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Berserker Joe album + Peel Session

by The Midnight Choir

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Flex 03:15
First incision, delivered by a blade Dragged into light I kick my life away I’m angry can’t you see Upset the apple cart Square peg in a round hole It doesn’t fit at all (I kick it over, I kick it out I kick it over, I kick it out I kick to start, just watch me flex Watch me flex…) Seeking comfort in the fist Like a babe to the nipple Hackles rise, uneasiness And the atmosphere ripples I’m flexing flab in code And we surround the prey Fight for first hit There is no other way There is no other way The meat on my fist Also fills my head And all the blood I spill It becomes my bed Home is where the heart is Home is where they fall (You’re the fear I need Watch me flex)
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C.M.E (LOVE SONG) …And on a wet day, the universe contracts to the size of the room I’m in About this big and so high And on a dull day, the universe fades To a puddle the colour of dung… Which reminds me, I surprise you, The soil it grows for me, The rain it falls for me, The world exists for me, You creatures die for me, You never question why, I never question why, Yon never question why, I never question why And on a hot day, the universe reverts To the colour of blood, Of the blood I spill, About this red, about this warm, About this red, about this warm... Something to ruminate, Something to inseminate, Something to mutilate, SOMETHING TO MUTILATE
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stumbles around…those dark empty eyes No embers just ashes…he sees me No time for pity…own self to blame Wearing shoe souls…they see me (He’s nothing, she’s shit, they fascinate… a junkie, a saint as they stumble …around) Dissolving away…first a tooth, then a face With his radio off, he can hear things To the people around them They’re a sorry mistake (angels all burnt out and fallen from… angel’s all burnt out and fallen from …grace) they’re nothing, they’re shit just flotsam adrift wino’s and saint’s with their halo’s askew they’re nothing, they’re shit just flotsam adrift angel’s all burnt out and fallen from grace Part of a person…stumble around Moth to lighthouse…phantom earth-bound Blood like water…washed out, fading Carry no burdens…dissolving away
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Cubist Cop 03:20
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Slug Matador 02:55
Sick of the night We dream of light Tired of slime We want our time Place in the sun Sand, salt & sun Fascists must die Artists shall fry Cubist hat cop Hemmingway stop Needing no bull Dali so dull We want your wet We want your moisture We want your sweat We want your time (We want the red, the gold, the brocade we want your lives, we want you dead) we are the horned, glistens our trail so as we slide, lick holy grail we are the soft, leathery lipped we are the strong, feathery tipped. (we want y’wet, we want y’moisture, we want y’dead)
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Pig-man 02:14
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Sleepy Time 03:37
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Idle (Remix) 05:48
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This album now available on 2xCD release "English Ghosts" which also includes a selection of tracks from the other EPs and albums, out now on Winter Hill Records.. search for link.

Previously un-released tracks including the John Peel session, broadcast Dec 87 / Jan 88 (Idle, Pigman, Balsa-wood Bob and Country Death Clown).

Also includes eight bonus tracks - including Cities Pig God science and Mr Woodrue (all previously unreleased) plus live versions of Stumbles Around and Big Burger Murder and others.

The Midnight Choir recorded these tracks at BBC Maida Vale studios London, Dec '87 and in Sheffield, Feb - Jul '88 at Vibrasound and Priority studios.

Produced by Dale Griffin (of Mott The Hoople) and Midnight Choir. Engineer Mike Robinson.

Re-mastered and Idle re-mix by Nick Canute, 2013.

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released February 25, 2013

The Midnight Choir on these recordings -

Ziggy Canute - vocals
Simon Gilman - bass
Matt Silcox - drums
Nick Canute - guitar
"Dippa" Duncan Wheat - guitar and keyboards

R.I.P. Dippa and John Peel.

Photo of The Midnight Choir in Brussels 1988 taken by Andy Pritchard, other photos and art-work by Nick Canute.

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Sheffield, UK based alternative/post-punk.

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