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THE EVIL PRESLEYS

The debut disc from primal rockers Thee Evil Presleys. Original Songs in the rock 'n' roll style for dancing, drinking, smoking and whatever.

 

THE BACTERIA E.P. by STEVE LAKE
with Dominic DeGrande

Featuring the songs
BACTERIA
I JOINED THE NAVY
LANGUISHING IN LANGUEDOC
I HEAR YOU'RE IN THE BIGTIME NOW
Available from BEVERLEY RECORDINGS
Originally released March 2001

Lance Hahn's review of The Bacteria E.P.

STEVE LAKE - The Bacteria CDEP
FOUR fascinating solo pieces from the former front person of Zounds. This is serious music from the morbid revelers. This isn't really angry music. But it's painful. Interpret the lyrics personally or politically; either way they're about pain.

Musically, the piano backdrops are fascinating little Kurt Weil-esque tunes. At times it's like the Bad Seeds' more sombre moments. Other times, it's like Tom Waits. Languishing In Languedoc is somewhere between Kurt Weil and a Fellini soundtrack.

A lot of this is thanks to Dominic DeGrande's piano playing which is simple and deliberate. The more understated moments verge on "ethereal" in terms of This Mortal Coil or the Virgin Prunes. It's like the music of a whiskey bar being played at a funeral.

I don't know if this little EP is mere experimentation or a teaser for a possible full length. But it's very engaging and an interesting new travel plan for someone most comfortable off the beaten path. (Beverly Recordings)

From RECORD COLLECTOR no. 263 July 2001 by Alan Clayson
The Bacteria E.P. by Steve Lake with Dominic DeGrande

THIS North London duo trade in a unique brand of British chanson that conveys the impression of two cynical wanderers of a global Bohemia - as exemplified by the extremities of a deeply cor-blimey "I Joined The Navy" and a song hinged on a subtle czardas rhythm, "Languishing In Languedoc.

Composed by singing pianist Lake, "Bacteria 2" combines Mike Garcon-ish dissonance and muffled words decipherable only with the aid of the printed libretto. Such an approach proved so effective at a recent recital that the disc sold briskly in its aftershock.