The Verlaines: Juvenalia: Homestead. Flying Nun, 1986. Rare, Nice copy.
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$ 30 Sold For
Mar 10, 2013 Sold Date
Mar 3, 2013 Start Date
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LP is NM, jacket is excellent.  Clipped right corner of jacket (see photo)
Collection of the band's early tracks.


Although many New Zealanders have a sombre, brooding edge about them, songwriter Graeme Downes of The Verlaines is one of the darkest artists in the kiwipop canon. This songs are tightly wound and densely crafted, packed with modern compositional theory that goes far past the conventional 4/4 rock thing. I have to confess, although his early albums rank among some of my favorite NZ pop, several albums in I found myself unable to keep track of his work. When I do listen to them, his later records are always highly rewarding, yet they require a fair amount of active listening. Y'all brainiacs out there, pay heed: this is a guy to keep on your indiepop radar. 

A1 Death And The Maiden A2 Angela A3 Baud To Tears A4 Crisis After Crisis A5 Burlesque B1 Joed Out B2 Pyromaniac B3 You Say You B4 Windsong B5 You Cheat Yourself Of Everything That Moves


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