First limited edition of 160 - straight out of the box. 13 tracks. Sleeve art by Benjamin Paskins.
Geoffrey Datson and Annette Hughes' duo debut album, produced by Meju.
Due for digital release in Jan. Only available now in vinyl for friends, collectors and audiophiles.
40 years in the making, the production of this record is immaculate.
Includes unlimited streaming of FLOWERS AND THE AXE
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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edition of 160
Purchasable with gift card
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T-Shirt/Apparel + Digital Album
FLOWERS AND THE AXE SHORT SLEEVED T-SHIRT.
+ free digital album download.
Choose from a full range of sizes.
Regular fit and soft feel
Male model shown is 6'1" / 186 cm tall and wearing size Medium
Printed front panel is 96% polyester/4% spandex.
Solid color back panel, sleeves and neck bind are 100% cotton
Crisp, vivid colors.
Includes unlimited streaming of NOW & FOREVER via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Includes unlimited streaming of FLOWERS AND THE AXE
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 5 days
Purchasable with gift card
$50AUD
about
Written from a search list from the NY public Library where Geoffrey stayed warm and dry during two freezing NY winters in the 80s. Samurai Trash had disbanded and he had lost faith in the Australian music scene which was becoming ever more commercial and populist.
The song goes back in time to when Geoffrey packed up is books and clothes and went looking for collaborators overseas. With a stark proleptic vision of 911, the song heralds in the 'disinformationage' of the internet, fake news and then facebook.
lyrics
Locust, strip bare the tree of life
Locust teeth, locust throat
in your divine hunger
You took America no one was watching
won't you please put it back
before it gets broken
Under the sun migrant mother says you are
draining the life blood
right out of my love line
We work like slaves to buy these things
Our eyes tend to go
window-shopping
I wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa want some
I wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa want some
We are locust and bad, oh so very bad
Yes, we are locust devouring the network news
We are locust and bad, oh so very bad
Further more we decline your reality
Emerging from subways, blacken the landscape
Too much
disinformationage
Bloody goddess a statue, ever so gently
Driving that big truck
through the back of his head.
credits
from FLOWERS AND THE AXE,
released December 29, 2017
by Geoffrey Datson & Annette Hughes
Sleeve by Benjamin Paskins
Mastered by John Ruberto, Mastersound
Pressed to Vinyl by Zenith, Melbourne
Megan is coproducer on our masterpiece releases and is the voice of those etherieal female vocals. She is a gifted musician. Check out her guitar work. Mesmerising. datsonhughes
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