Tench (EP)

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Tench
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Released1982
RecordedK.P.M. Studios by Ian Caple, Berry St. Studios by Brad Grisdale
Genre Post-punk
Length25:12
Label Y, Virgin
Producer David Allen, Barry Andrews, Carl Marsh, Linda Neville, Ian Caple
Shriekback chronology
Tench
(1982)
Care
(1983)
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Tench is the debut EP by Shriekback, released in 1982. It spawned one single: "Sexthinkone".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Accretions"
  2. "Moth Loop"
  3. "Here Comes My Hand-Clap"
  4. "Sexthinkone"
  5. "A Kind of Fascination"
  6. "All the Greek Boys (Do the Handwalk)"

This album was released on vinyl only. On some releases, the first three tracks listed here appear on Side A of the record whereas, on others, they appear on Side B.

2015 remastered edition

CD 1

  1. "Sexthinkone" (3:39)
  2. "A Kind of Fascination" (4:34)
  3. "All the Greek Boys (Do the Handwalk)" (4:13)
  4. "Accretions" (4:28)
  5. "Mothloop" (4:39)
  6. "Here Comes My Hand:Clap" (3:17)
  7. "Mount Pleasant Thrash" (2:42)
  8. "So Hard So Hard" (3:05)
  9. "Something Else" (featuring Danny Crilly) (3:05)
  10. "Who's on Top" (featuring Emma Burnham) (2:48)
  11. "Bricks and Whistles" (2:28)
  12. "Floral Police Van" (3:41)
  13. "Plunging into Homes" (2:46)
  14. "Regret No Dogs" (3:05)
  15. "Feelers" (Remix) (4:56)
  16. "Accretions" (Remix) (4:29)

CD 2

  1. "Sexthinkone" (Live in Detroit '83) (6:13)
  2. "Sway" (Live in Detroit '83) (6:29)
  3. "Brink of Collapse" (Live in Detroit '83) (5:02)
  4. "Grapes into Lettuce" (Live in Detroit '83) (4:31)
  5. "Considerable" (Live in Detroit '83) (4:43)
  6. "Mothloop" (Live in Detroit '83) (3:57)
  7. "A Kind of Fascination" (Live in Detroit '83) (4:45)
  8. "Despite Dense Weed" (Live in Detroit '83) (7:14)
  9. "My Spine (Is the Bassline)" (Live in Detroit '83) (5:04)
  10. "Lined Up" (Live in Detroit '83) (6:24)

Personnel

Shriekback
Technical

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