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Naked Apes and Pond Life

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Released
  
2000

Naked Apes and Pond Life(2000)
  
Having a Moment(2003)

Release date
  
2000

Label
  
Mauve

Recorded
  
unknown

Artist
  
Shriekback

Producer
  
Markus Dravs

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Genres
  
Pop rock, Electronics in rock music

Similar
  
Sacred City, Having a Moment, Big Night Music, Jam Science, Life in the Loading Bay

Naked Apes and Pond Life was the seventh full-length Shriekback album. This 2000 release was a surprise resurfacing for the band, after almost a decade of quiet. It gathered many songs performed in intimate appearances in London over the preceding years, recorded in the studio by Barry Andrews, Martyn Barker, Lu Edmonds (last seen on 1985's Oil & Gold), as well as Simon Edwards and Mark Raudva.

Contents

This album sounds strongly World music (probably largely due to the presence of multi-instrumentist and acoustic guitarist Lu Edmonds).

Many of the tracks are instrumentals, but the strong vocal-led "Berlin" and Big Night Music-esque "Everything's on Fire" are standouts.

Track listing

  1. "Stimulate the Beaded Hamster" - 1:17
  2. "Pond Life" - 4:05
  3. "Hostage" - 4:12
  4. "Invisible Rays" - 3:48
  5. "Claxon Bolus" - 1:36
  6. "Massive Custard" - 1:44
  7. "JP8" - 2:17
  8. "Unsong" - 4:50
  9. "Berlin" - 4:12
  10. "Baby Lion" - 3:00
  11. "Everything's on Fire" - 4:26
  12. "Keep-Net Stevenson" - 1:42
  13. "String, Sedatives, Weaponry" - 3:26
  14. "Anal Piss-Machine" - 1:34

Personnel

  • Barry Andrews - keyboards, synthesizers, accordion, vocals
  • Martyn Barker - drums, percussion
  • Lu Edmonds - guitar, saz, oud, percussion
  • Simon Edwards - bass, sintir, percussion
  • Mark Raudva - bodhrán, didgeridoo, mandolin, percussion

    • Songs

    1Stimulate the Beaded Hamster1:17
    2Pond Life4:05
    3Hostage4:12

    References

    Naked Apes and Pond Life Wikipedia
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