Stretcher, by Severed Heads

Stretcher

by Severed Heads

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1.	Halo 06:42		download
2.	Petrol 06:02		download
3.	Oscar's Grind + Mambo Fist Miasma 07:57	info	download
4.	Heat Seeking Susan 03:28		download
5.	Big Blue is Back 03:26		download
6.	Dead Eyes Opened 1985 06:01		download
7.	New Explosions 05:13	info	download
8.	Mambo Fist Miasma (version) 04:42		download
9.	Eels Blood 02:35		download
10.	Don't Say It 03:46		download
11.	Spurned 10:21		download
12.	Junkhead Spins 02:52		download

about

Stretcher was the first album by myself after the group split and immediately moved into more popular territory than CSH. By 1985 the 'industrial' sound was becoming tedious and a more optimistic note was in the air. The album is actually a compilation of EPs from Canada and the UK that was assembled for Australia - a high point in SH's commercial existence.

Stretcher is marked by the a sound that defines that era - the DX7 synthesiser! It marrs a fairly lame version of Dead Eyes that was recorded for Canada but works well on Big Blue Is Back - the first recording by SH that uses MIDI. But here also the Korg Modular System that first appears on CSH reaches a crux on the track Spurned.

Still it is hardly a normal album and gained much comment at the time - especially the pygmy sample on Oscar's Grind!