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Past Pacific EP

by The Nature Strip

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1.
Push The Past Away 03:00
2.
Just Like You Do 04:22
3.
Store of Tomorrows 04:37
4.
Dirty Looks 03:53
5.
Atlantic Romantic 04:14
6.
Georgia's In Town 03:52

about

“Push the Past Away”
John: I woke up with the first couple of lines in my head and finally got out of bed when I had too much to remember. The chord progression and verse structure of “Push the Past” is a tiny bit like The Beatles’ “You Won’t See Me”. But it’s one of my punk/pop/new wave things like “Beyond The Nether” (from Stars Turn Inside Out). Starting the arrangement with a bass synth sequence is a bit of a nod to “Kids in America” – no idea why my brain put these two songs together,

“Just Like You Do”
Pete: There was a newspaper article about a couple in Florida who were selling golden tickets to heaven for $99 a pop. They claimed to have met Jesus behind a dumpster, who told them to sell the tickets and they wanted to get to a planet made of drugs. They ended up getting arrested and had about their persons drugs, loads of cash and a baby alligator. “That’s a song” I thought.
John: It features the mandatory Marley reference to outer space – there seems to be an unwritten law that there’s one on each album.

“Store of Tomorrows”
John: This is one where Pete had sent me a few ideas on a CD or something and I used a couple of the chord progressions to kick start this song. One of those fun ones where the lyrics are more about the sound of the words than the meaning, but they always end up meaning something. I wrote a chart for our good friend Anthea Cottee, who plays cello with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Such a beautiful tone, it adds so much to the track.

“Dirty Looks”
Pete: It’s a lot like…..I don’t really know. Good and bad bits of a relationship I suppose. Some strange lyrical territory there. And it’s got a tempo change in the middle section - always wanted to do that – that adds some extra curry. Listen to your minty sea-shells y'all.

“Atlantic Romantic”
John: Pete and I and Michael de la Motte of our old band The Flies were huge fans of the early Models stuff. They’re a Melbourne band, and maybe one of the most original bands of the early 80s - the first three albums and the Cut Lunch EP, which “Atlantic Romantic” is on, are amazing.

“Georgia’s In Town”
Pete: I was watching the movie “Ray”, the Ray Charles bio-pic, and of course there’s his song Georgia On My Mind, which starts with that one word “Georgia”. So, I had a name, morphed it into an old flame who I wrote bad poetry for, and that was pretty much the song.
John: It’s kinda like a standard that Tony Bennett might sing but written by Colin Moulding of XTC, probably one of our biggest influences (if you couldn’t tell).

Released by China Pig Records in 2018 / / CHI 1816

credits

released September 28, 2018

Push the past away (Encarnacao) Mushroom
Just like you do (Marley/Encarnacao) Control/Mushroom
Store of tomorrows (Encarnacao/Marley) Mushroom/Control
Dirty looks (Marley) Control
Atlantic romantic (Kelly/Duffield) Mushroom
Georgia’s in town (Marley) Control

Jess Ciampa – drums, percussion, vocals
John Encarnacao – vocals, guitars, bass on Store, Georgia and middle of Just Like
Matt Langley – keyboards
Pete Marley – vocals, bass, all guitars on Georgia, heavenly transport on Just Like
with
Anthea Cottee – cello and backing vocal on Store. Chart by JE

Produced and arranged by The X-Flies.
Recorded by Russell Pilling (basic tracks) and Pete Marley, June-July 2018, except Georgia recorded by Matt Fell (basic tracks) and Pete Marley, 2014-2018.
Mixed by Russ & The X-Flies.
Mastered by Michael Carpenter.
Art/layout by Ryszard Dabek from design by The X-Flies.
Wooden figure: Adam Rish - ‘Phantom comic’ (2014). www.adamrish.com
Painting: Zoë Carides – ‘Held, in the arms of water’ (2002).
Photos of the band and the Phantom by Bee Levine
Atlantic romantic first recorded by Models in 1981.

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