Artist Biography by Paul Simpson
Active since 1989, the Renderers
inhabit the dark side of the New Zealand indie scene, playing a
brooding country/blues-influenced style of distortion-laced psychedelic
space rock. Their songs range from sparse and shadowy laments to more
upbeat (yet still tense and menacing) pop songs. The group's only two
constant members have been husband-and-wife duo Maryrose and Brian Crook (of numerous NZ bands including Flies Inside the Sun, the Terminals, and Scorched Earth Policy), with contributions from members of the 3Ds, the Verlaines, Pumice, and countless other bands. After forming in Christchurch (also home to the Bats and Bailter Space) at the tail end of the '80s, the Renderers
released their countrified debut full-length, Trail of Tears, on Flying
Nun in 1991. A single called "Touch of Evil" followed in 1993, and the
group made its American debut that year with the "Million Lights" 7" on
Merge Records. The band's second album, That Dog's Head in the Gutter Gives Off Vibrations, appeared on Chicago-based Ajax Records in 1994, and was followed by The Surface of Jupiter in 1996. The group's final recording of the 1990s was A Dream of the Sea, which appeared on Siltbreeze in 1998 and was one of their most acclaimed albums.
Tracklist
| 1 | Carnival Of Souls | 4:12 |
| 2 | Outer Mongolia | 3:38 |
| 3 | Darkest Way | 4:47 |
| 4 | Sleeping With The Devil | 3:32 |
| 5 | High Seas | 5:50 |
| 6 | Mercury | 3:59 |
| 7 | Without Eyes | 4:24 |
| 8 | Bottomless Pit | 3:24 |
| 9 | All Around The World | 4:26 |
| 10 | Moonflower | 3:36 |
| 11 | Like A Virus | 4:05 |
| 12 | Death Race | 3:22 |
| 13 | Drink | 3:32 |
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