|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|||||||||
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
||||||||
 |
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
 |
|||||||||
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Two Of Us In The Red ITR-156 LP £13.99 “After her previous achievements with Volt, the Splash Four, the No-Talents, and her previous collection of home tapes, Lili Z is coming back with 15 new 8-track cassette living room recordings. Twisted into shapes that very vaguely resemble seam-bursting garage punk (whatever that means today), the numbers' charms (13 original songs and reworkings with Lili Z of a Bela Bartok piece and an old Rondos chestnut) lie in their unpredictability. Sometimes it's a little late 70s punk rock, sometimes it's catchy metronome-like electropunk, sometimes it's pure guitar noise freakouts and sometimes it's experimental tooling around. But most of all it's pure Lili Z., recorded at home at her most intimate. Working as a sort of Lili Z musical diary, The Two of Us comes with a stunning full colour Gatefold cover of Lili's collages and meticulous illustrations for each song. Vinyl edition of 1000.” – ITR. |
|
|
s/t In The Red ITR-161 CD £10.99 Long-awaited reissue of the debut album from the Vivian Girls trio, classic punked girl group sounds that combine the Shop Assistants/Shaggs/K Records feel for usurped pop music with a great lost-in-time garage band edge. |
|
|
Under And Under In The Red ITR-168 CD £12.99 “For the past several years, a slew of 12-inches, 7-inches, and cassettes have been released by the mysterious Brooklyn artist known as Blank Dogs. Blank Dogs is actually singular-- it's the insanely prolific one-man band of Mr. Blank Dog. Not too much is known about the guy behind the bedroom new wave / pop / punk act and he's usually covering his face with masks or bedspreads, but that's fine. The sound is Joy Division vocal lines with The Cure's synth and guitar melodies filtered through ancient, submerged keyboards and eroded recording equipment. And that voice? All the feedback in the world can't hide his knack for melody. Blank Dogs has been making plenty of rumbles in the noisier and more secretive outposts of the underground. All of their records were pressed in limited editions, sold out quickly, and, without fail, wound up fetching big bucks with collectors on eBay. Under and Under is Blank Dogs' latest and most massive release to date—a new album housing 15 brand new songs that show off his pop chops to a greater extent than any of his previous releases. Also, for the first time, Blank Dogs has incorporated the assistance of outside musicians to lend a hand. Various artists from the Brooklyn music scene-- members of the Crystal Stilts and Vivian Girls, among others-- contribute this time around, though the sound remains as dusted and strange as anything Blank Dogs has done before.” – ITR. |
|
|
Waiting In The Red ITR-167 7" £5.99 Two electro-punk blasters from Blank Dogs, exclusive to this single, with a cool early-Rough Trade art-pop edge. |
