{"product_id":"matrimony-kitty-finger-new-lp","title":"Matrimony -  Kitty Finger – New LP","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• Remastered from the original 1989 source material\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• Silver foil stamped LP jacket\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMatrimony emerged from the scrum of yobbos making noise in late-’80s Australia (Cosmic Psychos, Lubricated Goat, etc.), a nearly all-female band of punk-pop minimalists as raw emotionally as musically. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2819167267\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003eKitty Finger (2021 Remaster) by Matrimony\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuilding songs around simple, repetitive bass lines and the languidly morose vocals of one Sybilla, the band reveals its disaffection more through what it doesn’t say than what it does. So while choppy guitar squalls underpin songs like “Kitty Finger” and “Fish and Chips Sweetheart,” elsewhere the playing is stripped nearly bare. Sybilla’s love\/hate relationship with her titular subject on “Mr. Pop Star” is reduced to a series of stuttered yelps, while her dispassionate plea on “Come Back Baby” is backed only by finger snaps and the ubiquitous heavy bass lines, distilling a lifetime of self-pitying angst into a two-minute session in front of a cracked bedroom mirror. Matrimony also pays a nominal tribute by covering the Scientists’ “Frantic Romantic” even more dourly than the original.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the howling wind guitar over the swamp bass of \"Refrigerator' through the off-kilter sour-voiced interpretation of\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe Scientists' ' Frantic Romantic,' which they recast from near power-pop to almost a dirge, Matrimony prove just how bad the good old days were.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e– Alternative Press\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is the great lost riot grrrl album, released by a young mostly female (they had a boy drummer) band from Sydney in 1989. Something of a late-80's bridge between the Slits, Lydia Lunch \u0026amp; Bikini Kill\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e– Joe S. Harrington\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of those mostly unheard instant classics that surface from time to time out of the mire of obscurity. Matrimony was a fantastic punk band in Sydney, Australia in the late 80's. The music is primitive, swampy, fun and catchy; like a sister to early Bikini Kill or a cousin of Lung Leg.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e– Heartstroke Records\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSybilla Visalli - vocals\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDani Marich - guitar\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolly Williams -fuzz guitar\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eZeb Olsen -bass\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMichael O'Neill - drums\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVocals on 2, 8, 11 and 13 by Polly Williams\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVocals on 4 by Michael O'Neill\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFuzz guitar on 2, 4, 11, and 13 by Sybilla Visalli\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFuzz guitar on 11 by Dani Marich\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDrums on 8 by Zeb Olsen\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHarmonic guitar on 12 by Stuart Olsen\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKitty Fingers was produced by Matrimony, Matthew Bright and Stuart Olsen.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduction assistance by David Nichols and Anthony kenna.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEngineered by Cameron Howlett.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecorded 3rd June 1989 at Fatboy Studios, Sydney Austrlia\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Kill Rock Stars Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68237390905556,"sku":"wwy1793375159324","price":17.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/7793\/0964\/files\/matrimony---kitty-finger-new-lp_1.jpg?v=1793375190","url":"https:\/\/squareclad.shop\/products\/matrimony-kitty-finger-new-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}