For those unaware, Golden Staph were/are a short lived Perth punk band who formed in late '09, played their first show at the end November of that year and played their final show at the end of July last year. Between those dates they toured Australia twice and recorded 1 EP, 1 LP and 1 single. I had some great times recording those releases. The cassette EP was recorded in 2 hours in the middle room at Dream while The Preytells rehearsed for their final show* next door, which somehow came straight through the amp I nicked from my dad to lend Tim, so if any IndieJangleShitePop influence is evident on those frantic recordings you'll know why. This album was done a little differently though, we did bed Drum-Bass-Guitar recordings like professionals, albeit brutally hungover pros, and did the Organ and Vocals later, under more sober circumstances in a marathon 13 hour "session". The cover photos were taken in my parents backyard in Guildford, which for you other-staters is the home of good music in perf. The music was finished, mixed and mastered about a year ago but took a while to get released, probably because steam rolling band leader Onton moved OS around then. It's a weird sounding punk record chock-o-block full of brutal double fisted drums, smashing bass, ripping guitar hero pyroteknix, sinister organ and Amber singing and screaming in, above and throughout the mess.
Buy this record and thrash the fuck out of it. THE sound of Perth circa twenty ten.
ps I can verify that all members are fulysik MASSIV fans of SS & The Banshees and/or The Creatures.
*Thank fuck.
