Diving into cult bands this weekend. The Sexual Objects recorded live for Marc Riley at BBC 6 Music on August 27th of this year.
Coming just ahead of the release of Orangutang, their latest album and the first to be given a general release, since most of their material prior to this has been available in extremely limited quantities or quickly released and deleted. Their earlier material has been the stuff of myths and, in the case of one album, sought after by collectors as there was only one copy issued, was last seen at a recent auction going for some 5000 euros.
The Sexual Objects were formed in 2006 by Davy Henderson after activity termination by The Nectarine No.9, who had released 5 albums via the Postcard, Creeping Bent, and Beggars labels.
A debut single, Full Penetration, was released on 7” on the Creeping Bent label followed by 7” singles released on the Aufgeladen Und Bereit / Aktion Und Spass labels in Hamburg and Say Dirty in Glasgow. The singles were collected for a vinyl album collection (Cucumber) released in Germany by Creeping Bent and Aktion Und Spass.
The Sexual Objects did a complete volte-face in deciding to abandon the concept of releasing singles when they released the Cream Split Up mini-album followed by the unique manufacture of only one vinyl copy of the Marshmallow album, both releases were in 2015 on the Creeping Bent / Eyelids in the Rain imprint.
Orangutang is the first album released by the group to be readily available – Previous Sexual Objects albums were either only released in Germany, available in extremely limited quantities or deleted and never released.
Orangutang features 3 tracks produced by Boards of Canada and highlights across its 10 tracks why the Sexual Objects are much revered.
Perhaps in contrast to the perception that The Nectarine No.9 were about albums, Henderson set about constructing the Sexual Objects as being more about singles. The initial idea was to write a song, rehearse a song, record a song, release a song.
Quirky, mysterious and most definitely cult figures, this session done for Marc Riley at BBC 6 Music gives some idea of what they are all about and the reason why many fans are loyal die-hards.
Give it a listen.
