- 12inch
pel mel
Late, Late Show
Efficient Space
- Cat No: ES029
- 2023-08-17
オーストラリア80sのレジェンダリーバンドpel mel。シドニー伝説のM SQUAREDにも関わったメンバー達。シンセサイザー、ニューウェイヴ期、80年代の先鋭なオーストラリアサウンドの魅力。未発表音源を〈Efficient Space〉がアナログ・リリース。
Track List
After a ten year pursuit, Efficient Space finally presents Late, Late Show, the last recordings of influential Sydney-via-Newcastle band pel mel. Taped in the mid-’80s, these charmingly unvarnished sessions pare the combo back to their core, producing blue-collar sophisti-pop to a danceable LinnDrum beat. From the funky disco-not-disco of ‘Mr President’ to the effortless pop perfection of ‘Fool’s House’, the six tracks reveal a creatively open and well-oiled pel mel before they inevitably disbanded.
Formed in early 1979 as a misfit sextet from steel and surf town Newcastle, pel mel were inspired by New York and UK’s post-punk imports. Cutting their teeth speeding through originals and Joy Division, Wire and The Buzzcocks covers every Friday night to a regular turnout of dole bludgers, students and the under-age, the band would also cross-pollinate with electronic-leaning support act The Limp. In 1980, they decamped to Sydney to join the city’s flourishing alternative music scene alongside the likes of Laughing Clowns, Tactics, The Reels, Wild West and the M Squared crew, making an indelible mark with two albums and several singles as the only domestic signee of Factory’s Australasian licensee GAP Records. Catchy and intelligently experimental without being noisy, their musicianship and enduring legacy continues to be lauded by peers.
Undoubtedly some of their strongest output, this previously unreleased demo suite documents pel mel free from the pressures of a commercial outcome, naturally elevating them to a class alongside Orange Juice, Antena and Young Marble Giants.
Formed in early 1979 as a misfit sextet from steel and surf town Newcastle, pel mel were inspired by New York and UK’s post-punk imports. Cutting their teeth speeding through originals and Joy Division, Wire and The Buzzcocks covers every Friday night to a regular turnout of dole bludgers, students and the under-age, the band would also cross-pollinate with electronic-leaning support act The Limp. In 1980, they decamped to Sydney to join the city’s flourishing alternative music scene alongside the likes of Laughing Clowns, Tactics, The Reels, Wild West and the M Squared crew, making an indelible mark with two albums and several singles as the only domestic signee of Factory’s Australasian licensee GAP Records. Catchy and intelligently experimental without being noisy, their musicianship and enduring legacy continues to be lauded by peers.
Undoubtedly some of their strongest output, this previously unreleased demo suite documents pel mel free from the pressures of a commercial outcome, naturally elevating them to a class alongside Orange Juice, Antena and Young Marble Giants.
NOISE IN MY HEADのMichael Kucyがオペレートするオーストラリアのアンダーグラウンド・ミュージックにスポットを当てた発掘レーベル〈Efficient Space〉から、当時FactoryやRough Tradeの音源をオーストラリアでライセンスしていた〈GAP Records〉唯一の国内バンドだったpel melの音源を再発。シドニー伝説のM SQUAREDに関わったクルーとしてスタートしたバンドで10年の活動を経てシドニー、ニューキャッスルの影響力のあったバンド、この「Late, Late Show」は未発表だった最後の録音だそうです。当時のYOUNG MARBLE GIANTSやアンテナ、ORANGE JUICE等とも肩を並べる作品だとレーベルは断言しています。 (サイトウ)