Nelsh Bailter Space

Nelsh Bailter Space
EP by Bailter Space
Released	1987
Genre	Indie rock
Label	Flying Nun Records - FN094
Producer	Brent McLachlan[1]
Bailter Space chronology
Nelsh Bailter Space (1987) Tanker (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Nelsh Bailter Space is an EP by New Zealand band Bailter Space, released in 1987.[3][4] It peaked at number 39 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.[5]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "right from the band’s debut EP, Nelsh, guitarist John Halvorsen [Alister Parker] specialized in an abrasive, almost pitchless assault that could feel as polished and smooth as sheet metal, and his foils ... worked to feed that sound, contributing feedback gales and arty, disjointed backbeats that never felt fully settled."[3] The Spin Alternative Record Guide called it "whiskey-sour pop sludge," singling out "El Whizzo."[6]

Track listing

Side A

1. New Man
2. El Whizzo (And Then)
3. Our Aim

Side B

1. I'm In Love With These Times (Written By Hamish Kilgour, David Kilgour, Peter Gutteridge)
2. Separate Circles
3. Now I Will Live

Personnel

• Ross Humphries (bass)
• Hamish Kilgour (drums)
• Alister Parker (guitar, vocals)
• Glenda Bills (keyboards)

References

1. Thompson, Dave (17 July 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
2. "Nelsh EP". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
3. "Bailter Space". Trouser Press. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
4. "Bailter Space". Perfect Sound Forever.
5. "Bailter Space discography". charts.nz. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
6. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 86.