Loading...
No products in the order.
The Strange Girls – It’s OK To Be Happy LP
Discreet Music, Fördämning Arkiv
Vinyl
Following the incredible Dress reissue a month or so ago, Fördämning Arkiv pull another lost treat from the NZ underground (how many times must i type that phrase? Endlessly, i hope) with this mostly previously unheard set of recordings from Clayton Noone (Claypipe, Armpit++), Kaaterama “Motty” Morehu and Jon Arcus’s The Strange Girls project. Outta Dunedin and so with some heritage of peculiar guitar-based transgressions to draw on, it’s perhaps fellow townfolk Dadamah with which they share most commonality, rather than the more typical aberrations of Flying Nun pop associated with the place. The Strange Girls make a pretty racket alright, slo-mo six string distortions buoyed by swaying and sometimes narcotised lullaby vocals, often building to cathartic release. There’s definitely trace elements of Roy Montgomery’s ecstatic playing present here (see Thug or Mood for prime example), and you might even think of them as a slightly more strident version of the Garbage and the Flowers, melodious and sprawling in equal measure. In fact, since at least a good few of these songs are live recordings, the comparison with tGatF’s Stoned Rehearsal seems apt, free-rock improvisation with a soft-toned centre. Nothing i don’t love here, but the title track is of particular note, Peter Jefferies Electricity closed out with a rock n roll nirvana coda. Downer and out down under. Oof. Inspiring stuff as ever.
Related products
-
Hot Guts – Wilds LP
Vinyl, LP Add To OrderWilds is the second full length from Philadelphia based post-industrial group Hot Guts. What started off as a raw and gritty Post-punk band in 2007 eventually evolved into a more refined foray [...]
-
Braeyden Jae – Fog Mirror LP
Vinyl, LP Add To OrderOn Fog Mirror, SLC based musician Braden McKenna, has crafted a weighted, textural album of architectural drone punctuated with stirring washes of crackling static and arcing tones that gather [...]
-
Corporate Park – Exchange
Vinyl, LP Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Exchange was originally release on a criminally mere 72 copies on cassette via Sexkrime Arts (the former imprint run by Alex K of Climax Denial / Fog Of Joy etc. [...]
-
Andrew Elaban – VARIEGATED TRIBUTARY / WOVEN CRESCENT
Vinyl, LP Add To OrderAs part of Whited Sepulchre’s 4 x LP release in June, Cincinnati experimental electronic artist Andrew Elaban brings his wide-screen conduction of chance connections and orchestrated unfolding of [...]
-
Rende-Vouz – Distance 12″ EP
Vinyl, 12" Add To OrderLabel Description: It was more than a year ago, in the grey parisian midst that we discovered the first EP of a group that we couldn’t ignore any longer, Rendez-Vous. The band’s first [...]
-
Forest Management – Passageways LP
Vinyl, LP Add To OrderPassageways is John Daniel’s most personal work to date. An ode to his childhood home – a secluded apartment complex in Cleveland that his parents managed – [...]
MORE FROM Discreet Music, Fördämning Arkiv
-
Blod – Där Ska Barnet Vara LP
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderNew album from Blod recorded during the second half of 2022 by Gustaf Dicksson. Där Ska Barnet Vara is a continuation of the themes explored on Pilgrimssånger and contains nine more songs dealing [...]
-
The Strange Girls – It’s OK To Be Happy LP
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderFollowing the incredible Dress reissue a month or so ago, Fördämning Arkiv pull another lost treat from the NZ underground (how many times must i type that phrase? Endlessly, i hope) with this [...]
-
Incipientium – Undergång LP
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderThe second coming of Incipientium. After his LP debut ‘Belastning’ on Förlag För Fri Musik (FFFM) last year, Gustav Danielsbacka has not rested. With a handful releases on CD & [...]
-
Finn Loxbo / Karin Johansson – Vent LP
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderNew Duo LP from Finn Loxbo (Guitar, Electronics, voice) and Karin Johansson (Piano, Accordion) Artwork by EKTA. in a rain forest of moments. the eye hears what the ear sees. through each moment [...]
-
Luft (Mats Gustafsson & Erwan Keravec) – Inhale – Volume I LP
LP, Vinyl Add To Order”The debut record of LUFT – is a two volume album of exceptional explorations within the bagpipe and reed universe —— unknown music of poetic beauty and high energy cascades. Fast moving changes [...]
-
Irma Krook – Military Arms 12″
12", Vinyl Add To Order’Military Arms’ is the debut output by Gothenburg-based sound-smith Irma Krook. Up until now primarily known as bass player & founding member of death pop vanguards Makthaverskan, Krook has [...]