MAY 2007
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over the
past 25 years, shriekback have managed to hack their own unique trail through the sonic
swamp... never bothering to check in at the counter of convention, the band, originally
formed of refugees from xtc and gang of four, have led us through the curious mix of
organics and mechanics that was care, the clinical funk of jam science, the machine-free
beauty of big night music and many other matchless works... and they have always sounded
fresh and
confident
in comparison with any number of their contemporaries...
the glory bumps is a comin'... and now we're very proud to announce the
arrival of shriekback's eleventh album, and their second on malicious damage... all
sumptuously packaged as normal...
glory bumps is in many ways more recognisably the descendant of their mid-80's 'alt-rock'
classic oil and gold than any since... anthems, hooligan choruses, big guitars, brass, a
smattering of psychobilly and, as usual, shed-loads of words...
glory bumps has a curious tangential relationship with barry andrews' and martyn barker's
recent improvised album monstrance, a collaboration with xtc's andy partridge - glory
bumps uses a number of loops created from the monstrance album ['because they were there']
as well as martyns' inimitable live drums and real-time guitar contributions from andy...
barry co-produces with stuart rowe, who was one of the engineers from monstrance...
however there is no doubt that this is a shriekback album 100% - as you will hear. wendy
partridge who has sung backing vocals on every shriekback album since 1986 features as
does barry's son finn andrews [of the veils] who lends his intense vocals to the
happy-clappy title track...
the album's title is a reference to the goosebumps experienced by fundamentalist
christians 'when the amount of misery prevalent in the world presages, or so they believe,
their abrupt assimilation into the bosom of their lord' although we suspect that, on the
day of the rapture, shriekback will not be amongst them...
personnel
barry andrews: vocals, keyboards...
finn
andrews: backing vocals...
martyn
barker: drums and percussion...
andy
partridge: guitar...
catherine
shrubshall: brass and woodwind...
mark the
harp: blues harp...
ben smith:
trombone... stuart rowe: guitars...
finn
wilkinson & mia
produced by barry andrews & stuart rowe...
mixed
& mastered by stuart rowe
full track
listing: glory bumps, the bride stripped bare, bittersweet, hooray for everything,
amaryllis in the sprawl, squanderer, mahalia, burying the bunny, yarg 7, devils' onions
glory
bumps is released on 4th june 2007 but you can order it now and get a free copy of the
mini-album having a moment - and we've got shriekback t-shirts too!! http://www.maliciousdamage.biz/shop/