Beat Rhythm Fashion
Coming out of the post punk movement of the late 70's Beat Rhythm Fashion created melodic moody intelligent songs of open chords and hypnotic drums.
The band were the brainchild of Brothers Dan and Nino Birch who as teenagers found themselves resident in the creatively inspiring environment of Wellington New Zealand in the late 70's and early eighties. There was a strong post punk arts scene there called the terrace scene so named because it revolved around a few houses on the street 'the terrace' up behind the main business district of wellington...
100% New Zealand Music
Releases
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Bring Real Freedom | CD NZ $25.95 MP3s NZ $19.95 | Buy |
Location
Wellington
Members
Nino Birch - Guitar and Vocals
Dan Birch - Bass and Vocals
Caroline Easther - Drums
Glen Stewart - Drums (on singles and for first few gigs) Henry Cato - 2nd Drummer, one tour.
At last! After losing a tape-of-a-tape of their 3 singles many years back I can now listen with joy once more. With laconic, dischordant vocals sounding a little like a sedated Mark E Smith (The Fall)and a blend of guitars and synths that would sound at home on The Cure's Faith or 17 Seconds, or even the early releases of Gary Numan (The Monday Troop etc.), this band was utterly up with the times and captured the very essence of the early Gothic/Post-Punk sound. A welcome return indeed!
Posted by chris evans 2.32PM, 30 Jan 2009