one I saw was pretty good and they closed with an excellent new song, 'sovereign heart'
― schlomo replay (acoleuthic), Friday, 17 December 2010 04:22 (thirteen years ago) link
i gotta say my favourite post-ultrasound thing is the minuteman album. in fact some days i prefer it to everything picture
― whole lotta cocorosie (electricsound), Friday, 21 January 2011 08:21 (thirteen years ago) link
apparently there's a new ultrasound single 'welfare state' out at the end of next month
who woulda thunk
― Who? Well, I've never heard of Mogwai. (electricsound), Friday, 22 July 2011 10:12 (twelve years ago) link
the track 'sovereign heart' lj mentions above is the b-side
― Who? Well, I've never heard of Mogwai. (electricsound), Friday, 22 July 2011 10:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/label-fandango/sets/welfare-state-sovereign/
Excellent comeback single from these guys. The lyrics are really great and kind of honest.
They never topped Kurt Russel for me, maybe my favourite B-side of all time.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 6 August 2011 04:37 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that was their highpoint for sure. i pretty much loved everything they did up to the album, which i still feel would have been vastly improved by chopping off the, uh, long piece
― he shit me and it felt like a piss (electricsound), Saturday, 6 August 2011 05:00 (twelve years ago) link
my cd player came with a special button that let you stop listening when the long piece started if u couldn't handle it
― i'm sorry for whatever (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 6 August 2011 05:00 (twelve years ago) link
Entire Mayflower ep their highpoint really.
― Tim F, Saturday, 6 August 2011 05:02 (twelve years ago) link
haha because it wasn't on the album and this predated youtube I'd never heard "I'll Show You Mine..." until just then.
It's not very good.
― Tim F, Saturday, 6 August 2011 05:04 (twelve years ago) link
an album where half of it has to be skipped can't be very good, y'know?
― he shit me and it felt like a piss (electricsound), Saturday, 6 August 2011 05:09 (twelve years ago) link
Was there a single disc version of the album incidentally?
― Tim F, Saturday, 6 August 2011 05:13 (twelve years ago) link
it's the last track on the 2nd CD of a nouveau prog record released in an era when record companies wd stick a free pair of jesus' testes on a bonus disc if they thought it wd help shift a few copies, i don't think of it as a major flaw tbh
― i'm sorry for whatever (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 6 August 2011 05:14 (twelve years ago) link
tim: the standard UK version was single-disc
― he shit me and it felt like a piss (electricsound), Saturday, 6 August 2011 05:22 (twelve years ago) link
welp anyway i coincidentally have my copy here in front of me and save for 'aire & calder' i don't remember how any of the non-single tracks go. so perhaps i'm being unfair
― he shit me and it felt like a piss (electricsound), Saturday, 6 August 2011 05:23 (twelve years ago) link
Okay so "Welfare State" is pretty hilair.
― Tim F, Saturday, 6 August 2011 05:30 (twelve years ago) link
I don't remember there being a single disc version of Everything Picture. I always liked the album but I was expecting so much more. I've no idea why Fame Thing was on there and Kurt Russell wasn't.
A few years later I made my own version of the album which I play a lot more these days.
1.Same Band2.Stay Young3.Suckle4.Kurt Russell 5.I'll Show You Mine6.Underwater Love Story7.Floodlit World (Original version with the piano intro)8.Aire & Calder9.Sentimental Song10.Best Wishes11.My Impossible Dream12.Happy Times (Are Coming)
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 6 August 2011 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
like this new single a lot - it's like they've never been away
― vinyl cut bro (electricsound), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah the new single is kind of ridiculous but really great. Hope they do more live shows this year, I saw them last November and it was such a blast.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
new album soon!
http://www.clubfandango.co.uk/news.php?id=584
― some crap (electricsound), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 08:23 (twelve years ago) link
(minor tangent: whoever writes these press releases for fierce panda etc need a NEW GODDAMN SCHTICK)
― some crap (electricsound), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 08:27 (twelve years ago) link
And so apparently the album is out?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 June 2012 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
I read the album is out September 24th on Fierce Panda. It's called Play For Today.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 14 June 2012 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
Well then call me a liar, you would anyway.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 June 2012 14:25 (twelve years ago) link
I only know this as I seem to get constant updates from them after liking them on Facebook. Probably will buy this to be honest.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 14 June 2012 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
Also yeah it's taken me a minute to get your reference, I just woke up thats my excuse.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 14 June 2012 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
Oh no worries. I was just waiting for something to happen.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 June 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
I don't really care.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 14 June 2012 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
That's all I got.
Fin.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 June 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
can't wait
― relatively joan rivers (electricsound), Thursday, 14 June 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
well this is just luvverly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3Wgj_GV_Mo
― we know about this ---˃ (electricsound), Friday, 10 August 2012 04:24 (eleven years ago) link
Saw them last night at the Jericho Tavern in Oxford and they were great....the track electricsound links to above was a particular highlight. Check out the album 'Play for Today'.
― Grandpont Genie, Friday, 7 December 2012 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
love the record, tbqh i far prefer it to everything picture
― site nuances (electricsound), Friday, 7 December 2012 13:57 (eleven years ago) link
New Ultrasound album out soon! Hope it gets more attention than the last one. They've been gigging a lot, which should help.
― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 14:35 (ten years ago) link
Finally on Youtube - Tiny gobbing all over himself, as observed by John Peel afterwardshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZNDnidaHIo
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 21:12 (eight years ago) link
I was so in love them around that point. I remember watching that performance on TV and thinking they were the best band around.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 21:18 (eight years ago) link
listening to the new record. it's cool :)
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:34 (seven years ago) link
have been listening to the previous one a lot too and i gotta say it holds up
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:35 (seven years ago) link
hahaha this last track
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:57 (seven years ago) link
FULLE PROGGE
really, really regretting my failure to nominate Blue Remembered Hills for the 2016 tracks poll, but then I'd be the only voter so
it's completely glorious though, and worth buying the album just to hear it. probably the best pure prog of the year
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 12:46 (seven years ago) link
i might vote for it if i could work up the strength to put a ballot together. i think i might rate the winstons and universal totem orchestra higher as pure prog, though.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 12:59 (seven years ago) link
oh? i'll have to check 'em. are they individual tracks or albums?
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 13:02 (seven years ago) link
albums- i don't have any particular track recommendations for them.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 13:09 (seven years ago) link
cool :)
― illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 13:12 (seven years ago) link