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Band Info
Seminal Dunedin band the Puddle were formed in 1983 by
leader-singer-writer-guitarist George D Henderson and Bass player Ross
Jackson- in their time many of the luminaries of the Dunedin music scene
(including Shayne Carter, Peter Gutteridge, Leslie Paris, Norma O'Malley,
Richard Steele, Alan Starett, and Martin Phillipps) have played in the ranks
of the Puddle: the Puddle's drummer is Heath Te Au, who played with
George in Mink in the 1990's. The Puddle have released the following
recordings; Pop. Lib., Into The Moon, Live at the Teddy Bear Club (all on
Flying Nun) and singles Thursday/Too Hot to be Cool (FN) and The Power
of Love/Mamelons d'Amadou (acetone); they also had a hit with Southern
Man which appeared on 3 compilations.
The Puddle's latest CD "Songs for Emily Valentine" is out now on
Powertool Records, and the Puddle are now recording new songs in
Wellington. The Puddle's catholic mix of pop, blues, psychedelia, jazz,
minimalism, rock'n'roll and god-knows-what-else appeals to humans of all
ages who are not too proud to dance and the lyrics of love, sex, drugs,
bewilderment and space travel are clearly audible at all times. Once known
as psych-pop, the Puddle's style has since become hugely influential and
many of today's musicians owe what cool they have to ill-acknowledged
liftings from the Puddle songbook. Once-cult-now-people's favourites, and
widely considered one of New Zealand's most inspiring live acts, today the
Puddle are hotter than ever. Check out George's regular blogs on his
myspace site.
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Press
"No Love No Hate is Henderson’s great leap forward. This shockingly
confident album retains The Puddle’s idiosyncratic character without
Henderson trading in a jot of his mastery of pop form." - (Dusted
Magazine http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3953)
"Packed full of laid back catchiness and super-smart lyrical wordplay, it’s
a worthy addition to The Puddle’s minimal back catalogue." * * * * -
(Real Groove Magazine)
“Henderson sounds like a man out of time but somehow also perfectly in
place;… the wry, fuzzy delivery is infectious… his future cult status has
probably been preserved.” - (The Wire magazine)
"surreal and tender, capturing the black humour of the Silver Jews, the
experimental garage rock of The Clean and Pavement’s crooked post-
punk in an elusive, subtly psychedelic vision." - (Fire Escape Talking
http://fireescapetalking.blogspot.com)
"In much the same way that Mssrs. Kilgour, Forster and even Nick Cave
tweaked the perspectives of those listening to their music, Henderson has
done the same thing and if you’d listen to this you’d find out."
- (Dagger zine www.daggerzine.com)
“A record chock-full of lo-fi indie pop...quirky melodies and self-effacing
and tender lyrics...fuzzed out splendour and sweet jangle... the sound is
classic Flying Nun” New Zealand Musician
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Releases
“No Love No Hate” (CD)
“Live 1985 & 1993” (Limited edition CD-R)
These releases may be purchased from the following retailers and
distributors:
No Love No Hate:
“Live 1985 & 1993” (Limited edition CD-R)
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