The Verlaines

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Death and the Maiden 04:25 Tools
Slow Sad Love Song 03:43 Tools
Pyromaniac 03:28 Tools
Doomsday 04:02 Tools
Heavy 33 04:18 Tools
Joed Out 03:39 Tools
It Was Raining 04:55 Tools
Crisis After Crisis 05:06 Tools
Makes No Difference 04:06 Tools
Lying in State 02:36 Tools
Baud to Tears 04:03 Tools
C.D. Jimmy Jazz and Me 05:45 Tools
Phil too? 04:39 Tools
Take Good Care of It 02:21 Tools
You Cheat Yourself of Everything That Moves 03:23 Tools
Angela 03:34 Tools
You Forget Love 02:50 Tools
Just Mum 05:24 Tools
Burlesque 03:43 Tools
All Laid On 02:12 Tools
Death & The Maiden 04:28 Tools
Only Dream Left 03:49 Tools
Dippy's Last Trip 01:58 Tools
The Lady and the Lizard 05:55 Tools
Don't Send Me Away 01:56 Tools
You Say You 07:14 Tools
Icarus Missed 03:13 Tools
For the love of Ash Grey 03:36 Tools
wind song 03:10 Tools
The Ballad of Harry Noryb 07:32 Tools
instrumental 07:32 Tools
Bird Dog 04:13 Tools
Whatever You Run Into 03:15 Tools
The Funniest Thing 03:14 Tools
Driftwood 04:29 Tools
Bird-dog 04:13 Tools
War In My Head 04:48 Tools
Anniversary 03:57 Tools
Jesus What a Jerk 02:37 Tools
This Valentine 04:43 Tools
Hanging by Strands 03:37 Tools
Stop Messing Around 02:56 Tools
Blanket over the Sky 03:19 Tools
Midlife Crisis 03:18 Tools
Ready to Fly 04:16 Tools
Dirge 04:07 Tools
Jailhouse 4.00am 04:01 Tools
Faithfully Yours 03:43 Tools
C.D., Jimmy Jazz & Me 05:45 Tools
This Train 04:20 Tools
Damn Shame 05:02 Tools
We're All Gonna Die 03:06 Tools
Down The Road 03:13 Tools
Come Sunday 04:01 Tools
It Was 02:27 Tools
Mission Of Love 03:06 Tools
Ballad of Harry Noryb 07:28 Tools
Don't Leave 03:15 Tools
Pyromaniac (EP Version) 03:28 Tools
Tragic Boy 04:13 Tools
Windsong 03:10 Tools
Sunday In Sevastopol 05:10 Tools
You Forgot Love 04:38 Tools
16 Years 03:00 Tools
All Messed Up 03:28 Tools
Overdrawn 02:36 Tools
Gloom Junky 03:33 Tools
I Stare Out... 03:24 Tools
Tremble 02:52 Tools
Hurricane 02:24 Tools
Lucky In My Dreams 04:05 Tools
Such as I 03:19 Tools
Cathedrals Under the Sea 03:24 Tools
Real Good Life 03:59 Tools
Aches In Whisper 03:47 Tools
Inside Out 02:29 Tools
Way Out Where 03:32 Tools
Hole in the Ground 03:31 Tools
See You Tomorrow 03:37 Tools
Born Again Idiot 03:03 Tools
Moonlight on Snow 04:04 Tools
Paratai Drive 04:17 Tools
It's Easier to Harden a Broken Heart (than mend it) 04:54 Tools
Black Wings 03:14 Tools
Hold On 03:28 Tools
Bonfire 03:13 Tools
Dark Riff 03:58 Tools
Stay Gone 04:11 Tools
The Situation Is Hopeless (Not Serious) 03:44 Tools
Diamonds and Paracetamol 03:55 Tools
Incarceration 03:37 Tools
If You Can't Beat Them 04:08 Tools
Some Fantasy 04:38 Tools
The Way I Love You 03:02 Tools
Paraphrasing Hitler 03:32 Tools
Pets 03:28 Tools
In Limbo 03:12 Tools
James, Jimmy, Nuisance, Hemi 04:42 Tools
wanting 02:20 Tools
Oh Yeah, All Right 02:27 Tools
They That Once Were Eager Fellas 03:22 Tools
On The Patches 05:37 Tools
Phil Too ? 04:30 Tools
Instrumental (Live Version) 03:47 Tools
A Call From Decades Past 06:40 Tools
