Turning 20 years old today is She and Me Fall Together In Free Death by Nurse With Wound, which was released on May 31st, 2003. Initially available only as a limited vinyl edition, the album found Steven Stapleton and Colin Potter exploring a somewhat more conventional musical landscape, at least by NWW standards. The side long title track verged decidedly into psychedelic rock territory, particularly akin to Krautrock pioneers like CAN and NEU!. A constant, hypnotic drum beat drives the groove while spacey guitar intonations drift atop of the bass heavy rhythm. Side two consists of a triptych of compositions, kicked off with a cover of the traditional folk song, Black Is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair, which features the first ever lead vocal performance by Steven Stapleton. The remaining two tracks go into more recognizably surreal NWW style weirdness, first exploring chicken coup insanity on Chicken Concret and finishing off with some robot pornography on Gusset Typing. The CD edition issued the following year adds two remixed bonus tracks, the first being of the title track in a “Phosphorous Mix”, and the second being a variation of Chicken Concret titled Chicken Korma.
