Long Fin Killie - Kismet 1994-1997

 

 

 

 

Short bio:

Long Fin Killie, from Scotland, released three albums and several EPs on the British avant-rock label Too Pure in the 1990s. The core line-up consisted of Luke Sutherland (vocals, violin, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, saxophone, hammer dulcimer, thumb piano, etc.), Colin Greig (electric and upright bass), David Turner (drums/percussion), and Philip Cameron (electric guitar). In 1997, Turner was replaced by Kenny McEwan on drums.Their name was taken from a family of ornamental freshwater fishes known as killifishes, noted for their interesting drought survival and reproductive habits.

The members were all highly trained, enabling them to create complex, atypical music which usually featured hypnotically-bowed violins/celli, jazz-influenced drumming, and meandering ambient passages. Allmusic cited them as having "staggering levels of musicianly talent". Vocalist Luke Sutherland often delivered his cryptic, highly literate lyrics in an androgynous falsetto voice. Almost always provocative, he took on homophobia and racism, Sutherland's slithery, gentle voice often switching from pulse-racing eroticism to angered politicism on a dime, which was only reflected by the band's lush, repetitive, Krautrock- and post-punk-informed rhythms.

I have no recollection of where/when I first heard Long Fin Killie, most probably it was during a period of the 1990s when I was buying more or less anything released on the Too Pure label. I'd never really heard a band like them before, though I could detect certain influences, and I don't think I've really heard anyone like them since their demise. As the short bio states, they released 3 albums and several EPs, and playing through them the past week or so I didn't come across one track I disliked, which made compiling this anthology even tougher. Eventually I managed to cobble together the tracks which stood out for me the most.

Too Pure were, for me, one of the best UK independent labels of the 90s. Manerg suggested to me a few months back that I should do a compilation of the label. An excellent idea, and something I aim to do before the end of this year. For now, I hope you enjoy this collection of one of their finest bands, and in these still hazardous times stay safe and well! As ever, info containing track origin & year of release is tagged in the music files and in the download file.

 1. Flower Carrier (4:16)
 2. Clinch (4:08)
 3. Chrysler (3:24)
 4. Matador (6:21)
 5. Boy Racer (3:07)
 6. Love Smothers Allergy (5:58)
 7. Rhino (3:41)
 8. Flaccid Tabloid (3:15)
 9. Kismet (4:10)
10. Butterbelly (7:50)
11. Hollywood Gem (3:03)
12. Lipstick (3:57)
13. Coward (5:16)
14. Nation (2:42)
15. Ringer (3:55)
16. Fresher (2:56)
17. Stacked (2:34)
18. Love Life (3:26)
19. The Lamberton Lamplighter (5:07)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 61

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Matt Berry - Moonlight Flit (2:42)
  2. Fugu - Sol y Sombra (2:41)
  3. String Driven Thing - It's a Game (3:34)
  4. Fenne Lily - Solipsism (3:02)
  5. That Petrol Emotion - It's a Good Thing (2:33)
  6. The Dragons - Food for My Soul (4:01)
  7. The Bees - Silver Line (3:35)
  8. Binario - Tarde Demais (5:06)
  9. Turtle Skull - Rabbit (3:59)
10. Om - Waiting of Godot (4:35)
11. Stretch - Why Did You Do It (3:30)
12. Peter Hammill - White Dot (6:21)
13. Chelo Lares - Vox Day (3:04)
14. Moonshake - City Poison (3:57)
15. Aphrodite's Child - Break (2:54)
16. Radio Stars - Macaroni 'n' Mice (2:38)
17. Jeanne-Marie Sens - Méli Mélo (1:59)
18. Clau Aniz - Iuá Uru (4:25)
19. Yves Jarvis - Semula (2:58)
20. Mint Field - Contingencia (3:13)
21. Unified Field Theory - Aptenodytes Patagonicus (3:05)
22. The Teardrop Explodes - The Culture Bunker (5:27)

 

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Drifting in Space

 

 

 

 

I've been busy trying to compile more anthologies but just couldn't find the inspiration to complete any of them. So, I'll have a little break from them and hopefully inspiration will return! 

This compilation was inspired from an old spotify playlist I posted a few years back, dedicated to space rock. Some of the tracks featured here are on that playlist, and I'm sure there'll be a second volume not too far in the future. Not all the bands on this comp would be classed as "space rock", but the songs chosen I feel certainly fit the bill. So here we have bands from the USA, Sweden, Japan, Germany, France, Belgium and the UK. Years covered are from the late 60s to the (almost) present day. I hope you all enjoy this one, and as ever keep safe!

