The Verlaines - Juvenilia Transistors surrounded by the beauty and

surrounded by the beauty and chaos of the music

follows on from 2014’s critically acclaimed ‘Infinite Life

resulting in slacker rock that’s at once sweet and subtle

harmony-infused ingredient to the sounds coming out of Dunedin throughout the 1980s and onwards

The Verlaines - Juvenilia Transistors surrounded by the beauty andFN195 (1987) Juvenilia is a compilation of the Verlaines brilliant early singles and EPs. First released in 1987, and reissued in 1993 with bonus tracks it documents the bands early history and is the perfect introduction to one of New Zealand's great bands. Opening with the irrepressible, Death and the Maiden, a song that for many is archetypal of the groups deft ability to wield a pop hook. The album also features their first two tracks, Angela and