JANA HUNTER - 'CARRION'

Formats

• GONG05 - MCD

  655035050522

• WOODSIST007 - LP

Details

NOW GETTIGN A SUPER LIMITED VINYL RELEASE ON THE WOODSIST LABEL, A ONE SIDED 12", 500 ONLY BEING MADE, CD IN STOCK, AND SHE FEATURES ON THE NEXT UNCUT COVER MOUNT CURATED BY DEVENDRA!!! A COMPANION MINI RELEASE TO THE RECENTLY AND WELL RECEIVED "THERE'S NO HOME" ALBUM FROM JANA HUNTER; HALF OF THE SIX SONGS ON JANA HUNTER'S CARRION ARE UNRELEASED HANGERS-ON FROM THE WRITING SESSIONS THAT PRODUCED HER MOST RECENT FULL-LENGTH, WHILE THE OTHER HALF ARE ALTERNATE RENDITIONS OF WORKS THAT APPEARED ON THAT RELEASE.

BUT THIS IS NO MERE GRAB BAG OF REMNANTS; IT?S A REAL TIGHT PRODUCT, ALL AROUND. ?PAINT A BABE IS A THROW-BACK TO HUNTER?S EARLIER MATERIAL, WRITTEN AND RECORDED SIMULTANEOUSLY ON A BORROWED FOUR-TRACK RECORDER. A REAL SAD, LONGING SONG. ?A GOBLIN, A GOBLIN? TOOK A LITTLE MORE TIME TO CREATE: THIS STRONG, STURDY NUMBER, REPLETE WITH VIOLINS AND CREEPY HARMONY, TELLS THE TALE OF AN INDIGNANT OUTCAST. ?YOU WILL TAKE IT AND LIKE IT,? TURNS ONE CENTRAL, PRETTY AND PROUD GUITAR PART OVER AND OVER AND OVER, WITH OTHERS MIRRORING IT, LEECHING FROM IT, GRABBING ON LIKE LITTLE PARASITIC DANGLERS. THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF ?THERE?S NO HOME? IS HERE, THE TRACK THAT SPAWNED AN ENTIRE RECORD TITLE, FOLLOWED BY ?SLEEP? (TITLED, AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY, ?OOH UUH?), FROM THE RECORDING THAT ENDED UP ON A LULLABY COMPILATION. CONCLUDING CARRION IS AN ACOUSTIC RE-PRESENTATION OF THE COUNTRY-MINDED ?ORACLE,? STRIPPED DOWN TO ONE GUITAR, ONE MELODY, AND ONE HARMONY, AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED IN ITS CREATION AS HOMAGE.

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1. PAINT A BABE
2. A GOBLIN, A GOBLIN
3. YOU WILL TAKE IT AND LIKE IT
4. THERE'S NO HOME
5. OOH UUH
6. ORACLE

Press

LATEST ALBUM GOT REVIEWED IN MOJO, UNCUT ETC, PLAN JUST RAN A TOUR DIARY FEATURE.

Audio & Video

PSYCHEDELIC HORSESHIT - 'MAGIC FLOWERS DRONED'

Formats

• SB88 - LP

  N/A

• SB88CD - CD

  655030108822

Details

THIS IS MORE LIKE IT! SPAZZED OUT SPUZZ THATS EVOKES EARLY PAVEMENT, SWELL MAPS, EARLY FALL,AND SOME OF THAT GOOD OLE 70S MIDWEST CATTERWAUL (THINK ELECTRIC EELS, ROCKET FRO MTHE TOMBS) MEETS SOME OF THE WILD UNKEMPT SOUNDS ON IN THE RED (HUNCHES, LAMPS, CLONE DEFECTS), THIS IS DER SHEISSE ROCK DELUXE, DEFINATELY CONTENDER FOR ALBUM FO THE YEAR HERE...WELL ONE OF THEM. CONSIDERED THE LITTLE BROTHER (THINK STOOGES-STYLE) BAND TO THE BIG BROTHER (THINK MC5-STYLE) OF TIMES NEW VIKING: HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, THIS SIMPLY RULES! (MORE INFO ON WEBSITE/ONESHEET) WWW.MYSPACE.COM/PSYCHEDELICHORSESHIT