  1. Aqua Nebula Oscillator - Ready to Fly (6:19) [2008]
  2. The Heads - Legavaan Satellite (5:34) [2000]
  3. Guru Guru - Electric Junk (11:01) [1971]
  4. Loop - Afterglow (5:13) [1990]
  5. My Sleeping Karma - Vayu (5:55) [2015]
  6. Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (5:21) [1968]
  7. Juan Trip' - Robot and Space Chips (4:36) [2006]
  8. Broadcast - Man Is Not a Bird (3:47) [2003]
  9. Far East Family Band - The Cave, Down to the Earth (7:09) [1974]
10. Dungen - Gör det Nu (3:03) [2007]
11. F/i - Hit the Kill Switch, Eugene (6:44) [2003]
12. Brainticket - Watchin' You (4:29) [1972]
13. Sun Dial - Sunstroke / Mind Train (13:24) [1993]

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Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Greasy Chud Spanker

Short bio:

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 formed in 1986 in San Francisco, California, United States, though half of its members are from Iowa. Their albums combine lo-fi noise rock and ambient sounds (referred to as "Feller filler") with tightly constructed rock and pop songs. The band has a small but intensely loyal cult following. Band members are Brian Hageman, Mark Davies, Anne Eickelberg, Hugh Swarts and Jay Paget. Hageman was also a member of the Iowa City based group, Horny Genius.

The band achieved their greatest critical and commercial success in the mid-1990s, when they signed with the indie rock label Matador Records. It was during this time that Thinking Fellers produced their most prominent albums, Lovelyville, and Strangers from the Universe. They toured the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and the UK in 1994 and made an appearance on the John Peel radio show on the BBC. In 1996 they toured briefly as an opening act for the then-popular band Live but were not received well by the Live fanbase. Thinking Fellers has been largely dormant since 1996, having toured sporadically and released only one full album, Bob Dinners and Larry Noodles Present Tubby Turdner's Celebrity Avalanche, since. 

Anyone who is a newcomer to TFUL282, I can only warn in advance should you feel inspired to purchase any of their albums. As stated in the short bio above, their albums "combine lo-fi noise rock and ambient sounds (referred to as "Feller filler")". Most of their albums there's plenty of the Feller filler, which I know many fans of the band absolutely love. Others beg to differ. Personally, I don't mind it too much but would have preferred less of it on each release. For this collection, there is very little "filler", concentrating on my favourite "proper" songs from their back catalogue.

From 1988 to 2001 they released 7 studio albums, plus several EPs/singles. My favourite albums by them I'd say are their first album, "Wormed by Leonard", and their final (?) album "Bob Dinners and Larry Noodles Present Tubby Turdner's Celebrity Avalanche". For this  collection I've taken tracks from all albums, plus the odd single/EP release, and a couple of tracks from compilation albums. "Feller filler" is at a minimum, just the one track included which I've put in the middle of this collection. This is probably the most "difficult" band I've made an anthology of so far, but I hope you'll enjoy the songs I've chosen. As ever, info containing track origin & year of release is tagged in the music files and in the download file.

  1. Leaky Bag (3:53)
  2. Tell Me (4:07)
  3. The Piston and the Shaft (5:05)
  4. Sister Hell (3:22)
  5. Empty Cup (2:57)
  6. 2x4s (4:25)
  7. The Electrocutioner (3:25)
  8. Everything's Impossible (4:02)
  9. Narlus Spectre (3:14)
10. Heavy Head (4:59)
11. My Pal the Tortoise (2:47)
12. Hills (2:11)
13. Catcher (2:25)
14. Sinking Boats (4:48)
15. Who Are Parents? (4:22)
16. Perlmnlrl (5:12)
17. '91 Dodge Van (1:33)
18. Undertaker (3:19)
19. Noble Experiment (3:31)
20. Hive (4:35)
21. Flames Up (3:10)
22. Misfits Park (2:54)
23. Everyday (1:56)
24. Another Clip (3:51)

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Kramer - Being Absurd

 

Short bio:
Mark Kramer (born Stephen Michael Bonner, 1958 in New York City, United States) known professionally as Kramer, is a musician, composer, record producer and founder of the New York City record label Shimmy Disc. He was a full-time member of the bands New York Gong, B.A.L.L., Shockabilly, Bongwater and Dogbowl & Kramer, has played on tour (usually on bass guitar) with bands such as Butthole Surfers, Ween, Half Japanese and The Fugs (1984 reunion tour), and has also performed regularly with John Zorn and other improvising musicians of New York City's so-called "downtown scene" of the 1980s.

