Compilation cover

Compilation

Recorded
1985-1987
Released

The album title is a mouthful but 2013’s Me Want Me Get Me Need Me Have Me Love is the one release needed to get the full mid-1980s recorded legacy of New Zealand’s Bird Nest Roys, consisting of an album and an EP both titled after the band as well as a couple of singles, like a cover of the Hollies’ “Bus Stop.” While the sextet’s easy singalong grace and slightly rougher sonic edges mark them as a Flying Nun act, the sextet often inhabit a lyrical world of their own, as songs like “Five Weetabix and Toast,” “Wads Of Pork Fat” and the title track all demonstrate.

Ned Raggett

Suggestions
Toy Love cover

Toy Love

Toy Love
Junior Citizen cover

Junior Citizen

Poster Children
Broken cover

Broken

Soulsavers
Devil’s Road cover

Devil’s Road

The Walkabouts
Epithalamia cover

Epithalamia

Various Artists
No Paradise cover

No Paradise

Lightning Bug
Souvlaki cover

Souvlaki

Slowdive
Saint Stranger cover

Saint Stranger

Carla Torgerson
George Best cover

George Best

The Wedding Present