Various Artists “ Release The Bats: The Birthday Party as Heard Through the Meat Grinder of Three One G”

Spawned from the Cave that set the standard for mischievous, perverse, raucous punk music in the form of Australian band The Birthday Party, Three One G Records has set out to pay tribute with Release the Bats. This album is a compilation of covers by varied acts from Cattle Decapitation to Some Girls to Ssion, each undoubtedly influenced in one way or another by The Birthday Party’s wildly entwined goth-punk-jazz-blues sensibilities. Hidden in Das Oath’s feedback and Rah Bras’ unsettling synth lines lie curious, well-written, dark stories, and it’s fascinating to hear them told through the collective distorted echo of the Three One G family. Featuring artwork by Mark McCoy. Track Listing:01. Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower – Pleasure Heads Must Burn02. Das Oath – Friend Catcher03. T Cells – Deep In The Woods04. Cattle Decapitation – Sonny’s Burning05. Year Future – Blundertown06. SSion – Nick The Stripper07. Ex Models – Mutiny In Heaven08. Les Georges Leningrad – Riddle House09. Rah