
Αυτό που κάνει εντύπωση πάντως είναι το αινιγματικό εξώφυλλο, το οποίο απεικονίζει μπροστά δύο χέρια που χαιρετιούνται, έχουν διαφορετικό χρώμα το καθένα και το ένα από τα δύο σκίζεται, στη δε πίσω πλευρά, ξανά χαιρετιούνται αλλά το ένα χέρι είναι ραμμένο. Νομίζω πως παίρνει πολλές ερμηνείες, και είναι μοναδικό, δεν το έχω δεί αλλού. Ίσως οι στίχοι του ομώνυμου τραγουδιού να είναι κάπως διαφωτιστικοί… “see these bare hands, they can kill you now, they can break your neck……don’t challenge me, don’t bother me, I can reach to the end”.

1. Fear
2. You and I
3. Bare Hands
4. Shades
5. Your Love
6. Ha-Ha-Ha
7. Islam
8. I Live in Lies
In English…
We hope that we haven’t been too late for the next post!!!!! Today we present the first Long Play record ever issued by Creep Records, the independent record company that contributed the most to the Greek independent rock scene. In the future we will deal more with Creep Records either in the form of music links and/or our own posts.
The first LP by Creep Records was “Bare Hands” in 1983 by a band called The Reporters which were a classic new wave formation with guitar, bass guitar, drums, lots of synth and a charismatic voice. The actual band composed of: Costas Pothoulakis (guitar, vocals), Giorgos Roumanis (drums), Solon Stathopoulos (bass), Chrysostomos Mouratoglou (keyboards), Paraskeyas Karamikes (2nd guitar). Costas Pothoulakis later founded Villa 21, a group who sounded very much like The Reporters at first, but eventually evolved into a garage and rock n roll band. “Bare Hands” is a reference LP for the Greek new wave/post punk scene, with beautiful compositions filled with atmospheric keyboards and Costas’ excellent vocal work. I am sure that after you finished listening to the record, you might find yourselves singing “I Live in Lies”, “You and I”, or “Shades”, the three most outstanding tracks… The lyrics are laconic and dark in an existential way.
Finally, what is also impressive about this album is the cover. It is enigmatic. On the front side it shows a handshake of two different in colour hands, and one hand gets ripped apart. On the back side another handshake and the ripped hand appears to be sewn. Perhaps the lyrics of the same-titled track are more enlightening…“see these bare hands, they can kill you now, they can break your neck……don’t challenge me, don’t bother me, I can reach to the end”.
thanxxx again!
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