Lose 10 choruses or 5 verses.

Tim and Kellie talk about FIVE ROOMS, how it came about, what we did and how we did it. 

We explain the album title, *despite only really mentioning 3 of the rooms. 

We talk / go off on tangents about working with producer Anna Laverty, Kel's tenuous grasp of modern recording technology, the "Tim songs" which Kellie doesn't like, the concept of nostalgia, as it relates to music, and us, and diary writing vs social media.

We also find ourselves discussing the Urge Overkill lobe in Tim's brain, at length, and as always: smashing the patriarchy. Other notable moments include "Men settle down!!!" and "This isn't my song any more" from Kellie.

We deep dive into lengthy and sometimes entertaining stories around every single song, and we try to give them some context in the broader picture of the band and also the weird times during which they were written and recorded.

There are plenty of laughs and much stupidity. Enjoy.

More..

• Read about Five Rooms, with Lyrics etc:
• Buy vinyl
• On Bandcamp
• Don't Get Me Started video
• Late to the Party video

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Metal On Metal.

At the end of 1991 into the early summer of 1992 we recorded our first album, Flour. Tim and Kellie chat how it came about and how we made it happen. There's lots we don't remember, or we half remember, or we think we remember, it was a long time ago! We marvel at the album's "unusual" sound, and wonder how it ended up sounding like that. We also chat about how every song sounds like we're wanting to emulate one of our guitar-hero bands at the time (which we were).

This episode includes the story of the band's name change, after Kellie joined, from The Madmen to Screamfeeder.

It also tells the story of how Tim and Kellie met, and how Kellie joined the band, and explains how and why there are two versions of this album.

Tim blabs on about alternative guitar tunings a bit too much (you better get used to that, sorry).

Kel tells us about how she wanted to be "the best bass player in the world" and how that's panned out for her. And somehow the quote "The opposite of your balls dropping" gets a look-in. Enjoy this episode!

• Read about Flour here
• Watch the TOWER video here
• Listen to the deluxe edition here
• And the original version from 1992 here

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Desk Wars.

In 1993 we drove to Sydney in Tim's van, to record our second album Burn Out Your Name. We remember all the strange and funny details around the recording, and the songs themselves, and Kellie dives into her diaries for some "on the ground" insights into what we got up to.

We chat about fighting over the mixing desk when the producer's back was turned, the origin on the Fingers & Toes song title, and Wrote You Off being "too poppy and catchy" for the grunge era.

We also mention our brief path-crossing with Steve Albini, and our band ethos of the time; "indie indie indie all the way", with Tim and Tony actively rejecting anything NOT indie.

As a flip side, Kellie divulges her most rock'n'roll moment of decadence, "Don't let my mum listen to this". We also go off on a tangent and introduce bit players Bunty Pring and Tricia Candy, and explore Tim being "cock-blocked by Mrs Candy", at the age of 15. It's crazy stuff. 

Also The Darkness gets mentioned; Tim's love of the actual band, and Kellie's love of - and side hobby of - embracing the actual darkness.

Enjoy this episode!

For the 2014 re-release, Jamie Hutchings from Bluebottle Kiss wrote:

Ah.. the lottery that is life. I used to see Screamfeeder at every opportunity around this time. They were going head to head with You Am I on a lot of bills, and I honestly had no idea who would win out in the rock’n’roll path of fame stakes. They were that good! Good enough that I’d usually pay to see them open up for bands I had no intention of sticking around the rest of the night for.

Chunky, tinnitus-inducing riffs, bittersweet melodies and throat-implosion vocals; and on this album a dreamy molasses-like glaze over everything. Burn Out Your Name has everything that was special about the band during this era. Now it’s etched deep within the grooves of a vinyl record – where it belongs.

• Youtube Playlist
• Burn Out Your Name on Spotify
• Read more and buy on our website

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