Friendship Nation
May 7th, 2009 | Published in Releases
Friendship Nation CD / LP / CS [our 2nd album]
2008
“These guys sure know how to make an entrance: aside from the daft industrial estate shoe shop vibes of the band name and the rudie nudie sleeve art, they’ve gone and collared all their weirdo mates for remixes at the end of the album (specifically Robedoor, Silver Daggers, Tussle and BIG A Little a), even recruiting arch filthnik Pete Swanson of Yellow Swans for mastering duties. The album kicks off with the holler “Urination!” signalling a tirade of drums, which actually sound pretty crisp and clean given that they’ve undergone the Swanson treatment. Just when you’re expecting things to develop and embrace a wider range of sound sources… they don’t. There’s a lot more shouting fun to be had though, and even some venomous barbershop tactics on ‘Erecting The Wall Of Separation’. Considering how spare the constituting elements might seem on paper, the combination of vocals and drums (all in triplicate) makes for a pretty captivating listen, brimming with excess energy and a playful destructive impulse. You sort of which all those loathsome drum troupes that stand outside your local Marks & Spencer on a Saturday afternoon would take a leaf or two out of the Foot Village book. Nudity, shouting and percussion is a winning formula.” – Boomkat
1 Urination
2 Crow Call
3 Protective Nourishment
4 Narc Party (Let’s Make It Fucked Up)
5 Erecting The Wall Of Separation
6 1998
7 Materialist Crap
8 Untitled
9 Untitled
10 Protective Nourishment (BIG A little a remix)
11 Narc Party (Silver Daggers remix)
12 1998 (Tussle remix)
13 Protective Nourishment (Robedoor remix)
14. Orangutan
15. Erecting The Wall of Separation (To Live & Shave In LA remix)
[Tracks 10-13 do not appear on the LP version]
[Tracks 14 & 15 are on the iTunes version only]
Protective Nourishment : download
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Released on CD by Tome.
Released on Vinyl by Gilgongo.
Released on Cassette by Living Tapes.
Available on iTunes and our webstore.