Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay, 13/1/98

<a href="http://screamfeeder.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-great-northern-byron-bay-jan-1998">Live at The Great Northern, Byron Bay – Jan 1998 by Screamfeeder</a>

Self – Released October 4, 2013

Another gig from the late 90s; Kitten licks had been out for a while and we were basically touring all the time. This one was recorded via 2 live mics into a DAT player. The sound isn’t fantastic, there’s a bit of crowd noise, but the set has some good selections.

This gig was supporting Will Oldham (Palace Bros) at the Great Northern, on 13th Jan 1998. We decided to tone down the set a little, although you can’t really tell. Our “softer” songs such as Turn Over, Made of Stone, Low, Olive and Numb all got a look in. I think it was the first time we’d played Turn Over in more than 6 years. We closed the set with Monster, from Burn out Your Name, another very rare song in the set by then.

Enjoy~!

Live sound / recording by Jon Gardner, Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay – 13th Jan 1998.
Performed by Tim Kellie and Dean.
Mastered and compiled by Tim.

Sound quality: C // stereo live mics // moderate background noise. Performance: B

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The Corner, Melbourne, 9/1/98

<a href="http://screamfeeder.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-corner-january-1998">Live at The Corner – January 1998 by Screamfeeder</a>

Self – Released October 4, 2013

We toured a lot in the 90s. Often we’d plug a DAT player in and record the gigs straight out of the desk or via live mics. Usually we’d have a listen in the Tarago afterwards and all cringe at our mistakes.

Listening back now the gigs sound pretty ok and we sound like a band who knew their songs reasonably well.

This was a fun gig, it was pretty relaxed – it was in during the long limbo period between Kitten Licks and Rocks on the Soul. Rocks.. songs Olive and Mr Tuba were already in the set. Right before Hi Cs came out as a single, it was also our first public performance of Triple Hook (and you can hear what a disaster that was).

We played other new songs too – Short Sighted and Too Bored – which never made it onto an album at all. Rarities Fooferon and Low made it into the set. We played an odd version of Dart – with no signature opening riff. We’d been touring so long and hard, and were so bored of Dart and Static by then.

The gig opened with Who’s Counting and Down The Drinker – these were unusable unfortunately due to the DAT disintegrating over the last 15 years and digital distortion wrecking those tracks.

This was Screamfeeder at the height of their touring career, still as a 3 piece, and we hope a good snapshot into the sound and vibe of the band in the late 90s.

Enjoy~!

Live sound / recording by Jon Gardner, Corner Hotel Melbourne, 9th Jan 1998.
Performed by Tim Kellie and Dean
Mastered and compiled by Tim.

Sound quality: C+ // stereo live mix. Performance: B

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Kitten Licks – Interviews

<a href="http://screamfeeder.bandcamp.com/album/kitten-licks-interviews">Kitten Licks – Interviews by Screamfeeder</a>

Some interviews about Kitten Licks.

Free at Bandcamp

Who’s Counting / Sweet Little Oranges

Hypnotized HIP007. Double A side single released mid 1995

Remixes of both these songs by Paul McKercher, originally recorded by Wayne Connolly. We recorded Brand New Love with Wayne on the last night of recording Fill Yourself.. We were relieved and had a tiny acoustic guitar lots of red wine.

1. Who’s Counting?
2. Sweet Little Oranges
3. Five Week calmer
4. Brand New Love (Sebadoh)

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Lyrics

Who’s Counting?

Put out the rubbish today / there’s a lot of things that I just can’t say / all of them wanting to be heard / most of them choking on a word / it’s a call that I can’t respond / since most of what I’ve said is at best half right / it’s all half wrong / facts are burnt but they’re not gone / they remain but I can’t explain you one / can’t pertain to one / walked down my street today / there’s a lot of cars parked in the way / reminds me of words that don’t make my mouth / I find I prefer not to talk it out / so our conversation’s lame / but who’s counting the ways we can be inane? / they’re all the same / but we drag them out again / can’t react / it’s a trap and it’s a game / there are cracks I can’t explain / got cracks I can’t explain / filled up a box today / with all the things I managed not to say / they can’t stay / because they’re no help / can’t throw them away all by myself / because they are cracks I could not foretell / I’m tracing them straight back to hell

Sweet Little Oranges

Just like a flaming lip / enough spit would extinguish it / I feel its gentle fit / I’ll burn my hand a bit and I won’t change / I can’t retune my own preset personal frequencies / don’t need to reduce any of my inadequacies / I won’t respond to your accusations of negligence / I can’t relate to pretentions of non-intelligence / they burn a hole in me / found my insecurities / they’ve got a minute hand / I’ve got a grain of sand and all the power it holds / but I can’t release the energy for an eternal flame / the box of matches inside me has gotten wet again / they warm me up in little bursts each time a spark is thrown / and when the whole box caches light then I will burn alone / it is a recipe between a clenched up fist and sweet little oranges / it is a precipice / it is a hand to kiss and mine are flaming lips

5 Week Calmer

Swimming in an ocean full of words left to say / but I couldn’t find a sentence before they swam away / my mind is wondering and how long will it take for the wounds to subside and the visions to escape / there’s a reason for the night and a reason for the day and a reason for the time that you spend away / there’s a reason for you sleeping and a reason to awake but there’s nothing in my mind forcing to wait / I found the change searching through the drawer of your cupboard that was sitting on the ocean floor / but the tide was dragging me off further from the shore / but the memories of you and me I still can’t ignore / there’s a reason for the night and a reason for the day and a reason for the time that you spend away / there’s a reason for you sleeping and a reason to awake but there’s nothing in my mind forcing to wait /nothing in my mind forcing to wait / nothing in my mind / if I reach the surface and see you on my wave / could you tie a list of lies for me to grasp and be saved? / there’s a reason for the night and a reason for the day and a reason for the time that you spend away / there’s a reason for you sleeping and a reason to awake but there’s nothing in my mind forcing to wait /nothing in my mind forcing to wait / nothing in my mind