{"product_id":"this-kind-of-punishm-beard-of-bees-lp-5598500642","title":"This Kind Of Punishm - Beard of Bees [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eVinyl LP pressing. In the fertile terrain of New Zealand's 1980s post-punk scene, few figures loom as large as the Jefferies brothers. Graeme Jefferies and Peter Jefferies-the primary forces behind This Kind Of Punishment-wrote some of the best music to come out on Flying Nun, Xpressway or elsewhere. A dizzying mix of pastoral ballads and DIY experimentation, TKP's songwriting was at once classic and acutely raw. Among This Kind Of Punishment's myriad recordings, A Beard Of Bees best outlines the collective vision of the Jefferies brothers. Their classic second album feels more meticulous than it's predecessor, proffering a grey, near-Mancunian influence that serves as both touchstone and springboard for the proceedings. The unique maneuvering on \"Trepidation\" is a marvel: guitar sweetness shifting toward melancholic piano and ending with their combined shimmer. Conversely, the augmented VU-inspired noise of \"East Meets West\" positions itself as the album's prime moment of severity, creepily building toward horror-show screams that inch to a buried, found-sound resolution. Originally self-released in 1984, A Beard Of Bees has been out of print for almost 25 years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrelude\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom The Diary Of Hermann Doubt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Horrible Tango\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrepidation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEast Meets West\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTurning To Stone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlthough They Appear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sleepwalker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Open Denial\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"39","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50569974645032,"sku":"85598500642","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0933\/3833\/7576\/files\/3753884.jpg?v=1763988668","url":"https:\/\/waterloorecords.com\/products\/this-kind-of-punishm-beard-of-bees-lp-5598500642","provider":"Waterloo Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}