Life Without Buildings are of course waaaayyyy famous - but honestly, I never liked any of their subsequent releases post this, their first 7". YES, in this rare case, I am one of those pretentious sounding dweebz who bought the band's first release when it came out and never liked the production on any of their subsequent releases.
I heard 'The Leanover' on John Peel and travelled up to London and bought it from a rekkid shop on Berwick Street - got it home and listened to it repeatedly by myself smoking out of my bedroom window. It was so magically emotional and weirdly compelling that I got completely obsessed.
I've bought and lost two copies of this 7 inch since then, and with each time it got rarer and harder to find - and only just recently did it pop up again on eBay for me snatch up. Such is the crazy emotional tie with these songs that when I finally heard them again after nearly 10 years, I actually burst into tears - an amazing first for me!
Of course, it's difficult to pin point exactly what lead singer Sue Tompkins was going on about, such is the seemly surreal non-sensibility of the lyrics, but I always read both as love songs; about first love, nervousness and tentative eye contact, excitement, feeling unloveable, feeling loved, break ups, fun and silliness, fights, nostalgia, relationship difficulties and sweetness, all rolled up into one, like a cut-up style love story where the beginning, the end and the middle are all happening at the same time.
You'll never hear be this mushy over another pair of tracks so please indulge me this once; and I hope you enjoy listening to them, at least a fraction of the amount I clearly do! Ha!
There's obviously no denying that I'm in love with Judas - it's literally the only song I've listened to for the past two days, on repeat on all commutes and on my lunch break. The ways I love Ju-duh-uss are as follows:
(1) The stomping industrial electronic disco goodness gives me tingles. (2)'Ewww'. (3) The hint of reggaeton about her vocal in the verse. (4) The lighter 'Steps' pop quality about the chorus. (5) Split vocals during the breakdown - the shrill Gaga is my favourite but they come together like demonic possession - "My name is Legion for we are many!" (6) And finally, following on from point 5, Judas worship is totes goth.
So just recently, I got around to fixing my rekkid player's broken needle (after maybe a year of putting it off/being scared of not understanding how to fix it) and SUCHLY I've been able to rip a lot of the vinyls I've been waiting to play to share with you! LUCKY YOU! This is a long post as I have a lot to say of these - CLEARLY! Haha! Also included the artwork as I think they're amazing. These are all good quality, mono rips complete with all the pops and crackles that come with old vinyl!
First up is the Finnish all girl rock group PIM, who were only a recent discovery to me and with whom with I am very obsessed, but sadly know very little about. I can't figure out whether they were a novelty band or not, which you'll get more when you watch the videos. I'm praying that they're not but of course, I'll still love them if they were. They only released 3 singles of which I have 2; the 2 I'm sharing with you below!
DRINK IT is undoubtedly their BEST BEST BEST track. The lead singer, NINNI, has a thrilling drunken warrior woman slurring shriek which lends itself PERFECTLY to the lyrics. The A side, Lies, is nearly as amazing, a bit softer and haunted. Their third, Fade away was release two years after, in 1987, so who knows what they were doing for all that time - I like to imagine they were terrifying and exciting Finland with live shows, drinking and causing trouble. Both tracks from this final single are great - mainly due to Ninni's vocals but they're not a patch on the first IMHO.
I'm always obsessed when non-English-speaking bands over-pronounce words of their lyrically simple tracks - that sounds a bit patronising and possibly racist but it's completely not how I mean it - honestly - I mean it as a compliment! This is especially apparent on Lies. The translation strips back any wordy pretentiousness and results in something that feels purer and more honest; it nearly always gives me tingles!
I sadly don't have their cover of These boots are made for walking so if anyone has it, please get in touch - especially for the B-side as you can't hear it anywhere! Their videos give you an amazing taste of PIM's stunning brilliance.
Anyone who knows me will have, at some point been forced to listen to my low quality mp3s of this album - it has it's own cult following after appearing online a few years ago. Since then, I've been searching for it in a real physical format so I could have better quality versions, sadly with no success. I finally found the vinyl in Rough Trade East, last year - WHY WAS IT THERE, I don't know but none the less, I nearly vomited with pure joy.
It's not just the novelty of hearing ABBA in another language that I love about this album - I think Salma and Sabina add their own magic to the tracks, making the songs actually seem weirdly less tacky! I've picked my two favourites from the album but honestly, they're all good - I'm sure you'll be able to track down the rest on the internet in the meantime, but I plan on ripping the whole lot eventually.
An English artiste this time! I've already posted the video to this a while ago on the blog with a promise of an MP3 to follow, so here I am, FINALLY delivering. Hustler was a novelty track released in 1980 and was apparently re-recorded from the original of 'You've got to be a scrubber...' which was sadly never released.
I've included the B-side here for completeness sake but honestly, I HATE IT - it's a weird faux country song with ditsy cutesy misogynistic lyrics which are most probably ironic, but it's not explicitly enough, and the more I listen to it the more angry I get. Haha! So, my recommendation is that you download and then delete it after one listen.
Definitely my favourite track off his new album (Too Young To Be In Love) - I'm literally THRILLING over the idea of him coming back to the UK to play again with this NEW STUFF.
We're excited to announce that we'll be spinning rekkids at Club Motherf*cker's 8th Birthday party this Friday 11 March - us Creeps have been going since it launched all those millions of years ago which ages us to admit!
As well as us though, two of our ABSOLUTELY FAVOURITE live bands are performing - LIGHT ASYLUM and BRETON! You'd be a fool to miss this night - it's going to be AMAZING!
INFO: THE CLUB MOTHERFUCKER 8TH BIRTHDAY DO FRIDAY 11 MARCH @ CORSICA STUDIOS (SE17 1LB)
Door:£4 before 9.30pm, £4 flyer/NUS/JSA before 10:30pm, - £7 others ADVANCE TICKETS HERE
Fo Mo about the line up and stuff check out theFACEBOOK EVENT
I don't think I've had more heated debate over a pop song than I have over Born this way. We love it of course. Nay sayers nay away cos baby creeps was born this way! Haha! (I'm = cool.)
After months of slogging my guts out drawing and writing, my first ever solo zine, NANCY, is finally completed and ready for you all to purchase! The over ridding theme is girliness in gay boys but hopefully it has an appeal for most people - it also features music, anime, goth stuff and other bits!
I said in the zine that I'd put up some videos that pertain to what I was talking about - I guess it'll give you an idea of the topics that come up! Click read more to see them!!
The CREEPs are part-time djz and full-time music loverz. This blog will feature some of our favourite musix, and upcoming attractions where some of that music might get played!
Note: If you'd like to send us some music or contact us about djing at your event or party - please do - creepclub@gmail.com!
Similarly, if you want us to take something down, please get in touch - creepclub@gmail.com! Remember kids, please buy the records from the artist if you like what you hear!
