Hee-Haw

by The Birthday Party

Hee-Haw cover art

Collecting the Australian outfit's earliest, highly abrasive recordings—including their debut 'Hee Haw' EP and material released under their original name, The Boys Next Door—this compilation maps their aggressive infancy. The tracks capture Nick Cave and Rowland S. Howard tearing apart the rigid structures of post-punk with squalling feedback, jagged rhythms, and theatrical, gothic terror. It serves as a visceral prologue to the unhinged, blues-drenched chaos they would unleash upon relocating to London.

Genres

  • Post-Punk
  • Noise Rock

Tracklist

  1. Mr. Clarinet
  2. Happy Birthday
  3. Hats On Wrong
  4. Guilt Parade
  5. The Friend Catcher
  6. Waving My Arms
  7. Catman
  8. Riddle House
  9. A Catholic Skin
  10. The Red Clock
  11. Faint Heart
  12. Death By Drowning
  13. The Hair Shirt