Tuesday, 2 July 2019

Nemesis


My first and only foray into Shriekback was the single Nemesis. The Arch-Deviant 12” Mix retools their unexpected hit single with mixed results. On the one hand, it blunts the song's attack with an extended intro and plays up one of its weak points; the painfully shrill backing vocals. On the other hand Barry Andrews not only uses the word "parthenogenesis," but rhymes it successfully, and does so in the chorus. Even so the most interesting thing about the 12” version is that it demonstrates the song's thematic connection to Apocalypse Now with a spoken word sample from Marlon Brando.



Ripped for your pleasure from a 12” single to deviant MP3 @ 320kbps


Shriekback; Nemesis (Arch-Deviant Mix) 12”

A.     Nemesis (Arch-Deviant Mix)
B1.  Nemesis 7”
B2.  Suck (Live)

 


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8 comments:

  1. AJ4 July 2019 at 16:18

    You're welcome João Gil

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  2. xopher.tm4 July 2019 at 18:39

    My intro to Shriekback as well. I still don't know what the song is ABOUT, but it grabbed me like little else ever did. Cheers.

    -Xtm

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    1. AJ4 July 2019 at 21:10

      I don't really understand the Apocalypse Now whisperings of Mr Brando or how they translate in the song, but it still worked for me. Thanks Xtm

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  3. Dave C.7 July 2019 at 02:13

    Hi, been a reader/downloader of your blog for a while - thank you! Nemesis is a song I first heard on college FM radio back when it was first released. I lived quite a distance from town so had a huge aerial outside and the sound came through with a lot of white noise! Maybe that's what led to my love of abrasive music ;) Anyway, the Arch Deviant Mix is not the version with Brando speaking over it. That is the Extended Version - unless they have been mixed up somewhere along the spine-line ;)

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    1. AJ10 July 2019 at 16:24

      Cheers for the heads up Dave, I'll get around to posting the 12" Extended mix soon enough

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  4. Anonymous11 April 2020 at 14:24

    Find the soundtrack of "MANHUNTER" : many songs of the band and very fine for the dark situations

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    1. AJ11 April 2020 at 17:43

      Downloading the soundtrack as I type, Thanks

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  5. Mr.F27 April 2020 at 11:12

    If I remember correctly (and you may have mentioned this elsewhere), the 'shrill backing vocals' were provided by a computer generated voice that sang octaves above the main vocals but still harmonized.
    That seemed kind of new and interesting at the time, I guess (wheeze).

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