Bill Direen is a legend of the New Zealand underground. We're not overstating this. He has given us poetry, novels and a slew of recorded material. Weaned on a garage band youth in the late 60's, Direen started producing 7" records in the early 80's, all of them stunners These releases - Six Impossible Things, Die Bilder, Soloman's Ball and High Thirties Piano - were self-financed and distributed though Flying Nun (and recently reissued by the benevolent Unwucht label). Beatin Hearts is his ultimate, unforgettable debut album, not to mention Flying Nun's first full-length album release. Seventeen tracks, all brilliant short pieces of energy, harmony and spite. Anyone with an appreciation for Flying Nun's early recordings can find its genesis here, the dawning of one of the greatest music scenes to ever exist.
Tracklist
A1 - 1,000,000 Hearts (Written by Tom Scully)
A2 - Moderation
A3 - Bedrock Bay
A4 - Same Old Story
A5 - Heartbeats-A-Go-Go
A6 - Blue Sand Lonely
A7 - Dirty & Disgusting
A8 - Alien (Backing Vocals, Organ - Chris Knox/Drums - Mike Dooley)
A9 - Accident
B1 - Wanganui With A White Face
B2 - Magpies (Written by Denis Glover)
B3 - Outer Date World
B4 - Evidence
B5 - Inquest
B6 - Magazine
B7 - Kicks
B8 - Friend
Bass - Campbell McLay
Drums - Malcolm Grant
Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Whistle, Viola, Organ, Bass, Harmonica - Bill Direen
Written by Bill Direen
Engineer - Doug Hood, Terry King
Recorded at Progressive Music Studios except A5, A8, B1, B5, B8 on a 4-track.
