Island were not happy with the band using any material previously released under the label (i.e. Calenture or The Black Swan) as a result the recordings highlight the Triffids’ pre-Calenture era.
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Heat illness used to be blamed on a tropical fever named calenture.
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Lucy wrote liner notes for the re-issue of The Triffids album Calenture (2007)The Triffids, Calenture (Domino Records, 2007). and for the retrospective collection, Crossing Off the Miles, by Australian rock band Chad's Tree.Chad's Tree, Crossing Off the Miles (Memorandum/Fuse Music, 2010).
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The Jerdacuttup River is situated about 16 km to the west of the townsite. Australian underground band The Triffids referenced the town in the song "Jerdacuttup Man", from the album Calenture.
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The album was also extended with a number of tracks that were recorded during the sessions for In The Pines but held over for inclusion on Calenture because, in David McComb's words, "we have to keep something good for later." (In The Pines was essentially a low- budget 'holiday' album, recorded while the band was still looking for a deal with one of the major labels.) Calenture was extended with B-sides from the same period, and with a second disc of demo recordings for the album.
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The term calenture is described in the sleeve notes as: "Tropical fever or delirium suffered by sailors after long periods away from land, who imagine the seas to be green fields and desire to leap into them". In February 1988 David McComb, in an interview with Paul Mathur and Stephen Phillips for Rock Australia Magazine (RAM), described Calenture as an "over-the-top record" and even called it the Triffids' Heaven's Gate. The Triffids were nomadic, travelling back and forth from Australia to England to record the 'difficult' album and related to the disoriented sailors.McFarlane (1999).
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In the meantime, he decides to try to find out from the file in his possession why Wang was murdered and if there is any connection to Calenture-Deutz, the pharmaceutical company Wang was working for. Calenture-Deutz is a company set up by Ingram Fryzer who is another of the novel's protagonists. Ingram is married with three children and is about to reap large profits from the introduction of a new anti-asthma drug, Zembla-4, that is just about to be launched onto the market after its clinical trials supervised by Dr Wang. To speed up the search for the killer, the company offers a £100,000 reward.
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In the meantime, Adam has decided on a plan for attacking Calenture-Deutz following the death of Mhouse at the hands of Jonjo. He also meets Rita, a policewoman, whilst identifying Mhouse's body, and starts to see more of her. He puts his scheme into place and, as a result, Fryzer's comfortable life starts to collapse around him, particularly after a shareholder's meeting and the sale of shares by his selfish, weak brother-in- law, Ivo Lord Redcastle, who is a director on the company's board. Bad news starts to surround Zembla-4 and Rilke eventually informs Ingram that his proposed takeover of Calenture-Deutz is now off.
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"Holy Water" is the third single from Australian folk rock group The Triffids' fourth studio album, Calenture. It was released in August 1988.Strong, Martin C. (1999) The Great Alternative & Indie Discography, Canongate, , p. 661 The track was written by lead guitarist and lead singer David McComb.
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His poems have appeared in The Believer, Boston Review, Ploughshares, AGNI, Colorado review, "Greensboro Review," New Orleans Review and elsewhere. Kent Shaw has also released his first book of poetry called Calenture. This book of poetry won the Tampa Review Prize in 2007. It was released March 17, 2008.
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Shaw's first book of poems, Calenture was released on March 17, 2008. It won the 2007 Tampa Review Prize. In 2011, he graduated from the University of Houston with a PhD in Creative Writing and English Literature. He is currently Assistant Professor of English at West Virginia State University in Institute, WV.
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The latter track was recorded with American producer Craig Leon. In 2007 Calenture was re-released as a 2× CD with five bonus tracks on the first disc and twelve tracks on the second disc, mostly rehearsal or studio demos of the original album tracks. In February it appeared on the Belgium Albums Chart Top 60\.
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In 1987 the band signed a three-record deal with Island Records, which saw the release of Calenture and The Black Swan. In 1989 tired from the constant travelling and touring, the band dissolved. MacDonald played with The Blackeyed Susans between 1989 and 1990 and upgraded his high school qualifications. He enrolled in law at Murdoch University in 1992.
