{"product_id":"normil-hawaiians-dark-world-79-81","title":"NORMIL HAWAIIANS - Dark World (79-81)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Dark World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e collects together choice material from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNormil Hawaiians\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e' 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMore Wealth Than Money\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDark World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e gathers the group's energetic 7\" singles on Dining Out and Illuminated Records, their metamorphic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGala Failed EP\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Red Rhino) and a lively last-minute Peel session from 1980, alongside outtakes, rarities, and demos. During this feverish time, founding member \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGuy Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewas 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKev Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJim Lusted\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJanet Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e on vocals alongside Guy, \"Ventilation\" best showcases her deadpan digressions. Janet went on to sing alongside \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDavid Bowie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e a few years later on his breathtaking mid-80s 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBertie Marshall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (aka \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBerlin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eof the proto-punk \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBromley Contingent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e). \"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. 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eZappa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and even \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDavid Lynch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and could feel the light beginning to shine through. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDark World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 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.\" - Upset The Rhythm.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Upset The Rhythm","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":42271676334299,"sku":"","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2295\/2925\/products\/UTR130CD_CU.jpg?v=1641654398","url":"https:\/\/www.fusetronsound.com\/products\/normil-hawaiians-dark-world-79-81","provider":"fusetron","version":"1.0","type":"link"}