Haul Ass is the eleventh studio album by Australian electronic music group Severed Heads. After Tom Ellard's relationship soured with Nettwerk and Volition Records, he decided to release Haul Ass independently through his then newly formed Sevcom imprint, making Haul Ass the first independently released Severed Heads album since 1982's Blubberknife. The album was burned on CD-R discs, while the artwork for the jewel cases were home printed with the use of a computer printer. Two editions were made, the "standard edition", which had prominently red and grey artwork, and the "special edition", which included two extra tracks not included on the standard edition. The special edition was limited to only 1000 copies. Tom Ellard has described the album as "dark".[2] The entire album was recorded with software called Session 8, the precursor of Pro Tools.

Haul Ass
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1998
Recorded1997–1998 at Terse Tapes, Australia
GenreIDM
Length63:32
LabelSevcom
ProducerTom Ellard
Severed Heads chronology
Gigapus
(1994)
Haul Ass
(1998)
Gashing And Kato
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Sputnik Music[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Choose Evil"4:02
2."Two Dead Daughters"3:30
3."The Interpreter"5:27
4."Better Harms And Heartbreaks"4:15
5."A Mouth Full Of Marbles"3:32
6."Interstate"4:12
7."Chikibox"4:17
8."A Head Is Born"4:27
9."Bookburner"4:55
10."Hawaii 98"4:19
11."Dreamsong"3:19
12."All That Matters Is You"5:20
13."Drown"3:03
14."Lufthansa"4:34
15."Sevs In Space"4:20
Special Edition Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
16."Pie, Shepherd, Family"2:01
17."There's A String Inside Your Body"4:38
Total length:70:11

Personnel

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  • Tom Ellard - production, vocals, music
  • Stephen Jones - live performances
  • Alison Cole - live performances
  • Paul Mac - live performances
  • Ben Suthers - live performances

References

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  1. ^ "Severed Heads: Gigapus". Sputnik Music. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. ^ N/A, N/A. "Interview with Tom Ellard". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
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