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Triffids - Calenture |
Classic Australian reissue! "Richard Rowe makes a persuasive argument in favour of the Triffids` `Born Sandy Devotional` being the great Australian L.P., but he is wrong. Right band, wrong album. `Calenture` is the definitive document produced by the best-ever Australian band. Recorded two years after `Born Sandy Devotional`, it benefits from the band`s increasing musical depth and range, the developing maturity and sophistication of David McComb`s songwriting, and Gil Norton`s flawless production. Musically, this is the sound of a group of musicians performing at their peak and posessing the self-confidence to experiment with song arrangements and instrumentation. Brass, woodwind, strings, keyboards, even Ulillean pipes, all get a look-in. With the exception of a couple of tracks (Unmade Love, Vagabond Holes), this isn`t a guitar L.P. and it certainly isn`t a Rock L.P. The songs on Calenture are mostly influenced by Anglo-Celtic folk melodies, 60`s Pop and Country music. Somehow, The Triffids combined these influences to produce a sound that is uniquely Australian. "-Bonemachine.com. "4 stars... although chiefly influenced by the Velvet Underground, McComb`s songs also drew heavily on the stark desolation of his rural upbringing, incorporating elements of country and blues to paint haunting portraits of isolation and longing. The Triffids were never labeled as a Christian band, but there`s an undeniably spiritual feel to several of the songs on Calenture. Moreover, vocalist David McComb spews his words with the fiery passion of a backwoods preacher. The orchestral sweep of "Bury Me Deep in Love" recalls the Waterboys` expansive sound; the lyrics are unmistakably religious as McComb looks for salvation in a chapel. Fans of Nick Cave will immediately be seduced by McComb`s bluesy croon; deep and brimming with palpable sorrow, McComb`s voice never dwindles in intensity. "-AMG. Definition CALENTURE : Tropical fever or delirium suffered by sailors after long periods away from land, who imagine the seas to be green fields and desire to leap into them. Whoa!!
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