Perform DR503C

Perhaps appropriately for a band with a vast and often daunting discography, the 1999 compilation CD Perform DR503C isn’t simply a reproduction of either the 1988 album DR503 or the 1989 cassette Perform DR503B, but combines tracks from both as well as contemporaneous releases The Sun Stabbed EP and the Perform Max Harris and The Live Dead See cassettes. As an overview of the trio’s early work in murky, mysterious but often absolutely compelling and open-ended exploration of whatever rock music is, it’s a great start.