This week, James Buttery attempts to choose five Flying Nun classics. In five minutes. He had to make some difficult decisions. As James says, limiting it to five (actually six) means some tough calls had to be made. How do you choose five classic albums? What do you leave out?
The songs for Foothills were captured and immortalised in the Canterbury foothills of the Southern Alps, Aotearoa New Zealand. Only too well, The Bats know the possibilities, potentialities and sonic vistas that arise when one takes the reins for the recording process in a beautiful place that’s on home turf.