Monochrome Monday

Not many bands use the word "didactic" in their lyrics. The Monochrome Set did, which is probably why I like them so much.
The Monochrome Set emerged out of Britain's post-punk era (some of their members had been in the embryonic Adam and the Ants), but they sounded nothing like their peers. Their music drew as much from the cabaret tradition as from Cabaret Voltaire. They wrote catchy but wordy songs.
Perhaps their uniqueness worked against them. They were singing about juntas and upper-class twits when the rest of the nation's post-punk bands were getting their groove on. They never really had any hits and not many people remember them these days. There are only a handful of Monochrome Set Web sites.
I listened to them throughout the day today, as I drove to various assignments. I might make Monochrome Set listening a Monday tradition.