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The Eye , was the debut album of the Icelandic gothic rock group KUKL. This album was released in October 1984, through Crass Records and was recorded at Southern Studios in January 1984., by Georges Bataille (1928), a very intense story about a young French couple involved in sexual perversions and violent behaviours.

starts with “Assassin”, a powerful track loaded with several instruments and electrically powered guitars backed up with bells and pipes with vocals by Einar Örn Benediktsson and Björk, who sings whispering in the background.“Anna” contains flutes and drums slowly played during most the of its length, and suddenly broken by strong guitars layers and rhythmic drum beats.

One of the most important songs taken from is “Dismembered”, a track that could be considered as a post punk work. Here most of the guitars have been replaced by pipes and bells. The original version of this song first appeared in , a single released in 1983. Another interesting track in this album is “Handa Tjolla”, a percussion-practise track.

Engineering was in charge of Tony Cook and the art cover was designed by artist Dada Nana.

“EFFORTLESSLY DETERMINED, Kukl release an LP which trashes the ho-hum accusations of the Crass-Records-all-sound-the-same ilk. steps boldly out of the supposed confines that the Crass label is meant to impose (confines is meant to exist only in the minds of those looking for reasons to criticise), and drags the listener into a glacial world of confused emotion and shattered visions. Side one: “Assassin”, high kicking and jack booting through lengthening horns and scarred surfaces, a 'rock' song being slowly demolished, ending up in screams. Reminiscent ever so slightly of “The Scream”, primarily I suppose because of the howling vocals and decaying metal. easily passes beyond that as there is not a hint of contrived control or predetermined melodramatic effect. “The Spire” offers images of Holy Mother Church, with an atmosphere that contradicts the phrases lingering just behind: "I know the powerExploding penis." And in the background, there is the shadow of menace. "On the other side of a big river LP, all haunting vocals that breathe a hopelessness from foreign towns. It seems pointless (patronising?) to mention that they're from Iceland, but it helps to give a pointer towards this desolate, clinging mood that informs the LP: "Dismembered...Play with me" ('Dismembered'). An amazing record, and a swift plug too for the incredible cover by Dada Nana, and for the label. Crass Records who refresh the minds that other labels only brainwash ...”

Text taken from a collection of news articles freely distributed in connection with the band’s concert at Austurbæjarbíó, Reykjavík, on the 21st of December, 1984. Björk Guðmundsdóttir - Einar Örn Benediktsson - Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson - Birgir Mogensen - Einar Arnaldur Melax - Sigtryggur Baldursson