Pixies In The Woods, by From Nursery To Misery

Pixies In The Woods

by From Nursery To Misery

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1.	The Oak Tree 04:27	buy track
2.	The Fatal Bite 03:02	buy track
3.	Age Of Destiny 02:55	buy track
4.	Dust 04:52	buy track
5.	Kill Your Dancing Dreams Part 2 04:00	buy track
6.	Phoenix Dragon 02:44	buy track
7.	Primitive Lands 04:44	buy track
8.	Dreaming Of You 02:07	buy track
9.	Desire 02:15	buy track
10.	Be Patient Child 02:38	buy track
11.	Insight 02:08	buy track
12.	The Ritual 04:19	buy track
13.	The Enemy Is Listening 04:23	buy track

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From Nursery to Misery were three teenagers who grew up together on the same street in Basildon, Essex. Formed in 1987, the band was comprised of vocalists (and identical twins) Gina and Tina Fear, along with keyboard player and producer Lee Stevens. Lee invited the twins to over to record some music with him, suggesting they try singing over some instrumentals he had written and recorded on a newly purchased 4-track. They played a sum total of four gigs before splitting in 1991. Their recorded output, however, was relatively prodigious, with the band appearing on over 22 compilations, as well as self-releasing two album-length tapes ‘The Oak Tree’ (1989), and ‘Equilibrium’ (1990), and a split EP with Germany’s Nostalgie Eternelle, ‘Art is the Tool’ (1990). All these releases were home-produced, hand-made cassettes distributed and swapped via the Mail Art scene.
‘Pixies In The Woods’ is a 13-track career spanning compilation including three previously unreleased tracks. Tracks range from no-fi synth pop overlaid with ethereal, child-like vocals, to audio collages of animal noises and harrowing, double-speed monologues. Lee’s expansive synth productions, informed by the Blade Runner soundtrack, early electro records, and 4AD acts like Dead Can Dance, provided a rich, spacious platform for Gina and Tina’s sung-spoken introspective lyrics. Their songs are disarmingly direct and unfiltered, the product of three self-confessed misfits exploring difficult, often intensely personal issues. As the band says, they just wanted to make pop music and FNTM is what came out.

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released August 4, 2017

(C) 2017 Dark Entries Records
All songs written, composed, performed and produced by From Nursery To Misery
From Nursery To Misery are Gina Fear, Tina Fear, Lee Stevens
Tape Transfer by Joe Tarantino, 2016
Remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, 2016
Illustrations by Gina & Tina Fear
Design: Eloise Leigh
Thank you Matthew Reed, Gina & Tina Fear, George Horn, Joe Tarantino and Eloise Leigh.

A1,A5 originally appeared on The Oak Tree cassette self released 1989
A6,B4,B7 originally appeared on Equilibrium cassette self released 1990
B1,B5 originally appeared on Art Is The Tool cassette by One Last Dream 1990
A2 originally appeared on Eat Your Pets cassette by ZNS Tapes 1990
B2 originally appeared on Fool’s Paradise’ 7” by Fools Paradise 1990
B3 originally appeared on Hominivorax cassette by Biotope Art Organization 1990
A3,A4,B6 previously unreleased

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