LAUGHING HANDS - Dog Photos LP live the trance-inducing organ haze of

the trance-inducing organ haze of Suicide

Dan Kelly showcases his smart brand of indie pop in glorious fashion

the tracks included on DOWN THE SHOPS go right back to covers of the Kinks’ classic “’Til the End of the Day” and Gary Valentine’s Blondie power pop masterpiece “(I’m Always Touched By Your) Presence

Cover versions happen at weddings and high school band battles

’ is a magical thing – it’s Springsteen’s ‘Born To Run’ recorded in a cupboard

LAUGHING HANDS - Dog Photos LP live the trance-inducing organ haze ofLaughing Hands worked in the experimental music scene in Melbourne in the very early 1980s. They were an improvisation group using tapes, synthesisers, guitar and hand percussion much of which was then treated through the synthesisers, producing their soft, insistent and rhythmic sound. Dog Photos was originally releasedin 1981 by bands own label Adhesive records. The sounds in these 11 pieces are a combination of direct to tape and cassette to tape