"Rain" (previously known as "Laughter Post-Punk") is a formerly unidentified experimental rock song by the Italian band Art Fleury. It was released in 1981 on the album The Last Album.
Search history[]
On June 10th, 2023, YouTube user Kenny Cathead posted a one hour and 25 minute video titled “Unknown” to the website. It featured many snippets recorded off of the radio in the 1980s. The song played eight minutes and 29 seconds into the video. On October 15th, 2023, Ziro reuploaded the snippet to WatZatSong, saying in the description: "Weird Post-Punk song with laughter from 1982 radio". On November 24th, 2023, on the Fond My Mind Discord Server thread for the songs he posted, Kenny said that he wasn’t the person who recorded the tapes, but instead a friend who was trying to make a sound collage, but he recorded a few things.
On September 1st, 2024, YouTube user Max Many Mix (known for solving several Kenny's lost songs) identified the song as Rain by Art Fleury, presumably after finding it in a WFMU playlist,
External links[]
- "Unknown" compilation on YouTube (with time mark).
- Ziro's WatZatSong post.
- YouTube upload.
- Discogs page.