PSYCHEDELIC HORSEHIT FIRST CAME ABOUT AS THREE BUDS DETERMINED TO CRASH A HIPPIE FEST AND JAM RETARDO, WHEN ASKED FOR THEIR NAME, SINGER/GUITARIST MATT WHITEHURST REPLIED "JUST CALL US PSYCHEDELIC HORSESHIT" THE BAND KILLED THE FEST, THE NAME STUCK, AND THUS THE DIE WAS CAST.

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1. NOTHING IS REVEALED
2. NEW WAVE HIPPIES
3. PORTALS
4. CRYSTALS
5. RATHER DULL
6. BAD VIBRATIONS
7. THESE DAYS
8. MOUTH DISCIPLES
9. CAN?T GET ENOUGH 2
10. WASTED TIMES
11. WAVE OF EDUCATION
12. MASH-UP
13. WHAT?S IN STORE

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WE DO HOPE THAT THE LIKES OF PLAN B, DROWNED IN SOUND, MOJO, ETC ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE STUFF WE SEND THEM, AS THIS MIGHT BLOW THEIR TWEETERS!

Audio & Video

IMPERIAL TEEN - 'THE HAIR THE TV'

Formats

• MRG306CD - CD

  673855030623

Details

MERGE JOINS FORTE FOR DISTRIBUTION OF SOME OF THEIR MORE RECENT TITLES: THE FIRST BEING THE RETURN OF IMPERIAL TEEN. WITH A SLY SMILE AND KNOWING WINK, WILL, RODDY, JONE AND LYNN RETURN WITH THEIR TRADEMARK INFECTIOUS HOOKS AND IMPECCABLE POP SENSIBILITIES. LET THE PARTY BEGIN!! THE HAIR THE TV THE BABY AND THE BAND IS THE FIRST IMPERIAL TEEN RECORD IN OVER 5 YEARS, BUT IT NEVER MISSES A BEAT. YOU CAN FEEL HOW MUCH FUN THESE GUYS AND GALS ARE HAVING MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER. FROM THE B-52S PARTY VIBE OF "SHIM SHAM" AND "SWEET POTATO"; TO THE MORE REFLECTIVE COOL OF "ROOM WITH A VIEW" AND "WHAT YOU DO"; FROM THE FULL ON ROMP OF "EVERYTHING" AND "ONE TWO"; TO THE SEDUCTIVE VAMP OF "FALLEN IDOL" EVERY SONG IS PITCH PERFECT. THIS IS A BAND THAT IS COMFORTABLE IN IT'S OWN SKIN AND SUPREMELY CONFIDENT IN THE POSSIBILITIES. RECORDED OVER 3 WEEKS AT KINGSIZE STUDIOS WITH LONGTIME COLLABORATORS STEVE MCDONALD (REDKROSS) AND ANNA WARONKER (THAT DOG), THE HAIR THE TV THE BABY & THE BAND CAPTURES THE RAW SPONTANEITY AND CHEMISTRY THAT MAKE IMPERIAL TEEN A UNIQUE GROUP OF FRIENDS AND MUSICIANS.

Tracks

1. EVERYTHING
2. DO IT BETTER
3. SHIM SHAM
4. BABY AND THE BAND
5. ONE TWO
6. ROOM WITH A VIEW
7. IT?S NOW
8. FALLEN IDOL
9. SWEET POTATO
10. EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW
11. 21ST CENTURY
12. WHAT YOU DO

Press

REVIEWS CONFIRMED IN THE WORD, UNCUT, MOJO, ROCKSOUND, PLAN B. MORE TBC

Audio & Video

ROBERT POLLARD - 'COAST TO COAST'

