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okay so I've heard interesting things about Bad Blood!!!, "Dust Me Selecta" is got the bubbly pour it on me, I like the three exclamation marks, I like that they remixed the Dead C (haven't heard it tho), & I think I'm almost ready to embrace the whole wacky-Aussie noisepopdancepunk whatever (I love "Arse Huggin' Pants" by Spiderbait to bits & might actually, y'know, listen to some of their other stuff; + I've just met a huge Regurgitator fan!), & . . . hmmmn.

apparently they used to be indiepop. um esoj? minna? tim? andrew?

(Real Groovy has When Young Terrorists Chase The Sun & Bad Blood!!! on special; & they might have a few singles in the cheap bin)

― etc, Monday, 27 October 2003 01:19 (twenty years ago) link

I really wanna hear that Kylie track. & they've been remixed by the Avalanches & Josh Abrahams!

― etc, Monday, 27 October 2003 01:20 (twenty years ago) link

Bits of their first album were indiepoppy, e.g. Death To The Apple Gerls.

I can't really remember, though, cos I don't have a copy anymore. But Enter Space Capsule is delectable...

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 27 October 2003 01:21 (twenty years ago) link

they started out sounding super-noisy US indie and then like a half-assed pavement and then they went electronic with mixed (occasionally mediocore, occasionally excellent) results. young terrorists is probably their most satisfying work but the previous album is not bad either. i don't like their new stuff.

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 27 October 2003 01:23 (twenty years ago) link

i rate the remix they did for Noonday Underground quite highly

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 27 October 2003 01:24 (twenty years ago) link

mediocore!

"Newwave Machine" sounds sorta like the Faint with all the goth scraped off.

(btw "half-assed pavement"? if that's not redundant, I have the ph34r)

― etc, Monday, 27 October 2003 01:30 (twenty years ago) link

phear indeed. australia has a whole spring fashion collection of half-assed pavement type bands. you ain't seen the whole ass til you've seen the half ass

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 27 October 2003 02:17 (twenty years ago) link

live they are either - a) appalling or b) wonderful. Never in between.

the last few times its been a) appalling. really appalling. They seem to play ever festival in oz. thrice.

― gallantseagull, Monday, 27 October 2003 02:56 (twenty years ago) link

i saw their set at last years' livid and it was v entertaining

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 27 October 2003 02:58 (twenty years ago) link

Were/are they anything like early Avalanches?

("In The City" out-Strokes the Strokes!)

― etc, Monday, 27 October 2003 02:59 (twenty years ago) link

not really - the samples are the sprinkles on top rather than the bare bones

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 27 October 2003 03:01 (twenty years ago) link

"Dust Me Selecta" is a surprisingly lovely vocal house track - think Shakedown's "At Night" or Basement Jaxx's "Red Alert", but actualy I do think The Avalanches is the best comparison for it, if The Avalanches recorded a relatively straightforward house-pop track.

I loved "Enter Space Capsule" at the time, but I'm not sure if I still would now. Their new stuff seems to be charting some garage-punk/electro fusion that would seem to be quite unfortunate (they tend to be better the dreamier they are, not the other way round).

The footage I've seen of their live performances makes them look ultra-annoying.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 27 October 2003 03:55 (twenty years ago) link

I really hated their school uniforms and backpacks gimmick. How fucking depressing.

― Andrew (enneff), Monday, 27 October 2003 03:57 (twenty years ago) link

I saw them at a festival and they were miming "Enter Space Capsule" quite obviously, dancing around the stage while it played prerecorded. That was the only bit of their set I enjoyed, too. That was pre-"Dust Me Selecta", which was very good.

― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 27 October 2003 04:01 (twenty years ago) link

Like I said: How fucking depressing.

― Andrew (enneff), Monday, 27 October 2003 04:13 (twenty years ago) link

They've gotten rid of the backpacks, thankfully.

― Hayden Nicholls (Pop the Weasel), Monday, 27 October 2003 04:37 (twenty years ago) link

who will rid me of this turbulent backpack?

http://www.homebake.com.au/archive/images/gerling1.jpg

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 27 October 2003 04:40 (twenty years ago) link

i have their very first polycarbonate 7". imagine an approximation of atari teenage riot using no electronic instruments whatsoever.

