Dark Entries picks up Severed Heads yet again for "Ear Bitten", a double LP reissue of some of the band’s earliest material. As originary Aussie industrial legends – although founder Tom Ellard would balk at being branded as such – Severed Heads shaped the continental subcultural sound with their kitchen electronics, chaotic tape loops, and quietly infectious nursery-rhyme-esque melodies. In 1979 Ellard, Richard Fielding, and Andrew Wright abandoned the moniker Mr. and Mrs. No Smoking Sign and adopted the edgier name Severed Heads “to pretend to be an industrial band such as Surgical Penis Klinik & Throbbing Gristle.” Noise-rockers Rhythmx Chymx had placed an advertisement in a local shop looking for a band to share the costs of pressing an LP.

The Heads set about recording a Dadaist racket on a pair of open reel dictaphones and a cassette deck using a TRS-80 computer, Kawai Synthesizer 100F and Korg Mini Pops drum machine. "Ear Bitten" was released in 1980; original copies now fetch obscene sums, in part due to most of Severed Heads’ copies perishing in a fire at Richard’s home. The band’s next endeavor was a cassette titled Side 2, a collection of free-form experiments fashioned as Ear Bitten’s second side. For this reissue, Dark Entries has collected both "Ear Bitten" and Side 2 on the first disc, presenting the album in its full form. Disc two includes the original first version of "Ear Bitten", which was only unreleased because it was recorded in a format not suitable for pressing. The album comes in a gatefold sleeve designed by Eloise Leigh and includes photos, liner notes, and reproductions of the original Xerox inserts from the 1980 issue. "Ear Bitten" delivers 22 tracks of pain you can dance to!

TRACKLIST:

A1 All Rights Resevered
A2 God Factory
A3 Hawaii / Torso / 97 Cigarettes
A4 Acid Fur
A5 Dance
A6 New York Is A Lonely Town
A7 (This Track Doesn't Exist)
B1 Much About Bones
B2 Scat
B3 Pander To The Natives
B4 For Garry 5
B5 The Monkey Is Safe
B6 1-2-3 A Baby Buggy
C1 Walking Best Friend
C2 Untitled 1
C3 Untitled 2
C4 Now This Is God's Son 1
C5 Acid Fur (Demo)
C6 Now This Is God's Son 2
C7 Hello Donald, Merry Christmas
C8 Pinstripe Bus
D1 The Man Of My Dreams