Thursday, October 21, 2010

Mole Männe - Mole Männe (1983)



Can't really find out much about this album, so I'll just have to tell you what I reckon. Recorded in 1983 for Jayrem, Mole Männe's self-titled EP is caught somewhere between punk and post-punk: linear monotone vocals, minimalist superfuzz licking, big rumbling stereo-separated Gang of Four/PIL drumming, and "production values"; paired with teen-angst poetics.

It's dreary and adolescent, and feels like small-town-rock-band to me, and that's a recommendation.

And We Won't Live Long

4 comments:

  1. Just got some info from Andy on these guys --Wellington trio with Riot 111's Nick Swan in it. Other members were Z Snook and Sue Lean. Also self-released a 7" EP in 1982 and an album, Obituary, in 1984 on Jayrem Records. They played in Wellington and Christchurch.

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  2. Bass player and cover artist was Bob Withers. Lives in Sydney now.

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  3. Actually Z Snook made the cover....I watched him do the drawing of a photo he'd cut up and re-arranged. Z runs a cafe in Wellington. Jane Ellis

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