Nurse With Wound – She And Me Fall Together In Free Death

Description

Logical Absurd is very proud to present the 20th Anniversary of the album “She And Me Fall Together In Free Death” by Nurse With Wound. “She and Me FallTogether in Free Death” is probably the most approachable, largely “musical” album that NWW has released since Rock N’ Roll Station. It’s also one of hisstrangest concepts, a marriage of trance inducing Krautrock grooves with a traditional jazz standard and some jarringly atonal musique concrete. Side A is the20- minute title track: a slow-motion jam reminiscent of of one of Can’s sidelong tracks on Tago Mago or the more avant-garde grooves of Tony Conrad andFaust’s Outside the Dream Syndicate. The propulsive Jaki Liebezeit drumbeat is the foundation for a long jam session with what sounds like a dijderidoo andlayers of guitar feedback. It’s a massive, heavy sound, the kind that Julian Cope would devote a whole chapter to in his “Kratrocksampler”. Side B is one longpiece with three distinct movements. Beginning with those familiar, World Serpent-trademark windchimes, the listener is quickly ushered into Staple- ton’ssinging debut (!) in a rendition of the oft-covered traditional jazz ballad “Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair” This was a favorite of the recently deceasedNina Simone, and also of the avant-jazz screamer Patty Waters. Nurse With Wound’s version is backed by cello drones, repetitive guitar strums andtambourine, sounding very much like The Velvet Un- derground’s “Venus in Furs”. It’s such a treat to hear Steven Stapleton’s multitracked vocals cover this
classic song, and this eerie version rates as one of my favorites. This song and the title track prove to the naysayers that Nurse With Wound is equally adept atrock n’ roll songcraft as he is at demented sound collages. The creepy jazz cover seques into “Chicken Con- cret (For Missy E)”, a truly warped tape-edit jobthat juxtaposes chicken squawks and sythesized birdcalls with random bleeps, speaker hiccups and gongs.

Tracklist

Side 1
1. She And Me Fall Together Like Free Death
Side 2
1. Black Is The Color Of My True Loves Hair
2. Chicken Concret
3. Gusset Typing
Side 3
1. She And Me Fall Together Like Free Death (Phosphorous Mix)
Side 4
1. Chicken Korma
2. Fine Writin’
Side 5
1. She And Me Fall Together In Free Death (Funereal Mix)
Side 6
1. Yellowed
2. Seeting Red
3. Black