Pacifier [Shihad] "Pacifier" 2002

...Churn was produced by Jaz Coleman, the classically trained, apocalyptically-minded founder of UK post-punks Killing Joke, who had recently taken up residence in New Zealand. Coleman’s influence can be felt in the music’s dark industrial textures, while the lyrics find Toogood moving away from sci-fi themes towards more personal expressions...

...After Churn was recorded, they signed to Auckland indie Wildside and Tom Larkin was enlisted to play on Killing Joke’s 1994 album Pandemonium, but he turned down a subsequent offer to tour with the group. The same year, Shihad returned to the studio – this time without Coleman – to make their second album. Co-produced by the band and Malcolm Welsford, Killjoy expanded on the innovative mix of heavy rock, pop, industrial and electronica Churn had hinted at. Before the album’s release they completed a headlining tour of New Zealand, and toured Europe with Faith No More. They also signed to the German-based Noise Records, increasing their access to European audiences. On Killjoy’s release in 1995, Billboard declared them “New Zealand’s most exciting rock prospect.”...to be continued - audioculture

trax:
01 Comfort Me 02 Semi-Normal 03 Run 04 Everything 05 Stranger 06 Home 07 Nothing 08 Bullitproof 09 Walls 10 Just A Shadow 11 Coming Down 12 My Mind's Sedate
…served by Gaius…