzzcocks’ classic 1979 single, “Harmony In My Head”. Following a run of songs that were alternately candid and spiky, witty and melodic, lovelorn and catchy, it’s the only single of the post- Howard Devoto era to be sung by the band’s lead guitarist Steve Diggle and not by singer/guitarist Pete Shelley. Says Diggle, �...