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Wilson Neate of Perfect Sound Forever found that a "sense of alienation, betrayal, insanity and solitude still permeates his writing, although Calenture seems less explicitly imbued with Western Australian imagery than the previous records". Mathur and Phillips describe the album as "far and away the most 'produced' record The Triffids have ever done... packed full of little electronic surprises: drum computers, synthesisers, samplers, even a gadget that goes 'woop'".
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Martha's Vineyard also supported Eurythmics and INXS at the Perth Entertainment Centre. In October 1987 a six-track mini-album, For a Small World, followed on the Monkey Music label.. The title track was written by Best. Soon after Stuart Fenner replaced Jooste on violin and Phil Kakulas (ex-The Triffids) replaced McAuliffe on bass guitar. In late 1987 the band went on an Eastern States tour supporting The Triffids on their Calenture tour.
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Nevertheless Kaye felt that the Triffids and their material were impressive enough and that they did not need his help. Eventually Gil Norton who had worked on their 1986 album, Born Sandy Devotional, was brought back to re-record Calenture. The album was released in November 1987 by White/Hot Records for the Australian market and by Island Records for Europe, United Kingdom, and United States.Strong, Martin C. (1999) The Great Alternative & Indie Discography, Canongate, , p.
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Bury Me Deep in Love is a single released by Australian folk rock group The Triffids from their album Calenture. It appeared in October 1987 and reached No. 48 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. It was produced by Gil Norton (Pixies, Echo & the Bunnymen, Foo Fighters) and written by David McComb, the group's lead singer and guitarist.
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The reissue by Domino Records released in February 2007 included three additional songs that had previously been held over for Calenture: "Trick Of The Light", "Blinder By The Hour" and "Jerdacuttup Man". It also included two other songs that were not on the original edition: "She's Sure The Girl I Love" and "Wish to See No More". The previous version of "Born Sandy Devotional" is expanded. The reissue was remixed by Bruce Callaway, the sound engineer of the original recordings.
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After Born Sandy Devotional, they graduated to the festival circuit and played alongside Iggy Pop, the Ramones, The Fall, Anthrax and Echo & the Bunnymen. By 1988, their fame was such that NME invited them to contribute a cover version of The Beatles' song "Good Morning Good Morning" to the tribute album, Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father, alongside songs by Billy Bragg and Wet Wet Wet. The Triffids wanted to record the next album in Australia, but after the Calenture experience Island wanted to keep the band nearby.
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Calenture, saw The Triffids explore themes of insanity, deception and rootlessness. AllMusic's Michael Sutton found "there's an undeniably spiritual feel to several of the songs" where "David McComb spews his words with the fiery passion of a backwoods preacher". Sutton advises "Fans of Nick Cave will immediately be seduced by McComb's bluesy croon; deep and brimming with palpable sorrow, [his] voice never dwindles in intensity". David Fricke writing for Rolling Stone observed that the album "is about the chills and delusions suffered by lovers separated too long from each other and from reality".
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"Holy Water" was the third single taken from Australian folk rockers The Triffids' Calenture album, and was released in August 1988. It was produced by Craig Leon (The Ramones, Blondie, The Bangles) and was written by lead guitarist and lead singer David McComb. This was one of only two tracks (the other was "Bury Me Deep in Love") that resulted from Leon's production of the band's fourth album. The production costs of Leon's efforts were more than the total costs of the band's break-through album, Born Sandy Devotional.
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Between April and August 1987, the band worked again with Norton, to record Calenture, their Island Records debut. The album, released in February 1988, saw them explore themes of insanity, deception and rootlessness—the title refers to a fever suffered by sailors during long hot voyages. The Triffids were nomadic, travelling back and forth from Australia to England to record the 'difficult' album—initial recordings with US producer Craig Leon were abandoned—and obviously related to the disoriented sailors. It provided the singles "Bury Me Deep in Love" in October 1987 and "Trick of the Light" in January 1988.
