"Broom" is one of my favorite releases this year...
― Tape Store (Tape Store), Sunday, 20 November 2005 17:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Quinn (quinn), Sunday, 20 November 2005 19:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― sibsi (sibsi), Sunday, 20 November 2005 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Sunday, 20 November 2005 22:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tape Store (Tape Store), Friday, 9 December 2005 06:32 (eighteen years ago) link
Uh, I've said this elsewhere, but their first EP is really brilliant...one of my favorites ever. It's also way better than Broom, in my opinion at least. It's more lo-fi/beautiful.
You can find all the tracks here.
Here's the tracklist: 1. Clod and the Pebble** 2. I Am Warm and Powerful (EP Version)** 3. Let's Get Tired 4. Oregon Girl (EP Version) 5. Accident** 6. You Could Write a Book** 7. We Can Win Missouri! (8. and 9. Song W** and Song L)*
*only on later edition **on my 'favorite songs ever' list
― Tape Store, Sunday, 20 May 2007 20:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Who the fuck cares.
― filthy dylan, Monday, 21 May 2007 03:49 (sixteen years ago) link
roffles
― Drooone, Monday, 21 May 2007 04:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Uh, people who like effective lo-fi pop?
Shouldn't you start a Polaris thread about now?
― Tape Store, Monday, 21 May 2007 04:24 (sixteen years ago) link
UH, UH
OOPS
― Tape Store, Monday, 21 May 2007 04:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I love "Glue Girls." And this new one has "You Could Write a Book." It will be much better than Broom.
― Tape Store, Thursday, 14 February 2008 05:04 (sixteen years ago) link
OHHELLYEAH
― Choose Leif, Thursday, 14 February 2008 05:07 (sixteen years ago) link
i thought someone was going to be kissed like a kitten in this thread ;_;
― John Justen, Thursday, 14 February 2008 05:10 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXgodi391Ag
^^^from one of my favorite eps ever
― Tape Store, Thursday, 14 February 2008 05:19 (sixteen years ago) link
what's the rest of the world's take on this?
― Tape Store, Sunday, 23 March 2008 05:22 (sixteen years ago) link
whoa @ the XTC cover
also i think the next album will be incredible
― Tape Store, Friday, 8 August 2008 06:08 (fifteen years ago) link
don't mind this album (pershing), as much as the stupid band name puts me off
― electricsound, Friday, 8 August 2008 06:11 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't mind it either. but i'm kinda frustrated with the new "you could write a book."
― Tape Store, Friday, 8 August 2008 06:23 (fifteen years ago) link
The only song that stands out on Pershing is "Think I Wanna Die". I guess the rest is fairly inoffensive (in the less than complimentary sense of being completely bland and nondescript).
― Jacobo Rock, Friday, 8 August 2008 08:34 (fifteen years ago) link
a lot of my students like them.
i CANNOT get past the name. it makes me feel very old; i get the feeling that they think the name is some kind of insider reference, sufficiently obscure to seem appealingly random. whereas for anyone my age or older, he's just a very very famous, disgraced former politician.
― amateurist, Friday, 8 August 2008 09:12 (fifteen years ago) link
sorry i know this has nothing to do with their music which for all i know is quite fine. but sometimes yous gotta make decisions.
― amateurist, Friday, 8 August 2008 09:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Corny indie band names, 2023:
I Made Out With Hugo Chavez The Mrs. Nicolas Sarkozy Experience A Perfect Day For Silvio Berlusconi
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 8 August 2008 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
"Glue Girls" is really good, too. p.s. These guys are really nice--the nicest band i've ever met, actually:
"Honestly, we’re tired of our name. Today, there are a lot of indie bands with long names, and it just feels like we’re a part of that scene," SSLYBY co-singer-songwriter Philip Dickey said. "We get people who listen to us because of the name, but there are also people who hate us simply because of it."
― Tape Store, Friday, 8 August 2008 17:00 (fifteen years ago) link
You need to know about Natalie Portman's Shaved Head. I unfortunately missed their slot at the US Download Festival this year, but I was looking forward to probably hating them.
I sympathize, but I also can't see how they didn't see it coming, the saps.
― skygreenleopard, Friday, 8 August 2008 18:53 (fifteen years ago) link
"The House of Memory" is fucking great.
― "alpha dog" (Tape Store), Friday, 21 November 2008 00:13 (fifteen years ago) link
This is how i want them to sound, back to the original ep...acoustic, cool hooks, interesting percussion, super intimate, lo-fi aesthetic
― "alpha dog" (Tape Store), Friday, 21 November 2008 00:15 (fifteen years ago) link
p.s. it's on the hype machine
― "alpha dog" (Tape Store), Friday, 21 November 2008 00:18 (fifteen years ago) link
lastly, philip is the greatest drummer in indie rock, ok
― "alpha dog" (Tape Store), Friday, 21 November 2008 00:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I still <3 this song a lot!
― Trik Turner Fan Club President (Tape Store), Friday, 5 December 2008 08:57 (fifteen years ago) link
this is an extended, electric version of the last song from the first ep (the one i call 'my favorite ep ever'). it's awesome.
― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Sunday, 8 February 2009 08:24 (fifteen years ago) link
new full length out! 'the high country' on bandcamp, cassette, LP and CD. breezy fun summer pop buzz.
― meaulnes, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 01:40 (eight years ago) link