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Who, or what, is Olives hairy Custard?
Jowe Head is known from Europe and New York to Japan for his work with British Underground noisy guitar-pop pioneers Swell Maps and Television Personalities, as well as being the singer with Hackney's own raucous weirdoes - The Palookas, and glamourous degenerates The Househunters.
On a visit to Australia's North Queensland in the late nineties, he met up with Les Miserable and Garlon Hairmungus, who were involved in local bands such as Fish Bum Lips, Box Monsters and Big Face. They splintered from the local hard-core punk-grunge scene to create what became known as "farm-core". Their current band, Fred the Baddy, were playing at a local festival so the visiting Englishman joined in on slide guitar and an instant bond was formed.
All three of them ended up living near each other in Hackney, East London, where they wrote a mass of new material together. They recruited Eliot P. Smoke as drummer; he was previously noted for his work with Bedfordshire's noise-pop combo Thrilled Skinny and he also plays for The Knockouts.
Together they terrorised London audiences with their guitar abuse, junk percussion and bizarre costumes, variously dressed as olympic swimmers, Marvel super-heroes or garden gnomes!
So what do Olive's Hairy Custard sound like?
Imagine, if you would, when the buffet's totally dead on it's legs and all that remains which is edible are a few bits of rubber masquerading on wooden cocktail sticks. It is our contention that you would look further and dig amongst the debris of wilted lettuce and come up with a curio which, on first inspection, looks like a lost gem but which, after a second look, turns out to be a pretty unpleaseant concoction of nasties you'd never dream would be put between two slices of bread!
Frogs, jet planes and the limbs from broken dolls. Olive's Hairy Custard are the musical equivalent of that sandwich; enticing but indigestible, offering hope before being exposed as daft, and HOT beyond the need to add chilli sauce! Their sound encompasses the full gamut from a ramshakle hodge-podge to a knockabout mess!
Does that mean it's good or bad?!?
Well, it's not Soul Food in the strictest sense of the word... but pretty neat all the same.
Does that mean it's good or bad?!?!?
GOOD! Very Good indeed.
What Tracks are on it?
Well, the four songs from their 1998 single are on it and it opens with 'Necktie' which was released on a compilation CD in 2001 but the other seven tracks are unreleased! See discography page for full track details!

This album has some of the most imaginative guitar playing since Antennae Jimmy Semens met Robert Quinne and blew Sonic Youth off the stage at Max's Kansas City! If you like music that takes risks but still glows like the finest pop, then this CD is for you!

The Olive's Hairy Custard CD is available here and now!

 


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