Formats

• MRG307 - LP

  673855030715

• MRG307CD - CD

  673855030722

Details

NEW ON MERGE!! EXCLUSIVELY VIA FORTE!! ONE OF TWO ROBERT POLLARD RECORDS TO BE RELEASED SIMULTANEOUSLY ON OCTOBER 22ND! POLLARD EXPLORES THE POPPIER, "BEATLES" SIDE OF HIS MUSICAL PERSONALITY ON COAST TO COAST CARPET OF LOVE. IN THE UNIVERSE WHERE BOB EXPLAINS THE FREUDIAN DIVISIONS OF HIS PSYCHE HE CALLS COAST TO COAST CARPET OF LOVE HIS ID; STANDARD GARGOYLE DECISIONS [MRG317] HIS EGO; AND HIMSELF HIS SUPER EGO. A PSYCH 101 COURSE MIGHT CHANGE THAT ORDER A BIT - BUT IT'S AS GOOD AN EXPLANATION AS ANY FOR POLLARD'S CONTINUED PROLIFICACY. VINYL IS LIMITED EDITION, AND NON RETURNABLE! (WE ARENT GETTING MANY)

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1. OUR GAZE
2. COUNT US IN
3. EXACTLY WHAT WORDS MEAN
4. CURRENT DESPERATION
(ANGELS SPEAK OF NOTHING)
5. DUMB LADY
6. RUD FINS
7. CUSTOMER?S THROAT
8. MILES UNDER THE SKIN
9. PENUMBRA
10. SLOW HAMILTON
11. LOOK IS WHAT YOU HAVE
12. I CLAP FOR STRANGERS
13. LIFE OF A WIFE
14. YOUTH LEAGUES
15. WHEN WE WERE SLAVES
16. NICELY NOW

Press

HUGE PRESS CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY: REVIEWS (FOR BOTH ALBUMS!)REVIEWS IN MOJO, SUNDAY TIMES, THE WORD, UNCUT, ROCKSOUND, DROWNED IN SOUND, PLAN B.

Audio & Video

ROBERT POLLARD - 'STANDARD GARGOYLE DECISIONS'

Formats

• MRG317CD - CD

  673855031729

• MRG317 - LP

  673855031712

Details

NEW ON MERGE!! EXCLUSIVELY FROM FORTE!! THE SECOND OF TWO ROBERT POLLARD RECORDS TO BE RELEASED SIMULTANEOUSLY ON OCTOBER 22ND! POLLARD EXPLORES THE PUNKIER, "STONES" SIDE OF HIS MUSICAL PERSONALITY ON STANDARD GARGOYLE DECISIONS. IN THE UNIVERSE WHERE BOB EXPLAINS THE FREUDIAN DIVISIONS OF HIS PSYCHE HE CALLS COAST TO COAST CARPET OF LOVE [MRG307] HIS ID; STANDARD GARGOYLE DECISIONS HIS EGO; AND HIMSELF HIS SUPER EGO. A PSYCH 101 COURSE MIGHT CHANGE THAT ORDER A BIT - BUT IT'S AS GOOD AN EXPLANATION AS ANY FOR POLLARD'S CONTINUED PROLIFICACY. VINYL VERSION IS SUPER LIMITED, AND ONE WAY ONLY! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

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1. THE KILLERS
2. PILL GONE GIRL
3. HERO BLOWS THE REVOLUTION
4. PSYCHO-INERTIA
5. SHADOW PORT
6. LAY ME DOWN
7. BUTCHER MAN
8. MOTION SICKNESS GHOSTS
9. I IN THE WORLD
10. HERE COMES GARCIA
11. THE ISLAND LOBBY
12. FOLDED CLAWS
13. FEEL NOT CRUSHED
14. ACCUSATIONS
15. DON?T TRUST ANYBODY
16. COME HERE BEAUTIFUL
17. SPIDER EYES

Press

BIG PRESS CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY, BOTH RECORDS GETTING REVIEWED AT SAME TIME!

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