Following the 1982 split of influential U.K. experimental rock group This Heat, co-founding vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Charles Bullen teamed up with percussionist and keyboard player Julius Cornelius Samuel for a dubby post-punk project called Lifetones. Unlike the politically charged, abrasive recordings by his former band, Bullen's work with Lifetones was much more laid-back and optimistic, but not without an undercurrent of social unrest. The sole Lifetones recording, For a Reason, was released on Bullen's own Tone of Life Records in 1983. The album vanished without a trace, and Bullen wasn't heard from again until 1998, when his electro-jazz outfit Circadian Rhythms released the full-length Internal Clock. As This Heat's legacy grew, For a Reason became increasingly sought-after, with copies exchanging hands for hundreds of dollars. Light in the Attic finally reissued the album in 2016. ~ Paul Simpson