They named a song N.I.T.A. – nature intended the abstract. And there are worse mottos for Young Marble Giants, who knew all about the abstract. In the post-punk world of 1980, they stood out. Not just for the Moxham brothers’ febrile insect funk riffs played on bass and apparently Farfisa organ, nor Alison Stratton’s breathy vocals, but also for the sense of silence in air that this record produced.