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 27 October 2003 04:41 (twenty years ago) link

I really liked 'The Deer In You', but some of the assorted 10" releases here in the UK were not impressive, besides the Avalanches remix, making good come out of that darn 'Clubbed To Death' beat and a great ODB sample. I was most amped to hear the Cornelius remix of 'Hot Computer' of course, even if my faith in his work ain't what it used to be. 'Dust Me Selecta' is great, tho. Is the Kool Keith track any good, and should we take sides on Cut Copy vs Gerling?

― Barima (Barima), Monday, 27 October 2003 11:00 (twenty years ago) link

oh i need to hear more Cut Copy, and Sonic Animation.

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 27 October 2003 11:18 (twenty years ago) link

(four mp3s from Bad Blood!!! can be downloaded from http://www.bleedingdownloads.com/).

― etc, Monday, 27 October 2003 13:15 (twenty years ago) link

I'm not really feeling the new album too much - the best track is probably the Strokes ripoff (In The City) which I really like - the singles so far (Who's Ya Daddy, Get Activated) are fuckin' woeful. I liked Young Terrorists and parts of Children Of...

Only seen 'em play once or twice. Terrible.

The Cornelius remix wasn't all that great, he would've been far better off actually remixing the Hot Computer summery remix (if that makes sense), than doing the shitty album version.

Cut Copy's apparently gone a bit more straightforward pop/rock/electro on his (their?) new album. Looking forward to hearing it.

― Mil, Tuesday, 28 October 2003 00:59 (twenty years ago) link

And stevem, you definitely, definitely, definitely don't want to hear more Sonic Animation. Trust me.

― Mil, Tuesday, 28 October 2003 01:02 (twenty years ago) link

Mil, I suppose that sounds about right re: Cornelius. I think Momus' comment about Point being "the music of a parent" or something along those lines is right. He's definitely a better producer than he was in '97, which probably didn't seem possible at the time, and he seemed fairly unstoppable in the gap between albums (I mean, 'Lazy' is fucking fantastic) but he's lost a fair bit of his edge to the kids (ie Plus-Tech Squeeze Box).

I'm very amped to hear Cut Copy's album (it's finished, right?)- I've loved everything Modular licensed over to Rex for the UK and even had an mp3 of 'Drop The Bomb' )(his sales here were kinda atrocious, even for a small subsidiary label like Rex - why did I keep seeing the 10"s in the cheap bins?). His remix of the Noonday Underground is one of this year's best remixes - he/they are one of those acts where they put themselves into their influences and become more than the sum of the parts, which actually seems routine for a lot of my fave dance and sampling acts. More please, Dan.

― Barima (Barima), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 19:01 (twenty years ago) link

new cut copy's on the radio here now, i think the album will be next year. i saw them (him) at livid the other week, and was mega impressed. one of their first gigs as a band, and it was sublime. as is the single, "future."

― glenny g2003 (glenny g2003), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 21:06 (twenty years ago) link

*Cheers*

― Barima (Barima), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 21:42 (twenty years ago) link

sonic animation are truely awful. bad. very bad. yes they are.

― gallantseagull, Tuesday, 28 October 2003 22:25 (twenty years ago) link

yeah gerling did used to be indiepop... i liked them then when i was indiepop too. i was obsessed with the josh abrahams remix of 'enter space capsule' (surprisingly i didnt think much of the avalanches remix at all and found it curious when gerling said 'avalanches are the best band in the world ever' only to get sucked in completely later on), which is pretty (and) twee. i also liked the version of ghost patrol with a japanese girl singing on it, and the children of etc. album. i never really connected with anything before or after that era of gerling. theoretically i should love dust me selecta but it just leaves me thnking meh. one of the huge problems w gerling is the singer(darren?) - his voice is mediocre so then his snideness becomes a bit intolerable. the other problem is that when they decide to do a style they copy that other sound so carefully and completely that they end up sounding like a shoddy version of 'the real thing' instead of having their own sound. it might have something to do with lyrics too. but maybe this is just me thinking of carob as a bad chocolate substitute instead of having its own unique flavour. i kinda enjoy 'blood on the microphone' (the rapture copyist song), especially the cut up chorus, but simultaneously feel that same gerling repulsion as i always do now.

― minna (minna), Wednesday, 29 October 2003 02:27 (twenty years ago) link

which is the track that sounds like "keep us safe from bats"???

― bob snoom, Monday, 10 November 2003 13:11 (twenty years ago) link

i didnt really nail what it is about gerling up there

― minna (minna), Monday, 10 November 2003 13:20 (twenty years ago) link

I thought you did.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Monday, 10 November 2003 13:21 (twenty years ago) link

i thought that Sonic Animation 'I'm The DJ' track was mildly amusing, bah

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 10 November 2003 13:24 (twenty years ago) link

thanks colin :)
but i am left unsatisfied...

