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Dangerous

    A strange document not originally intended to be released in its current form, "Dangerous" began life as a set of demos for an electric Refrigerator record. Bassist Daniel Brodo's fall from a ladder at the art gallery he runs with his wife resulted in two broken wrists and a serious concussion, and left the recordings stillborn. The band had moved on by the time Brodo had made a full recovery, and was itching to record a new batch of songs (the best of these to come out later in 2011 as the next album). However, the initial recordings were too good to leave unreleased, and have become "Dangerous", the first new Refrigerator record in four years.

    All material was done live without overdubs; most of them are first takes. "Dangerous" features a song written by Franklin Bruno (who guests on two different tracks) of The Extra Lens / Nothing Painted Blue, and two more by drummer / second guitarist Chris Jones.

    Herman Düne

    They Go The Woods

      Long overdue reissue, Herman Düne are comprised of two Swedish brothers and a man named Omé on the drums. Last year they released "Turn Out The Light", their critically acclaimed debut on the European Prohibited label. Mojo magazine observed, 'Herman Dune's idiosyncratic vistas capture the imagination, recalling the cut-and-paste lyricism of Julian Cope, the deliciously woozy chug of the Velvet Underground and the metronomic repetition of Can.' The band has toured the citrus-deprived, pestilence-ridden land mass of Europe, stopping off for appearances on John Peel's radio show and otherwise making quite a name for themselves abroad. The trio currently resides in Paris, France. The brothers Herman Düne - David-Ivar and André - cite as important influences their family home in Dalarna, Sweden (with its silence, space, and trees), the German writer Franz Jung, and the music of VU, Sebadoh and other usual suspects.

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      Bottles Of Make Up

        Eighth full-length release from longtime Shrimper vets, features guest musician Franklin Bruno (Nothing Painted Blue, Mountain Goats) on piano. While the quartet's previous record, "Upstairs In Your Room", squealed and squalled through two-minute rock workouts in the style of the group's early years, their newest has no electric instrumentation at all. Cohesive both musically and thematically, bottles of make up is far from lo-fi / no-fi affectation.


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