The World's Greatest Mind

Be Kind Cadaver

After their well-received official label debut, Lights Out on the Reservation, Sussex-based experimental post-punk outfit Be Kind Cadaver regale the listener with their mid-apocalyptic vision of modern Britain over the four tracks of The World’s Greatest Mind.

Be Kind Cadaver (BKC) began as an experiment. Following the dissolution of their former punk band, singer/synthesist Daniel Alexander Hignell-Tully and drummer/guitarist Leroy Brown soldiered on as a two-piece, without any ideas as to what kind of music they might make.

Aware that they wanted to experiment with the punk format, they began sharing a wild list of influences with one another; the rasping noise-rock of The Jesus Lizard, Duster’s melancholic slowcore, Mauricio Kagel’s avant-classical performance pieces, the country and western hits of The Highwaymen, the art-pop of Yeasayer… each new influence was used as a starting point to continually reimagine their core set of 5 songs.

Over a period of two years, the band constantly and dramatically reworked these songs in a myriad of live contexts, playing punk gigs in basements one month and synth-pop shows in cocktail bars the next. Improvised ambient sets would give way to industrial metal jams, psyche-prog sets mutating into avant-garde performance art. The same handful of songs would be torn apart and reconfigured, again and again, until the band at last settled on the final versions that would become The World’s Greatest Mind.

While the EP does draw from some disparate genres, the fusion of dark electronic elements and atmospheric rock influences is searing and seamless. Daniel and Leroy create a cohesive, and at times emotionally caustic, listening experience, even in its most noirish and experimental moments.

The 30-minute EP consists of four songs that blend industrial-tinged electro-pop with an art-punk aesthetic, tracks that employ big pop choruses yet eschew normative song structures in favour of noisy interludes and meandering ambient washes.

After their well-received official label debut, Lights Out on the Reservation, Sussex-based experimental post-punk outfit Be Kind Cadaver regale the listener with their mid-apocalyptic vision of modern Britain over the four tracks of The World’s Greatest Mind.
Be Kind Cadaver (BKC) began as an experiment. Following the dissolution of their former punk band, singer/synthesist Daniel Alexander Hignell-Tully and drummer/guitarist Leroy Brown soldiered on as a two-piece, without any ideas as to what kind of music they might make.
Aware that they wanted to experiment with the punk format, they began sharing a wild list of influences with one another; the rasping noise-rock of The Jesus Lizard, Duster’s melancholic slowcore, Mauricio Kagel’s avant-classical performance pieces, the country and western hits of The Highwaymen, the art-pop of Yeasayer… each new influence was used as a starting point to continually reimagine their core set of 5 songs.
Over a period of two years, the band constantly and dramatically reworked these songs in a myriad of live contexts, playing punk gigs in basements one month and synth-pop shows in cocktail bars the next. Improvised ambient sets would give way to industrial metal jams, psyche-prog sets mutating into avant-garde performance art. The same handful of songs would be torn apart and reconfigured, again and again, until the band at last settled on the final versions that would become The World’s Greatest Mind.
While the EP does draw from some disparate genres, the fusion of dark electronic elements and atmospheric rock influences is searing and seamless. Daniel and Leroy create a cohesive, and at times emotionally caustic, listening experience, even in its most noirish and experimental moments.
The 30-minute EP consists of four songs that blend industrial-tinged electro-pop with an art-punk aesthetic, tracks that employ big pop choruses yet eschew normative song structures in favour of noisy interludes and meandering ambient washes.

AnalogueTrash

The World's Greatest Mind by Be Kind Cadaver

Lights Out on the Reservation

Lights Out on the Reservation by Be Kind Cadaver

Welcome to the Falklands

Welcome to the Falklands by Be Kind Cadaver

Settlers, Colonists

Be Kind Cadaver (BKC) began as an experiment. Following the dissolution of their former punk band, singer/synthesist Daniel Alexander Hignell-Tully and drummer/guitarist Leroy Brown soldiered on as a two-piece, without any ideas as to what kind of music they might make. 

Aware that they wanted to experiment with the punk format, they began sharing a wild list of influences with one another. As well as The Jesus Lizard and Duster, Mauricio Kagel’s avant-classical performance pieces, the country and western hits of The Highwaymen and the art-pop of Yeasayer also played a pivotal role in creating their sound, as each new influence was used as a starting point to continually reimagine their core live set. 

