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 Born Sandy Devotional $14.98 Whenever I meet an Australian, I usually try to strike up a conversation about Australian music. Most I've met know Nick Cave but not a single Aussie I have met stateside has ever confessed to knowing about The Triffids. Here in the states, I would wager that fewer still have heard of them. I'd likely never have heard of them myself if bassist Martyn Casey had not later joined Cave's Bad Seeds, a band of which I am a huge fan. With the reissue of Born Sandy Devotional, Domino Recording Company commences a labor of love which hopefully will save this very good band from an undeserved oblivion. While most of the songs here lack the quality of some of The Triffids later releases, the raw and sometimes primitive sound carries on its notes a promise of future greatness. When I first put this on, I was a little disappointed. The first four songs are decidedly unexceptional. But then it got better. My favorites are Personal Things and the pounding, vibrant title cut which oddly was not included on the original. I also like the songs containing sonic elements reminiscent the very early music of Nick Cave. These include Lonely Stretch, Life of Crime, When A Man Turns Bad, and Time of Weakness. The CD comes with a small booklet that slides into the jewel box and which contains original lyrics and some notes on the bonus cuts. A larger booklet containing pictures, doodlings, and notes fits into the cardboard housing provided as an overcoat keeping the CD and the larger booklet together. While Born Sandy Devotional is certainly not the best CD ever, as one reviewer gushes, it is useful to all those wishing an introduction to the often brilliant song-writing of the late David McComb. I applaud Domino Recording on the quality of this reissue (and other Triffids reissues I own) and hope that their devotion to keeping The Triffids music before the public is amply rewarded.  Born out of Time: 1979-1988 - The Australian Indie Scene $21.98 Introduced to this stuff in a haze of pure fun around 2004, absinthia, tequila and yuengling. NEPA mingled with great sounds and friends from down under. Whatta night.. Scientists, Radio Birdman, Celibate Rifles get with it people you cannot go wrong. Some bad production on some stuff but who cares. Over all, a great compilation Thanks Ian&Donna.  Get Born/Shine On $15.49 Import-only two CD release features a pair of hit albums housed together in one package: Get Born (2003) and Shine On (2006). Warner. 2008. |
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