Cargo Records

Glory Bumps

The album's title is a reference to the goosebumps experienced by fundamentalist Christians 'when the amount of misery prevalent in the world presages, or so they believe, their abrupt assimilation into the bosom of their Lord' although we suspect that, on the day of the Rapture, Shriekback will not be amongst them.

Glory Bumps has a curious tangential relationship with Barry Andrews' and Martyn Barker's recent improvised album Monstrance, a collaboration with XTC's Andy Partridge - Glory Bumps uses a number of loops created from the Monstrance album ['because they were there'] as well as Martyns' inimitable live drums and real-time guitar contributions from Andy. Barry co-produces with Stuart Rowe, who was one of the engineers from Monstrance. However there is no doubt that this is a Shriekback album 100% - as you will hears Wendy Partridge who has sung backing vocals on every Shriekback album since 1986 features as does
Barry's son Finn Andrews (of The Veils) who lends his intense vocals to the happy-clappy title track.