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***There's no icorrecti way to respond to The Dead Cis music. With a catalogue that oscillates between subverting traditional song structures and stomping out and obliterating the very notion, New Zealandis Michael Morley, Bruce Russell and Robbie Yeats have continually made the most crushing, expansive and intelligent rock noise ever to be heard. The number of their peers who are also fans o Yo La Tengo, Sonic Youth, Comets On Fire, Black Dice o shows the league in which they play. The Dead C have been creating the greatest of squalls for twenty years now, and to mark the anniversary, Ba Da Bing is proud to present this double CD retrospective, with tracks hand-picked by the band members themselves, collecting old and new faves and out-of-print rarities. All this at a price so nice, youid think you were picking up a ten-song Supertramp greatest hits package. This release serves long-time fans and the curious alike, as chances are few people have heard everything on these discs. The band chose critical highlights as well as material they felt deserved wider exposure. While classics like iConstellation,i iPower,i and iBitcheri are present, so are obscurities like iMightyi from their Forced Exposure 7-inch, iAll Channels Openi from the limited, double-disc DC record and i3 Yearsi from the Xpressway Pile-Up compilation. The real thrill is listening to the bandis development over time, from the deconstructed skeletal rock of their early output to the eventual, cosmic marriage of reason and squalor that is as crushing as it is indescribable. - Two CDs of out-of-print material by one of the greatest rock bands in history for a ridiculously low list price
- Features twenty three tracks, including favorites and rarities, hand-selected by the band
- Fans of Lightning Bolt, Black Dice, Sightings, Acid Mothers Temple, Sunn 0))), and Growing can now get aquainted with noise rockis founding fathers
30-second MP3 excerpts: Max Harris Angel 3 Years Maggot Glass Hole Pit Helen Said This Hell Is Now Love Highway Power Mighty Constellation T Is Never Over Pt I & II World The Marriage of Reason and Squalor Bitcher Voodoo Spell Repent IV Head All Channels Open Tuba Is Funny (Slight Return) Repulsion Truth If you have a recent version of iTunes software on your computer, clicking on the link immediately below should open the iTunes application and take you to that album's iTunes page-- where you can listen to samples and buy this album, or individual tracks: go to iTunes to browse downloads for Dead C. "Vain, Erudite and Stupid" If you have a subscription account at emusic.com, you can download tracks for purchase here. This title is also available for download at AmazonMP3 [please note that, due to international licensing agreements, not all Midheaven titles may be available for download in all territories]. For a complete listing of Midheaven exclusive albums available for download from the iTunes Music service and emusic.com, please visit the Midheaven Mailorder/Revolver USA Downloadables page. |