thanks for the link, that was a good long interview!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 8 April 2019 04:26 (five years ago) link
Phil has got a lot of criticism for bailing out of the Lush reunion quickly. But isn’t it that case that being in a touring band can actually lose a person money if, as is likely, success doesn’t come? Maybe Phil realized that financially he would take a loss from the attempt to revive Lush, and he would be better off working harder at some other job for his family’s sake.
― Melomane, Monday, 8 April 2019 12:02 (five years ago) link
Nah he already had a job (and still has it afaik), and legged it with only a few dates to go, including 2 big shows, right at the end of the proceedings. There were 'reasons' of course, vaguely alluded to on Instagram. None of my business like but as a huge fan since the very beginning who'd bought literally every thing they'd ever released and seen every tour bar none, it seemed a poor show on his part.
― piscesx, Monday, 8 April 2019 12:23 (five years ago) link
the whole thing was pretty weird.
― akm, Monday, 8 April 2019 13:08 (five years ago) link
In that C86 interview, it's mentioned that Phil said that he signed up for one year only and that he was out at the end of it. Miki also mentions that they had a very lucrative Coachella offer but that they had to drop out because of visa issues.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 8 April 2019 19:37 (five years ago) link
So:
https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/on-the-peaks-and-pitfalls-of-being-a-songwriter-in-a-band/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 23:47 (four years ago) link
Interesting interview with Miki, provides.. some answers to some of the questions above. That stuff about the visa must have been an absolute kick in the knackers.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 23:48 (four years ago) link
oops!
.. but yeah good to hear some backstory.
It's like going on a "family holiday" with your parents and siblings only, long after you've left home and have your own fam.
It's nice (sometimes), but it also reminds you why you don't live together anymore.
― Mark G, Thursday, 13 June 2019 07:35 (four years ago) link
"Out Of Control" reminds me of Ween oddly, really good song.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 14 June 2019 18:47 (four years ago) link
I only managed two songs into the Piroshka, I think I was expecting something a little less... conventionally rock, I guess?
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 22:01 (four years ago) link
I saw Piroshka tonight. They were pretty good, I've heard the album, haven't really connected with it yet but I like it. They finished with a cover of It's Obvious by the Au Pairs which was good. One song I kept thinking was Planet Earth by Duran Duran but it was just the bassline tbh
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 20 December 2019 23:41 (four years ago) link
Digging the Piroshka album - the cover art, appropriately, is very 4AD.
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Saturday, 21 December 2019 00:02 (four years ago) link
Lush - A Far From Home Movie, by Philip King
https://www.soniccathedral.co.uk/2020/09/07/lushmovie/
― Kibbutzki (Jaap Schip), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 12:41 (three years ago) link
cool!!!!!
― brimstead, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 18:43 (three years ago) link
Thanks for sharing Kibbutzki - have been listening to Lush quite a bit recently (Split in particular) so that was nice to watch.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 10:35 (three years ago) link
Seems like Piroshka will announce new music (or something) tomorrow:
Will be bringing grannies and wolves everywhere a basket of news tomorrow... https://t.co/mqwHEl16fb— Miki Berenyi (@berenyi_miki) April 26, 2021
― daavid, Monday, 26 April 2021 23:17 (three years ago) link
And here's here's the first taste: https://piroshka.bandcamp.com/album/love-drips-gathers
Quite looking forward to this, the debut is a real grower!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 13:26 (three years ago) link
I don't love the new single (Miki's vocals, mainly) but I like the production so I am looking forward to the new the album. I rarely want to hear more guitar on anything, but when Moose is involved they're always welcome.
― daavid, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
Miki's book, out in September
https://www.resident-music.com/productdetails&product_id=89610
― piscesx, Thursday, 21 April 2022 09:46 (two years ago) link
nice cover..
https://drsw10gc90t0z.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/402/thumbnail_Miki_Cover_Final_190422.jpg
― piscesx, Thursday, 21 April 2022 09:47 (two years ago) link
Could be good.
― Wile E. Kinbote (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 21 April 2022 10:40 (two years ago) link
Preordered, thx for tip!
