CROCODILES - 'CRIMES OF PASSION'

Formats

• ZM016 - LP

  5060174955983

• ZM016CD - CD

  5060174955990

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"For me, Crocodiles represent everything I love about life-affirming Rock'n'Roll: they bring light out of darkness; they match reckless noise with the most beautiful melodies; they catch you off guard whilst sounding like the most perfect kind of right for the right here, right now. They remind me of all the things I've loved but they also make me hungry for what I've not yet tasted.The claustrophobia and pain of the recent past is dealt with bravely and the road ahead is wide and open. It is all my favourite records playing at once; the trick to it being the truth; the truth being that great, life-affirming music must be bittersweet; anger is an energy that can be churned to positive. We who face the demons of derailment out to destroy dreams must harness the hate and turn it back on itself -- it is from this that great art is begat. And so these songs rage and chime at once, in organized chaos, like life. Charles and Brandon have been making music together since they were 18. They met in the dirty glow of San Diego sun and now split their lives between New York City and London. Their music has grown up over the last decade just as they have. New blood in the form of producer Sune Rose Wagner of Raveonettes fame oversaw this recent endeavour and it was a quick, natural Los Angeles creation. Duncan Mills mixed for the third time, to maintain their catalogue lifeline. Crimes Of Passion kicks off with "I Like It In The Dark," which could be their best to date; a joyous hymn to atheism and closes with the aching beauty of "Un Chant D'Amour," a simple and direct ode to heartbreak. These songs bookmark an album bursting with sounds inspired by the likes of the Soft Boys, Street Hassle era Lou Reed, the Notorious Byrd Brothers, the Jackson 5 and even Glenn Branca. This is certainly the most fully realised Crocodiles album to date. It is a sadly accepted impression that life is cooler in song, on screen, in art, or in poetry, but it is far superior when the creative process is fed back into real life and an album like Crimes Of Passion is borne. -- Kristian Atkinson, Sonic Adventurer, United Kingdom

Tracks

01. I Like It In The Dark
02. Marquis De Sade
03. Cockroach
04. Heavy Metal Clouds
05. Teardrop Guitar
06. She Splits Me Up
07. Me and My Machine Gun
08. Gimme Some Annihilation
09. Virgin
10. Un Chant D'Amour

Press

9/10 Clash, Uncut, Mojo, NME, 7/10 Loud & Quiet

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=02qK2RbqR1o

IGGY POP & YOKO ONO - 'WAITING FOR THE D TRAIN / GOING AWAY SMILING'

Formats

• CHIM15 - 10"

Details

 Iggy Pop performs ‘Waiting for the D Train’ live with Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band in Los Angeles, and covers Yoko’s ‘I’m Going Away Smiling’ in the studio. • Limited edition of 1,000. • Beautifully pressed one-side 10" vinyl with a Yoko etching on the flip side. • Packaged in a clear plastic sleeve. • Proceeds to benefit Paws 4 You Rescue of Miami: www.paws4you.org/ • Video for ‘Waiting for the D Train’ to be premiered by a major media outlet. Very limited quantities available.

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SCORCHED EARTH POLICY - 'GOIN' THRU A HOLE IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD'

Formats

• SB152 - LP

  655030115219

Details

Siltbreeze is proud to announce the re-release of the complete catalog from legendary Christchurch band (and Flying Nun alumnus) Scorched Earth Policy. From 1983-86, the group blackened the skies with a unique sound equal parts Southern no wave and postapocalyptic surf, adding the trademark tinges of ’60s garage / psych that coursed through the veins of every great Christchurch band from that era. Not that this should come as a surprise, as their membership was a veritable who’s who of the city’s finest musicians: Peter Stapleton (Vacuum, Pin Group, Terminals), Mary Heney (25 Cents, Shallows), Brian Crook (Max Block, Renderers, Terminals), Mick Elborado (Terminals, Shallows, Gas), Andrea Cocks (Missing Piece Productions) and Andrew Dawson (Dedicated Human). During their existence, Scorched Earth Policy produced two 12-inch EPs for Flying Nun; their entire recorded output is presented here for the first time as one comprehensive LP, pressed in a limited edition of 500 copies.

Tracks

1. Green Cigar
2. Too Far Gone
3. Salivating
4. Arson
5. Sunset on the Loading Zone
6. Paralyzed
7. Mekong Delta Blues
8. The Cult
9. Turn Your Eyes Away
10. Tsetse Fly
11. Calcutta Rail
12. Johnny Frog
13. Maniacs
14. Since the Accident

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