The Future Ain't What It Used To Be

This was the next single that The New Christs put out after the "Born Out of Time"/"No Next Time" 7-inch, and while it doesn't live up to the explosion that was the previous single -- as if anything could, since "Born Out of Time" is practically my favorite Aussie 7" of all time -- it still lays quite a bit of rubber in its own right. As before, the b-side rocks harder than the a-side, which adds some handclaps or exaggerated snare hits into the mix, like this was a Soul Asylum record or something.

The New Christs -

"The Black Hole"

"Addiction"

My Karma's In The Red

This is easily my favorite Aussie single of all time, if not for the absolute classic a-side then for the balls-to-the-wall scorcher of a b-side. And, I've managed to own the exact same copy of this single twice.

See, back in the very late 80's I put a whole bunch of records up for consignment at Brass City Records, including this one (that's what the little star next to the $8 price tag is for). Most of the records sold right away, except for about a year ago when I was at Brass City thumbing through an old box of 7"-ers tucked away on one of the shelves and found this one, still with my identifying * on the sticker, still unsold after almost 20 years. Walt was decent enough to let me take it back for nothing, and now here it is-- back in my collection.

Because for two decades no one was willing to take this totally amazing single off my hands for a measly eight bucks, you can now have both songs for free, losers.




The New Christs -

"Born Out Of Time"

"No Next Time"

(these files are now listen-only)