[{"id":392313798900,"handle":"flying-nun-catalog","title":"Flying Nun Catalog","updated_at":"2022-05-27T14:20:12+12:00","body_html":"The full catalog of Flying Nun Records releases, including many rare and collectable records released on 7' 12\" vinyl, cassette, CD and download. Many of these albums are out of print or no longer available, while others have been re-pressed and can be bought in our record store. If you find one of these going cheap in your local junk shop - snap it up!","published_at":"2021-12-04T16:32:39+13:00","sort_order":"created","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Flying Nun Catalog"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Flying Nun"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":211746226327,"handle":"this-kind-of-punishment","title":"This Kind Of Punishment","updated_at":"2022-05-14T14:09:38+12:00","body_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0450\/3165\/3527\/files\/This_Kind_Of_Punishment_w_Chris_Matthews_Johnny_Pierce_1024x1024.jpg?v=1600331364\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0450\/3165\/3527\/files\/This_Kind_Of_Punishment_w_Chris_Matthews_Johnny_Pierce_1024x1024.jpg?v=1600331364\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWith\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Kind Of Punishment,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGraeme Jefferies and Peter Jefferies produced some of most adept DIY sounds to emerge from New Zealand’s 1980s post-punk scene. After their phenomenal self-titled debut and classic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Beard Of Bees\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, the brothers would make one last album together,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn The Same Room\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally released in 1987 on \u003cstrong\u003eFlying Nun\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn The Same Room\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis perhaps the straightest rock offering in \u003cstrong\u003eTKP’s\u003c\/strong\u003e esteemed catalogue. Opening track “Immigration Song” expertly pairs jagged guitars with wrathful vocals—resulting in one of the most celebrated moments in their recording career—while \u003cem\u003e“Don’t Go”\u003c\/em\u003e puts the full breadth of the Jefferies brothers’ method on display: spiralling riffs, somber baritone and chamber-like calm give way to frenzied rhythms and antagonistic lyrics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom deeply insular songwriting to hands-on production, \u003cstrong\u003eThis Kind Of Punishment\u003c\/strong\u003e draw the listener in close—nearly within the same room as the players—and remain rooted in a distinct approach to presentation that is inseparable from their music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uVs-1tY38AU\" height=\"720\" width=\"1120\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-08-09T21:29:07+12:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"This Kind Of Punishment"}],"published_scope":"global","image":{"created_at":"2020-09-17T20:29:40+12:00","alt":null,"width":1000,"height":1000,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0450\/3165\/3527\/collections\/This_Kind_Of_Punishment_SQUARE.jpg?v=1600331381"}}]
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In the fertile terrain of New Zealand's 1980s post-punk scene, few figures loom as large as the Jefferies brothers. Graeme Jefferies and Peter Jefferies-the primary forces behind This Kind Of Punishment-wrote some of the best music to come out on Flying Nun, Xpressway or elsewhere. A dizzying mix of pastoral ballads and DIY experimentation, TKP's songwriting was at once classic and acutely raw. Among This Kind Of Punishment's myriad recordings, A Beard Of Bees best outlines the collective vision of the Jefferies brothers. Their classic second album feels more meticulous than it's predecessor, proffering a grey, near-Mancunian influence that serves as both touchstone and springboard for the proceedings. The unique maneuvering on "Trepidation" is a marvel: guitar sweetness shifting toward melancholic piano and ending with their combined shimmer. Conversely, the augmented VU-inspired noise of "East Meets West" positions itself as the album's prime moment of severity, creepily building toward horror-show screams that inch to a buried, found-sound resolution. Originally self-released in 1984, A Beard Of Bees has been out of print for almost 25 years.
