• Stress – The Pulse Thickens
    • 1. Engrave The Name
    • 2. I Stand Alone
    • 3. The Pulse Thickens
    • 4. Nothing New
    • 5. I Go To Pieces
    • 6. Semi-D Prison
    • 7. Down Through The Years
    • 8. Rule Of Force
    • 9. Tear It Down
    • 10. The Prayer Clock
    • 11. Work Ethic

    STRESS is the duo of Alan Rider and Phil Clarke from West Midlands, England formed in 1981. Stress combined electronic rhythms and keyboards with bass guitar, vocals, percussion, and cut-up samples. They created catchy electronic pop songs that fused accessible & experimental elements with a pointed lyrical edge in the vein of Cabaret Voltaire, Depeche Mode and Joy Division.

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