Tomorrow Without You 04:42 Tools
Forever And A Day 03:18 Tools
Sky-Blue Window 04:27 Tools
Beauty Is Truth 05:11 Tools
Perfect Day 04:09 Tools
The Chosen People 03:35 Tools
Rootless Cosmopolitan 04:55 Tools
What Sound Is This? 05:15 Tools
Feather Fell 03:33 Tools
Dunderhead 04:03 Tools
Last Will And Testament 11:16 Tools
Yangtze Cod and Chips 03:02 Tools
When I Fall 03:35 Tools
Dawdling on the Bridge 03:29 Tools
Coming Back to You 04:05 Tools
Writing On The Wall 03:39 Tools
C.D. Jimmy Jazz And Me (Original Version) 06:33 Tools
Death And The Maiden (Album Version) 04:24 Tools
Forgive Thine Enemies (But Don't Forget Their Names) 03:02 Tools
Phil Too? (Live Version) 04:30 Tools
Socrates For A Day (Then I'll Go Quietly) 03:48 Tools
Uncle Big Jaw's late-night farewell 02:56 Tools
Reasons for Leaving 05:40 Tools
It's Easier to Harden a Broken Heart 04:54 Tools
Church And State 03:39 Tools
Pyromaniac - EP Version 03:29 Tools
Jailhouse 4:00am 04:00 Tools
Doomsday (Album Version) 04:02 Tools
Joed Out (Album Version) 03:39 Tools
Baud To Tears (Album Version) 04:03 Tools
Burlesque (Album Version) 03:43 Tools
Forgive Thine Enemies 04:03 Tools
Wind Song (Album Version) 03:10 Tools
Angela (Album Version) 03:34 Tools
You Say You (Album Version) 07:14 Tools
Pyromaniac [EP Version] 03:28 Tools
C.D., Jimmy Jazz And Me 05:47 Tools
Beauty is The Truth 05:13 Tools
(instrumental) 03:47 Tools
None Of These Chords 03:47 Tools
You Forget Love (Album Version) 02:50 Tools
Bird - Dog 04:13 Tools
Socrates for a day 03:48 Tools
New Kinda Hero 03:19 Tools
You Cheat Yourself Of Everyth 03:20 Tools
Canterbury South 03:20 Tools
C.D. Jimmy Jazz And Me (Re-recorded Version) 05:46 Tools
Slow Sad Love Song (Album Version) 03:46 Tools
Ballad of Harry Nryb 00:30 Tools
Just Mum (Album Version) 05:24 Tools
I Am 05:24 Tools
Take Good Care Of It (Album Version) 02:21 Tools
Dippy's Last Trip (Album Version) 01:58 Tools
Bird-Dog (Album Version) 04:13 Tools
This Will Not Go Down 04:13 Tools
Anthem 04:13 Tools
Here We Are Again 04:13 Tools
A Crib At Flatline Bay 04:13 Tools
Don’t Send Me Away 01:58 Tools
C.D. Jimmy Jazz And Me - Re-recorded Version 05:46 Tools
Only Dream Left (Album Version) 03:50 Tools
Icarus Missed (Album Version) 03:13 Tools
Dunedin Spleen 03:13 Tools
C. D Jimmy Jazz and Me 03:02 Tools
We’re All Gonna Die 03:02 Tools
A.W.C.W.D. 03:02 Tools
Recurring Dream 03:02 Tools
Man Selling Poems 03:02 Tools
If They Cut Off My Hands 03:02 Tools
Snappy Dressers 03:02 Tools
Dawn Shame 05:02 Tools
It Was Raining (Album Version) 05:02 Tools
Poet's Lament 05:02 Tools
Lying In State (Album Version) 02:36 Tools
A Wall St Hooker's Deathbed 02:36 Tools
Petroleum Woman 02:36 Tools
Don't Send Me Away (Album Version) 01:56 Tools
Scientists 01:56 Tools
Driftwood - The Verlaines 04:31 Tools
All Laid On (Album Version) 02:12 Tools
Way Too Old To Grow Up Now 02:12 Tools
Death the Maiden 03:28 Tools
Socrates for a Day (Then I'll Go Quietly 03:48 Tools
Dippy’s Last Trip 01:58 Tools
The Lady And The Lizard (Album Version) 05:55 Tools
