PRIPYAT by Amateur Childbirth
Pripyat is the second LP from Brisbane acoustic pop destroyer Amateur Childbirth, aka Ivan Matthew Hicks. Recorded by Joel Stern (Sky Needle) in his old Grecian Queensland home over a protracted period through 2012-13 – It is an eleven-part atonal poem to the desecration of he hallowed halls in Eastern Europe by UFO cults, a soliloquy to the radiation blossoming in clouds from its broken windows as the populace flee down ropes. Paul Salter guests on drums, Josh Watson (Sewers) on violin, and the Ecclesiastic Uprising of the Comet’s Tail guest as spiritual & literary support.
Tracklist
| 1. | Oblast | 2:22 |
| 2. | Pripyat | 3:19 |
| 3. | Heaven's Gate | 6:04 |
| 4. | Out | 3:23 |
| 5. | Decommissioned Antibiotics | 1:57 |
| 6. | Raincoat | 1:32 |
| 7. | Toothache Of Poison Rain | 4:25 |
| 8. | Menopause In Reverse | 3:52 |
| 9. | Post-War Homes | 4:06 |
| 10. | Forever The Collapsing Sky | 4:27 |
| 11. | Beneath Bathory's Thighs | 4:11 |
Credits
released September 19, 2013
Words & music = Ivan Matthew Hicks
Recording = Joel Stern
Drums = Paul Slater
Violin = Josh Watson
Mastering = Marly Luske
Drawings & photography = Jessica Ivory-Church
Words & music = Ivan Matthew Hicks
Recording = Joel Stern
Drums = Paul Slater
Violin = Josh Watson
Mastering = Marly Luske
Drawings & photography = Jessica Ivory-Church