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 21 April 2022 22:15 (two years ago) link
Just got this
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Monday, 17 October 2022 21:06 (one year ago) link
It sounds very frank and unglamorous from the press pieces I’ve been reading. Apparently Emma was really unhappy with it. Pretty courageous to talk about the insider shit of the business, it’s both gross and all-too-familiar.
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 17 October 2022 21:21 (one year ago) link
where did you hear Emma was unhappy with it? They don't get on at all anyway, do they?
― akm, Monday, 17 October 2022 21:24 (one year ago) link
I was going to say, the reunion ended poorly by all accounts.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 17 October 2022 21:48 (one year ago) link
We can like them both, can't we? I'd hate to think there was a baddie in that relationship.
― henry s, Monday, 17 October 2022 22:52 (one year ago) link
Never mind meeting your heroes, don't check who they follow on Twitter
― PaulTMA, Monday, 17 October 2022 22:58 (one year ago) link
The Times piece mentioned Emma's reaction - I can't access it any more: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/miki-berenyi-i-can-tell-the-truth-because-im-outside-it-all-now-gcpgfzvxc
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 00:23 (one year ago) link
https://wearecult.rocks/miki-berenyi-interview
there's other interviews where she mentions that emma's unhappy with the book & that they fell out after the reunion.
― ufo, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 01:49 (one year ago) link
"Never mind meeting your heroes, don't check who they follow on Twitter" oh yeah she follows like every awful terf feminist in the UK I noticed one day. she never comments on or likes that stuff though.
― akm, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 01:55 (one year ago) link
damn, unfortunately all too common with uk musicians
― ufo, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 02:09 (one year ago) link
uk celebs of any sort really
is this out? If only there had been any press around it being released I might have seen it eh?!
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 06:38 (one year ago) link
I mean I know I'm being very glib around this but there's something that rubs me the wrong way about this being positioned as, like, an outsider misfit narrative of the music industry, then me reading about it in every major UK publication for the past fortnight.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 06:44 (one year ago) link
Wait, which one's the terf?
― saigo no ice cream (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 07:50 (one year ago) link
berenyi
― ufo, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 08:30 (one year ago) link
well, that's a bummer. Jesus.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 12:14 (one year ago) link
isn't it a bit of a stretch to assume that someone shares all the opinions of people they follow on Twitter?
― Grandpont Genie, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 12:27 (one year ago) link
No, that's a good point. My method of using twitter doesn't involve hate-following anyone, but some people do.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 12:34 (one year ago) link
that's a lot of hate-following
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 13:22 (one year ago) link
comfortable making the stretch tbh
― saigo no ice cream (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 13:36 (one year ago) link
same. I can imagine she’s not liking or retweeting any of it because of the book launch.
― houdini said, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 13:38 (one year ago) link
Hmmm. I'm not terribly familiar with the UK terf pile, but I scrolled through the people she's following. Picked out those who had some form of feminist in bio (as well as a few others who leaped out as being "controversial") and then googled them to assess terfiness. In cases where these people were definitely terfs, for the most part, Miki was their only follower that I shared (although sometimes joined by Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub!). And I do follow a number of UK-based accounts, so you'd think there would be a greater overlap if it was just based on hate-reading or just a passing interest.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 14:47 (one year ago) link
i suppose someone could just ask her on twitter if you feel like doing that. I do not.
― akm, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 14:51 (one year ago) link
Norman Blake also follows loads of terfs yes
― even the birds in the trees seemed to whisper "get fucked" (bovarism), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 15:05 (one year ago) link
Fannies drummer has ratcheted down from terfy tweeting to just terfy follows iirc
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 15:19 (one year ago) link
I’ve followed her for about 2 years and not seen anything related to gender at all, and she quite often posts after a couple of drinks when you’d expect the filters are down (and appear to be). If she holds those views she’s at least covert about it.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 16:47 (one year ago) link
There are lots of people on Twitter who followed some feminist / culture writers a decade ago, and have not kept up to date with the discourse because it must be tempting to mute or ignore the discourse, think we can all appreciate that. if you have a look at her follows, the dodgy ones are all near the bottom of the list. you can imagine a decade ago encountering someone like helen lewis as a journalist writing a book about feminist history and that's about it, HL was even on adam buxton's podcast, have not listened to it but imagine the terf stuff is left out entirely. Not everyone is up to date with this stuff.
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 16:58 (one year ago) link