Will Sergeant's first formal solo effort (not counting the privately dubbed Weird as Fish tape), Themes for Grind must have seemed more than a little curious to the hordes of Bunnymen fanatics already following the band in 1982. Strictly instrumental and consisting of guitar/keyboard-created numbers like his soundtrack for the band documentary Le Via Luonge, this album is a showcase for Sergeant's ability with minimal atmospherics instead of snappy guitar heroics. But taken on its own terms, Themes for Grind is both entrancing and often dramatic -- rather than feeling like a performer in search of a band, Sergeant is focused on self-contained compositions that do indeed feel like themes from lost movies.
