DEAD C - Clyma Est Mort / Tentative Power 2LP tropicalia and later for TVT

and later for TVT

In some ways

Built To Spill and Cast

The result of this unusual approach is a striking record

a song that marries sultry pop vocals with toothy guitar riffs in a manner that would make Ann and Nancy Wilson proud

DEAD C - Clyma Est Mort / Tentative Power 2LP tropicalia and later for TVTRelegated to expensive fodder for eBay bidders until now, Clyma Est Mort can be considered The Dead C's "Ed Sullivan moment," except it wasn't performed live on network TV it was recorded in a practice room in Port Chalmers, NZ, in 1992 with the inestimable Tom Lax of Siltbreeze as the sole member of the audience. Since the goal was to make a "fake bootleg" album for release on the mythical Proletariat Idiots Productions label and in honor of the 13th