Sinister: (NBSC) Close Lobsters

[Perfection As A Hipster]

Chris wrote ...

>album by a band called "the close lobsters". i bought this A. because i liked 
>the name and 2. because when i first played belle and sebastian to my friend 
>stuart he said this is just like the close lobsters.
>
>well i've listened to the album. nearly three times now. i can be buggered if 
>i can hear it, but it is absolutely great though. any information on them? 
>album is called headache rhetoric.

The Close Lobsters hailed from Glasgow and the few slow ballads which may
have motivated your friend to come up with the comparison can be found on
their first album, examples include "Pimps", "I kiss the flower in bloom"
and "A prophecy" ... having said that, The Close Lobsters were a wonderful
band and in my humble opinion _Headache Rhetoric_ is much inferior to the
janglier first album. The discography, anything is worth picking up ...

Going To Heaven To See If It Rains 7"/12" (UK/Fire Blaze 15/'86) 
Never Seen Before 7"/12" (UK/Fire Blaze 20/'87)
Let's Make Some Plans 7"/12" (UK/Fire Blaze 22/'87)
Foxheads Stalk This Land LP/CD (UK/Fire LP 09/'87)
D.D.I.R.N. on V.A. - The Great Fire Of London LP (Fire Restless/'87)
The Janice Long Sessions 12" (Strange Fruit/'88)
What Is There To Smile About 7"/12"/CDs (UK/Fire Blaze 25/'88)
Nature Thing 7"/12"/CDs (UK/Fire Blaze 34/'89)
Headache Rhetoric LP/CD (UK/Fire LP 17/'89)
Just Too Bloody Stupid 7" (Caff Corporation 04/'89)

Besides, the CD version of the second album features _Foxheads Stalk This
Land_ in addition. 

I seem to remember that they were more successful in the USA than Great
Britain ... I'd be interested what happened to the Burnett Brothers
subsequently ...

"Going To Heaven To See If It Rains"

Andreas

The rain it raineth on the just
And also on the unjust fella
But more upon the just because 
The unjust steals the just's umbrella

(Charles Baron Bowen)

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