BIRTHDAY PARTY, The - Peel Sessions Vol 2 - Vinyl (LP)
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Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. Shop categories Information The BIRTHDAY PARTY Peel Sessions Vol 2 (LP) Junkyard
Cat: JR 2. Rel: 31 Oct 22
Punk/Hardcore
Side 1 - Track 1. Big Jesus Trash CanSide 1 - Track 2. She's HitSide 1 - Track 3. Bully BonesSide 1 - Track 4. Six Inch Gold BladeSide 2 - Track 1. Pleasure AvalancheSide 2 - Track 2. Deep In The WoodsSide 2 - Track 3. Sonny's BurningSide 2 - Track 4. Marry Me (Lie! Lie!)
Originally limited to 1000 copies at the time of release, to say Ben Howard (The Birthday Party's) second Peel Sessions recording has achieved cult status would be an understatement. 'Oats In The Water' certainly did no harm here, having appeared in both The Walking Dead and The Innocents, and trailers for video game The Witcher 3. Plenty of exposure, this should not suggest the rest of the EP rests on laurels.
Everything matches up to that track's spellbinding qualities and then some. The Birthday Party's take on punk is ripe for cinematic appropriation, but cast aside thoughts of soundtracks and you're left with something that's vital and crying out to be experienced live in the flesh. Rough, ready, rowdy, resolutely hypnotic and deceptively deep, not least the epic eight-minute title piece featuring Monica Heldal.
