The Daydreams of a Production Line Worker

An anarcho-punk classic reawakened.

The Daydreams of a Production Line Worker is the sole full-length album by Luton-based anarcho‑punk band Karma Sutra, originally released on Paradoxical Records in 1987 .

Originally self-released in 1987, The Daydreams of a Production Line Worker is the singular full-length from Luton’s Karma Sutra - a haunting, genre-defying concept album steeped in political critique and raw urgency.

Newly reissued by Sealed Records, this pressing stays true to the original DIY spirit, featuring a faithful reproduction of the 28-page illustrated booklet packed with radical essays, liner notes, and art. For fans of Crass, Zounds, Rubella Ballet, or anyone seeking radical art with lasting resonance.

Karma Sutra had already been a band for five years when they released their elusive one and only album, released on their own Paradoxical Records label in 1987. The Daydreams of a Production Line Worker came towards the end of the bands life span and all they had to show prior was a few demos and some tracks on compilations on Mortarhate. By the time the band entered the studio KARMA SUTRA was spreading their musical wings, moving from a straight ahead anarcho sound to a more dense and thoughtful place, adding flourishes of post punk and moody atmospheres to their agit-prop political stance thus creating one of the most idiosyncratic concept albums of their time, where situationist politics meet the most ambitious anarcho punk sound.

The album was recorded in Sheffield at Vibrasound Studio and co-produced by Spon of UK DECAY, which added yet another layer to the already complex album.

When released The Daydreams Of A Production Line Worker had little fanfare due to the rigid approach to punk of the time. But as time passed, so did this albums importance. It would sit perfectly in your collection next to bands who had ambition, tunes and thought provoking lyrics like CHUMBAWAMBA, THE MOB or THATCHER ON ACID.

The Daydreams Of A Production Line Worker reissue comes with a reproduction of the originally included 28 page booklet, which the band viewed as an inseparable part of the album to understand the concept. Dense at times and intended to be thought provoking it covers class oppression, gender, culture brainwashing, prison struggle et all the capitalism society illnesses written from an anarchist perspective and aligned with the situationism theory of revolution of every day life