Kramer's most notable work as a producer has been with bands such as Galaxie 500 (whose entire oeuvre he produced), Low (whom he discovered and produced), Half Japanese, White Zombie, GWAR, King Missile, Danielson Famile, Will Oldham, Daniel Johnston, and Urge Overkill, including their hit cover of "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon".

My introduction to the world of Kramer began when I started buying albums released on his Shimmy Disc label. As I've stated before on this blog, my favourite record label of the 1980s/early 90s was Flying Nun, but I'd say during that period Shimmy Disc were a close 2nd. Through the label I discovered such great bands as King Missile, When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water, The Tinklers, Japan's Ruins and Boredoms. At the time, B.A.L.L. were particular favourites, even managing to see them play live at the Fulham Greyhound around 1989. If I had to pick one band he was in that stood out more than anyone else, it was the wonderful Bongwater. Releasing 4 excellent albums (plus a couple of EPs and 1 single) from 1987 to 1992, to this day I often go back to those albums, never tiring of them.

For this collection I decided to concentrate on albums released under his name only, plus various compilation tracks credited only to him. I chose nothing from the album "Let Me Explain Something to You About Art", from 1998, as it featured only 3 very lengthy tracks which wouldn't fit on this collection. Also not included are any tracks from "The Brill Building, Book Two, Featuring Bill Frisell", released in 2017. His debut solo release, 1992's "The Guilt Trip" I think is his finest work. The album's cover is a parody of George Harrison’s "All Things Must Pass", and like that album it's a sprawling triple album (or double CD). Not surprisingly selections from this album feature most here, 7 tracks in total.
 
He's recorded several other albums either in the bands mentioned in the bio, or collaborating with other artists such as Jad Fair, Ralph Carney and Daved Hild, John S. Hall, Daevid Allen, Dogbowl and Hugh Hopper. Most of them are definitely worth purchasing. Maybe one day I'll do another Kramer compilation, featuring my favourite tracks from these collaborations plus tracks by B.A.L.L., Shockabilly etc.
As ever, info containing track origin & year of release is tagged in the music files and in the download file. I hope you enjoy this latest collection, and stay safe!

  1. Hello Music (4:31)
  2. She Won't Let Go (3:53)
  3. Strings (3:35)
  4. My Way (2:36)
  5. Insight (3:06)
  6. Got What I Deserved (4:53)
  7. The Well Hung Jury (3:03)
  8. Save the Last Dance for Me (3:05)
  9. The Slider (1:55)
10. Sshhh (3:33)
11. Who Are You Today? (6:22)
12. Big of You (3:53)
13. The Opium Wars Have Long Ceased (2:50)
14. Walk on By (3:04)
15. The Ephus Ball (2:01)
16. Charlotte's Brain (2:57)
17. My Rock 'n Roll (2:52)
18. 69 Annee Erotique (4:15)
19. Don't Come Around (3:42)
20. Do Wah Diddy Diddy (3:33)
21. The Maximus Poems (3:48)
22. It Never Stops Being Absurd (5:33)

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Dedicated to You... (Manerg's Canterbury Mix)

 

Deviating from my usual compilations/anthologies, I originally asked my pal Manerg if he wanted to do his own "Desert Island" mix. After thinking about it he came back to me with an idea for doing a compilation of bands who were either originators or inspired by the Canterbury Sound. I agreed it would be an excellent idea, he's much more of an expert on the Canterbury Scene than me. I asked him to say a few words on this mix.

Manerg wrote:

"The tracks and bands I chose for this compilation are what I think is the natural organic movement of the style. The DNA and its mutations if you like. Starting with the originators, members of Soft Machine and Caravan forming the band that was the source of the genre, that band being The Wilde Flowers. The Canterbury Sound was an amalgam of free jazz, classical, pop and a dose of psychedelia. The early Mothers of Invention albums can also be heard as an influence.

The Canterbury Scene spread its tentacles further afield, many groups and artists in The Netherlands, France, Italy and Spain and all points of the compass have 'that sound', which has travelled throughout the years always remaining underground. Some musicians linked to the scene have at times raised their head above ground and even had a modicum of chart success, Robert Wyatt and Dave Stewart (not The Eurythmics guy but a member of National Health) being examples. The latter had a hit with a cover of Lesley Gore's 'It's my Party', accompanied by Barbara Gaskin, who was once a member of Canterbury group Spirogyra (not the jazz funk outfit).