For The Love Of Ash Grey (Album Version) 03:36 Tools
The Ballad Of Harry Noryb (Album Version) 07:32 Tools
Phil Too? (Album Version) 04:39 Tools
Instrumental - Live Version 03:47 Tools
C.D. Jimmy Jazz And Me - Original Version 06:34 Tools
Phil Too? - Live Version 04:30 Tools
Jailhouse 4.00 AM 04:01 Tools
Pyromaniac (The Verlaines) 03:28 Tools
Phil Too_ (Live Version) 03:28 Tools
Gloomy Junky 03:33 Tools
Down And Around 03:33 Tools
Dont Send Me Away 03:33 Tools
Jailhouse 4:00 a.m. 04:01 Tools
Jesus What A Jerk 02:37 Tools
No Alternative 03:28 Tools
jimmy jazz and me 03:28 Tools
C. D. Jimmy Jazz And Me 06:33 Tools
Joed Out (Live) 03:48 Tools
11 - Tomorrow without you 03:48 Tools
Phil Too _ 03:48 Tools
Phil Too? (Live) 04:30 Tools
Instrumental (Live) 04:30 Tools
05 Lying in State 04:30 Tools
[instrumental] 04:30 Tools
C.D., Jimmy Jazz Me 04:30 Tools
the verlaines - hallelujah all the way home - 02 all laid on 04:30 Tools
Death and the Maiden [live] 04:30 Tools
Lady and the Lizard 04:30 Tools
If You Can't Beat Them (Album Version) 00:30 Tools
Jesus was a jerk 00:30 Tools
The Lady & The Lizard 00:30 Tools
Balland of Harry Noryb 00:30 Tools
03 Joed Out 00:30 Tools
Verlaines-MissionOfLove 00:30 Tools
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The origins of New Zealand's Verlaines can be traced back as early as 1979, with the group's founder Graeme Downes took direct inspiration from fellow Dunedin group, the Clean to form a band of his own. It wasn't until 1981 that the group made their first public appearance with their initial five-piece line-up. The band have so far released seven full-length albums on three different labels, one mini album, three singles and two compilations. Their most recent album after a 17 year hiatus from the Flying Nun stable is 2007's Pot Boiler. In 2008, the group released a free online-downloadable single, Yanghtze Cod & Chips. The Verlaines were noted for their angular, "difficult" song structures, wordy and downbeat lyrics, unusual subject matter all contained in often frantic up-tempo playing. The Verlaines were led by songwriter and vocalist/guitarist Graeme Downes although many other New Zealand musicians played guitar, bass, drums and brass instruments during the different stages of the band. These members came from or later joined the likes of the Chills, Snapper, the Same, the Dead C, Trash, the Able Tasmans and Sooty & Sweep to name but seven. Their signature songs included Death And The Maiden, C.D. Jimmy Jazz & Me, Bird-dog and Ballad of Harry Noryb. The band's recorded debut was on the seminal Dunedin Double EP released by Flying Nun Records to debut several bands who would go on to be central to the mythology of the Dunedin Sound. Downes is an academic at the University of Otago teaching contemporary music and with research interests in Mahler and Shostakovich and has released one solo album, Hammers and Anvils, released on Matador Records in 2001. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.