Y'know they did a kickarse Peel Session just before the release of Melt and all four songs sounded 100x better than the album, including a rampantly good 'Roller Ride'. I'd love to hear that again.
― let's all go down the strand.....galifianaaakis (MaresNest), Friday, 26 November 2010 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, i saw them performing a lot of those 'melt' songs prior to them being recorded for that album (with its weird aqueous production) and they were so much more fierce live. ('roller ride' and 'quiet come' being particular standouts)
― cb, Friday, 26 November 2010 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Yep, the production on Melt is really boxy, pity really.
This is weird.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NuejVMkOkACan anyone in NZ confirm if She Speeds is some sort of alt music anthem or something?
― let's all go down the strand.....galifianaaakis (MaresNest), Friday, 26 November 2010 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i can confirm that it is
― just sayin, Friday, 26 November 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
down in splendour's pretty huge also
In 2001, as part of the Australasian Performing Rights Association's 75th anniversary, a poll was conducted to vote on New Zealand's top 100 songs of all time. Straitjacket Fits' song "She Speeds" was named at number nine, and "Down In Splendour" at number 32, and "If I Were You" at number 88 on this list[1].
― just sayin, Friday, 26 November 2010 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
This makes me happy!
― let's all go down the strand.....galifianaaakis (MaresNest), Friday, 26 November 2010 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Still love Hail, still love Down in Splendour, still kicking my own ass at missing this band pay in London years ago.
― music of the squares (MaresNest), Thursday, 8 November 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
Love the first two albums, "Done" is mostly crap to my ears. The last two Dimmer albums are killer as is Andrew Brough's Bike album.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 9 November 2012 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
New Zealand news is reporting that Andrew Brough has passed away: https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/119259795/ex-straitjacket-fits-guitarist-andrew-brough-dies
― aphoristical, Monday, 3 February 2020 23:15 (four years ago) link
Oh no
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 3 February 2020 23:29 (four years ago) link
aw what
― ymo sumac (NickB), Monday, 3 February 2020 23:47 (four years ago) link
Aw.
I love so much NZ stuff, but for some reason this band (and the Verlaines) never clicked with me. I should give them both another belated shot. In the meantime, despite not being a huge Fits fan, this has remained one of my favorite songs for decades:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCnSEb61BTE
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 00:37 (four years ago) link
This is too bad. He and Shayne Carter were quite the manic duo, complementing each other perfectly. "Lay Down in Splendor" is an eternal classic, and not just in Kiwipop. RIP.
― henry s, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 01:56 (four years ago) link
Well that's bloody awful. Jeez, was he even 60? I loved everything he did, the Bike album is a hidden gem worth discovering.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 02:25 (four years ago) link
Just awful.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 02:41 (four years ago) link
Whoa! Didn't anticipate that reason for the revive. :(
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 04:37 (four years ago) link
I do get a bad feeling when I see an out-of-the-blue revive for a band whose heyday was in the 80's or 90's...
― henry s, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 12:27 (four years ago) link
Terrible shame, I always liked what he brought to the band, a song like Sparkle That Shines is a perfect compliment to Carter's more angsty leanings.
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 13:30 (four years ago) link
The Peel session version of Roller Ride is so damn great, especially compared to the awful, boxy album production, I love the dissonant notes and passages that they thread into the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOdkv3aeFfc
― Maresn3st, Monday, 10 February 2020 13:12 (four years ago) link