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Rock 'n' Roll Psychology

by Blood Party

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Special edition CD re-release of the Blood Party's original cassette-only album from 1995, fully remastered with bonus tracks from the Electronica and Evidence compilations, as well as demo versions previously unreleased.

    Packaged in a purple or pink DVD carry-case with 20 page booklet.

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  • Cassette + Digital Album

    We found a secret stash of the original cassettes, still in perfect condition. Grab one while they last - a super rare artefact of the '90s Brisbane electronic scene from this amazing band.

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1.
Special Thanks To... 04:02
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2.
Trees 04:14
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3.
Ivory Toad 04:13
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4.
Tiny White Heart All Dead 02:12
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5.
This One's For Me 00:40
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6.
Testimonial 04:26
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7.
Benediction 04:55
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8.
Mud Pool Goddess 03:56
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9.
Rack It 03:29
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10.
Silver 03:07
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11.
Slave Again (Demo) 06:04
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12.
Leaky (Demo) 04:05
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13.
Rack It (Demo) 03:30
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14.
Silver (Demo) 03:04
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about

The debut (and in the end final) album from Brisbane’s BLOOD PARTY, with bonus tracks from Trans:Com compilations and promos, and even some very early but very wonderful demos.

“The impact, diversity and importance of the alternative music movement that simmered in Queensland’s capital from the late 80’s to the mid-90’s cannot be under-estimated. I was captivated by The Blood Party’s live performance; and particularly by their enigmatic singer, Julie Kavanagh. Julie delivered an intense performance, whilst the band pumped out an exhilarating mix of pop hooks and danceable beats that set them light-years apart from the guitar-based bands that, whilst often brilliant, dominated the scene at the time. But… The Blood Party had us all fooled…

The elegant synths, memorable melodies and effervescent beats belied something darker and more visceral. Julie’s lyrical exertions were often akin to catharsis; an exorcism of discomfort and assorted hurts, and whilst her fraught and fractured lyrics took a backseat in the band’s more instrumental works (try “Mud Pool Goddess” for starters), beneath the upbeat lustre of the melodies, there still lurked something more primal… a clarion call to stifled feminism, freedom and liberty.” (Amps, Ostia)

Beautifully remastered by Andy Bagley from the original recordings by James Clark, the new digital rerelease features the original 7-track album, 3 rare compilation tracks, and 4 of the band’s original pre-Evidence demo recordings.

The '90s was a time of great origination in Brisbane, when our electronic music culture grew from nothing, and these recordings from Blood Party are an absolutely essential part of that story.

credits

released October 23, 1995

James: programming, live engineering, vocals on t.w.h.a.d
Julie: vocals, programming, keyboards
Anita: keyboards, surfboards, emery boards, ironing boards
Andy Bagley: remastering
Kylie Crane et al: archival photos

Original cassette edition (CCOM14) released 23 Oct 1995.
'Redux' CD edition (XLCDCOM14) released 17 September 2012.

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Trans:Com Brisbane, Australia

Trans:Com is an indie record label based in Brisbane Australia, focussing since 1994 on local electro, techno, industrial, synth-pop, experimental, etc.

We've released several critically acclaimed compilations of Brisbane electronic music (including the groundbreaking BNE book/archive project) along with numerous band and solo releases. ... more

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