The Canterbury Sound is still alive and thriving. The last few tracks on this mix are recent recordings by bands that pay homage and wave the flag for a scene that even its original movers and shakers can't quite describe.

Vive l'école de Canterbury"

  1. Caravan - Cecil Rons (4:05)
  2. The Soft Machine - Why Are We Sleeping? (5:32)
  3. Kevin Ayers - Song for Insane Times (4:01)
  4. Khan - Stargazers (5:32)
  5. Uriel - Garden of Earthly Delights (2:44)
  6. Egg - A Visit to Newport Hospital (8:24)
  7. Spirogyra - A Canterbury Tale (4:04)
  8. Matching Mole - Instant Kitten (4:59)
  9. Robert Wyatt - Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road (6:08)
10. Moving Gelatine Plates - London Cab (7:30)
11. Cos - Fanfan la Tulipe (2:38)
12. Supersister - She Was Naked (3:43)
13. Hatfield and the North - Fitter Stoke Has a Bath (7:33)
14. National Health - Clocks and Clouds (6:42)
15. Daevid Allen and Kramer - Song for Robert (3:49)
16. Homunculus Res - La Cabala (3:58)
17. The Winstons - Nicotine Freak (4:31)
18. Magic Bus - Distant Future (7:06)
19. Big Hogg - Little Bear (1:16)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 60

  1. Sospetto - Il Sonno Leggero (2:59)
  2. Big Dwarf - Bobby (The Boy With the Reversible Head) (2:07)
  3. Nathan Hall and the Sinister Locals - Tarantula! (2:51)
  4. Bendith - Mis Mehefin (3:39)
  5. Homunculus Res - Supermercato (6:17)
  6. Viv Stanshall - Terry Keeps His Clips On (3:38)
  7. Os Tropies - Lua Escura (4:48)
  8. Colorama - Crosville (3:35)
  9. Ray Torske - 666 (3:06)
10. The Amazing New Chico Hamilton Quintet - Lonesome Child (5:52)
11. The Young Sinclairs - Same Old Now (3:51)
12. Moebius & Beerbohm - Clarks Shiraz (4:29)
13. Still Corners - Eyes (2:36)
14. Nikki Sudden - Chelsea Embankment (2:21)
15. The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue (4:07)
16. Halasan Bazar - Lucky You (4:51)
17. Even As We Speak - Leaves (2:53)
18. Roberto Cacciapaglia - Find Your Way (3:58)
19. La Logia Sarabanda - Cajon de Castanas (3:09)
20. Stereolab - Fried Monkey Eggs (1:59)
21. Sky Picnic - Half the Queen's Face (3:08)
22. Alan Jenkins and The Thurston Lava Tube - The Slow Fat Pudding Explodes Naked (2:51)

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Dawn of the Replicants - Howlin' in the Dark

Bio:

"Initially a duo of Paul Vickers & Roger Simian, the band released an EP entitled "So Far So Spitfire" in December 1996. John Peel and Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 1 DJs gave the EP substantial airplay. The band was expanded to a quintet and a second self-released single followed in the summer of 1997. They signed for East West Records, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Records. Before the close of the year, a few more EPs followed, accolades from the NME, and The Times newspaper declared them the 'best new band of 1997'. The band quickly grew into one of the most inventive groups in the United Kingdom. Impossible to categorize, their music is, according to founders Paul Vickers and Roger Simian, a mix of "swamp rock, pop, glam rock, electro-girlie, jazz, doo wop, nasty ass blues, hip-hop, redneck, and experimentalism."

The 1998 single "Candlefire", taken from the debut album reached number 52 in the UK Singles Chart. The follow-up, "Hogwash Farm" (lead track of The Diesel Hands EP), peaked at number 65. That summer the band played both the Glastonbury and Reading Festivals. Before his death, John Peel aired five sessions, four as Dawn of the Replicants plus a one-off session which Vickers and Simian recorded as side project, Pluto Monkey. The band's single "Science Fiction Freak", taken from the second Replicants' album, made John Peel's 'Festive 50' in 1999. The album sold less well than its predecessor and Warner Bros. dropped the band.

