The Jean Paul Sartre Experience

We never had a thread for them? What the hell. Anyway, happy box set news here:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2015/03/31/392573067/new-zealands-jean-paul-sartre-experience-gets-box-set-treatment

Which has reminded me of the great video for "Flex"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3lx1JjUloU

Great band, I'm probably in the minority who wasn't thrilled with "Bleeding Star" aside from a few tracks. But their early singles and first album fit perfectly into the 90s kiwi indie ascetic.

Mulcahy and Yetton each went on to other excellent bands (Superette and The Stereo Bus, respectively, as well as each releasing one good solo album).

this IS great news, and i agree completely G McB-B. never checked out the post-JPSE bands / lps, probably because of not loving Bleeding Star. time to rectify!

Ah, missed this thread the first go around (& only stumbled across it trying to dig up Ned's immortal Village People thread ...) - awesome news; I've been out of NZ, but I can't remember much chatter about this back home ... JPSE were always slightly odd fish in the Flying Nun universe: I remember "I Like Rain" being either loved or loathed for being naff (I find it charming, personally), and way back when Ned visited NZ was when I was disappointed with Bleeding Star not being the Great NZ Shoegaze album my then-mania had hoped for. "Grey Parade" was a v.effective closer to the Scarfies film/soundtrack, especially considering the musical company it was keeping. I guess I lump them in with the Abel Tasmans?

Legacy-wise, I def feel that you hear Superette's "Saskatchewan" & the Stereo Bus' "Birthday" out'n'about in NZ more than any of the og JPSE songs.

"Flex" is fantastic but their take has been overshadowed by the kinda-career-best-performance cover by the Straitjacket Fits on Roger Sings The Hits (which also has JPSE's take on Fetus Productions' "What's Going On", which was an awesome choice and alongside the 3Ds' cover of Smelly Feet's "Song For The Whole World" connected a bunch of dots in 80s Kiwi underground culture).

The video for "flex" is incredible. Good song too

David Yetton released a fun odds and sods collection:

https://thokeitapes.bandcamp.com/album/david-yetton-move-to-trash-bits-pieces-offcuts-stuff-mc

Meanwhile, David Mulcahy has posted an absolute ton of stuff on Bandcamp - I went through it all once but, frankly, was overwhelmed by the volume! Unfortunately, I can't seem to find it at the moment, perhaps he took it down.