Barnstorming, noisy version of the 'In Ribbons' track.
The title track of the 'Half Life EP' was strangely baggy, Pale Saints seemingly trying out someone else's clothes. 'Babymaker', however, is a strident mix of underwater Shoegaze guitar (don't try gazing at your shoes when under-water, kids) and extravagant noise-pop.
The 'In Ribbons' version is less spiky but the EP version has more undeniable momentum, a headlong rush. It's almost falling over itself, careering across a park made of feathers, stopping for a giddy pillow-fight, creating a downy blizzard that harks back to 'She Rides The Waves' from the first EP.
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I too prefer this version to the later 'In Ribbons' version. Your descriptions are spot on, no more needs to be said other than we seem to love the same stuff!!
ReplyDeletePale Saints were great and essential listening for their first two albums and four singles - with Ian Masters at the helm. After he left, they were not the same band effectively....more like a watered down Lush (ironic cos Meriel Barham was in that latter band before joining Pale Saints).
Comforts of Madness remains one of the best 4AD albums ever (and one of the best debt albums of the 90s). So great, that even My Bloody Valentine stole their idea for inter-track links for their landmark Loveless album - true !!!