Dark World Normil Hawaiians SKU: UTR130 Barcode: 828887113015 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Upset The Rhythm Released Date: 24th September 2021 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Gatefold Sleeve Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info ‘Dark World’ collects together choice material from Normil Hawaiians’ formative early years of 1979-1981. Tagging along with the band from their peppy post-punk origins (so brilliantly debuted on ‘The Beat Goes On’) into the looser, dubbier territories that laid the foundations for the group’s landmark album ‘More Wealth Than Money’. ‘Dark World’ gathers the group’s energetic 7” singles on Dining Out and Illuminated Records, their metamorphic ‘Gala Failed’ EP (Red Rhino) and a lively last-minute Peel session from 1980, alongside outtakes, rarities and demos. During this feverish time, founding member Guy Smith was motivated to make music that reveled in always trying out different things. Normil Hawaiians was a very fluid ensemble at this point, Guy often accompanied by Kev Armstrong and Jim Lusted encouraged saxophones, violins, synths, pianos and a select pack of female backing singers to take their post-punk sound into wilder directions. One of the earliest line-ups of Normil Hawaiians featured a 15-year old Janet Armstrong on vocals alongside Guy, ‘Ventilation’ best showcases her deadpan digressions. Janet went on to sing alongside David Bowie a few years later on his breathtaking mid-80’s gem ‘Absolute Beginners’. By this point Kev Armstrong was also guesting for Bowie on guitar duties too. Another guest to join the ranks of Normil Hawaiians during this fertile time of cross-pollination was Bertie Marshall (aka Berlin of the proto-punk Bromley Contingent). ‘Sang Sang’ is a good example of how he was inspired to deliver his poetic treatises over the band’s atmospheric, floating improvisations. Bertie’s impressionistic influence helped the group uncouple further from rock tropes, as they became restless and more rhythmically-focused. ‘Still Obedient’ fidgets, soars and careens across the dancefloor, “if you’re ahead close your eyes, you won’t notice the subtitles” chants Guy. By the end of this transformative two years Normil Hawaiians had spun an exceptional chrysalis around themselves. The dark world surrounding wouldn’t win out, they’d eaten-up the music and grown continuously, wrote and recorded rapidly, covered Zappa & even David Lynch and could feel the light beginning to shine through. ‘Dark World’ is a snapshot of a band in flux, finding their feet, stretching their limbs. Normil Hawaiians cover an awful amount of ground in such a short time-frame on this record and these tracks document all the glittering debris from their magpie’s nest. Emergent, hopeful and resistant in sound and ethic. Artist Normil Hawaiians Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Upset The Rhythm Buying Options 180g 1LP Gatefold Sleeve Includes Download Code Format 180g , 1LP , Gatefold Sleeve , Includes Download Code Condition New Country UK Track Listings Dark World Coincidence The Beat Goes On Ventilation In Heaven Uncle Green Genes (Peel session) Memories (Peel session) Levels of Water Obedience Sang Sang The Return Party Party Still Obedient Should You Forget (8 bonus tracks included on download card too) Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Normil Hawaiians and more from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Normil Hawaiians Empires into Sand Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Upset The Rhythm | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 3rd May 2024 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Normil Hawaiians Empires into Sand £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Upset The Rhythm SKU: UTR163 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 3rd May 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dune Rats The Kids will Know Its Bullshit Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Ratbag Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 7th April 2017 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dune Rats The Kids will Know Its Bullshit £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Ratbag Records SKU: RATBAG9LP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 7th April 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ramones, The Leave Home – 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Warner Bros | Box Set Released 21st July 2017 £50.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ramones, The Leave Home – 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition £50.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Warner Bros SKU: 081227940270 Formats: Box Set Released Date: 21st July 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Baby? 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