MOONSHAKE - The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow LP (Laika, The Wolfhounds, PJ Harvey)

	£		17
	$		23

Just Listened to this - what an astonishing piece of work - a 'strikingly solid, bold, multi-dimensional' record. And now exceedingly rare - the only one on eBay as I type. Comes in 'Proof Sleeve' and with limited edition Poster.

FORMAT: Vinyl LP, 33rpm
RECORD LABEL: Too Pure
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UK
RELEASE DATE: 1994
CATALOGUE NO: PURE33

(NOTE: I am now play-grading all my vinyl. I can't promise to play everything all the way through, but will be checking for any curving or warping and/or excessive surface noise - hiss, snap, crackles & pops. And if there are any dodgy looking areas with gouges, scratches, pit marks etc. I will double check that there is no skipping or sticking, and that playback is not adversely affected)

MEDIA: Excellent
OUTER SLEEVE: Excellent
POSTER: Mint
(Plain Paper Inner)

STORED OUT OF SUNLIGHT IN VERTICAL POSITION. FROM A PET, DAMP AND SMOKE FREE HOME.

ALL VINYL CAREFULLY CLEANED WITH ACC-SEES PRO VINYL LINT-FREE, ANTI-STATIC RECORD CLEANING CLOTH & GROOVESHINE RECORD CLEANING FLUID.

ANY QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR MORE DETAILED PHOTOS ETC, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME.

I TRY & GRADE ALL SLEEVES AND VINYL AS FAIRLY & ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE, BUT IF YOU FEEL I HAVE GRADED THIS RECORD INCORRECTLY, OR IF ANY OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS INCORRECT PLEASE TELL ME.

ALL VINYL WILL BE POSTED IN A GLASS CLEAR, VERY BEST QUALITY 450G PVC SLEEVE, IN A CARDBOARD RECORD MAILER, WITH CARDBOARD STIFFENERS, REMOVING ALL INNERS TO PREVENT SPLITTING TO THE SEAMS IN TRANSIT.

Tracklisting
A1         Joker John         
A2         Your Last Friend In This Town         
A3         Just A Working Girl         
A4         The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow     
A5         Ghosts Of Good Intention         
B1         We're Making War         
B2         Shadows Of Tall Buildings         
B3         Right To Fly         
B4         The Grind
B5         Into Deep Neutral

LP Review (Courtesy of Allmusic.com)

by Andy Kellman

One could be forgiven for swearing off Moonshake once hearing of Margaret Fiedler and John Frennet's defection to Laika. After all, it was Fiedler's fraught lyrics tempered with soothing vocals and Frennet's dub-wise bass that provided some well-needed respite from Dave Callahan's sneering antics on Eva Luna. Callahan's voice, an acquired taste, would be tough to swallow for a whole record. So quite wisely, he wrangles a supporting cast that helps make this a strikingly solid, bold, multi-dimensional follow-up to an acclaimed record. With drummer Mig still on board, Callahan enlists the help of Collapsed Lung bassist Johnny Dawe, who's just as skilled in Jah Wobble-style dub gymnastics as his predecessor. Polly Harvey and Stereolab's Katharine Gifford provide vocals throughout, not so much in the manner of a foil like Fiedler, but more in a background sense. The sound is built on the same rhythmic template as Eva Luna, that being Public Image Ltd.'s Metal Box. As the line on the back cover announces, the record is guitar-free, which shakes away some of the prior cacophony in favor of spaciousness and more jazzbo elements. Occasional trumpet on half of the record arrives courtesy of Andrew Blick, while Raymond Dickaty adds woodwinds and brass, effectively taking the place of the guitar as focal point. Opener "Joker John" is warp-speed dub with rolling percussion and creaky swingset samples. The title track is as atonal as a brass-based instrumental can get, but the Gene Krupa molestation and handclaps make it nice and snappy, if in a spastic fashion. Closer "Into Deep Neutral" is the closest Moonshake gets to pop. Callahan is at his most melodic; Gifford and Harvey double and triple him on the chorus, catapulted by breezy horn vamps.