I got another package, courtesy of Mark Ritchie
(Hiroshima Yeah! Zine). I transferred
both seven inches on my hardrive so I can listen to them on my portable mp3
player. That`s when my problems started, my record player is toast. I managed
to do the transfer but the tempo is too slow (can`t make it faster). Which makes this a difficult listen. I might
as well make it short and sweet (my apologies Mark). `Shy Rights Movedments` (Mark`s band) has two
songs of emotionally brooding indie acoustic folk (good stuff). Recalls at
times, in no particular order: The Cure, Johnny Cash and dare I say a stripped
down, less gothic version of Sisters of Mercy. `Timo`s`next.
There`s three
songs in there, with basic instrumentations: guitar, bass and drums. The music
is dark (schizophrenic at times), somber indie pop with punk undertones thrown
in for good measure. The recording is low-fi, you can sense a feeling of delicate sensibility \ intimacy,
more introspective than in your face. I urge you to contact Mark before this is
sold out, yes it`s that damn good.
Mark Rithchie,
94 Main Sreet,
Forth,
Lanarkshire,
ML11 8AB,
UK.
Listening to a lot of noise, experimental music and various kinds of assorted weirdness, can be a bit tedious at times. Once in awhile I need a break, you know what I`m mean. And what a good break this is. Librarian operated from 1988 to 1992. It was a four piece band comprised of Mark Ritchie (Hiroshima Yeah!) on vocals, Stephen boyd (guitar, harmonica, piano, recorder), David Tough (bass), Scott Sneddon (drums) and Gary Curran (drums). Librarian was an indie rock outfit with a low-fi pop (and I mean in a good way) sensibility. There`s fifteen songs on this here CD. I like them all. My favorite track is `the withering`. It recalls The Jesus And Mary Chain circa Psychocandy (if they could rock). Mark told me that this sounds shitty at times. I wouldn`t say that. It sounds low-fi and homemade at the same time (which is a human quality, it`s not perfect, not cold and digital dammit!). I like this even more after my first six pack. But then again everything looks \ sounds better after my first six pack. If you send Mark a polite request he might send you a copy. Personally, I recommend sending him a trade (maybe he will review it in Hiroshima Yeah!). Contact:
Mark Rithchie,
94 Main Sreet,
Forth,
Lanarkshire,
ML11 8AB,
UK.