That process of review, renewal, and reinvention led to songs like the sprawling and majestic Lights Out on the Reservation. Over 12 and a half minutes, it ties mental fragility to the very essence of human plight, and the body and the spirit’s violent battle with both time and civility. 

Humorous observations of the ageing process, ‘You say that you were thinner then, and it’s true, so was I / it’s easy to stay thin, when you don’t have to exercise,’ give way to sobering reflections on adult life, ‘these days we’re synchronising diaries just to try to find the time / to talk about our pension, and what happens when we die.’ 

Says Dann about the song, “Lights out on the Reservation is essentially about growing up wanting to change the world, and how it gets harder as you get older - the exhaustion of just trying to stay afloat mean the parts of the world that need changing end up remaining the same, to the great benefit of the few.”

Leroy adds about the creative process leading to the track’s evolution and final form, “The song has mutated over the last three years, having shifted through different genres, continuously chewed up, spat out, stretched and sculpted into the composition presented as the finale of our new EP.”


Be Kind Cadaver (BKC) began as an experiment. Following the dissolution of their former punk band, singer/synthesist Daniel Alexander Hignell-Tully and drummer/guitarist Leroy Brown soldiered on as a two-piece, without any ideas as to what kind of music they might make. 
Aware that they wanted to experiment with the punk format, they began sharing a wild list of influences with one another. As well as The Jesus Lizard and Duster, Mauricio Kagel’s avant-classical performance pieces, the country and western hits of The Highwaymen and the art-pop of Yeasayer also played a pivotal role in creating their sound, as each new influence was used as a starting point to continually reimagine their core live set. 
That process of review, renewal, and reinvention led to songs like the sprawling and majestic Lights Out on the Reservation. Over 12 and a half minutes, it ties mental fragility to the very essence of human plight, and the body and the spirit’s violent battle with both time and civility. 
Humorous observations of the ageing process, ‘You say that you were thinner then, and it’s true, so was I / it’s easy to stay thin, when you don’t have to exercise,’ give way to sobering reflections on adult life, ‘these days we’re synchronising diaries just to try to find the time / to talk about our pension, and what happens when we die.’ 
Says Dann about the song, “Lights out on the Reservation is essentially about growing up wanting to change the world, and how it gets harder as you get older - the exhaustion of just trying to stay afloat mean the parts of the world that need changing end up remaining the same, to the great benefit of the few.”
Leroy adds about the creative process leading to the track’s evolution and final form, “The song has mutated over the last three years, having shifted through different genres, continuously chewed up, spat out, stretched and sculpted into the composition presented as the finale of our new EP.”

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Orion Was a Hunter

Phantosmia

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Diablo Jive

Bloodsucker

Sorrowful Regret (earlier version)

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Die to Flesh (first demo)

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Children Of The Grave

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Not Your Dracula (earlier version)

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Out Of The Darkness (First demo)

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Empires

Sunshine and Lemonade

Goblins Of The Opera

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The Frogman

And The Count Appears

The Craftsmen

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The Noblemen

Old Goblin's Tale

Creepvoid

Scarecrows Coming Alive

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In The Ruins

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The Court Jester's Tiny Wings

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Hagweim The Willy Nosed Hag of Hegeli Hob Valley

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Catacombs

Tennessee Goblin Jamboree

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Pizza Shop

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In Counsel

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Infatuation

First Love

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The Pulpit and The Pondering

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But Does He Know Me?

I'll Wait (feat. John Birch)

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Marianna

Sunny Day

Introduced To Mini Golf (with a Headless Spawn)

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Yoi ichinichi o 良​い​一​日​を

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Shock Chair

Dragging Hard Clown

Let It All Down Tonight (feat. John Birch)

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The Cannibal's Speakeasy

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Pretty Swan

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The Christmas Song

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Bellamira (single)

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Bittersweet Hell

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Lay Down The Axe and Repent

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Out Of The Darkness

Misunderstood

Sorrowful Regret

Die To Flesh

New Creature Feature in Christ

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Gargoyles (I Don't Wanna Live Like I've Lived)

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Creepy Crawlers

Introduction to side two

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Trick Or Treating In A Town Without Lights

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Bring On The Freakazoids

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Been Here Before

Spiderbite

I know They Hate Me But I Still Hug Human Brains Fresh Out Of Pickle Jars

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