― minna (minna), Monday, 10 November 2003 13:29 (twenty years ago) link

What was missing do you think?

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Monday, 10 November 2003 13:33 (twenty years ago) link

actually - it might be a lot better if i left that carob thing out - the carob thing doesnt make sense!!

and his voice....there's snideness yes, and there's something else too. copped attitude?
and sometimes he sounds like he's trying to be sincere but you have no idea why cos the lyrics arent saying anything at all really

― minna (minna), Monday, 10 November 2003 13:37 (twenty years ago) link

Ah. I liked the carob thing.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Monday, 10 November 2003 13:43 (twenty years ago) link

This band are hit & miss, for sure. I saw them at the Melbourne Big Day Out in 2001 and thought they were heaps of fun. Then I saw them again at Livid last year and thought they were terrible. Even the acid didn't help.

I do like the last track on 'Who's Your Daddy' though. They're totally unreliable, but Gerling do have their moments.

― Stephen Stockwell (Stephen Stockwell), Monday, 10 November 2003 13:53 (twenty years ago) link

Actually, I'm generally prepared to grant more slack for these acts that only haphazzardly deliver the goods on the odd occassion - they remind me of myself. What could be more Australian?

― Stephen Stockwell (Stephen Stockwell), Monday, 10 November 2003 13:58 (twenty years ago) link

That's true.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Monday, 10 November 2003 13:58 (twenty years ago) link

yeah i like it too colin but surely you can tell i was just looking for an excuse to use my carob analogy whether or not it fit properly

― minna (minna), Monday, 10 November 2003 14:05 (twenty years ago) link

three years pass...

Ok, I'm late. I've only heard one song but I love it. So I thought I'd let you all know about that.

― the next grozart, Thursday, 3 May 2007 11:03 (seventeen years ago) link

The "lah-dee-la-dah" vocal over the breaks in Enter Space Capsule" is one of the most uplifting noises i ever heard

― BenTyler, Thursday, 3 May 2007 11:16 (seventeen years ago) link

which one? (to grozart)

― energy flash gordon, Thursday, 3 May 2007 12:05 (seventeen years ago) link

I think it's called "Hi-Jackers Manual"

― the next grozart, Thursday, 3 May 2007 12:07 (seventeen years ago) link

i still really love a couple of the things these guys did - the 'enter space capsule' remix, most of when young terrorists.... never heard a peep from their last record, though.

― haitch, Thursday, 3 May 2007 13:22 (seventeen years ago) link

*GASP* A GERLING THREAD?!??!

"High Jacker's Manual" is absolutely amazing and the "Enter Space Capsule" remix is amazing too. And "The Deer In You". And "Hot Computer". Bad Blood!!! is very enjoyable as well but it went sorta indie-dancepunky. Children of Telepathic Experiences is really good too, and it's more dance-musicy than their later stuff (the trumpet in "Suburban Jungle Sleeping Bag" gets me every fukken time). I think When Young Terrorists... just might be their all-around best album.

I so wish they'd tour the US. Last time they did I was totally unavailable :-(

― Stevie D, Thursday, 3 May 2007 16:53 (seventeen years ago) link

six years pass...

Hey does anyone have copies of those "Suburban Jungle Sleeping Bag" remixes by M0unt Fl0r1da (who btw is st1rm0nst3r)? I discovered that these exist and my mind is blown and I NEED TO HEAR THEM NOW

― shohreh aja/danteloo (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 21:28 (ten years ago) link

one year passes...

miss u Gerling

― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:04 (nine years ago) link

walked past Presser twice in a pub last night, sorry for not touching him for you

― oochie wally (clean version) (sic), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:05 (nine years ago) link

one year passes...

ugh why isn't Gerling on Spotify

― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:12 (eight years ago) link

No idea who would be managing the catalogue.

I just googled and at least some of Darren's current band Jep & Dep is up there, if you want to listen to it like "new Gerling!!!!!!!" and then turn it off angrily like "wtf is this mournful goth-country rubbish"

― glandular lansbury (sic), Monday, 7 March 2016 23:13 (eight years ago) link

Just listened to them on Spotify, having felt compelled to refresh my memory on seeing they had a thread! I guess licensing matters are more straightforward within Aus...

― Maximum big surprise! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 05:51 (eight years ago) link

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