I can't decide which is worse: the boy one where someone sticks their index finger inside their mouth and pokes their cheek in and out, or the girl one where they splay their fingers in front of their face and make slurping noises. I think they are as not funny as each other.
-- estela (estelaisale...), November 20th, 2005.
http://www.thevine.com.au/resources/IMGDETAIL/160808023038_vansheLP.jpg
― haitch, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 04:56 (fifteen years ago) link
they're all class
― electricsound, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 04:58 (fifteen years ago) link
still better than cut copy
― Minister for Compression Issues (electricsound), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 23:37 (fifteen years ago) link
they're about lineball. different moods!
― Not in top 100,000 (haitch), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 00:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm a slow dumbarse, these guys fuckin rock. You could play "this boy's in love" in a goth club and no one'd blink. Hahah maybe thats a bad thing, I dont know, but yeah I like this album. Lots of 80s influence variety.
― Trayce, Thursday, 22 January 2009 10:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I still prefer Midnight Juggernauts over these guys, but then I love the Electric Light Orchestra too...
― Live from the Witch Trials (SeekAltRoute), Thursday, 22 January 2009 11:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm well pleased the Aus electronic scene has developed some decent stuff in the last few years, its about bloody time. Not since Sev Heads have we had something worth getting into, what withthese guys, Cut Copy, Juggernauts, Van She etc.
― Trayce, Thursday, 22 January 2009 22:29 (fifteen years ago) link
If I know you is top five awesome. Rest of album is sucky electrodribble.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 13 March 2009 01:20 (fifteen years ago) link
100% agree with the former, the latter not necessarily quite so much
― w/ sax (electricsound), Friday, 13 March 2009 01:34 (fifteen years ago) link
There's that one song that gave me a fright because of where that girl's voice is in the mix that makes you think someone has just crept up on you.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 13 March 2009 01:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Just such a loser for those hypercamp Moyet vocals.
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 13 March 2009 10:37 (fifteen years ago) link
i played an austrailian wedding the other day and the (totally fun for once, but still) wedding crew were like "oh, you have the presets?!?!? play that one!" which made me think that these guys must be massively popular in austrailia. cause weddings are like my musical barometer of total middle-of-the-roadnesss. so these guys are basically pop stars in sydney?
― messiahwannabe, Friday, 13 March 2009 14:05 (fifteen years ago) link
this kinda stuff is always huge in Australia though, right? List me some more Reaganomic synth-fop with bloated, swishtastic vocals plz. The more airbrushed and flamboyant the better!
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 13 March 2009 15:05 (fifteen years ago) link
pacifica is out. not heard yet but reviews are effusive so far.
― * The "no hands" rule can be compared to socialist tax policies (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 September 2012 06:44 (eleven years ago) link
listening to this on Spotify right now; I'm 45 seconds in and this is basically exactly my type of shit, hitting a bunch of Apoptgyma Berzerk buttons
― wtf where's my chapbook (DJP), Monday, 17 September 2012 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
basically the rest of the album could be terrible and I would still call it a win for "Youth In Trouble"
― wtf where's my chapbook (DJP), Monday, 17 September 2012 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
"Ghosts" is kind of sea shanty...? This is fucking great
― wtf where's my chapbook (DJP), Monday, 17 September 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
― * The "no hands" rule can be compared to socialist tax policies (Autumn Almanac)
I'm so far behind what's been happening in Aussie music after being in Europe for a year; NZ is confusing enough. Are they likely to chart as well as they did last time around, or is their less Daniel Johns-affiliated stuff boosting it?
― etc, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 01:32 (eleven years ago) link
...boosting what?
― ┐(´ー`)┌ (sic), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 01:33 (eleven years ago) link
only #3 :(
― upset and upsetting (electricsound), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 01:36 (eleven years ago) link
That was a slightly mangled sentence, sorry. From what I remember, didn't their last album's crossover nature happen due to Daniel Johns being involved / one of the Presets writing a big song for Silverchair and touring w/him, or something? I wasn't sure if they'd still have the same profile without the association w/Johns.
― etc, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 13:51 (eleven years ago) link
"Ghosts" is one of my favorite things I've heard this year, which is kind of weird
― wtf where's my chapbook (DJP), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 14:49 (eleven years ago) link
My reaction to this album is every time they veer away from more straightforward synth pop, they hit my buttons and I love it. The more conventional songs fall flat in comparison; I don't dislike them but they don't stand out to me.
― wtf where's my chapbook (DJP), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
"Ghosts" is amazing. I've only had time to listen to the album once, but it seems great.
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
didn't their last album's crossover nature happen due to Daniel Johns being involved / one of the Presets writing a big song for Silverchair and touring w/him, or something?
nah, 'apocalypso' was one of the biggest australian albums of recent years on its own terms, 'my people' was just the perfect abrasive anthem for that point in 2008 when the one love club and the melbourne DIY electrohouse cottage industry was at its peak commercially.
did johns end up being the singer of the chorus for 'this boy's in love'? he did cameo (and was credited) on earlier stuff.
might have to pick up the new one on thursday.
