Classic Albums: Cellulite Soul by Witch Hats

Might as well keep doing these posts now that I’m getting going, right? So next you can file it under: the greatest debut album you’ve never heard, most likely? Most likely will never hear too!

My own rules apply on my own blog, you don’t need to sell millions, thousands, even hundreds of copy’s to Americans, English’s, some other country or even Aussie’s for that matter! My fave albums of all-time as I entitled somehow “Classic Albums” as posts/tags, I’ve just got to love that album and played it to almost damn death, simple as that!

Next up my blog here I come back to Melbourne town, Australia yet again with a little known band called Witch Hats and their album Cellulite Soul from the year 2008.

As I move on to my fave albums with acts that starting with “W” I’m going to begin with the hardest to stream or most different to find anywhere online, it’s not on spotify, who knows if it’s on iTunes, it’s on the bandcamp’s page for Witch Hats but you can’t stream or listen to it, only says you can buy a CD copy but to quote it now:

Purchase dosen’t include a digital download. We don’t own the rights to this recording and can only sell our limited physical stock. I think you have to get digital from iTunes or some shit. Probably best just to steal it off NAPSTER.

So you might have notices I’m embedded all tracks that I can find from YouTube here on this post about them and it. Now I would some of the best tracks from this album are not ever on YouTube or I can’t find them but sorry to say I’m not uploading them too! Do you know much rubbish comes up when searching from a band entitled Witch Hats?

To me they should have be huge and massive but they’re sadly not but it’s not going to stop me raving about them! If I didn’t have a copy of this album I would pay $100 to them just one, maybe someone should start one of those kickstarter thingy so they can buy back the right to their own album or something?

Maybe, you could call my blog post today an intro to them and we can see if anyone does buy the CD or maybe even find it by other means, hey? I would like to know, please let me know that OK?

The full names of all four members are: Kris Buscombe on vocals/guitar, Ash Buscombe on bass/vocals, Duncan Blachford on drums and Tom Barry on guitar but in 2018 it’s only Kris and Ash as the original line-up members of Witch Hats.

So you might just ask how the bloody hell do I know them? I’ve never seen them live too but I have hear they’re bloody great wicked live! It’s basically only because I like to look at the production details. So after leaving The Birthday Party as drummer Phill Calvert played in a couple minor bands in the 80’s/90’s but disappear somewhat until some technical credits like on this album where he’s co-producer, recording and mixing it. Not much of a reason really but I check it out then and now still following this band, the last album from a couple of years back was on Phill’s record label.

You can find them on facebook here, if you like it or them but really not much is on it at all! Maybe the best place online is Witch Hats’ bandcamp page where you can buy some of their stuff in some formats but not all, you know?

So it might be an odd one on my fave albums list but I think it’s just as great as anything else on it! Who else out there love this band Witch Hats?

Cellulite Soul Track listing:

1. Before I Weigh – 5:32
2. I Can’t Stay At Home – 2:58
3. Climbing Up Yr Cable – 4:10
4. Western’ – 3:58
5. Hellhole – 4:28
6. Potato Feet – 3:12
7. Summer Of Pain – 3:39
8. Ma Lord – 1:56
9. Neil Diamond Entry – 3:38
10. Doors Film – 8:25

So this list below are my 104 favorite albums, so far because I’m still counting them up. Now Cellulite Soul by Witch Hats is the 105th album post today!

• Tales From The Australian Underground – Volume 1 & 2 by Various Artists
• Station To Station by David Bowie
• Unplugged In New York by Nirvana
• Rust In Peace by Megadeth
• Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins
• Henry’s Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• Whatever You Love, You Are by Dirty Three
• Gala Mill by The Drones
• Black Monk Time by The Monks
• Ex Tropical by Lost Animal
• Work (Work, Work) by HTRK
• In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra
• The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd
• Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen
• Warm Leatherette by Grace Jones
• The White House by The Dead C
• Silence Is Sexy by Einstürzende Neubauten
• Lulu by Lou Reed & Metallica
• Kaira by Toumani Diabaté
• Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam And The Ants
• Drowning In The Fountain Of Youth by Dan Kelly And The Alpha Males
• Aerial by Kate Bush
• The Future by Leonard Cohen
• Rock For Light by Bad Brains
• Last Splash by The Breeders
• Sex by The Necks
• Emergency Ward by Nina Simone
• Paradise by My Disco
• Batman by Prince
• Sings Christmas Carols by Mark Kozelek
• What Are Rock Stars Doing Today by Magic Dirt
• Love Of Life by Swans
• Big Name, No Blankets by Warumpi Band
• Blue Valentine by Tom Waits
• In The Pines by The Triffids
• Where Joy Kills Sorrow by Various Artists
• TV Sky by The Young Gods
• King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime by Faith No More
• Jean Lee And The Yellow Dog by Ed Kuepper
• Law Of Nature by Laughing Clowns
• (I’m) Stranded by The Saints
• Super Ape by Lee “Scratch” Perry & The Upsetters
• The Soft ‘N’ Sexy Sound by Dave Graney ‘N’ The Coral Snakes
• Mutiny/The Bad Seed by The Birthday Party
• Bahdeni Nami by Omar Souleyman
• Ascension by John Coltrane
• The Definitive by Blind Willie McTell
• Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey
• Horses by Patti Smith
• Vespertine by Björk
• Hex Enduction Hour by The Fall
• Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood by DMX
• I’m New Here by Gil Scott-Heron
• Charcoal Lane by Archie Roach
• In My Own Time by Karen Dalton
• Stay Sick! by The Cramps
• Primary Colours by Eddy Current Suppression Ring
• Veedon Fleece by Van Morrison
• Trainspotting by Various Artists
• After School Session by Chuck Berry
• Body Language by Kylie Minogue
• Bricks Are Heavy by L7
• Trailer Park by Beth Orton
• Arular by M.I.A.
• Moon Pix by Cat Power
• White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground
• Y by The Pop Group
• The Human Jukebox by Scientists
• The Shape Of Things by Pere Ubu
• Congotronics by Konono Nº1
• High Voltage by AC/DC
• Self-tilted by The Seeds
• His Best by Bo Diddley
• Embracism by Kirin J Callinan
• Benji by Sun Kil Moon
• Betty by Helmet 
• Late Registration by Kanye West
• Under The Western Freeway by Grandaddy
• What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have by Sarah Blasko
• Regret Is An Inevitable Consequence Of Life by Ricaine
• Tu-Plang by Regurgitator
• Hourly, Daily by You Am I
• In A Bar, Under The Sea by dEUS
• Gurrumul by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
• Twin Peaks by Angelo Badalamenti
• Some Girls by The Rolling Stones
• Adult Themes For Voice by Mike Patton
• Candy Apple Grey by Hüsker Dü
• This Is It by The Strokes
• To Record Only Water For Ten Days by John Frusciante
• How I Love You by The Angels Of Light
• Soaking Red by Tendrils
• Rock Action by Mogwai
• Rock And Rollin’ With Fat Domino by Fat Domino
• The Axeman’s Jazz by Beasts Of Bourbon
• This Is Not The Way Home by The Cruel Sea
• Black & White Self-titled by Primitive Calculators
• Still Life by The Paradise Motel
• Messenger by Jimmy Little
• Conatus by Zola Jesus
• Zuma by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
• It’s Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• At Home With You by X
• Dear God, I Hate Myself by Xiu Xiu

Who else digs Cellulite Soul by Witch Hats? Anybody else own a copy of it? Or do you just want to say something else now?

Cheers 🙂

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