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Kim Salmon and the Surrealists
12+ albums
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Kim Salmon and the Surrealists was an Australian indie rock band formed by Kim Salmon in 1987 when he was living in Perth between the final two tours by The Scientists. When the Scientists stopped, Salmon continued the Surrealists as his main band, while also playing in The Beasts Of Bourbon. Salmon formed the first lineup of the Surrealists in mid-1987, with Brian Hooper on bass and Tony Pola on drums. He formed the band to record the album Hit Me With The Surreal Feel, using minimalist lo-fi approaches to recording a basic trio: recording the band live with microphones around the studio capturing the entire sound, rather than one instrument per track. The recording and mixing cost was AUD$240 total. The band also played live around Perth in mid-1987. The album was released in October 1988. The Surrealists did a few songs by the Scientists (particularly "Shine" from The Human Jukebox) and had a similar sound, in that Salmon remained the leader and primary songwriter, but the feel of the music was notably different: far less tense and confrontative. The second album, Just Because You Can't See It ... Doesn't Mean It Isn't There, was recorded more conventionally in 1989 and released in early 1990. Comparing this album with The Human Jukebox, the similarity in songwriting but difference in feel is readily apparent. When The Beasts of Bourbon reformed in early 1988, Salmon started touring with that band too. When James Baker and Boris Sujdovic left the Beasts to go full-time
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albums
Kim Salmon & The Surrealists
Ya Gotta Let Me Do My Thing
Sin Factory
Hit Me With the Surreal Feel
Rantings from the Book of Swamp
Essence
Grand Unifying Theory
You're Such A Freak - EP
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Non Stop Action Groove
Just Because You Can't See It...Doesn't Mean It Isn't There
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To Hal And Bacharach
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Hit Me With The Surreal Feel (1996, In The Red)