Writing Prompt
Jul. 20th, 2008 11:50 amJeff Lynne, Danny Elfman, and Barry Andrews walk into a pub....
Jul. 20th, 2008
Shriekback You Tube Primer
Jul. 20th, 2008 04:08 pmFor anyone who has heard only "Nemesis" by this sorely under-appreciated and under-exposed band.
"My Spine (Is the Bassline)" with remastered sound
"Accretions"
"White Out" and "Suck"
My favourite Shriek song, "Despite Dense Weed." I know I've posted this before, but it bears repeating. Here's what B has to say about "Despite Dense Weed:" "This - if I may make so bold - little gem was only previously released on the Y Records Xmas album, which may not have found the Total Market Penetration it doubtless deserved, so here it comes again. Inspired partly by the novel Riddley Walker (Shriekback required reading) and also by an Acid experience in a forest in which Vivienne Kent and myself experienced being predators of a blood-thirsty, lupine/vampirish kind, and, from the top of a tree contemplated a cosy little family out for a stroll with a view to slaughter and dismemberment (their only possible use). Ah, great days - and they still haven't found the bones (joke)."
An acoustic, folkie version of "Nemesis," called "Cayenne Sisemen," with Barry on accordion. This is a live radio performance from the Sacred City days.
From their concert video Jungle of the Senses, this is "The Reptiles and I."
The Shrieks' latest offering, from last year, "Glory Bumps."
"My Spine (Is the Bassline)" with remastered sound
"Accretions"
"White Out" and "Suck"
My favourite Shriek song, "Despite Dense Weed." I know I've posted this before, but it bears repeating. Here's what B has to say about "Despite Dense Weed:" "This - if I may make so bold - little gem was only previously released on the Y Records Xmas album, which may not have found the Total Market Penetration it doubtless deserved, so here it comes again. Inspired partly by the novel Riddley Walker (Shriekback required reading) and also by an Acid experience in a forest in which Vivienne Kent and myself experienced being predators of a blood-thirsty, lupine/vampirish kind, and, from the top of a tree contemplated a cosy little family out for a stroll with a view to slaughter and dismemberment (their only possible use). Ah, great days - and they still haven't found the bones (joke)."
An acoustic, folkie version of "Nemesis," called "Cayenne Sisemen," with Barry on accordion. This is a live radio performance from the Sacred City days.
From their concert video Jungle of the Senses, this is "The Reptiles and I."
The Shrieks' latest offering, from last year, "Glory Bumps."