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Calenture is the fourth studio album by Australian rock group The Triffids, it was released in November 1987 and saw them explore themes of insanity, deception and rootlessness—the title refers to a fever suffered by sailors during long hot voyages. It reached No. 32 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart. In November 1987, it reached No. 24 on the Swedish Albums Chart, in May 1988 it peaked at No. 25 on the New Zealand Albums Chart. The album spawned three singles, "Bury Me Deep in Love" (1987), "Trick of the Light" and "Holy Water" (both in 1988).
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The Triffids back catalogue began being reissued in 2006. Graham Lee has taken on the role of guardian of David McComb's musical legacy. The Domino label in the UK is handling the reissues in Europe, while Liberation Music deals with Australia and New Zealand. An extended version of fan favourite Born Sandy Devotional came first, with staggered release dates in Europe, Australasia and North America between June and July 2006. A joint release of In the Pines and Calenture followed in February 2007. In the Pines was given a full remix by Bruce Callaway, the original engineer, who had been looking after the master tapes for 20 years.
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McComb lived in London in 1990–1992 with his girlfriend, and launched a solo career. In 1991, McComb and Adam Peters contributed to the Leonard Cohen tribute album I'm Your Fan with a cover of "Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On", later mentioned favorably by Cohen himself. Following this, McComb formed the first incarnation of the Red Ponies and played three London shows in quick succession, at the Powerhaus, Subterranea and the Borderline. The line-up consisted of McComb and Peters along with Nick Allum of Fatima Mansions, who also had played drums on Calenture, Gary Sanford of Aztec Camera, and Martyn P. Casey.
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They returned to Australia to tour and in April 1986 they recorded their next studio album, In the Pines, on the McCombs' family property in Ravensthorpe, about 540 km south east of Perth. For the album Birt is credited with keyboards and metal percussion. In 1987 the band signed a three-record deal with Island Records, which saw the release of Calenture which had been recorded from April to August and was issued in November that year. Penny Black Music's John Clarkson declared "[t]he breezy 'Trick of the Light', another failed single and an attempt at a pop number, pushes Jill Birt’s cascading, gorgeous keyboards to the fore, but again has a bleak undercurrent".
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The recording sessions for Calenture began in April 1987 with American producer Craig Leon appointed by Island Records. However, it became clear, at least to The Triffids, that Leon (and Island Records) were primarily interested in lead singer and lead guitarist David McComb and not the rest of the band: Alsy MacDonald on drums and backing vocals; Robert McComb on guitar, backing vocals and violin; Martyn P. Casey on bass guitar; Jill Birt on keyboards; and Graham Lee on guitar. "Bury Me Deep in Love" and "Holy Water" were recorded as singles but the group were not satisfied with Leon. According to Lee: > In the tried and true way of all major labels at the time, they really > wanted to sign Dave but got a troublesome band instead.
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It was produced by Craig Leon (The Ramones, Blondie, The Bangles) and is one of only two tracks (the other was "Bury Me Deep in Love") that resulted from Leon's work for Calenture. Leon had wanted to record all the tracks without the rhythm section of Martyn P. Casey on bass guitar and Alsy MacDonald on drums. According to guitarist and violinist, Robert McComb (David's brother), "Craig Leon didn't understand what we were on about... it becomes arbitrary who plays what, as long as it gets played". While David recalled, "There was a lot of that shit going on last year (1987) ... It's good to have a certain amount of disrespect for these so-called experts". "Holy Water", set to a shuffling drum machine, hinted at The Triffids’ interest in electronica.
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Delusion, if delusion > be admitted, has no certain limitation; if the spectator can be once > persuaded, that his old acquaintance are Alexander and Cæsar, that a room > illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsalia, or the bank of Granicus, > he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason, or of truth, and > from the heights of empyrean poetry, may despise the circumscriptions of > terrestrial nature. There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in extacy > should count the clock, or why an hour should not be a century in that > calenture of the brains that can make the stage a field. > The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from > the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the > players are only players.
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