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'Shit hits the fan: Ohio band demand record is destroyed

This Monday (July 28) saw the turgid lo-fi wizardry of Psychedelic Horseshit unleashed upon innocent ears with ‘New Wave Hippies’ hitting a dissonant chord across the UK. You may have noticed.

No doubt pleased with another fine release, Half Machine Records received the following email from chief Horseshit Matt Whitehurst after the UK imprint shipped 50 copies of the 7” over the band in Columbus, USA:

to: half machine records

subject: new wave hippies ep

dude, got the ep's today, what the fuck is with the spaces in between the tracks. they were strung together with care. THERE ARE GUITAR AND DRUM PARTS CHOPPED IN HALF. i am beyond pissed off. this is why bands are supposed to get test pressings. this thing is a piece of junk now, completely worthless, and all copies must be burned or otherwise destroyed. i am deadly serious about this. if this gets out i will personally make it my job to see to it that every copy is retrieved [sic] and destroyed. starting at yr offices.

-matt horseshit.

Half Machine issued this statement in response to the Horseshit man’s ire:

As requested we'll be setting all copies we can get our hands on alight. We'll film it and post it on youtube to prove to Matt (and you) that we really have thrown just over a grand down the drain. We're kind of like a poor mans KLF...

One way or another this is hilarious. If you’re not quite sure why, listen to one of the Ohio noise merchants’ compositions below:

Video: Psychedelic Horseshit

With Whitehurst obviously overly-accustomed to Siltbreeze’s level of expertise with such a glorious racket the EP is soon to be cinders. If you want to get your hands on one of the EPs head over to the Half Machine store, here.

this story is a load of Horseshit.

*sorry*

"We're kind of like a poor mans KLF"

just like all labels that are a part of XL!

Erm...

We're not any part of XL.

fair enough

i seem to get a lot of your promos and XL/beggars were the only people who ever took me seriously and sent me things ;) my apologies.

I don't get it

Did you (Half Machine) fuck up the pressing? And you're just laughing it off with trite remarks?

...

What else are they going to do? Wail and rend their garments?

If the pressing is fucked up, then the only thing to do is repress without the fuckup and take the financial hit, right?

Rending would be good

It just seems that if no test pressings were sent out, and the label have put something out that's different to what was sent by the band, then something's up there... especially as the label continue to sell copies of something the band have asked not to be sold.

Please...

Will somebody write a book about this band.

I love this story.

Well

It'd be kind of nice to claw back at least a few pence. Matt is well aware of this, and suggested it himself in fact.

The thing with the single is that Matt handed me a cd to send to the pressing place, with 5 tracks on, they were pressed to vinyl as 5 tracks.

We ok'd the test pressings, as they sounded great to us (and Siltbreeze). Matt also, failed to ever mention to anybody that he wanted one track on each side. So it came as a surprise to us that he hated them so much.

here we go

Its called "YOU LOVE US, but thats because you're fucking idiots".

and inside it has a picture of something.

Blimey, a reasonable and fair response

last thing I'd expect on this site! Fair play.

These guys sound like pretentious wankers.

They should be thankful that they were lucky enough to get signed at all, much better bands die having never got a record deal.

So yeah, they're pricks.

I would hate to be their NEIGHbours.

because their SHIT.

Wait, that one doesn't work. I stand by it though.

Can't you do a digital stitch-up?

Easily done non? Or is the vinyl an important part of the horseshit experience?

7" only

There's no digital on this.

Ha ha ha

Sounds like you're in a band. Try sending your demo to Half Machine ... then demand they burn it!!

RE: YOU LOVE US.

Where can I buy a copy?

I wish I was in a band...

anyone need a cowbell player?

are the Blue Oyster Cult still going?

MORE COWBELL!

Shit band.

Fuck off.

i feel

tres sorry for the label

..

if i buy a copy am i likely to have some lunatic knocking on my door demanding to destroy it!?

You have to

salvage it from the incinerator.

yes

they had me at "dude,"

erm...

is this band for real? Who would want to release (let alone buy!) this crap?

That's weird

cos my Chrome 'Half Machine Lip Moves' LP has gaps in between the tracks and that also ruins a portion of the album.

^^^^^^^^^^^

i dunno what they are fucking moaning about

I'd never heard of this band until they managed to use a record pressing fuck up to make the drowned in sound news!

Publicity is never free ;)

why is there a [sic] in front of retrieved

it's spelt right. come on guys.

im pretty sure this band is shit, although i like the lyrics. they are just kind of endearingly shit though.

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