Superette-Tiger LP +7" Flying Nun ex- JPS Experience NZ
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$ 63
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Oct 3, 2008
Sold Date
Sep 26, 2008
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Description
Superette- Tiger LP (Flying Nun 352) [with insert]
Superette- Touch Me/Anything (Flying Nun 362) with Picture Sleeve
Two rare vinyl released from JPS Experience's Dave Mulcahy's post-JPSE band Superette.This is fine New Zealand pop that kept the hope of Flying Nun alive.
Tracks are:
1 Kiss Someone 3:11
2 Touch Me 2:50
3 Ugly Things 3:55
4 Saskatchewan 5:31
5 Bye Bye 3:40
6 Felo de Se 4:19
1 Cannibal 2:59
2 I Got It Clean 3:26
3 Taiwan 3:16
4 Funny Weather 1:46
5 Killer Clown 3:47
6 Waves 3:20
Touch Me tracks are:
Side A : Touch Me
Side B : Anything [this does not appear on the Touch Me CD EP]
A M G says of Tiger:
Tiger is a solid and varied release from the more traditional end of the New Zealand rock scene — Superette has always been more conventional than their purely pop-oriented or experimentally-minded peers, but that doesn't stop them from working their rock riffs and Pixies structures ("Touch Me") with a decent level of competence. Tiger is probably too slick and middle-of-the-road to deserve real notice, but it's a marginally appealing album nonetheless.
Flying Nun said of Superette:
Superette must love animals. Last year, the group named their debut EP Rosepig after the dog that featured on the cover. The cover of their recent single, Touch Me, was adorned by a mouse and a birthday cake. No prizes then for guessing what to look for when you head to the record store to buy their fantastic new album, Tiger. Tiger was created by the same line-up that brought us Rosepig but lead singer/guitarist Dave Mulcahy, bassist Ben Howe, and drummer Greta Anderson have stretched Superette into a more powerful musical unit than Rosepig would ever have suggested possible. That means the clean instrumental drive of the three-piece band is augmented by vastly more assured arrangement and studio production from the band and engineer Nick Roughan over a set of twelve songs that confirm their quality songwriting talent.
Killer Clown is the only EP track present on Tiger. Touch Me, also here, gives more indication of what to expect from Tiger -- confident, strident performance and extra throttle added to the group's vocals by Greta and Ben joining Dave at the mic throughout the album.
Comparisons to JPS Experience, Dave's previous band, are inevitable but Superette's smart, distinctive music sounds increasingly like its own thing: a blend of chunky riffs and sweet melodies that makes real comparison hard. But if you blend the attitudes of a certain Sonic Youthness in the second half of Tiger and a hint of T Rex, especially by the slower songs, with your classic Flying Nun songwriting ingredients then you may have it. Add the cryptic lyrical sense that has always characterised Mulcahy's writing and there's definitely something special here.
What's certain is that there is variety aplenty. The ragged rocking of Ugly Things and I Got It Clean are followed by Saskatchewan and Taiwan, each with a bizarre geographical hook. The bright hooks of Touch Me and Kiss Someone contrast with upright heavy riff-monsters like Funny Weather and Felo de se. The mood then extends to gentler moments Bye Bye and Dave's beautiful solo album closer, Waves.
Superette's videos for Killer Clown and Touch Me have already received plenty of attention. Killer Clown, a surreal adults-as-children party sequence starred the dog Rosepig. Touch Me features pretty much the same cast involved in some badass peepshow action. Another epic Superette clip is due shortly for album track Kiss Someone, and they're promising this one is a safari video with the usual cast.
Those twisted visuals match Superette's song sensibility all too well. There are definitely some strange depths in their music. That just makes it all the more interesting and certainly adds to the fun. Tiger: all sorts of strange fun and definitely worth a ride.
12" LP is MINT to MINT-/Cover and insert are MINT.
7" is MINT to MINT-/picture sleeve is MINT-.
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