The band’s naivety and guile produced some curiously engaging music, with frontman Darren Hayman’s precise, economic, poetic dissections of quotidian romance draped over awkward, fuzzy beats: something like Cat Stevens covering Warm Leatherette. Dead Media caused confusion at the time and ultimately lead to the band’s break up. However, the songs like ‘Junk’, ‘The Night’s Are Long’ and ‘When The Angels Play Their Drum Machines’ are among Hayman’s most adult and affecting essays and stand out among the finest of Hefner’s achievements. Tracks: 1 Dead Media 2 Trouble Kid 3 Junk 4 When The Angels Play Their Drum Machines 5 Union Chapel Day 6 China Crisis 7 Alan Bean 8 Peppermint Taste 9 The Mangle 10 The King Of Summer 11 The Nights Are Long 12 Treacle 13 Half A Life 14 Waking Up To You 15 Home
TRACK LISTING
1 Dead Media
2 Trouble Kid
3 Junk
4 When The Angels Play Their Drum Machines
5 Union Chapel Day
6 China Crisis
7 Alan Bean
8 Peppermint Taste
9 The Mangle
10 The King Of Summer
11 The Nights Are Long
12 Treacle
13 Half A Life
14 Waking Up To You
15 Home