After a break the band returned with a third album and a live tour in 2002. In 2005 the band played at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. While on tour in the UK during early 2006, the band took part in the Abbey Road Sessions for American satellite radio station U-Pop and enjoyed video plays on MTV2, whilst Mojo, NME, Uncut, and Q all carried reviews of their fifth studio album, "Fangs". In 2006 ten years was celebrated with a 22-track singles collection, "Bust The Trunk". New tracks were recorded in early 2007 for the (as yet unreleased) sixth studio album. Members of Dawn of the Replicants can currently be found working on projects including Paul Vickers and The Leg, Mr. Twonkey, The Stark Palace, The Stone Ghost Collective, Mike and Michi, COW and The Border Boogie Band."

A band I was very fond of back in the day, revisiting their back catalogue has been a very enjoyable experience. Yet another criminally overlooked band, I'm guessing Warner Bros. just didn't know how to handle the band. Too diverse/uncategorizable to see any huge mainstream chart action, it was no big surprise when they were dropped by the label. Fortunately the band did soldier on with 3 more studio albums for various independent labels. While the recordings for these albums weren't of the high budget of their first two, they were still of very high quality, and just as inventive. 

At the time of their 5th album, Paul Vickers said, "What a lot of major record labels suffer from is no company loyalty. What happens is nobody's safe in their jobs, and the turnover of jobs is so fast, that you have a lot of people who don't really give a damn working for the company." Vickers was philosophical about the glitches in their career, regarding it with a characteristic sense of humour, "You can't be in Dawn of the Replicants without having an element of humour - we're underdogs. People have preconceptions and write us off as being a weird band without actually listening to our records. I think the problem was that we didn't look cool - we were even described by one journalist as 'four farmers and a freak'".

I doubt we'll be seeing a 6th DotR album, being 14 years now since "Fangs" was released, but I strongly recommend the Paul Vickers and The Leg releases, not having heard the other offshoots of the band as yet. Selections for this collection are from all 5 of their studio albums, and the several singles/EPs they released. As ever, stay safe in these still hazardous times, and I hope you enjoy!


  1. Spear That Tear (2:23)
  2. Night Train to Lichtenstein (3:10)
  3. Big Hefty Hounds (3:20)
  4. Who Poisoned the Food? (3:04)
  5. Candlefire (4:08)
  6. Seasick Odyssey (2:38)
  7. Trout Fishing (4:00)
  8. Warp Flows (2:36)
  9. Gasoline Vine (2:45)
10. Howlin' in the Dark (0:47)
11. Mary Louise (3:26)
12. Sgt Growley (John Peel session) (5:30)
13. Rockefeller Center, 1932 (2:56)
14. Crow Valley (3:05)
15. Cuckoo Clock (3:12)
16. Get a Bright Flame (5:06)
17. Lisa Box (3:30)
18. Blue Bugle (0:49)
19. Oh, Bumble Bee (2:54)
20. Chesty Morgan (5:52)
21. Sub Erotic Fields (3:02)
22. Hogwash Farm (Re-Built) (3:13)
23. Leaving Town (2:59)
24. So Sleepy (2:48)
25. Beneath the Waves (2:24)

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The Boo Radleys - Gifts in the Tree

Bio:
"The Boo Radleys formed in Wallasey, England in 1988, with Rob Harrison on drums, singer/guitarist Simon "Sice" Rowbottom, guitarist/songwriter Martin Carr, and bassist Timothy Brown. Their name is taken from the character Boo Radley in Harper Lee's 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Shortly after the release of their first album "Ichabod and I", Steve Hewitt replaced Rob Harrison on drums and was in turn replaced by Rob Cieka. The band split up in 1999. In their 11-year-long career, the band had one top ten single, the 1995 single "Wake Up Boo!", which charted at no. 9; and a number one album, Wake Up!. The discography of The Boo Radleys consists of six studio albums, three compilation albums, five extended-plays, and sixteen singles one of which ("Lazarus") was a released twice, along with remixes of the same song, and their final single ("Kingsize") which was cancelled before release."


This is another band I never even thought about doing a compilation of, until a few days ago when listening to a few of their EPs/singles. As the bio states there have already been 3 comps of the band, the first one, "Learning to Walk" brought together 3 of their early EP releases. The other 2 focused mostly on their A-side singles, whereas I've always felt their album tracks & B-sides have often been much superior. 
My compilation does feature a couple of their singles, "Lazarus" (so much better than the album version) and "What's in the Box?", the other tracks are from 5 of their 6 studio albums and various singles/EPs. I was never impressed with their debut album, "Ichabod and I", so nothing from that release features here. Also absent is their big hit (in the UK anyway), "Wake Up Boo", a song of theirs I've never really liked, though it does have a couple of decent B-sides.


