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Shit and Shine
OriginLondon, United Kingdom
GenresNoise rock
Years active2004–present
MembersCraig Clouse

Shit and Shineis anexperimental musicproject based inAustin, Texas.Formed in 2004 by bandleader Craig Clouse, its percussion-driven sound mixesnoisewithelectronics.[1]Clouse is the only consistent member, with an ever-rotating line-up of musicians.[2]

History

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The project was picked up by the Riot Season label, who issued their debutYou're Lucky to Have Friends Like Usin 2004. The band's second album, titledLadybird,was released in 2005 and contained a lengthy forty-two minute improvisation built on a repetitive drum rhythm, which critics compared toVelvet Underground's1967 composition "Sister Ray".[3]The albumJealous of Shit and Shinefollowed in 2006 and continued to explore terrifying soundscapes. In 2011, it was placed at number eighty-eight onNME'sThe 100 Greatest Albums You've Never Heard list.[4]

2008'sCherrywas the band's first full-length album in two years. Jason Crock ofPitchforknoted that the "abrupt jump-cut edits don't always serve the individual track, but they give the record as a whole its own energy and peculiar logic" and that "the execution isn't perfect on every track, certainly, but Cherry is a great example of a record becoming more than the sum of its parts."[5]

Discography

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References

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  1. ^Nijjar, Aneet."Shit & Shine".Allmusic.Retrieved10 January2016.
  2. ^Nunziata, Francesco (5 December 2013)."Shit and Shine: Titanici rituali tribal-noise"(in Italian). Onda Rock.Retrieved10 January2016.
  3. ^"Shit & Shine:Ladybird> Overview ".Allmusic.Retrieved10 January2016.
  4. ^"The 100 Greatest Albums You've Never Heard".NME.Retrieved11 January2016.
  5. ^Crock, Jason (23 July 2008)."Shit and Shine:Cherry".Pitchfork Media.Retrieved10 January2016.
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