Released 20 June 2005 Length 43:36 Artist The Mess Hall Label Shock Entertainment | Recorded Byron Bay Notes From A Ceiling LP
(2005) Devils Elbow
(2007) Release date 20 June 2005 Genre Indie rock | |
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Producers Matt Lovell, Chris Joannou People also search for Devils Elbow, For the Birds, The Mess Hall | ||
Notes From A Ceiling is the second album from the Australian two-piece rock band The Mess Hall. The album won an ARIA Music Award for Best Engineer, was short-listed for the inaugural Australian Music Prize and was included in both Triple J and Rolling Stone's Top 50 of 2005.
According to Jed Kurzel (vocalist/guitarist), the only recollection he has of recording the album is that Cec Condon (drummer/vocals) nearly set fire to the studio whilst barbecuing, and that while suffering vertigo, the attending doctor was more interested in whether the band were touring on the next Big Day Out than attending to his illness. In early 2004, Kurzel lived somewhat of a nomadic lifestyle. Having moved house once, he kept moving from friend's place to friend's place. His main memory of that year is "staring up at different ceilings, wondering what the hell I was doing" which is how the album title came about.
Contents
Track listing
- "Diddley" – 5:23
- "Pills" – 4:00
- "Call It Black" – 4:12
- "Disco 1" – 3:59
- "Skyline" – 6:01
- "Shaky Ground" – 3:28
- "Metal And Hair" – 2:35
- "Disco 2" – 4:38
- "Holes" – 2:41
- "Red Eyes And Sunshine" – 6:34
Songs
1Diddley5:23
2Pills4:00
3Call It Black4:12