This version of the Wall splintered not long after this record came out in the Winter of 1980 and a revised line-up issued the “Hobby For A Day” EP (the lead track featuring on the “Punk And Disorderly- Further Charges” comp) in 1981. A switch to major label Polydor followed and then further releases came on No Future before the band finally called it a day in 1983.

“Personal Troubles And Public Issues” captures a moment in time perfectly – when Punk bands emerged blinking into the sunlight the morning after the party finished and tried to make some kind of sense out of the Post Punk years. Caught between the first Punk explosion and the hardcore resurgence of 1982 The Wall on this LP attempted to bridge the gap through energy, inventive playing and good tunes. Perhaps they may have fallen between two stools, but they did so in an elegant manner.