Post-punk as a genre is heating up today’s music scene, but it was really in its prime in the 1980s. Now, post-punk is a bit muddled in terms of style and direction. But when it was at its height there was no denying what it was. Here are four underrated albums that capture that post-punk era and deserve a lot more recognition.

‘World Of Rubber’ — Second Layer

Second Layer was a post-punk electronic side project of Adrian Borland and Graham Bailey, who were both members of post-punk band The Sound. Their only album, World Of Rubber, was released in 1981, preceded by the EP Flesh As Property in 1979. Second Layer was a stripped down project of mainly synths, keyboards, and drum machines. In comparison to The Sound, it may have lacked a certain element of humanity. But the stark electronic

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