too much is more than enough [1994 / 95]

by Blair Parkes

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1.	run 01:28	buy track
2.	hello lee 00:31	buy track
3.	vega run 00:52	buy track
4.	closing doors 02:53	buy track
5.	whispering trees 00:51	buy track
6.	oughta 01:43	buy track
7.	new wave won 00:33	buy track
8.	new wave too 00:19	buy track
9.	trees 02:12	buy track
10.	dippy 02:08	buy track
11.	what are you doing? 00:28	buy track
12.	you know she loves you 02:42	buy track
13.	dd3 03:58	buy track
14.	28 years 01:25	buy track
15.	the bay 00:53	buy track
16.	norwest man 00:47	buy track
17.	waking bird 00:54	buy track
18.	7th 00:50	buy track
19.	retrial 01:35	buy track
20.	moon in abberley 01:15	buy track
21.	saturdays 02:15	buy track
22.	crooked room 01:45	buy track
23.	outro 00:44	buy track

about

In 1994 / 95 I was a full-time student and later a part time library worker.
Recording this stuff was way more fun.

I had a cheap audio technica mic.and three tracks left on my Fostex X15. My drums sat in the corner of the lounge in front of the stereo. The Fostex was on a stool beside me, the mic out front. I taped the drums then wrote songs over the top.

My amp lived in town at the practice room, so these were done with an acoustic guitar and a semi- acoustic bass in front of the mic. There’s some casiotone, tv and drum machines. At some point I got a digital delay and moved up to four tracks. I got more gain recording through my Hot Cake, so that’s a big part of the way things sound.

I had no memory of this tape until Independent Woman Records asked if they could release it.

It’s bombastic and noisy, rough and loose with a tape saturated sound.

I hope you enjoy it.

Blair Parkes New Brighton February 2021

also available on cassette from Independent Woman Records
independentwomanrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/blair-parkes-too-much-is-more-than-enough-cassette

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released February 22, 2021

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Blair Parkes Christchurch, New Zealand

recordings from the Te Karoro Karoro / New Brighton based singer and songwriter of Aotearoa / New Zealand acts running club, all fall down, bridal path, cardigan bay, condensations, creeley, the l.e.d.s, the letter 5, little dead things, range, saturations, swim everything, thomas : parkes, 103 ... more

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