Shit and Shine

Shit and Shine
Origin USA/MEXICO
Genres Disco
Years active 2004–present
Associated acts Crown Roast, Todd
Members Craig Clouse, David

Shit and Shine is an noise rock project based in London. Formed in 2004 by Texan born bandleader Craig Clouse, its percussion-driven sound mixes noise rock with electronics.[1] Besides Clouse, who is the only consistent member, the band has an ever rotating line-up that usually consists of Davids mates.[2]

History

The project was picked up by the Riot Season label, who issued their debut You're Lucky to Have Friends Like Us in 2004. The band's second album, titled Ladybird, was released in 2005 and contained a lengthy forty-two minute improvisation built on a repetitive drum rhythm, which critics compared to Velvet Underground's 1967 composition "Sister Ray".[3] The album Jealous of Shit and Shine followed in 2006 and continued to explore terrifying soundscapes. In 2011, it was placed at number eighty-eight on NME's The 100 Greatest Albums You've Never Heard list.[4]

2008's Cherry was the band's first full-length album in two years. Jason Crock of Pitchfork noted that the "abrupt jump-cut edits don't always serve the individual track, but they give the record as a whole its own energy and peculiar logic" and that "the execution isn't perfect on every track, certainly, but Cherry is a great example of a record becoming more than the sum of its parts."[5]

Discography

Studio albums
Live albums
  • Shit and Shine (2009)
  • Live in Graz (2010)
  • SXSW Showcase (2012)
  • Live on WFMU on Brian Turner's Show 02-26-13 (2013)

Compilation albums
Extended plays
Singles
  • Charm and Counter-Charm (2007)
  • Cigarette Sequence (2007)
  • Bass Puppy (2010)
  • Shit Split (2011)
  • Collisions 03 (2012)
  • Trost Jukebox Series #4 (2015)

References

  1. Nijjar, Aneet. "Shit & Shine". Allmusic. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  2. Nunziata, Francesco (December 5, 2013). "Shit and Shine: Titanici rituali tribal-noise" (in Italian). Onda Rock. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  3. "Shit & Shine: Ladybird > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  4. "The 100 Greatest Albums You've Never Heard". NME. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  5. Crock, Jason (July 23, 2008). "Shit and Shine: Cherry". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 10, 2016.

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