The Troubled Times: Another (****ing) Sunday

The first physical CD by The Troubled Times (Antony Milton, Dave Edwards, David Heath),

Fizzy dreamy shambolic ramblings from the Wairarapa‘s dustiest garage.
Instant songs committed to disk for posterity.

‘Another Sunday’ CD series

This was the first chapter in Antony Milton’s acclaimed ‘Another Sunday‘ series of CDs:
anothersunday.bandcamp.com – different artists, each making an album with the same title.

Other discs in the series include Michael Morley, Greymouth, Seht, Teen Haters, Perpets, and Sunset Temples

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released August 1, 2023

David Heath- drums
Dave Edwards– bass
Antony Milton– guitar/vocals, video, CD producer

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The Hurricane Wrangle (a butcher-revue)

live in Masterton NZ, 19-08-2023

A track from the Loose Autumn Moans album – originally recorded in 2003, and recently played live for the first time in 20 years!

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The Troubled Times: live at Common Ground 15/07/23

Thank you everyone who came to The Troubled Times‘ live debut, in Featherston NZ

Live @Common Ground,
Featherston NZ, 15/7/23

Antony Milton – guitar David Heath – drums Dave Edwards – bass

Mānawatia a Matariki!

Thanks also to Zac and Holly Winterwood,

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Auld Satan when ye first gae through

Live version 24/6/23 – from http://www.fiffdimension.bandcamp.com/albums/poems-lyrics-in-the-scotch-dialect-1856

A ‘darker’ piece from Poems & Lyrics by John Collie (1856)

An electric arrangement also appears on Live 2022-24

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AULD Satan , when ye first gae through Your regions dark and awful , A sma ‘ bit favour I would crave , Gif ye but think it lawful .

Gie my respects to Souter Will , The first time ye forgather ; And tell him that I’m wae to think Him lost for a ’ thegither .

For ministers and others say He straught to you was taken ; ‘ Cause he the creed o ‘ Scotland’s kirk Had mony a day forsaken .

Gif that be true , as it may be , Though faith I’m misbelieving , You ne’er met wi ‘ a slier coof , Since ye took to deceiving.

But use him well , and gif ye can , Oh gie ‘ im a bit promotion ; O ‘ a ‘ your buts and a ‘ your bens He ‘ shortly hae a notion .

But keep him aye beneath your thumb , And work him smooth and sweetly ; Or o’er your head he’ll tak your trade , And dam your luck completely .

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from Poems & Lyrics (in the Scotch dialect) (1856), releases August 10, 2023

The Troubled Times: Elevate

A contrasting companion piece to the ‘Another Sunday‘ CD –

all but the last track were recorded during the same session, on 28/05/23)
Elevate‘ is a thoroughly kinetic affair bursting with energy and ecstatic passion.

Avant jazz meets squealing rambunctious noise. A frenetic blast down to the end of the driveway and back. The set finishes with a tribute to Albert Ayler.

What more could you want? (well there’s The Troubled Times’ live debut coming up on 15 July….)

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Antony Milton – electric guitar Dave Edwards – bass David Heath – drums

releases July 15, 2023

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Live in Masterton NZ, 24/6/23

Tracks from the Masterton gigs appear on

Live 2022-24

Thanks everyone !

Looking forward to returning on 15 July with The Troubled Times!

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The Wind Always Gets Through

Music video by The Troubled Times (Antony Milton, Dave Edwards, David Heath)

from the CD ‘Another Sunday’

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The Winter: 2010

Newly discovered 2010 ‘lost recordings’ by The Winter –

An improvised music trio of Mike Kingston, Dave Edwards, and Simon Sweetman –

Includes live performances at Fred’s (the only known video of the band), and previously unheard recording sessions on 25-4-10 and 6-6-10.

http://www.fiffdimension.bandcamp.com/album/2010

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releases June 6, 2023

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The Troubled Times: Hill Road in Winter

The first physical format release from Masterton trio The Troubled Times is a loud and noisy nocturnal romp – through the hills and onto the gravel back roads of one of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s least visited regions.

Whilst earlier digital releases have veered from arty drone pieces to synth pop and heavy space rock the music on ‘Hill Road In Winter’ is more like a psychedelic pub jam band gone BRILLIANTLY ‘wrong’. Woozy blues paeans slip sideways into feedback freakouts and heavy Hawkwind-like stomps attempt to transition into songs by The Fall.
All recorded ‘New Zealand style’ in my garage.

If we weren’t such raving greenies here at Small Town Electron we’d put this tape forward as the PERFECT album for a lengthy nocturnal drive. – Antony Milton