East Ash- Crushing A Flood
Gloomy days ahead, so here’s a post that fits the mood I’m currently rolling with at the moment. East Ash were a post-punk band from Columbia, Missouri, released on C’est La Morte records (read more here). This is the first of two albums, released in 1990 on LP and CD. Would be interested in hearing the second album, if anyone happens to have it.
The vocalist here reminds me an awful lot of David Eugene Edwards of 16 Horsepower/Wovenhand fame. Musically, it’s a hybrid of early Modern English, Joy Division, & the shimmer of The Joshua Tree (mostly heard in “A Flood”), with a manic disco edge thrown in for good measure. Dark, gloomy, and driving, just the way I like it. This one definitely should not be missed!
East Ash- Crushing a Flood
1. Dreams
2. Australian Beaches
3. Doesn’t Know
4. Faceless
5. Wonderful Life
6. A Flood
7. Funerals
8. Milk And Honey
9. The Disease
November 29, 2011 at 5:19 pm
Thank you! I, too, would love to hear their other lp
December 3, 2011 at 9:37 am
I found a copy of Ellie by East Ash. It's taking forever and a day to download and the files need some work – Ghod only knows what primitive tool was used to make them, but they can be saved. I will put the album in proper shape, and post a URL here…
Very happy for the rare opportunity to be of service!
December 3, 2011 at 7:59 pm
Sorry guise, false alarm. What I found was supposedly Ellie by East Ash but once I finally got the whole thing to download it turned out to be an instrumental chill / lounge type album that could not possibly be East Ash. Dammit. Here's the thing I found, anyway: http://www.mediafire.com/?egxr55d7b54sh5j
December 4, 2011 at 4:59 pm
a noble effort! thanks for keeping an eye out!
March 23, 2012 at 11:55 am
Thanks for this nice find. I hear more than a little Gene Loves Jezebel. Good musicians here, even if the sound is derivative. Worth the listen!