Beatin Hearts

by Builders

Beatin Hearts cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Flying Nun
  • Country: New Zealand
  • Community rating: 3.76/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The debut studio album from the New Zealand post-punk group encapsulates the early, unpolished essence of the emerging Dunedin Sound. 'Beatin Hearts' utilizes jagged guitars and frantic rhythms to deliver a highly kinetic, lo-fi aesthetic. It established the act as a crucial fixture within the independent underground rock scene.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, guitars, storytelling, literary, DIY

Tracklist

  1. 1,000,000 Hearts
  2. Moderation
  3. Bedrock Bay
  4. Same Old Story
  5. Heartbeats-A-Go-Go
  6. Blue Sand Lonely
  7. Dirty & Disgusting
  8. Alien
  9. Accident
  10. Wanganui With A White Face
  11. Magpies
  12. Outer Date World
  13. Evidence
  14. Inquest
  15. Magazine
  16. Kicks
  17. Friend

Credits

  • Builders - primary artist
  • Campbell McLay - bass
  • Malcolm Grant - drums
  • Bill Direen - vocals, guitar, percussion, whistle, viola, organ, bass, harmonica, written-by
  • Tom Scully - written-by
  • Chris Knox - backing vocals, organ
  • Mike Dooley - drums
  • Denis Glover - written-by

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