Solarium Down the Causeway

Solarium Down the Causeway
EP by Witch Hats
Released Australia September 2009
Recorded August 2008
Genre Post-Punk
Length 20:30
Label Z-Man Records
Sony/ATV
Producer Phill Calvert/Greg Ashley
Witch Hats chronology

Cellulite Soul
(2008)		 Solarium Down the Causeway
(2009)		 Pleasure Syndrome
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
RTRFM Positive[1]
thedwarf.com.au Positive[2]
Rave Magazine (Australia) Positive[3]
The Vine Positive[4]

Solarium Down the Causeway is the second EP by the Australian alternative rock and post-punk band Witch Hats, released on Z-Man Records in September 2009.[5][6]

The EP was mixed by their long-time producer, Phill Calvert of The Birthday Party. Most of the album was recorded in Oakland, California while the band was on their US tour promoting Cellulite Soul.[7] The EP was recorded by Greg Ashley of The Gris Gris.[8] The album title is a loose reference to seeing people sun-bathing in the aqueducts of Los Angeles.[9] They filmed the video clip for their song, "Check the Center" in an Arizonian desert.[5] In a 2013 interview with the online publication Shanghai 247, font-man and primary songwriter Kris Buscombe recalled firing a 9mm pistol through the roof of the studio during the recording sessions of the EP.[10]

By the time the record was released in 2009, drummer Duncan Blachford had already left the band.[7]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Stomach In Your Hair"   2:06
2. "Check The Center"   2:21
3. "Pleasure Syndrome"   2:14
4. "Fucking With The Atmosphere"   4:46
5. "Sessa (Son Of A Silo Salesman)"   5:02
6. "I Am Parolling"   3:41

Vinyl Version

A 10-inch vinyl version of Solarium Down The Causeway was also released.[11]

A-side

  1. "Stomach In Your Hair" - 2:06
  2. "Check The Center" - 2:21
  3. "Pleasure Syndrome" - 2:14
  4. "Fucking With The Atmosphere" - 4:46

B-side

  1. "Sessa (Son Of A Silo Salesman)" - 5:02
  2. "I Am Parolling" - 3:41

References

  1. ↑ RTRFM / Stories / Witch Hats - Solarium Down the Causeway
  2. ↑ Witch Hats - Solarium Down The Causeway (EP) by Chris Familton
  3. ↑ Rave Magazine (Australia) Review
  4. ↑ Solarium Down the Causeway Review
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 thevine.com.au - Witch Hats: Interview 29 September 2009
  6. ↑ The Dwarf: Solarium Down The Causeway
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Mess + Noise Kris Buscombe of Witch Hats Interview by Trevor Block (24 August 2009)
  8. ↑ True Lies with Witch Hats - yourgigs.com.au
  9. ↑ Witch Hats, ‘Solarium Down the Causeway’ by SARAH WERKMEISTER (10/11/09)
  10. ↑ Witch Hats: Meet Melbourne's Most Psychotic Boy Band
  11. ↑ Witch Hats – Solarium Down The Causeway – discogs.com