Tune of the Week: XTC

XTC were a post-punk/pop band from England with a rather messy history. One main cause for an increasing amount of worries was front man Andy Patridge’s deteriorating mental health. As the band became more and more successful Patridge’s stage fright became more and more extreme, leading the band to quit touring at the highest point of their popularity. At the time there were many theories as to why the band had chosen such a dramatic path. One was that Patridge had died. Another was that they were intentionally trying to position themselves as a second coming of The Beatles. This theory was hard to completely cast away as the riffs and structure of this song point directly to “Abbey Road”. In hindsight, this tune serves as a signpost for Patridge’s failing mental health.