THIS KIND OF PUNISHMENT In The Same Room 5 By four Rare 1993 2LP Numbered 1000
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This Kind of Punishment
In The Same Room / 5 By Four
Very Rare original US Double LP released on Ajax Records in 1993, Numbered on the back 390/1000
The final TKP release stripped the band down to its core members the Jefferies brothers, though they brought in a number of guests to help out, including such notables as Alastair Galbraith, Michael Morley and Shayne Carter. The resulting effort covers much stylistic ground while still clearly being the focused effort of the siblings and their at-times aurally dank but always compelling musical and lyrical vision. Peter again handles most of the vocals in his semi-chanting way, though Graeme has his tracks here and there (his vocal-and-guitar "The Men by the Pool" is a definite highlight, at once gentle and unusual); even Morley takes the lead on one number, the measured stomp "Holding," which he also wrote solo. "Overground in China" is one of the lightest things TKP tried, with gentle guitar strums and uplifting piano counterpoint providing most of the music, yet Peter's quietly gripping vocals mark this as no other band but TKP. "On Various Days" is actually a bit of a ringer, having been recorded during the Beard sessions, but fits in here well as the album's center track, with Graeme turning in some excellent guitar work to carry the song. Interestingly, Peter avoids piano on many tracks, preferring instead to play his other main instrument, drums, while Graeme plays guitars, creating an even more stripped-down and "close" sound than before -- slightly ironic given that the record was made in an actual studio and not on a portable four-track! Straightforward guitar thrash turns up more than once, as on "Immigration Song" and the quiet-into-loud "Don't Go," yet Peter's vocals remain the cryptic calm point in the storm throughout. In retrospect, Same remains a fine, striking conclusion to TKP's underneath-the-radar career.
American label Ajax helped bring the Jefferies brothers' work to wider attention during the early '90s, in part by reissuing not only Beard of Bees but also these two records combined on one disc. No extra tracks are added, but given that the original items were long out of print, their reappearance is incredibly welcome, making for a fantastic 14-song picture of the final TKP years.
Tracks Are :-
In The Same Room
Side One
1 Immigration Song 2:48
2 Overground In China 2:40
3 Holding 2:43
4 Left Turns Right 4:04
5 On Various Days 4:35
Side Two
1 Don't Go 5:50
2 The Men By The Pool 3:23
3 Ivan Fyodorvitch 1:52
4 Words Fail Me 4:58
5 By Four
Side Three
1 North Head 3:30
2 Out Of My Hands 3:22
Side Four
1 Mr. Tic Toc 2:47
2 What Can I Say? 1:30
3 Flipper Go Home 2:43
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Released on Ajax Records in 1993
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Catalogue Number AJAX 030-1
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Record is in Ex + condition (couple of light surface marks at the start of side four)
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Sleeve is in Ex ++ condition
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