South 7''
(2008, Happy Jack Rock Records)
From
the dark pages of the internet, this is what Pollard and company
wanted you to believe: (from GBVDB.com); This is a Bob
SPONSORED release. The Carbon Whales are an obscure band from the
late 70s that actor Paddy Considine turned Bob on to. The 4 songs on
this EP are apparently the only things they ever recorded. It was
never released. Bob really loved it so we tracked the band down and
asked if we could release it. The singer sounds EXACTLY like Bob.
Check out the song writing team of Bob Evans and Joustin Clark. I
Think It Should Be Our Band.
This
sort of game play was nothing new given the seemingly endless string of band names given for each track on the Suitcase box-sets. Such imaginary fan boy behavior regarding band names is also prevalent with the mystic surrounding Pollard's Nightwalker
releases, and The Sunflower Logic's fake ordering catalog included with their EP.
This release is a short blast of Pollard fronted post-punk said to have been
laid to wax in 1979 (as the story goes). It was released on both CD and 7'' in
2008, and recorded shortly before that (in reality).
Side
A:
Work
Into Me- 3 Sounds like something Pere Ubu might have trotted out in the day with a dash
of David Byrne-vocals, that melts back into a British post-punk drawl.
How ‘bout that trumpet at the end?
Side
B:
False
Teeth- 1 Ominous
bass rings out in the 1-2-3-rest pattern, with Pollard doing a
Dio-esque voiceover. Also features appearances by bass drum kicks
and guitar swells. Incredibly stupid.
The
Jeep- 4 An
honest to goodness post-punk bassline with a great early ‘80s
guitar line. Clean rhythmic shifts and deadpan, hummable vocals make
this the most memorable and effective of this mysterious EP.
I love this e.p. Sounds like great rock n roll to me.
ReplyDeleteSuperb EP.
ReplyDeleteside 1 is all killer. "false teeth" is at least a 2.
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