An Afternoon With Victor Dimisich

Description

With An Afternoon With Victor Dimisich, Stephen Cogle and Peter Stapleton resurrect an essential and long-unreleased fragment of the Christchurch, New Zealand underground scene at the dawn of the Flying Nun era. Recorded in the early 80s in the wake of the Victor Dimisich Band, these sessions capture a still raw and intimate form of the sound that would later nourish cult groups like The Pin Group, The Terminals or Scorched Earth Policy. Between dark ballads, minimalist post-punk, ramshackle folk and spectral blues, An Afternoon With Victor Dimisich unveils fragile and haunted compositions, recorded in the urgency of an afternoon among friends, warm beer and a running tape recorder. Carried by weary voices, austere guitars and a deeply nocturnal atmosphere, the album acts as a fascinating time capsule of a scene that has become mythical. A major archive, at once raw, melancholic and intensely alive.