Nurse With Wound - Soresucker (1990)

Posted By : capt.evil1 | Date : 19 Nov 2009 08:23:02 | Comments : 1 |

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'Soresucker' was a 12" vinyl that was released in 1990. It was also, by then, one of the 30+ releases that NWW chief pilot Steven Stapleton had put out in his first 12 years of unleashing his warped creations into the world. It's now unavailable, but...if you can get hold of it, it would be highly recommended. One of the main reasons, apart from the unsettling sounds that you will hear, is the choice of 'artwork' that graced the cover and plays a large part in the overall 'experience' of the disc.

The cover consists of two photographs, maybe they are 'found' images, maybe Stapleton knows the people featured on the shots (I'd like to think that he doesn't!). The two tracks are "I Am The Poison" and "Journey Through Cheese" and I have always associated the two photos with the two tracks. If you are a 'people-watcher', then these images and sound will serve you well (!). One photo is of a sinister looking and extemely sleazy gentleman in his 60s with spiv moustache, trilby and raincoat and he looks like he could be a market trader, as he is standing in front of a stall with coats for sale- it's this image that should be stared at when listening to "I Am The Poison".

Stapleton is joined by Sol Invintus mainman Tony Wakeford who provides a lightly throbbing bass guitar line and some excellent vocal intonations (he would later release a full album with Stapleton- "The Return Of The Selfish Shellfish" in 1992). "I am the wicked and I am the poison......I am the plastic and I am the grave" he murmers- before his minimal bass notes set the pace whilst Stapleton provides some reverbed percussive spits and spacious electronic sounds.

The look on the face of the 'sleazy man' in the photo seems to get more intense as the track slowly builds with Wakefords voice now being double-tracked with vari-speed voices and moans, the odd scraped guitar strings also adding a bit more menace as the voices proclaim- "I am the Soul....the Rotting Soul". Seeing as the title 'Soresucker' is printed across the sleazy man photo, I take it that 'he' is the 'poison' and he will also suck the poison out of the sore....no ?

The other photo (the front of the sleeve), looks like it was taken in some sort of visiting room in a psychiatric hospital, there again it could be a gaggle of folks snapped in the corner of a room in a British legion or working men's club- this is the perfect image for the second track "Journey Through Cheese"...

Relentless machine clanks punctuated with sounds of broken glass and processed squeals 'n' groans catch you like a rabbit in the headlights and I can't help thinking that this is the sound that the folks in the photo have running through their heads day and night! It's certainly a psychotic ride and as with most of Stapleton's creations, it is best listened to with the headphones clamped onto your head and the volume turned up as much as you can bear it. ~ Freddy Snakeskin

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Track list:

1. I Am the Poison
2. Journey Through Cheese