The Stumps - Live at Happy Bar Sept 1 2007

PseudoArcana CDR, 2009

I have waivered under the pressure and done one final release before taking off to Chile in a couple of weeks. The Stumps... Antony Milton on guitar and vocals, Stephen (seht) Clover on bass and James Kirk (Black Boned Angel/Sandoz Lab Techs) on drums. And for this outing they are joined by Ben Spiers (Glory Fckn Sun etc) on 2nd guitar.

People had been asking if there were any releases out that sounded more like our live shows. This was a valid question because up to this point all the releases have been dominated by the drones and ambient fumblings that are perhaps natural to a relaxed studio setting with a well stocked beer fridge. But live The Stumps are another band entirely, far more intense, far more noise, far more rock...

So here in its entirity is a Stumps show from 2007. Complete with fuck ups and off key vocals. A big fuckin psychedelic roar of a show that was recorded onto Ben Spier's walkman.

- band member and PseudoArcana main man, Antony Milton

Cover photograph by Robyn Gallagher.

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