SKILL 7 STAMINA 12 - 'SKILL 7 STAMINA DEAD'

Formats

• ASP009 - LP

  N/A

Details

ARTWORK BY DAVID NOONAN (AUS), COURTESY HOTEL, LONDON. RECORDED BY THOMAS HOUSE (CHARLOTTEFIELD) AT BRIGHTON ELECTRIC 20TH-21ST MAY 2006. RECORDED LIVE ACROSS TWO DAYS LAST MAY, SKILL 7 STAMINA 12'S 2ND ALBUM FINDS THE BAND'S PRECISION RHYTHM & MELODY AUGMENTED WITH A TORNADO OF NOISE AND IMPROVISATION, AS VOCALIST MAAIKE SCHOOREL SINGS ? IN DUTCH & ENGLISH - ABOUT MAKEOVERS, DEMONIC HOME-WRECKERS, SOCIAL ANXIETY, AND KILLING A CHICKEN BY MISTAKE WITH A FOOTBALL?THIS IS ON VINYL FORMAT ONLY. 250 COPIES ONLY, NOW FINALLY READY TO BE UNLEASHED IN APRIL!!!

RECENT GIGS INCLUDE THE MOUNTAIN, LOS ANGELES, CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE, VILNIUS, THE WHITECHAPEL ART GALLERY, LONDON AND A LIVE SESSION ON RESONANCE FM.

Tracks

1. 80 METRES
2. YOUR WHOLE FACE LOOKS A LOT NICER
3. COME BACK! SPECIAL
4. STARVING BLACK ASTRONAUTS 1
5. DOOM
6. BALL OF MUD
7. IJSMAN
8. IN FAIRNESS
9. TRIANGLES
10. COLD CLAPPING
11. STARVING BLACK ASTONAUTS 2

Press

?SKILL 7 STAMINA 12 OCCUPY THE FERTILE MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN SOMEONE ALL POISED AND EXOTIC (DEERHOOF , SAY) AND A MALLEABLE POST-PUNK OUTFIT (GLAXO BABIES OR THE TRANSMITTERS)?THIS IS KINETIC ART-PUNK AT ITS FINEST - GENIUS.? EVERETT TRUE, PLAN B

?LIKE ALL GREAT ART-PUNK GROUPS, NOT ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF SKILL 7 STAMINA 12 LOOKS LIKE THEY BELONG IN A GROUP.? NICK SOUTHGATE, THE WIRE

RECENT COVERAGE INCLUDES SINGLE OF THE MONTH IN PLAN B, THE WIRE, HARDCORE IS MORE THAN MUSIC, I-D MAGAZINE, ARENA, SPLENDID ZINE AND TERMINAL BOREDOM.

Audio & Video

MELT BANANA - 'BAMBI'S DILEMMA'

Formats

• AZ07LP - LP

  655035200712

• AZ07CD - CD

  655035200729

Details

on their long awaited sixth full-length studio release melt banana exercise a hitherto undetected area of their musical musculature: the 'rock' region. summing up an entire album, and one as diverse as bambi's dilemma, with such a pedestrian qualifier is risky business, agreed, but it seems to fit like never before. the band, of course, refuses to accommodate any such pigeonholing: 'maybe it is rock, but maybe not. we just make whatever we want. we just follow our own instincts!' the truth is mxbx makes music as they please, relying solely on their own maverick talent to get them where they need to be. bambi's dilemma's eighteen tracks careen from extreme, fastblast attacks to more serene moments (usually reserved for nonalbum releases) to the band's revolutionary new, guitar and bassless 'theremin-core.' melt banana will be coming back to the uk next month for the first time in 2 1/2/ years!!

Tracks

1. SPIDER SNIPE
2. BLANK PAGE OF THE BLIND
3. CRACKED PLASTER CAST
4. HEIWABOKE CRISIS
5. CAT BRAIN LAND
6. PLASMA GATE QUEST
7. TYPE: ECCO SYSTEM
8. THE CALL OF THE VAGUE
9. GREEN EYED DEVIL
10. CROW?S PAINT BRUSH (COLOR REPAIR)
11. T FOR TONE
12. SLIDE DOWN
13. LOCK THE HEAD
14. ONE DROP, ONE LIFE
15. IN STORE
16. DOG SONG
17. CHAIN KEEPER
18. LAST TARGET ON THE LAST DAY

Press

REVIEWS ALL TO BE CONFIMRED, BUT ALREADY PROMISED IN THE WIRE, MOJO, UNCUT, TERRORIZER, ROCKSOUND, PLAN B;
UPDATE NEXT WEEK

Audio & Video

ROBERT POLLARD - 'SILVERFISH TRIVIA'

Formats

• PIC1 - LP

  656605803012

• PIC1CD - CD

  656605803029

Details

"THE NEW BOB" IS A PHRASE OFTEN HEARD FROM FANS OF ROBERT POLLARD. AS IN, "HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEW BOB?" IT USUALLY REFERS TO THE LATEST PROJECT THAT POLLARD HAS RECORDED AND RELEASED. BUT IN THIS CASE "THE NEW BOB" HAS A NEW MEANING. PROM IS COMING IS POLLARD'S NEW LABEL (REPLACING THE FADING CAPTAIN SERIES BUT NOT HIS DEAL WITH MERGE.) SILVERFISH TRIVIA FINDS POLLARD ONCE AGAIN IN THE STUDIO WITH PRODUCER AND MUSICAL PARTNER TODD TOBIAS. THE RESULTS SOUND DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING THEY'VE DONE BEFORE. SEVEN SONGS IN TWENTY-TWO MINUTES "SILVERFISH TRIVIA" IS LUSH WITH THE BEAUTIFUL STRING ARRANGEMENTS COURTESY OF CHRIS GEORGE OF NYC-BASED STRING QUARTET INVERT.

DEBUT RELEASE ON ROBERT POLLARD'S NEW LABEL, THE CAPTAIN HAS FADED, PROM IS COMING SHALL REIGN.

Tracks

1. COME OUTSIDE
2. CIRCLE SAW BOYS CLUB
3. WICKERMAN SMILE
4. TOUCHED TO BE SURE
5. WAVES, ETC.
6. CATS LOVE A PARADE
7. SPEAK IN MANY COLORS

Press

N/A

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