Manc eclecticism from, quite literally, their computer.

My Computer are two thirty-something Mancs managed by Shaun Ryder's dad and signed to David Holmes' 13 Amp label. Less glamorously, they recorded Vulnerabilia using only a PC, a couple of samplers, a guitar and a synth. Fortunately it doesn't sound the worse for it.

Andy Chester is a veteran of the Manchester scene (ie, he's been in a lot of bands who failed to make it big). He may have more luck with the genre-schizophrenic My Computer. Blending French electronica with acoustic guitars, a bit of Radiohead weirdness and Balearic beats, it all seems to work. With the possible exception of the over-used vocoder. Personally I can't help but think of Cher. Nggghh.

An album this eclectic is always going to have its off moments but it also can't fail to be interesting. The opening track is pretty representative. At over nine minutes it has surprisingly been picked as the first single (without an edit in sight). Swooping from genre to genre, it drifts through synthy bleep-ridden house to acoustic blues with a few stops in between. Not an essential purchase but definitely original. MW 22 August 02

Vulnerabilia is released 26 August 2002 on 13 Amp