Bailter Space - Grader Spader

GRADER SPADER 12“ E.P. - 1988 BailterSpace originally hail from Christchurch, New Zealand and are now currently based in New York. As one of the longest serving bands for New Zealand independent record company Flying Nun, Bailterspace’s first incarnation came in the form of the trio’s group ’the Gordons’ in the early 80s. When ’the Gordons’ disbanded, Alister Parker and Hamish Kilgour (drummer for the Clean) commenced with a new project called Nelsh Bailterspace (1987), adding Glenda Bills on drums and Ross Humphries on bass. After the release of a Nelsh Bailterspace e.p., Bills and Humphries departed and ex-Skeptics guitarist John Halvorsen was recruited to play bass. This initial Bailterspace lineup recorded the debut album Tanker (1988). Kilgour soon after rejoined The Clean and Brent McLachlan was reinstated as drummer. The album Thermos followed in 1990, recorded at Writhe studios in Wellington, then came The Aim e.p. in 1992 (the title track a re-