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Purrkur Pillnikk, "Í Augum Úti"
What we have here is a very important and amazingly entertainingartifact of early 1980s Icelandic post-garage rock and roll. It's nosurprise that Purrkur Pillnikk was invited at one point to tour openingup for The Fall, as lead singer Einar Orn Benediktsson (you mightrecognize his name as the -OTHER- singer of the Sugarcubes) fronted atactfully sloppy yet feverishly energetic rock band with bizarrescream/spoken storylike words.
Some of their first releases arecollected on this 2xCD set, which include 'Tilf,' a 10-song 7" single,recorded three weeks after their first gigs, and the very first releasefor Gramm Records (which later became what the world now knows as BadTaste). Disc one features their second full-length-ish release,'Googooplex' (a 2x12" set which followed their debut album, 'Ekki Enn'which is available separately). The second disc includes all of 'Tilf,'plus the LP, 'Maskína' which features live recordings from their firstgig through their last gig. The last four songs come from the brilliant'No Time to Think' studio EP recorded in London, released one monthafter their split in August of 1982. The band moved on, Einar formed agroup called Kukl, and later got back together with Purrkur Pillnikk'sbass guitarist, Braggi, and started Sugarcubes. In the tradition of anumber of my favorite clean-cut post-punks, Purrkur Pillnikk were moreconcerned with making lots of fun noise rather than focusing their timeon better chops. Unfortunately for me, however, all the liner notes arein Icelandic but the pictures sure are fun to look at. -
Some of their first releases arecollected on this 2xCD set, which include 'Tilf,' a 10-song 7" single,recorded three weeks after their first gigs, and the very first releasefor Gramm Records (which later became what the world now knows as BadTaste). Disc one features their second full-length-ish release,'Googooplex' (a 2x12" set which followed their debut album, 'Ekki Enn'which is available separately). The second disc includes all of 'Tilf,'plus the LP, 'Maskína' which features live recordings from their firstgig through their last gig. The last four songs come from the brilliant'No Time to Think' studio EP recorded in London, released one monthafter their split in August of 1982. The band moved on, Einar formed agroup called Kukl, and later got back together with Purrkur Pillnikk'sbass guitarist, Braggi, and started Sugarcubes. In the tradition of anumber of my favorite clean-cut post-punks, Purrkur Pillnikk were moreconcerned with making lots of fun noise rather than focusing their timeon better chops. Unfortunately for me, however, all the liner notes arein Icelandic but the pictures sure are fun to look at. - samples:
Low (Part 2)
Well, there's a few reasons we've got a second part to this Eye special: 1.) is that Jon's overseas right now and can't produce another episode of The Eye right now; 2.) there was a ton of footage and some of it included some really great songs; and 3.) well, Low just deserve it! So, here's another part to the Low Eye special: this one, however doesn't have multiple camera shots and has longer answers, so it might be best for the super dedicated fans who are patient and like the band an awful lot.40 Minutes, Quicktime Streaming Video
