The Clean Great Sounds Yet Another Flying Nun Vinyl EP
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From Trouser Press: "The first band to appear on New Zealand's vaunted Flying Nun label (with the "Tally-Ho!" 7-inch in 1981), the Clean technically existed for a mere eighteen months before sending its members (David Kilgour, Hamish Kilgour, Robert Scott and, at times, Peter Gutteridge) off to a multitude of other projects. But over the years, the trio, which always wrote collectively, with all three members switching off on lead vocals, has reunited with inconsistent consistency, resulting in a bunch of new records and live performances from a group most fans thought they'd never hear or see again.
Just as amazing as its short life is the fact that the band's essential output consisted of two EPs: the five- track Boodle Boodle Boodle and the seven-track Great Sounds (which theoretically has a much longer title, and is referred to on the jacket spine as Yet Another Clean EP). Both records were "produced" by Tall Dwarf Chris Knox (meaning he provided the Teac 4-track) and offer up short sharp shots of super-shambolic, super-perky garage-pop that's deceptive in its simplicity. From the groovy organ swing of "Beatnik" to the loping "Anything Could Happen" and the lengthier drone of "Point That Thing Somewhere Else," Clean songs were exercises in unbridled minimalism and maximum impact. David Kilgour didn't play a lot of notes, but his guitar provided a haunting, half- psychedelic, half-spy-movie tone, with sleek, fuzzy lines that could lay down a trance and inspire sing-song silliness. The Clean was folksy, lo-fi, precious, aggressive, baroque and naïve all at once, and always knew just how many times to repeat a hook." VG+/EX condition, cover vinyl. Cover shows ring wear and sticker residue but the record itself is in truly excellent condition.
$4 Media Mail, $7.00 Priority in US. Combined shipping available, just ask.
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