There's a uniqueness to Pere Ubu's early music that may not be readily apparent. Other bands have been experimental (awful word), the vast majority accessible (for want of a better...), but few have been both. Even fewer have managed to be both on the same record and how many (outside of the Jazz world, at least) on the same song? Pere Ubu made music that is equally accessible and experimental, but in their case not just on the same record, or even on the same song, but at the same time on the same song! And that, in a nutshell, is Ubu: an amazing and continual synergy of sound, between the visceral and the cerebral, the simple and the complex, the known and the unknown. Or, as singer David Thomas more pithily described it: 'avant-garage'. 'Dub Housing' and it's equally brilliant predecessor, 'The Modern Dance' are Pere Ubu's great legacy. On these records they proved being inventive didn't necessarily mean music that is extremely complex, long-winded or difficult to fathom. Their music will likely have an instant impact yet after many plays never be truly 'known'. For a band primarily dealing in the 3/4 minute pop/rock song that is refreshing and rare.