'Unsere Feuer Brennen', which translates from the German as 'Our Fires Burning', is one of the most interesting releases that has come my way in a long time. Strikingly packaged in gold upon white and aided by both Jason Thompkins (Harvest Rain) and Nick Nedzynski (Lady Morphia), the eleven tracks on this CD run to just over 50 minutes in length.
The first of them, 'Nocturne', opens with the words 'Welcome, sweet death', taken from J. Dowland's 'A Pilgrime's Solace' from 1612 and possibly even inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach's 'Komm Susser Tod'. Regardless, it's most certainly infused with the same Classical spirit and even a wry sense of optimism. To a slight extent these poetic utterances remind me
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This was the only full-length album released during the brief life-span
of the Creation, one of the few beat groups to rival the raw intensity
of the Who. (Guitarist Eddie Phillips, who committed violin bow to
guitar strings before Jimmy Page, was allegedly even courted by Pete
Townshend to become the Who's second guitarist.) This album, released
in 1967 on Hit-Ton, a label out of Germany, where the group enjoyed
immense popularity (a situation not mirrored back home in the UK),
consists of the singles and some uninspired choices of covers ("Cool
Jerk," "Like a Rolling Stone," "Hey Joe"). The group's criminally
under-appreciated sound is fueled by Phillips' clanging, melodic power
chords and feedback-drenched squalls, which show up most prominently in
the Creation's signature single, "Making Time." Other highlights on
this essential album for fans of Mod and British Invasion include "Try
and Stop Me," "If I Stay Too Long," "Biff Bang Pow," and "Painter Man."
A 1999 Repertoi
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This
easily gets a place in my top-15 records from the 80s, and I was
surprised to find out that, although Antietam are still active, their
early recordings have never been reissued, not even posted in the
music-blogland.
Antietam came from Louisville, KY, where Tara Key
and Tim Harris were in Babylon Dance Band and Wolf Knapp in Your Food.
In 1984 the three of themrelocated to New Jersey and formed Antietam
with Mike Weinert on drums. Their first (self-titled) LP came out in
1985 on Homestead records, as well as Music Form Elba in 1986. Today
they live in NYC. In some reviews they have been described as
"Hoboken-sound" (i.e. like the Feelies or Yo La Tengo), but to my ears,
their first two LPs always sounded equally east and west coast. There
is something in Tara Key's guitar playing and voclas that leads me
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