FORMAT: CD

PACKAGING: Standard Jewel

RELEASE DATE: July 11, 06

FILE UNDER: Avant

CATALOG NO: XER-CD-105

UPC: 6 00401 10502 3

BOX LOT: 25

RELEASE DATE: JULY 11, 2006

XER-CD-105

lastair Galbraith is the glue that binds the New Zealand underground. His work ranges
from achingly lyrical violin for artists as disparate as Peter Jefferies and the Bats, to

the feedback squalls he conjures as a member of A Handful Of Dust. However, his greatest
achievements are the otherworldly miniatures he crafts for his own solo albums. Talisman
was Alastair Galbraith’s sole solo release on his own Next Best Way imprint, and it’s been out
of print for years. Its songs evoke extremes of terror, comedy, longing, despair, and exaltation

that go beyond the words he wrote, the notes he played, or the tape that he threaded backwards
over the reels. These classic tracks — including an amazing selection of bonus material —
prefigure a generation of raw songsmithing and offer a spellbinding glimpse into the world of
one of rock's great unheralded talents.

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An accomplished painter, singer, songwriter, violinist and guitarist, New Zealand's Alastair Galbraith

has brought all those talents to bear on a diverse body of work dating back to the
mid-'80s….Galbraith's work displays his knack for crafting beautiful pop nuggets infused with
striking, often abstract lyrical imagery. Like most of the world-class talents in his homeland, he is a
underappreciated diamond in the rough.

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— TROUSER PRESS

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Talisman finds Alastair Galbraith deep into sonic exploration of curious, dank corners via his own

brand of rock & roll.

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— ALL MUSIC GUIDE

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1 talisman
2 yuhahi
3 carlos
4 xtra I
5 black flames
6 waits
7 water in my ears
8 anais
9 cemetery raga
10 welfare child

21 iron tender
22 hardly
23 nocturnal
24 pendulum
25 mavis grind
26 milky milo man
27 wrecked wee hymn

11 mrs. meggary
12 i'm rich
13 p.d. lyte
14 policemen on ether
15 coast road
16 allone
17 lucid branches
18 strong enough
19 coded
20 seamed

Talisman

Bonus Tracks