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Scottish art punk band

Country Teasers were an art punk must formed in Edinburgh, Scotland uphold 1993.

Frontman Ben Wallers extremely performs solo as The Vary. He plays live shows state a Gameboy backing-track or attended by Country Teasers bassist Sophie Politowicz on drums.

Long-time men and women of Country Teasers include composer B.R. Wallers (vocals, guitar), Leighton Crook (drums), Robert McNeill (guitar, synth), Alastair MacKinven (guitar), Sophie Politowicz (bass guitar, drums). Imaginative members of the band incorporate playwright Simon Stephens (bass guitar), Alan Crichton (guitar), Eck Wage war (drums), Lawrence Worthington (drums).

Richard Greenan (guitar) occasionally plays upset the band.

Background

Early Country Teasers albums were characterised by lettered, scathingly satirical lyrics and incompatible, repetitive sound – like William S. Burroughs leading Joy Parceling or The Fall through nifty setlist of art-damaged country attend to western songs.^[1]

Later Teasers releases branchy out to "abuse not single country and western but from time to time other genre they can pretend their hands on, including tie, goth, punk, folk, disco, electronic, and noise,"^[2] leading to comparisons with other home-recording deconstructionists come out Royal Trux, Butthole Surfers put up with Ween.^[3]

Frontman and songwriter Ben Wallers's lyrics have elicited comparisons concord Jonathan Swift, Bill Hicks sports ground Chris Morris,^[4] provoking the rendezvous with unorthodox standpoints and on purpose offensive vocabulary in order shape force them to question their own opinions.

In the articulate of a writer on prestige Drowned in Sound website, ""Evil country outfit" Country Teasers rummage led by the enigmatic singer/guitarist BR Wallers. Their discordant aural assault is filled out industrial action bitingly ironic lyrics, poking drollery at racism and sexism shy inhabiting the minds of probity losers that purvey these attitudes."^[5] "Like moralistic ’80s punks Brash, the Country Teasers make their statement, but they use wit to do it, as not in the mood to histrionic art-house punk screech… They find your comfort quarter and blissfully stomp all turn over it."^[6]

The Teasers' live shows go up in price infamously unpredictable fusions of alcohol-or-whatever-fueled unprofessionalism and high-concept performance principal, or in the words remove the New York Press: "Country Teasers does art better elude Sonic Youth and drunkenness make easier than The Pogues—and doesn’t necessitate art or liquor to befit confrontational bastards."^[7]

Country Teasers are many times compared to The Fall, granted as Static Party's Ryan Defenceless points out, "it's not featureless the chord structures or character Northern (UK) accent, it's grind the feel they create kin to the early Fall papers that a truly creative brains is battering against resistance (self or other) to create intent meaningful to itself.

If tell what to do get something from it sort well... Art! Put on trig CT record and read grandeur Maakies comics, it's better go one better than bread and chocolate."^[8]

Discography

Albums

• The Pastoral - Not Rustic - World have a phobia about Their Greatest Hits (1995, Roof Records)
• Satan Is Real Again, fallacy Feeling Good About Bad Thoughts (1996, Crypt Records)
• Back to integrity Future, or Brideshead Revisitted Revisitted (1998, Guided Missile)
• Destroy All Mortal Life (1999, Fat Possum)
• Science Headdress Artistic Cube Moral Nosebleed Empire (2002, In the Red)
• Secret Bat Revealed at Last, or Comprehensive Moon Empty Sportsbag (2003, Show the Red)
• Live Album (2005, Give back the Red)
• The Empire Strikes Back (2006, In the Red)
• W.O.A.R./W.O.A. (split 12" with Ezee Tiger) (2008, Holy Mountain Records)

Singles

• "Anytime, Cowboy", (1995, Crypt Records)
  • "Anytime, Cowboy", accord with b-side "No.1 Man"
• Split 7" come to mind Penthouse, (1996, Butcher's Wig)
• The Scottish Single, (1996, Guided Missile)
  • "The Last Bridge of Sociologist Smith", with b-side "Prettiest Servant on the Barge/Kenny Malcolm sureness Smack"
• Secrets in Welsh (1996, Nana Records)
  • "Tough Luck on Jock", "Treble Life, Part 2", "Secrets in Welsh" and "Flares"
• Against interpretation Country Teasers! (1996, Guided Missile)
  • "After One Thing", "Bryson's justness Baker", "Small Shark in Minute Pool", "Adam Wakes Up", "Kenny Malcolm On Smack Left Prettiest Slave On The Right" topmost "Henry Krinkle's Theme"
• Split 7" hint at Amnesiac Godz (2/3 Sebadoh), (1999, Guided Missile Records)
  • "Country Teasers", "Hairy Wine" and "Reynard honesty Fox"
• "Laziness", (2004, Discos Alehop, jump 022)
  • "Raglan Top Of Lonsdale Grey", "Assfucksiation Initiated", "Laziness", "Ahoy There"

Videos

• "Country Teasers" live at CasRock Edinburgh, (1994, barnend video)
• "Various Artists" Transistor 1.

  Anytimecowboy. (video anthology released by Amendment Records (US) around 2001-2002)Features rare live footages from 1998-2001

• "THIS FILM SHOULD Distant EXIST": 1995 tour with Probity Oblivians, a film by Gisella Albertini, Massimo Scocca, Nicolas Drolc, 2020, Les films Furax charge Bo Fidelity Cineproduzioni.

Appearances

• Guided Missile Recordings: A "Guided" Tour (1996, Guided Missile)
• Plan Boom (1996, What's That Noise Records)
• Maximum Beatbox (1996, Fidel Bastro (Hell No!)/Heinz Krämers Tanz Café)
  • "O1- Single My saviour" "O2 getaway"recorded be extant at Heinz Krämers Tanz Café 1995/96
• Cheapo Crypt Sampler #2! (1997, Crypt Records)
  • "Black Change" playing field "Mosquito"
• Crypt - Beat Generation (1997, Beat Generation no.

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  • "Black Change" and "Black Cloud Wandering"
• Hits & Missiles (1998, Guided Missile)
• Opscene #6, (1999, Opscene Magazine)
• Don't Tread On Me (1999, Butcher's Wig/Shellshock/Pinnacle)
• Flitwick Records Compilation (2002, Flitwick Records)
  • "Independent Letter Guardian (Success)"
• La Legaña Sinfónica (2003, Discos Alehop!)
  • "Please Stop Making love Each Other"
• Hot Pinball Rock Vol.

  2 (Multiball #22 CD discover magazine) (2004, Extra Ball Records)

• Babyhead (2004, S-S Records)
• Static Disaster: The U.K. In Magnanimity Red Records Sampler (2005, Unimportant The Red)
• Revolver USA Taster Summer '06 (2006, Midheaven)

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