Big shout out to Manerg for the usual invaluable advice, some song suggestions, and finding the original artwork which I subtly/incompetently buggered about with in photoshop. He also came up with the excellent title for this collection, fans of the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" should get the reference. As usual, info containing track origin & year of release is tagged in the music and download files. So, stay safe, and enjoy! 


  1. Petroleum (3:53)
  2. Meltin's Worm (4:18)
  3. Reaching Out From Here (3:01)
  4. Thinking of Ways (3:47)
  5. Memory Babe (3:16)
  6. Get on the Bus (3:12)
  7. Comb Your Hair (3:49)
  8. Foster's Van (4:13)
  9. One is for Tomorrow (6:17)
10. Everything Falls Away (4:03)
11. The Finest Kiss (5:15)
12. Lazarus (6:21)
13. Spaniard (3:36)
14. Bloke in a Dress (2:38)
15. Feels Like Tomorrow (2:21)
16. Leaves and Sand (4:25)
17. 4am Conversation (2:42)
18. Safe at Home (2:14)
19. What's in the Box? (See Whatcha Got) (3:29)
20. Monuments for a Dead Century (5:56)

Note:
The more eagle-eyed fans of the band might notice something strange with track 9. "One is For", a very short track from the album "Giant Steps", is merged with the track "Tomorrow" (their cover of a song originally from the film Bugsy Malone), from the cancelled single "Kingsize". 

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Prolapse - Seismic Waves

 

Bio:

"Prolapse formed in the summer of 1991 under a table at Leicester Polytechnic's Friday night disco, "With the aim of being the most depressing band ever". The original line-up was comprised of "Scottish" Mick Derrick (vocals), Linda Steelyard (vocals), David Jeffreys (guitar), Patrick Marsden (guitar), "Geordie" Mick Harrison (bass) and Tim Pattison (drums). "Geordie" Mick and Tim, both from the North-East of England, knew each other prior to attending Leicester Polytechnic, and had performed together in early school bands. In a 1999 interview, Steelyard stated that the name was chosen "to indicate something undesirable in a miserable sort of way, rather than unsavoury. Unfortunately, we have come to realise that it makes some people think of arses."

In 1994 they released their debut album "Pointless Walks to Dismal Places", which won critical acclaim, followed a year later by their second album "Backsaturday", which saw them experimenting with both repetitive grooves and ambient soundscapes. Their third album "The Italian Flag", released in 1997, was an eclectic 13-track tour de force which saw Prolapse pick up significant radio play for the first time, particularly for the lead single "Killing The Bland" and its even more commercial-sounding follow-up "Autocade". The album returned to the more melodic approach of the first album, though now with a harder guitar sound, but this time there was also a whole diverse array of styles, earning the band many favourable reviews. Their final album "Ghosts of Dead Aeroplanes" was released in 1999, after which the group drifted apart."

If you find the idea of an angry Scotsman yelling (often) unintelligible lyrics somewhat scary, then I'd suggest avoiding this collection! OK, he's not always that confrontational, the odd occasion he sounds almost relaxed. Though still angry. On the other side you have the almost angelic vocals of Linda Steelyard, though she can certainly dish it out just as viciously when needs be. Check out the final track on this collection for a perfect example.

The band gained notoriety for their live shows and the tension between the two vocalists, often likened to a soap opera being played out in front of a wall of noisy guitars, bass and drums. Sadly they only released the 4 albums, but they have reformed for live dates the past few years, so maybe one day we'll see a fifth.... As usual, info containing track origin & year of release is tagged in the music and download files. Stay safe, and I hope you enjoy this collection!


  1. Doorstop Rhythmic Bloc (5:19)
  2. Every Night I'm Mentally Crucified (7000 Times) (2:14)
  3. Flat Velocity Curve (7:13)
  4. After After (5:07)
  5. They Slept in Darkness (3:15)
  6. Muscovite Parricide Song (2:23)
  7. Autocade (4:39)
  8. Move to Limit Slabs (5:16)
  9. Diamonds O'Monte Carlo (4:26)
10. Chill Blown (8:10)
11. Fob.com (4:41)
12. Zen Nun Deb (5:49)
13. Liquid Compliment (3:01)
14. Slash/Oblique (4:56)
15. Drown Radio Therapy (1:34)
16. TCR (3:13)
17. Tina This Is Matthew Stone (7:12)

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