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Earth Mother Fucker
Do Not Resuscitate 12″ Vinyl Edition
Limited run black vinyl edition with a 12″ x 12″ Sabrina Gruss print (on 150gsm Tintoretto Gesso art paper) and a ‘do not resuscitate’ wristband.
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It has taken them almost four decades, but Suffolk-based sexagenarian noise rock malcontents Earth Mother Fucker have finally recorded enough material for their first full-length studio album – Do Not Resuscitate.
Formed in 1988, the original EMF was alienating audiences on the toilet circuit when their younger, more attractive namesakes from the Forest of Dean were still in short trousers. In that time, they’ve pioneered a mash-up micro-genre of one, delivering death country murder ballads and bleached-out retina-detaching noise rock. Never a band anyone could accuse of being prolific, in 38 years they’ve released one EP, a live album and a couple of collections of demos recorded in a barn in Holbrook in the late eighties.
Instead, they’ve focused on building a reputation on the back of their confrontational live shows. In 2020, they came to the attention of UK Independent Venue Week, who selected their no-cock rock anthem, I Fuck Therefore I Am, as one of their top nine live performances of 2020, including it on the Independent Venue Week Live 2020 album with Self Esteem, Sleaford Mods and Anna Calvi.
This renewed interest inspired the band to begin work on their debut studio album, which characteristically has taken them over five years to complete. The album collects material spanning the band’s long career and beyond. Featuring new interpretations of two post-punk throwbacks from Bruce MacGregor’s tenure in Tender Lugers, a crepuscular cover of Row by labelmates Sealionwoman, and a track inspired by Ipswich grime pioneers Hectic Squad.
Recorded at Tom Donovan Studio in Essex and Silent Stage in Suffolk, and mastered by Pete Maher, who credits include every UK Eurovision entry from 2018… none of which won. The album features guest contributions from Sophie Baylor and the vicar of Jaywick, the Rev’d Matthew Simpkins.
Sleeve photography and sculptures by Sabrina Gruss.
The CD version and digital download contains remixes by Weapon Eyes, Alien and Jase Kester (Pound Land / Machine Mafia).
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