For the uninitiated, Chris Knox is one half of the Tall Dwarfs, the New-Zealand band who pretty much defined Lo-Fi music in the 80s. Seizure wasn't his first solo album, but you could call it his first "proper" solo album. Where "Songs for cleaning guppies" was a sonic mess, Seizure is a pop gem. It sounds a lot like a Tall Dwarfs album, but is more upbeat and lyrics-centered. The tape loops and odd sound effects are still there, but they don't define the songs as much as they do in Tall Dwarfs albums of that era. This one features his probably best known song, "Not Given Lightly", which climbed the NZ charts and made a lot of people wonder about Knox' sexual orientation for the first time (the track "The Woman Inside of Me" probably contributed to this).
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The Face of Fashion 2
The Woman Inside of Me 3
Statement of Intent 4
Filling Me 5
Not Given Lightly 6
Break! 7
Uncle Tom's Cabin 8
Wanna!! 9
And I Will Cry 10
Rapist 11
Grand Mal 12
Voyeur 13
Honesty's Not Enough 14
My Dumb Luck 15
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Yes I really really liked this! Thank you! Posting more like this (not-so-well-known NZ stuff) will be greatly appreciated. Great blog, keep up the good work.
