ANDREW LILES - 'MONSTROUS MEDICAL MISHAPS (HORRENDOUS HOSPITALS AND DISASTROUS DENTISTRY)'

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• BRR668 - LP

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Andrew Liles releases another instalment in his ongoing Monster series and his fourth record for Blackest Rainbow. Monstrous Medical Mishaps (Horrendous Hospitals and Disastrous Dentistry) is a medically themed album. Many of the rhythm tracks used on the recording were constructed from an array of meticulously crafted samples garnered from an assortment of medical and dental instruments being tapped, scraped and plucked. As with all Liles releases, this L.P. covers a huge and unpredictable musical landscape ranging from leftfield electronica and twisted beats through to the unfathomably bizarre. Open your mouth and say "arrrrgh!" Stunning cover art comes from Zeke Clough, known for electronic music's most shockingly morbid and detailed sleeve art, whose twisted designs came to define the aesthetic of the groundbreaking Dubstep label Skull Disco. Edition of only 300 copies on randomly coloured vinyl.

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Suitably morbid/stunning cover art by Zeke Clough

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THIS KIND OF PUNISHMENT - 'RADIO SILENCE'

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• SV092 - 7"

  855985006925

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Recorded in Auckland in 1984, these archival tracks capture seminal New Zealand band This Kind Of Punishment’s unique alchemy of poignant melody and four-track claustrophobia. The previously unreleased “Radio Silence” offers an astringent, phantasmagoric comment on—and perhaps retreat from—the contemporaneous NZ scene. “Reaching An End” (from legendary compilation Killing Capitalism With Kindness) is a classic in the mold later perfected on Peter Jefferies’ solo output: unadorned piano blanketed by rich, wistful vocals, plucked strings and muffled drum beat. Less, after all, can be so much more. Cover photography by Chris Knox. Translucent orange vinyl pressed in limited edition of 1,000 copies.

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1. Radio Silence
2. Reaching An End

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THE INTENDED - 'TIME WILL TELL'

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• ITR297 - LP

  759718529715

• ITR297CD - CD

  759718529722

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The Intended formed years ago in a procrastinator’s threesubject notebook during chemistry class. Four longtime friends began passing the time playing music together—Kevin Boyer, Larry Williams and Heath Heemsbergen were playing in Tyvek; Glen Morren and Heath Moerland made sounds in Detroit freakout ensemble Odd Clouds, and after many jams, a band existed. Trying out song ideas, working on a ’60s cover, expanding on sketches—a few local gigs and a few years pass. The zero-pressure nature of how The Intended began shows up in how the group progressed: a single materialized and the band’s vibe was caught perfectly on four track by Chris Durham in his basement practice space. More four track sessions ensued until a bag of unlabelled cassettes made its way to the studio to be transformed into the debut album: Time Will Tell. Held together by a raw fidelity (those tape warbles and wonky pitch changes aren’t plug ins), the songs twist through diversions such as the ebullient blasting of “The Ineffable,” the juvenile classroom anxieties of “Dirty Secret,” and the spoken revelations of “Beast and the Priest.” Straying from Tyvek’s punk tendencies, mellow ’60s rockers “Don’t Wait Too Long” and the title track hit a jangling nerve. Time Will Tell shines a spotlight on the blemishes of youth, somehow embraced with a fearless yet awkward glance.

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1. Huguenot
2. The Ineffable
3. Desperation
4. Dirty Secrets
5. Time Will Tell
6. Beast & The Priest
7. Blue Law Sunday
8. Fighter Pilot
9. Don?t Wait Too Long
10. Nobody Move

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THE RACONTEURS - 'STEADY, AS SHE GOES / STORE BOUGHT BONES'

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• TMR120 - 7"

  813547023377

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The inaugural, lead single from The Raconteurs' critically-acclaimed Broken Boy Soldiers. The band formed in 2005 when Motor City melody master Brendan Benson, the White Stripes' Jack White, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler (both of The Greenhornes) joined forces to help pull together some unfinished material Benson had been working on. This record has been out of print for an entire decade and not since its first and only pressing back in 2006 have folks been able to indulge themselves in its sweet, sweet riffage. It is a staple of TMR catalog and, at long last, it will be reissued with a dedicated catalog number of its own. 

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