USA 1983 TOUR : FINAL REHEARSAL RECORDINGS

Announcing a very special Bandcamp exclusive new addition to the page and freely available to all followers for one week, thanks once again for all the highly appreciated support!

USA 1983 Tour Final Rehearsal has only previously been released as an exclusive Come Organisation cassette entitled 'USA VII: Live Rehearsal' back in 1983, it formed part of the series of live recordings from the tour. Original copies of the cassette are now rare collectors' items.

It was recorded in London on 23rd March with William Bennett and Kevin Tomkins and was the final rehearsal session just before the first American tour beginning a few days later. Various songs and sounds are tried out throughout the rehearsal in preparation for the 6-week tour.

The version here has been carefully restored and remastered, each part representing a side of the cassette release, however as usual please bear in mind that these archive recordings are of varying degrees of sound quality depending on original recording conditions.

FINAL FOUR STUDIO ALBUMS AT BANDCAMP

The last batch of Whitehouse studio albums have now been added to the Susan Lawly page at Bandcamp. All four albums include rare bonus tracks!

GREAT WHITE DEATH (SPECIAL EDITION) (1985)

HALOGEN (1994)

QUALITY TIME. (1995)

THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS (1990)

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Quite a variety of genres this time around, most from great and much appreciated recommendations!

M3GAN, 2022 (****)
whoever designed and wrote for the doll is an absolute genius, all her scenes taken in isolation are absolutely spectacular, sadly the rest of the film is dumbed-down PG-13 trash with Hallmark Channel-quality acting - had to give extra star for inspired inclusion of Skatt Bros' classic 'Walk The Night'

Hospitals: The White Mafia, 1973 (****)
Luigi Zampa's remarkably disturbing drama and chief surgeon character study set in a big city hospital resonates more than ever despite its fifty years of age

Speak No Evil, 2022 (*****)
one of the most unsettling films I've ever seen, a living nightmare of helplessness to be involuntarily felt throughout the entire film

Triangle Of Sadness, 2022 (****)
despite occasional heavy-handed messaging, if taken as pure black comedy, you find a highly enjoyable film with some extremely memorable interactions and plot twists

The Menu, 2022 (**)
black comedy starts out so promisingly yet quickly (and unexpectedly) degenerates into a thriller-by-numbers with absolutely zero character development, so jarring that it recalls Robert Altman's Hollywood satire The Player

On Your Wedding Day, 2018 (*****)
I do love a good romantic comedy and Korean ones are the best: this is a particularly good one, very real and raw and relatable

20th Century Girl, 2021 (****)
cute and fun Korean romantic comedy with quite the sting in its tail

Piggy, 2022 (*)
opening credits' list of sponsors and backers was already a massive red flag but this is little more than an incoherent revenge horror with a porn-quality cast, also a huge no to thirtysomethings playing teenagers

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FOUR NEW ALBUMS AT BANDCAMP

 

Four new Whitehouse studio albums have now been added to the Susan Lawly page at Bandcamp. 

RACKET (2007)

TWICE IS NOT ENOUGH (1992)

NEVER FORGET DEATH (1992)

NEW BRITAIN (1982)

ASCETICISTS AT BANDCAMP

 

ASCETICISTS 2006 has now been added to the collection at Bandcamp.

BLACK FRIDAY 2022

 

Black Friday special!

Until midnight 28th November, the original (and best) master version of THE 150 MURDEROUS PASSIONS (part one) is free at Bandcamp - also 30% off everything Whitehouse and Cut Hands there using the code 'blackfriday22'.

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Hallowe'en horror film special. It's been several years since the last movie review post, good new movies seem to be becoming rarer and rarer so catching up with various recommendations and suggestions I've gratefully received. Happy Hallowe'en!

X, 2022 (*)
porn acting without the porn, 70s/80s retro horror without the horror or even the soundtrack

The Sadness, 2021 (****)
highly enjoyable sexually depraved horror from Taiwan, loved its energy, youthful verve, and Sadean monologues in final act

American Mary, 2012 (***)
Katharine Isabelle's talents are rather wasted on what is a fantastic body horror premise because, sadly, movie suffers from a catastrophic lack of attention to fetishistic detail

Hatchet, 2006 (*)
risibly poor low budget retro horror attempt, hard to believe there were 3 sequels (does that qualify it as a franchise?)

Ginger Snaps, 2000 (****)
Isabelle as the older sister absolutely steals the show in this highly original female puberty-centred horror from Canada only marred by the younger sister's pointless and distracting syrup - looking forward to visiting the sequels 

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MORE BANDCAMP LEGACY RELEASES

 

Two new Whitehouse studio albums have now been added to the Susan Lawly Bandcamp page. 

First up is 2001's legendary CRUISE (pictured) with a bonus track of a remastered version of the instrumental version of the title track that featured as the B-side of the original 12" single. Here available for the first time in digital format.

Secondly is 1981's harrowing and chilling BUCHENWALD album, there are also a few physical copies available too on the same page.

MUMMY AND DADDY / DTPK

Two new Whitehouse albums now added to the collection at Bandcamp:
MUMMY AND DADDY (1998)
DEDICATED TO PETER KURTEN (1981)

SIXTEEN WAYS OUT : 17/6/22 : CD + LIMITED VINYL

new album on Susan Lawly!

CUT HANDS : SIXTEEN WAYS OUT
CD + limited vinyl versions, preorders available now for 17th June release date

CD catalogue number SLCD031
vinyl catalogue number SLA007

- any questions or comments about this release feel free to leave below!

PICS UPDATE 15/07/22!