Melt was the second album from Dunedin

Dunedin

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, New Zealand

New Zealand

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 band Straitjacket Fits

Straitjacket Fits

Straitjacket Fits formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1986 and were a prominent band in the Flying Nun label's second wave of the Dunedin Sound.-Biography:...

, and the last to feature the original line-up of Shayne Carter

Shayne Carter

Shayne Carter is best-known for being the Straitjacket Fits' principal singer/songwriting/guitarist in the late 80s/early 90s, and later on a founding member of Dimmer.Carter comes from a musical family...

, Andrew Brough

Andrew Brough

Andrew Brough is a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Dunedin, New Zealand, who is best known for his work with the New Zealand Music Hall of fame inductees, Straitjacket Fits.- Early career :...

, John Collie

John Collie (musician)

John Collie is the former drummer for New Zealand band Straitjacket Fits. Collie was previously a member of Doublehappys with Shayne Carter,Eggleton , p. 108 a band which he had joined in 1984...

 and David Wood; Brough was to leave before the third album, Blow. The album reached no. 13 on the New Zealand music charts. The album would later sell a respectable 40,000 copies in the United States.

The album spawned three singles, "Bad Note for a Heart", "Down in Splendour", and "Roller Ride". Of these, only "Bad Note for a Heart" charted (reaching no. 25 in the New Zealand charts), yet the Andrew Brough single "Down in Splendour" has become acknowledged as the album's best song, being listed at number 32 in 2001 on the Australasian Performing Rights Association's 75th anniversary poll of New Zealand's top 100 songs of all time. The music video for "Bad Note for a Heart" won the award for best New Zealand music video of 1990.

The album was seen as being truer to the band's sound than the previous album (Hail

Hail (album)

Hail is the debut album released in 1988 by New Zealand band, Straitjacket Fits. There were three releases of the album, a New Zealand release in 1988, a United Kingdom and United States release also in 1988 and an extended album in 1989...

), and closer to the live sound and to the sound of the band's debut EP

Extended play

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 Life in One Chord

Life in One Chord

Life in One Chord is an EP released in 1987 by New Zealand band, Straitjacket Fits. It was the band's debut release. All of the tracks from the EP were later released as part of an extended version of their first full album, Hail, in 1989. All of the songs on the EP are credited to Shayne...

. The album was described as "...a culmination of searing guitars that never collide and are always textured with the rhythm section's simple powerful backbone.".

Track listing

1. Bad Note For A Heart (3:48)
2. Missing Presumed Drowned (2:52)
3. Melt Against Yourself (3:37)
4. Headwind (3:24)
5. Down In Splendour (3:41)
6. A.P.S. (4:23)
7. Quiet Come 3:23)
8. Such A Daze (3:05)
9. Skin To Wear (3:18)
10. Hand In Mine (2:53)
11. Roller Ride (3:09)
12. Cast Stone (6:00)