IN THE PINK

The Scientists Weird Love (KARBON/BIG TIME, 1986) Unexpectedly definitive collection of re-recorded Scientists biggies including We Had Love, Swampland, plus their tilt at Nancy Sinatra’s Bond theme You Only Live Twice. In every aspiring US alt-rocker’s collection, pre-grunge. Kim Salmon & The Surrealists Sin Factory (RED EYE/NORMAL, 1993) Showcasing the less in-your-face arts of Salmon’s other long running ensemble, this fourth Surrealists outing carries growly domestic hit Gravity, incipient blaxploitation moves and mesmerising six-string invention from boss man Kim. Kim Salmon With STM Hey Believer (RED EYE/GLITTERHOUSE, 1994) For this first near-solo venture, Salmon’s backing band (read: Sexually Transmitted Music) starred Warren Ellis on violin, flute and electric guitar, and Jim White (drums, both immediately pre-Dirty Three), forging a beautifully expansive songwriter-rock sound.…