"Originally released by Illuminated Records, the Television Personalities’ 1984 album The Painted Word is a near-perfect collection of jangly, riffing guitars, organ chords, freaky tambourines and Velvet Underground-like drumming.Every song on this dark, hauntingly beautiful masterpiece is a gem in the rough. It’s easy to hear similarities to Swell Maps, The Only Ones and The Modern Lovers in the group’s unique style that draws from both DIY punk and post-punk psychedelia."