Song Of the Day: July 12, 2005
There is a narcotic warmth to the fuzzy guitar and organ maelstrom of Snapper; while the rhythms may be fairly stomping and the melodies sinister, the overall effect is one of being cocooned in your very comfortable Velvet zone. Snapper (on this record) consists of mainstay Peter Gutteridge (very early clean member who turned up again in the Great Unwashed, as well as a contributor to many other FN discs) as well as David Kilgour (Clean, Stephen, etc.), Mike Dooley (Toy Love) and Christine Voice. Their entire output is mesmerizing, and there are times when nothing else will do.
By the way, Flying Nun Records has just released a Toy Love retrospective. Also, Tall Dwarfs are playing a few US dates this summer.
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And don't forget Dominic Stones between stints in Bird Nest Roys and the 3Ds.
Vader is the last great single from an equally great band. Sadly, their album ADM from 1996 was somewhat of a letdown -- but the Snapper EP and Shotgun Blossum are priceless.
I've never had the chance to hear Peter Gutteridge's early demos which were compiled onto an Xpressway cassette called Pure. You don't happen to have it, Jon, do you??
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No, I confess I've heard of such a thing. Do you s'poze they're Snapper-esque, or more of a Clean/Velvets thing? I missed most of the Xpressway stuff.
Best,
Jon
PETER GUTTERIDGE IS MY UNCLE!!! haha thats exciting. I never knew they actually made it, my mom would say stuff but never really anything big, hahahah wayy awesome. And he isnt so cool anymore jsut so you know. He has hepitius and yeah all the rest of it.
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Yeah, I think a lot of Flying Nun fanatics have heard things regarding Peter's sickness. I didn't really want to bring it up though. Please extend our best wishes to him for his future health and our gratitude for the wonderful music he has provided.
Best wishes,
Jon
1st of all Automatic Death Machine was anything but a letdown I see it as Snapper's most powerful work, brutal even. Pure is very similar to Shotgun blossoms, noise punk rock, from what i can remember it's definitely worth a listen my bandmate owns it i can dub it if you like.
What's this I hear about Snapper playing 23/12/2005? at Sammy's in Dunedin if anyone knows about this please let me know jaredkelly1@hotmail.com
and best wishes to Peter I hope he feels better soon.
'Pure' is a great little box of sounds. Got it in Melbourne in 1989 I think, lost it, found it again in a bargain store in Auckland in 1992.
It sounds to me like a set of sketches, work in progress. 'Vader's melody and rhythm is taken from one of the pieces on it. It's not as polished as his other work but there are some inspiring gems in there.
My favourite is 'rubout' which is so heavily distorted that you can hardly hear any tones in it, but only just. It has a beautiful minimalism to it.
FYI... ADM stands for Atomic Demolition Munition.... deadman
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