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Ear Bitten

by Severed Heads

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All Rights Resevered 04:12
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God Factory 03:10
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Hawaii / Torso / 97 Cigarettes 02:48
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Acid Fur 03:03
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Dance 04:18
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New York is a Lonely Town 01:37
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(This Track Doesn't Exist) 01:56
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Much About Bones 05:21
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Scat 03:59
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Pander to the Natives 05:07
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For Garry 5 02:01
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The Monkey is Safe 04:19
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1-2-3 a Baby Buggy 03:12
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Walking Best Friend 02:07
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Untitled 1 01:44
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Untitled 2 02:37
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Now This is God's Son 1 01:24
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Acid Fur (Demo) 02:44
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Now This is God's Son 2 01:57
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Hello Donald, Merry Christmas 07:45
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Pinstripe Bus 02:05
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The Man of My Dreams 19:53

about

Dark Entries picks up Severed Heads yet again for Ear Bitten, a double LP reissue of some of the band’s earliest material. As originary Aussie industrial legends - although founder Tom Ellard would balk at being branded as such - Severed Heads shaped the continental subcultural sound with their kitchen electronics, chaotic tape loops, and quietly infectious nursery-rhyme-esque melodies. In 1979 Ellard, Richard Fielding, and Andrew Wright abandoned the moniker Mr. and Mrs. No Smoking Sign and adopted the edgier name Severed Heads “to pretend to be an industrial band such as Surgical Penis Klinik & Throbbing Gristle.” Noise-rockers Rhythmx Chymx had placed an advertisement in a local shop looking for a band to share the costs of pressing an LP. The Heads set about recording a Dadaist racket on a pair of open reel dictaphones and a cassette deck using a TRS-80 computer, Kawai Synthesizer 100F and Korg Mini Pops drum machine. Ear Bitten was released in 1980; original copies now fetch obscene sums, in part due to most of Severed Heads’ copies perishing in a fire at Richard’s home. The band’s next endeavor was a cassette titled Side 2, a collection of free-form experiments fashioned as Ear Bitten’s second side. For this reissue, Dark Entries has collected both Ear Bitten and Side 2 on the first disc, presenting the album in its full form. Disc two includes the original first version of Ear Bitten, which was only unreleased because it was recorded in a format not suitable for pressing. The album comes in a gatefold sleeve designed by Eloise Leigh and includes photos, liner notes, and reproductions of the original Xerox inserts from the 1980 issue. Ear Bitten delivers 22 tracks of pain you can dance to!

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released September 6, 2024

© 2024 DARK ENTRIES RECORDS
WRITTEN, MIXED & PRODUCED BY SEVERED HEADS
A1-7 FROM EAR BITTEN RELEASED ON TERSE TAPES JUL 1980
B1-6, C7-8, D1 FROM SIDE 2 RELEASED ON TERSE TAPES NOV 1980
C1-6 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
MASTERED BY FRÉDÉRIC ALSTADT
DESIGNED BY ELOISE LEIGH

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Severed Heads was an Australian electronic group that ran from 1979 - 2019. As well as their classic albums we have new splinter groups for you to enjoy.

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