There was a book by Nevil Shute called "on the beach". It was about the end of the world after a nuclear war with the survivors in Australia waiting for the fallout to come and kill them. There was an American submarine there and they traveled to the west coast of the US to investigate radio signals but when they got there the signals came from a microphone randomly hitting something. I also believe that the metaphor of seagulls flying off the shore was used. A great but depressing book and I think that it fits in with the overall theme of the album. I first heard this album when it came out almost forty years ago and I still think that it is similar to the book.
There was a book by Nevil Shute called "on the beach". It was about the end of the world after a nuclear war with the survivors in Australia waiting for the fallout to come and kill them. There was an American submarine there and they traveled to the west coast of the US to investigate radio signals but when they got there the signals came from a microphone randomly hitting something. I also believe that the metaphor of seagulls flying off the shore was used. A great but depressing book and I think that it fits in with the overall theme of the album. I first heard this album when it came out almost forty years ago and I still think that it is similar to the book.