# surf noir notstory now playing up the beach by jane's addiction caught up in dangerous street life a researcher yearns to escape back to ir old less lonely existence and after many years apart from all they've known sends a message to ir old friends we just can't help ourselves they say - we miss you all so much it just isn't the same; we want to hug you all one last time if we can only make it back to our real home by the bay such a tale should express spacey psychedelia and an aggressive anarcho-punkish tone // republic of bob