WLS - October 2020
We are incredibly excited to present to you, October's While Label Series record, Stephen, Radar of Small Dogs -- as curated by Liz Harris.
Stephen is a late 80’s Kiwi-pop project fronted by David Kilgour (the Clean). Radar of Small Dogs was originally released as a CD compilation on Flying Nun Records in 1993, and is presented here, for the first time on vinyl, digitally remastered from the original analogue master tapes.
Stephen is a late 80’s Kiwi-pop project fronted by David Kilgour (the Clean). Radar of Small Dogs was originally released as a CD compilation on Flying Nun Records in 1993, and is presented here, for the first time on vinyl, digitally remastered from the original analogue master tapes.
A little over a decade ago, in New Zealand, my tour mate Stefan told me about Stephen, the band in which, the joke went, initially there was no one actually named Stephen. Naming my own pop band Helen a while later might have borrowed from this idea a little.
Somewhat inexplicably it all felt like…a description of place or experience I could relate to (rare feeling), but from a maddening distance; wrong hemisphere, a few decades too late. I suppose this describes ideal pop music in some ways— being able to tap into another’s experience, but with just enough distance, a sort of labyrinthian charm, to make you curious, to be pulled in. An invitation to discover what the heart of the connection is and in doing so perhaps unwind some curiosity in your own life. These songs carry a magnetic charm, the blush of nostalgia; many sound like a crush to me, bubbling for a moment with an emotion coming from down deep, light-hearted but fierce. Clever songs, wistful and deep, but not worked-over to the point of wilt. Anyway, I won’t try to romanticize or describe Radar of Small Dogs much more— the record speaks for itself. The brief but wobbly-perfect projections of a kiwi pop band made up of a David, an Alf and a Geoff.
—Liz Harris
Curator
Curator
Stephen
Radar of Small Dogs
(October 1, 2020)
Radar of Small Dogs
(October 1, 2020)
- Loved By You
- Little Audrey
- Don't Know Why
- Thinkin' About You
- Tape Machine
- Windy Day
- Blowing
- Crystal
- Spins You 'Round
- Mary Had A Steamboat
- Tender Shoots
- Glover
- Splash Yre Jewels
- Kills All My Fun
- Relic (live)
- Hedgehogs (live)
We are sold out of our subscriptions for this year, so we encourage you to follow David Kilgour online and buy from the artist direct! WEBSITE
If you are a White Label Subscriber, check the White Label Digital Downloads page to grab the digital:
https://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/pages/wls-digital-downloads
If you are a White Label Subscriber, check the White Label Digital Downloads page to grab the digital:
https://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/pages/wls-digital-downloads