Set for release on March 6 in New Zealand + Australia,
Three Blind Mice includes the bands' contribution to Flying Nun's
Dunedin Double, tracks from their 1983 EP
Another Disc Another Dollar as well as never heard before live recordings.
Curated by New Zealand noise legend
Bruce Russell (
The Dead C, Xpressway Records), with liner notes by
Shayne Carter (
Straitjacket Fits, Bored Games), the compilation also features design + illustrations from
Alec Bathgate and
Chris Knox and was mastered by Tex Houston (
The Clean, The 3D’s).
The
Stones were a Dunedin band: 1981-83. During the cultural highpoint of
southern New Zealand music these three Romans with a 1970s Falcon
station-wagon floated it with the best... -
Bruce Russell.Listen To Exclusive Tracks Here"The Stones were birthed by singer/guitarist Wayne Elsey’s decision to quit
Bored Games to start a band that sounded like
The Clean. Their debut came on the 25th April 1981 at an Otago University, a gig headlined by
Bored Games (Shayne Carter) and new comers
The Chills and
Verlaines....Elsey’s
vision for a band that sounds like The Clean didn’t really come to
fruition. The Stones were too bright to not to create their own
sound, one wrapped in braggadocio and swagger. Fast, aggressive guitars,
driving rhythm section with a knack for fluid pop structures.
Charismatic and smart, The Stones had the ability to sound completely
empathetic and threatening all at once.
Look, they called themselves the Stones. What else do you want to know?"
- Shayne P. Carter – 2014
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