The limited-edition LP You're Lucky To Have Friends Like Us (Riot Season, 2004) concocted a seriously damaged nuclear fusion of garage-rock and heavy-metal music.

Ladybird (Latitudes, 2005) contained one 42-minute improvisation that defined their aesthetic at the border between the Velvet Underground's Sister Ray and a horde of headhunters. Other than a volcanic distortion, and vocals that occasionally swim through the intense heat, for more than half an hour there is only the incessant pounding of the drums. Then the noises become more prominent, threatening to derail the ceremony. Minimal and maximal at the same time, this suite is to psychedelic music what Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music what to progressive-rock: an abominable terminal point.

The mini-album Toilet Door Tits/ The Biggest Cock In Christendom (Conspiracy, 2006) contained two lengthy tracks of the Ladybird kind.

The double-CD Jealous of Shit and Shine (Riot Season, 2006) was slightly more focused on the music rather than the emotional impact. The result was another colossal nightmare, the 30-minute Practicing To Be A Doctor. This time the guitar distortion towers over the tribal beat, radiating a calm ferocity, and the vocals are to be heard only in the background, like ghosts from a distant hell. The similarity with the Velvet Underground's Sister Ray is much stronger. After 15 minutes a short pause lets the guitar downshift gear: it resumes as a mere counterpoint to the drums, while industrial noises invade the stage, and the voices join in a feeble choir.
By comparison, the massive distortion of Here Come The Vikings, the industrial chaos of When Extreme Dogs Go Wrong, the wall of noise of Unchained Ladies Shopper, the ghostly beats and alien voices of There Are Two Bakers Now, the electronic poem Hot Vodka, the electrical effervescence of Kitten Mask are merely snippets of a much bigger expressionist drama that remains shrouded in mystery. There is music for exactly one minute and 39 seconds: the ironic surf instrumental Seeing Life Through A Young Mans Eyes.
The second disc contained a revised version of You're Lucky To Have Friends Like Us.

Cunts With Roses (Noisestar Music, 2007) documents the first ever live improvisation by the band. It did not have any of the "subleties" of the third album, but it had the same visceral impact. In fact, it had only that: a colossal riff amid colossal drumming.

(Translation by/ Tradotto da stefano Pertile)

Gli Shit and Shine sono un gruppo con sede a Londra formato da musicisti inglesi ed americani. La sua formazione tipica consiste di diversi percussionisti e chitarrisiti, cosa che ricorda i Crash Worship ed altre bands post-psichedeliche orientate alle percussioni.

Ladybird (Latitudes, 2005) conteneva un’improvvisazione di 42 minuti che definiva la loro estetica di confine tra i Velvet Underground di Sister Ray e gli Stooges.

L’LP in edizione limitata You're Lucky To Have Friends Like Us (Riot Season, 2006) ha aggiunto ulteriori ingredienti estremi, pervenendo ad una visione nucleare seriamente devastata che va dal garage-rock all’ heavy-metal.

Il mini-album Toilet Door Tits/ The Biggest Cock In Christendom (Conspiracy, 2006) contiene due lunghi brani alla maniera di Ladybird .

Il doppio CD Jealous of Shit and Shine (Riot Season, 2006), è leggermente più focalizzato sulla musica piuttosto che sull’impatto emotivo. Il risultato è un altro incubo colossale, i 30 minuti di Practicing To Be A Doctor. Il secondo CD contiene una versione riveduta e corretta di You're Lucky To Have Friends Like Us.