Home Is In The Head (2024 Remastered Edition): Vinyl LP

The bands second album with 4AD, recorded in Warren Defever’s home studio and remixed by Ivo Watts-Russell and John Fryer (as with their debut), sees 23 songs quick-firing through emotions, with moments of soothing calm soon clashing with white noise and visceral chaos. Highlights include Her Eyes Were Huge, on which lightly strummed acoustic guitar uplift Karin Olivers swooning, gossamer drawl; the synth-led, inquisitive and prickly Are We Still Married?; and pensive instrumental waltz Siting Still Moving Still Staring Outlooking (synced in 1996s Jerry Maguire). A varied yet grounded compilation of new material and old (some dating back to Defevers junior high days), it found the band entering a confident creative stride, leaving listeners enthralled by both its beauty and darkness and proving Defevers inspired productions utterly unique.

Tracklisting:

1. Are You Comin Down This Weekend?2. Her Eyes Were Huge Things3. The Charmer4. Hope Called In Sick5. My Feathers Needed Cleaning6. The Well7. Theres Something Between Us and Hes Changing My World8. The Phoenix, A Pool of Ice9. Are We Still Married?10. Put Your Finger in Your Eye11. Home Is in Your Head12. Why People Disappear13. Here Eyes Are Huge14. Save the Birds15. Chances Are We Are Mad16. Mescalina17. Sitting Still Moving Still Staring Out18. Very Bad A Bitter Hand19. Beautiful And Pointless20. Tempe21. Spirit And Body22. Loves A Fish Eye23. Dreams Are of the Body