― the ghost of 29 unicycles (haitch), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
yeah Apocalypso blew up v organically on its own and devoid of Johns associations
(Johns played guitar on some of their first EP and both Presets were in the live band of The Dissociatives and Hamilton wrote Straight Lines, but that probably paid for part of his house more than it actually brought any crossover fans whatsoever. MMM's not putting them on the A playlist, you know?)
― ┐(´ー`)┌ (sic), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah The Presets were basically inescapable on mainstream radio in 2008/2009.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
and Hamilton wrote Straight Lines
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― * The "no hands" rule can be compared to socialist tax policies (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
whilst this album has nothing at the "if i know you" level of amazingness it is probably their best record otherwise.
― bansplain (electricsound), Friday, 19 October 2012 12:08 (eleven years ago) link
fave bits so far:
- the forward-reverse-forward-reverse-forward-reverse sequence of the chorus of 'promises'
- the fact that 'a.o.' paints sydney more accurately than anything else I've ever read or heard
- the whole sentiment of 'fall'
― turn left onto bisexual woman (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 21 October 2012 04:16 (eleven years ago) link
Seing them live tonight!
― LeRooLeRoo, Sunday, 21 October 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
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― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 2 August 2014 00:13 (nine years ago) link
(needs chrome)
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 2 August 2014 00:14 (nine years ago) link
i actually really like this lot.
the mix of hard beats with nitzer ebb styled with shouty vocals, and lush electronica pop hits a lot of my sweet spots.
t/s :- aus electro : midnight juggernauts vs cut copy vs van she vs the presets
i would guess a max of 3 votes should such a poll ever be put in place.
― mark e, Thursday, 23 October 2014 18:18 (nine years ago) link
Cut Copy > The Presets > Midnight Juggernauts > Van She
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 23 October 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link
Cut Copy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Midnight Juggernauts > The Presets >>>>>>>> Van She
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 23 October 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
haha.
expected such responses.
and i almost go with boxedjoys rundown but with less of the '>>' between cut copy and midnight juggernauts as i happen to think the first 2 MJ albums are perfect examples of how to update ELO with modern technology toys.
― mark e, Thursday, 23 October 2014 20:44 (nine years ago) link
That new Nicky Van She thing is horrifying, a dead-eyed evocation to fun and release that just comes off as empty, desperate - a zombie chant of ill-convincing "life". ..."Liiiiiiife..."
― Starland Vocal Gland (sic), Thursday, 23 October 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link
I loved the first Midnight Juggernaut's album but I went to see them live soon after and it was very much Big Rock Music and it put me off them to the point where I only managed a cursory listen to the follow up and neglected the third. Their frontman released a good EP under the name Turkish Prison earlier this year though which I really liked.
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 23 October 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
not heard any of the solo projects as mentioned.
when a band starts to break into disparate solo projects then the end is well and truly nigh.
(the 2nd MJ album is full on ELO meets new toys .. never heard the 3rd ... )
― mark e, Thursday, 23 October 2014 21:26 (nine years ago) link
KIM's solo career has always been a v functional side product to The Presets.
and Van She only ever had one good song and were tedious as heck live anyway, but Nick's Daft Punk cover, back when VS were a thing, was both excellent and a harbinger of nothing.
― Starland Vocal Gland (sic), Thursday, 23 October 2014 21:54 (nine years ago) link
Van She put out a couple of decent enough pop singles 2 years ago. I haven't kept up with midnight juggernauts since, like, "road to recovery"
Still like most of the biggest Presets hits but find the dude's voice fairly grating. Cut Copy are one of my favourite local groups ever.
Also, lol at Muscles posting upthread! Whatever happened to that guy.
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Thursday, 23 October 2014 22:40 (nine years ago) link
did not deal well with his elevation from message-board troll to pop star, melted down at his label, made up, faded away
― Starland Vocal Gland (sic), Thursday, 23 October 2014 23:09 (nine years ago) link
blimey, seems to be a lot of detail that i am clearly not aware of this side of the planet
― mark e, Thursday, 23 October 2014 23:12 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roGmGWOOcTA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpZAtLJftQE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P6pJRBYxFI
absolute fucking bangers
― karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 10 May 2018 23:59 (six years ago) link
these new ones are really brash and ugly and dumb, I love this
― boxedjoy, Friday, 11 May 2018 13:06 (six years ago) link
whoa, I like Downtown Shutdown better than anything they've done since Pretty Little Eyes
― chilis=lyrics...hypocrits (sic), Friday, 11 May 2018 22:05 (six years ago) link
we'll be hearing it in shoe shops for decades to come
― boxedjoy, Friday, 11 May 2018 23:06 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
and the album's called hi-viz! it seems they're going hard at the mainstream, which is just fine if the rest of the album is anything like these
― karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 11 May 2018 22:10 (six years ago) link