Description:	LP on DFA
	Format:	LP (vinyl)
	Genre(s):	Experimental Indie
	Label:	DFA
	Price:	£12.49
	Availability:	Sold out / currently unavailable. Sorry!

5
...according to our Brian on 13 September 2007.

A chap from New Zealand has his collected works discreetly shoehorned into the Western Sphere and the world should look upon these audio gems, jewel eyed & utterly enchanted. The heartening fact is that EMI are genuinely trustworthy & enthusiastic about DFA founder James Murphy's pan global explorations into wilder, purer territories. You've a Pylon reissue to consume soon but for now we must talk SHOCKING PINKS. No shit here. This is ecstatic music made by a man with a vision. It sounds like My Bloody Valentine, New Order, Hood, The Clean, Liquid Liquid, Pavement & Eggs & every free thinking band known to man. A rich tapestry of atmospheric otherworldly sound, caressed, tremeloed guitars, manic pop hooks, wistful psychedelics, Frantic basement percussion & breathless energy. There's a Certain Ratio arguing with Trash (a fabulous NZ band from the early 90's) Imagine Slowdive falling into blisssed out wonky lo-fi boudoirs! Honestly, this is the most fucking beautiful album of schizo underground indie I've heard since the Department of Eagles album a few years back. It just flows, grows & explodes. I'm off over backpacking the little islands in October & this is MY soundtrack to the Autumn. Pure, delightful & fresh from start to finish. Possibly my album of the year, no joke. The indies have a handful of bonus CDs to give away free, which is a comp of all the teaser 7"s & b-sides & remixes. This is one for the glass of wine & duvet posse over winter & therefore is utterly life affirming! LOL x Brian

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What their label says...

1.     Wake Up
2.     This Aching Deal
3.     How Am I Not Myself?
4.     Second Hand Girl
5.     End Of The World
6.     The Narrator
7.     Yes! No!
8.     Emily
9.     Blonde Haired Girl
10.     Victims
11.     Girl On The Northern Line
12.     I Want U Back
13.     Smoke Screen
14.     Jealousy
15.     Cutout
16.     23
17.     You Can Make Me Feel Bad


17th September marks the release of Shocking Pinks' (aka Nick Harte)’s self-titled debut album. Essentially a remastered merging of Nick’s two previous albums - originally released on legendary New Zealand label Flying Nun - the reworking has produced a record that is a more concise statement, and one that DFA are proud to be putting out worldwide.

Brought up in the sparsely populated South Island New Zealand, Nick was rooted into the emerging local music scene including seminal bands like The Bats and The Verlaines. His teenage years were soundtracked by these local heroes, but redefined forever when his mother bought him a copy of My Bloody Valentine’s ‘Loveless’. It was the beginning of a love affair with music that has seen Nick write and release 3 albums (one with a band, the other two on his own), as well as drumming on the forthcoming album from Sub Pop band The Brunettes.

The DFA had followed Nick’s career since his first album and were early in recognizing a kindred aesthetic. They began working with Nick to bring his work to a larger worldwide audience.

The impending release of the self-titled debut for DFA - a 17-track album clocking in at a precise 45 minutes - is to be preceded by a limited vinyl single every 2 weeks leading up to the album release.  The b-sides will feature many new tracks, as well as remixes from Deerhunter, The Glimmers, Arkitype, and Eluvium.

The album will be followed by the first single 'proper', "End Of The World", on October 15th, and second single, "Emily", early in 2008.

It’s a record packed with hazy melodies, lo-fi drones and beats, and contains some of the most heartbreakingly melodic and melancholic songs, as well as some of the moodiest and difficult (but ultimately rewarding) sounds you’ll hear all year.