RESTOCK. The multi-instrumental collaboration of John Moore and Luke Haines has brought about a work of spatial awareness with a reflective nature that has an abounding sinister quality enhanced by the use of Sarah Nixey's breathy vocals. Moore was once the drummer in Jesus and Mary Chain before he moved on to his own bands Expressway and Revolution 9, and Haines is well known for The Auteurs and Baader Meinhof. Jetset Records will be releasing "England Made Me" on July 6th, 1999 in North America. This re...   [ read more ]

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RESTOCK. "The Facts of Life is a fresh wedge of sourdough (dourdough?), just as simple but more tasty. Luke Haines and John Moore get the most mileage possible out of their sparse, noir-tinged melancholia, rarely needing extraneous things like overdubs or distortion for the sake of it. Sarah Nixey increases her stock as a worthy Bond siren, less kitschy and more swaggerly than that other Sarah. Like the finest charms of songs by the other Sarah's St. Etienne, "Weekend" carries its weight as a gorgeous, sli...   [ read more ]

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One thing Black Box Recorder has going for them is that one needn't "get" them in order to enjoy the records they make. They work on many levels. On the cover of Passionoia, bikini-clad singer Sarah Nixey blissfully reclines poolside on a sunny day with a drink in hand. A lifeless body floats in that pool. For those who don't realize it's a reference to a party gone wrong that was thrown by English television celebrity Michael Barrymore, it still alludes to what can be expected from the record:...   [ read more ]

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