― Clarke B., Thursday, 1 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― unknown or illegal user, Thursday, 1 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I saw them twice but both times were marred, the first time they were supported by Kevin Martin's God who were so loud and unpleasant that I ended up drinking five pints of beer and smoking a few doobies and so was barely concious for Loop. And my main memory of the seocnd time they played was some asshole climbing on to the top of the speaker stacks and diving 30 feet, army-boot-clad-feet first on to some poor guy who went down like chopped wood.
But their glorious molasses thick sound was awesome. And they split up before becoming shit so there's not a bad record out there. And even the Hair & Skin Trading Company and Main both did interesting stuff.
Closest living relative is probably Bardo Pond if you Loop fans are jonesing for a fix.
― Winkelmann, Thursday, 1 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gareth, Thursday, 1 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dbini, Thursday, 1 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza, Thursday, 1 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
VENGEANCE! Or something. ;-)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― BX, Thursday, 2 January 2003 22:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
I was sufficiently intrigued to invest in a vinyl copy of...some Loop album or other (maroon sleeve, long hair) a while back. Listened to it once, it reminded me of Swervedriver, not heard it since. Save me.
― Charlie (Charlie), Friday, 3 January 2003 04:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Paul (scifisoul), Friday, 3 January 2003 06:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
SoundheadStraight to Your HeartRocket USACollisionThief of Fire/Thief (Motherfucker) - (combined)Black SunTorchedVision StainGot to Get It OverArc-Lite (Sonar)VapourAfterglowThe Nail Will BurnShot with a DiamondArc-Lite (Radiated)
(79:50)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 6 November 2003 01:30 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 6 November 2003 01:38 (twenty years ago) link
I think Robert Hampson plays on both sides as he was in both bands at the time.
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 6 November 2003 11:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 6 November 2003 14:00 (twenty years ago) link
― kephm, Thursday, 6 November 2003 17:04 (twenty years ago) link
(OK, HSA claims that Robert is a miserable bastard, but don't pay attention to this bit.)
― Citizen Kate (kate), Thursday, 6 November 2003 17:07 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 6 November 2003 17:09 (twenty years ago) link
Sonic Boom now runs an ashtray stall at Saddington car boot sale near Leicester.
― flowersdie (flowersdie), Thursday, 6 November 2003 17:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 6 November 2003 17:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 6 November 2003 17:14 (twenty years ago) link
― flowersdie (flowersdie), Thursday, 6 November 2003 17:29 (twenty years ago) link
still having trouble?
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 18:54 (twenty years ago) link
― erico b. rakimington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 19:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 19:05 (twenty years ago) link
anyone thinking this is a joke? sadly its not, i've seen mr kember with a stall at saddington carboot sale...when i saw him it had more plastic toys than ashtrays though...
― zappi von trappi (joni), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 19:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 29 April 2004 23:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 29 April 2004 23:24 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 29 April 2004 23:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 29 April 2004 23:46 (twenty years ago) link
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Friday, 30 April 2004 01:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Friday, 30 April 2004 01:07 (twenty years ago) link
I've STILL got "Fade Out" on CD (though actually toying with selling it a few times) and because of this thread, I will be pulling it out as soon as the new Crispy Ambulance CD stops playing on my boom box.
My main impression of Loop live is NIRVANA, literally. I saw them at the old 930 Club location in D.C. and this was before Nirvana hit it big and some idiot decided that Nirvana would be a good band to open for Loop. I found the whole thing very sad because there was a whole lot of crowd mania for Nirvana and then a quarter of the people left, leaving Loop as some footnote, like they weren't important at all. I just thought "oh here I go, being the lonely anglophile again"
I thought Gilded Eternity was disappointing when it came out, but it kindof grew on me. DAMN I wish I had it with me now instead of all the way across the country on vinyl at my parent's house.
Next to Loop I don't give a fuck about Spacemen 3.
― bimble (bimble), Friday, 30 April 2004 02:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 30 April 2004 02:16 (twenty years ago) link
Can someone make me a CDR?
― Sasha (sgh), Friday, 30 April 2004 02:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Friday, 30 April 2004 02:31 (twenty years ago) link
I wish people wouldn't call Loop "shoegazer". Loop are about as shoegazer as Coldplay.
― bimble (bimble), Friday, 30 April 2004 02:32 (twenty years ago) link
yay! someone i agree with!
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Friday, 30 April 2004 03:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Norman, Friday, 30 April 2004 08:50 (twenty years ago) link
― Super-Kate (kate), Friday, 30 April 2004 08:59 (twenty years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 30 April 2004 09:10 (twenty years ago) link
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Friday, 30 April 2004 09:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 30 April 2004 09:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Friday, 30 April 2004 16:06 (twenty years ago) link
― kaliflwr (kaliflwr), Friday, 30 April 2004 16:30 (twenty years ago) link
that 1st H&STCo isn't dreadful, but it does sound tentative. i think they just couldn't decide whether to be Can or Cop Shoot Cop. Roli Mosimann's production just overwhelms any personality that more confident music might have expressed. took me forever to get around to Over Valence, but it's much better. like a poppier Loop or maybe a testosterone-fueled Electrealane. there's a H&STCo. 7", Crouch End, on Aquese(?) that's pretty good, more of a Splintered/Husk sound. Psychedelische Musique (Lava Surf Kunst) was assembled in the manner of Faust Tapes and works both as homage and as a damn good listen. have they done anything since as H&STCo? i know John Wills works closely with (wife?) Pinkie Maclure. their latest project, Lumen, turned in one of the most memorable album debuts of 2003, This Day and Age. lovely stuff.
what have Nigel Webb and Neil Mackay been up to?
and what did Savage Opera sound like?
