Haul Ass is the eleventh studio album by Australian electronic music group Severed Heads. After Tom Ellard's relationship soured with Nettwerk and Volition Records, he decided to release Haul Ass independently through his then newly formed Sevcom imprint, making Haul Ass the first independently released Severed Heads album since 1982's Blubberknife. The album was burned on CD-R discs, while the artwork for the jewel cases were home printed with the use of a computer printer. Two editions were made, the "standard edition", which had prominently red and grey artwork, and the "special edition", which included two extra tracks not included on the standard edition. The special edition was limited to only 1000 copies. Tom Ellard has described the album as "dark".[2] The entire album was recorded with software called Session 8, the precursor of Pro Tools.
| Haul Ass | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997–1998 at Terse Tapes, Australia | |||
| Genre | IDM | |||
| Length | 63:32 | |||
| Label | Sevcom | |||
| Producer | Tom Ellard | |||
| Severed Heads chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Sputnik Music |   [1] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Choose Evil" | 4:02 |
| 2. | "Two Dead Daughters" | 3:30 |
| 3. | "The Interpreter" | 5:27 |
| 4. | "Better Harms And Heartbreaks" | 4:15 |
| 5. | "A Mouth Full Of Marbles" | 3:32 |
| 6. | "Interstate" | 4:12 |
| 7. | "Chikibox" | 4:17 |
| 8. | "A Head Is Born" | 4:27 |
| 9. | "Bookburner" | 4:55 |
| 10. | "Hawaii 98" | 4:19 |
| 11. | "Dreamsong" | 3:19 |
| 12. | "All That Matters Is You" | 5:20 |
| 13. | "Drown" | 3:03 |
| 14. | "Lufthansa" | 4:34 |
| 15. | "Sevs In Space" | 4:20 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 16. | "Pie, Shepherd, Family" | 2:01 |
| 17. | "There's A String Inside Your Body" | 4:38 |
| Total length: | 70:11 | |
Personnel
edit- Tom Ellard - production, vocals, music
- Stephen Jones - live performances
- Alison Cole - live performances
- Paul Mac - live performances
- Ben Suthers - live performances
References
edit- ^ "Severed Heads: Gigapus". Sputnik Music. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ N/A, N/A. "Interview with Tom Ellard". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
External links
edit- Haul Ass at Discogs (list of releases)
- Bandcamp page