This is a companion piece to a similarly-themed article on Pete’s site which, all things being equal, should be published at roughly the same time.
Flying Nun is an independent record label from New Zealand, feted by John Peel. When first mentioned by Pete, I was reminded of the mix tapes my cousin used to send me when he worked in a record shop in Sydney. Sadly I didn’t enjoy the playlist as much as I loved those tapes, which I no longer play because of their obsolete format. One of these days I should set Pete on the job of finding all the MP3s.
Not Given Lightly Chris Knox – The sentiment of a Dido song and the style of a breakfast cereal ad. If this was written as a love song to me, it would not get me into bed.
Nude Star Garageland – A noisy late-80s song with a very long intro; should have remained under the floorboards.
Death & The Maiden The Verlaines – A song I would classify as coming from the other side of the earth even if I didn’t know this was a New Zealand playlist. Really bad singing.
Nothing’s Going to Happen Tall Dwarfs – A weird song with interesting stereo effects; and rather nonsensical lyrics in very long sentences. I think I like it.
Pink Frost The Chills – Chilling indeed. Terrifying, in fact. This mysteriously sweet-sounding song is dark as Hades, so very very bleak. Brrrrrr. (Best of week)
Point That Thing Somewhere Else The Clean – Seems to be mainly about guitars, and feels very long, but is not awful.
And I believe that’s all we had this week.