It’s awesome being a post-punk fan
now. If I wanted the new release
by the Contortionists in 1979, I would almost have to know the band to get
it. Now I can get their whole
discography streaming on youtube in a matter of minutes. So I read an article on The Birthday
Party, and I want to hear them I don’t have to wait until they come to the US
and drive to whatever venue they would be playing in I can just fire-up my
internet machine!
What is one of the things I love
about these guys, and others in their vain, is the variety of music. They range from free jazz, punk,
rockabilly, blues…basically everything.
The only kicker is it all is rapped in the same package. Ambient feedback abounds, haunting
lyrical delivery, and everything is abrasive, yep, just another Birthday Party
song.
In this particular number we have a
phenomenal free jazz track, with saxophone and all. The whole track is a crescendo, with the repetitious
chanting and all. The lyrics, though mostly nonsensical conjure vivid
images. As always Nick Cave is
terrifying. There is defiantly a rhythm
to this song, but at the same time you almost can’t quite grab it, and that to
me is one of the appeals. It fills
you with adrenalin like you could almost chase the song down, but you can’t, so
just keep listening.
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