Shihad "Beautiful Machine" 2008

Still getting over their loss, they recorded their third album. Simply titled Shihad, it is sometimes referred to as "the fish album" on account of its cover graphic...

...Though arguably not as sonically rich than the earlier sets, Shihad showed a growing accessibility in their songwriting, with lyricist Toogood wearing his heart increasingly on his sleeve. At least one song from the record, ‘Home Again’, has become a recognised classic, joining Tim Finn’s ‘Six Months In A Leaky Boat’ and Dave Dobbyn’s ‘Whaling’ in a category of peculiarly New Zealand songs bemoaning what Finn called “the tyranny of distance.”...to be continued - audioculture

trax:
01 One will hear the other 02 Rule the World 03 Hard to Please 04 Beautiful Machine 05 Vampires 06 Count It Up 07 Waiting Round for God 08 Chameleon 09 Eliza 10 The Bible and the Gun 11 When You Coming Home 12 The Prophet 13 One Will Hear the Other (Radio Edit)
…served by Gaius…