Australian band The Triffids announced a headlining tour to take place in Europe. A unique show featuring the remaining members of the band – Rob McComb, Alsy MacDonald, Martyn Casey, Jill Birt and Graham Lee and some guests will perform the album ‘Born Sandy Devotional’ in its’ entirety (It’s the 30th anniversary of the release this year)
‘‘The Triffids were hailed by the music media as “one of the most influential and important bands to come from Australia” and their 1986 album Born Sandy Devotional, has become a modern classic. Led by singer and songwriter David McComb, The Triffids formed in Perth in 1978 and soon relocated to London, achieving popularity throughout Europe and becoming the first Australian group since the Seekers to feature on the cover of New Musical Express.
In 2008 the band was inducted into the Australian Rock And Roll Hall of Fame by Nick Cave. In October 2010 ‘Born Sandy Devotional’ was listed at No. 5 in the book 100 Best Australian Albums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC9N284SDM8
Robert McComb (guitar/violin, the Triffids; older brother of David McComb) :
“Sometimes I feel like [this song] is my life, growing up in Perth. Which is why [David McComb] got some credit as an Australian songwriter, because he used those images – the hot sand, the salt on the skin, the sun on the sidewalk, burning their feet. It’s just my childhood, as it was his.”
Lindy Morrison (former drummer, the Go-Betweens) on Chicken Killer:
“From the first snare beat at the end of the first line – ‘I knelt, I aimed, I missed, I ran’ – Martyn P Casey and Alsy Macdonald set a cracking, rolling rhythm that carries this wild tune to the finish line.
“Nick Mainsbridge was the engineer on the album, and I swear you hear his touch: ‘Just let them go,’ he would have thought. And David is as big and blustery and confident as ever as he sings for his lost love, with gorgeous imagery. It’s a shocking, sad, violent song of love and revenge.”
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