― echoinggrove (echoinggrove), Friday, 30 April 2004 17:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Friday, 30 April 2004 18:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Wandering Boy Poet, Saturday, 1 May 2004 10:52 (twenty years ago) link
I can't believe how many times I thought I would sell this CD. I think I tried to once, but the store wouldn't buy it. I didn't mind the music on the CD, but I had been more of a fan of their earlier work, and this was a departure from that. I can't believe in all these years it's never left my posession. I can actually take the production better. Heavens End just sounded so treble-heavy when I tried to play it again recently.
― bimble (bimble), Saturday, 1 May 2004 22:44 (twenty years ago) link
What the what now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrViQDlYxdE
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 18 November 2021 13:18 (two years ago) link
'Halo' is taken from the new album 'Sonancy' which releases on March 11th 2022, the first studio album since 'A Gilded Eternity' (1990). Stream 'Halo' and pre-order the album at https://loopband.lnk.to/sonancy
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 18 November 2021 13:27 (two years ago) link
gonna stick my neck out and say it sounds a bit like loop?
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 18 November 2021 13:31 (two years ago) link
Just came to post that!
Yes, sounds as expected.
― Duke, Thursday, 18 November 2021 13:32 (two years ago) link
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/loop-announce-sonancy-first-album-in-32-years-share-halo/
something about it reminds me a bit of chrome too, that shiny, brittle, dopesick android thing
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 18 November 2021 13:40 (two years ago) link
Very much Arc-Lite Pt2, but I'm fine with that.
― Position Position, Thursday, 18 November 2021 14:29 (two years ago) link
!!!
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 18 November 2021 15:33 (two years ago) link
Vinyl comes to $78.24 with shipping so I think I'll pass on that.
― Position Position, Thursday, 18 November 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
So! Had a great interview with Mr. Hampson himself for Bandcamp today. The piece will serve as an overall introduction to his work across the decades but also got some great thoughts about the new album. Will run in a few weeks.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 17 January 2022 20:59 (two years ago) link
Looking forward to it!
― beard papa, Monday, 17 January 2022 21:12 (two years ago) link
New single sounds like Read & Burn-era Wire to me. (Warning: strobe light-y video.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vt59YEQiAE
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 24 February 2022 13:53 (two years ago) link
okay that's a good song! but tbh i'd rather have something else than the sound just wubbing about the stereo field in the spaces where there once would have been guitar solos or whatever
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 24 February 2022 16:20 (two years ago) link
when i were a lad all this were wah pedals round 'ere
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 24 February 2022 16:22 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBmjOBwczXk
― Maresn3st, Friday, 4 March 2022 13:29 (two years ago) link
^^^ wish i hadn't missed that
listening to the new one, kind of reminds me of early Main but weirdly upbeat (so far)
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 11 March 2022 15:59 (two years ago) link
Went to listen to the new album after midnight last night and it wasn't available. Some places say the "release" is set for 3/25. Guess the physical got pushed back so they delayed putting it up on streaming outlets until then?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 11 March 2022 16:05 (two years ago) link
Yeah something like that. My interview will yet be along, it's in the editorial pipeline.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 March 2022 16:25 (two years ago) link
!!
Excited to see that interview.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 11 March 2022 16:36 (two years ago) link
xxp huh
well it's on certain music sharing sites already. only even thought to check because the original release date was today iirc.
also looking forward to the interview, Ned!
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 11 March 2022 16:40 (two years ago) link
I'm seeing 3/25 as the release date most places, 4/22 according to Amazon.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 11 March 2022 16:46 (two years ago) link
The vocal on “Fermion” sounds like Ian Curtis, in a really good way.
― Spencer Chow, Saturday, 12 March 2022 05:07 (two years ago) link
Listening now and enjoying it. Pre-ordered the deluxe 2CD version; don't know how radical the bonus remix disc will be.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 12 March 2022 13:35 (two years ago) link
Okay! The interview is live!
https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/loop-robert-hampson-discography
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 21 March 2022 14:51 (two years ago) link
Good read and apparently I've missed a good amount of his more recent stuff, must rectify.
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 21 March 2022 15:34 (two years ago) link
Yeah I had no idea about any of his non-Loop stuff, that all looks really fascinating
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Monday, 21 March 2022 16:05 (two years ago) link
There have apparently been major problems with the pressings of the coloured vinyl versions of the new release. to the extent that it appears the purple vinyl has been withdrawn.
― Stevolende, Monday, 21 March 2022 16:32 (two years ago) link
xpost -- Thanks indeed. The goal of the piece was to very much place his wider work in context, he's absolutely been very busy with all kinds of work all this time. And much as I enjoyed finally seeing Loop a few years back, a US solo tour would be even more fascinating, if utterly unlikely.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 21 March 2022 16:39 (two years ago) link
It would be great if he and Beggars Banquet could be friends again; the primary Main catalog needs to be back in print.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 21 March 2022 16:45 (two years ago) link
Does it ever!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 21 March 2022 17:18 (two years ago) link
Streamed the album a few times, it is quite good. It touches a lot of the same receptors that Chrome hit for me, and that is never a bad thing when I am concerned.
I am a little bummed that physical product won't be available until 4/22. Even the CD has evidently been delayed. But it's already in the queue for me to order.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 28 March 2022 21:44 (two years ago) link
I ordered mine directly from the band's webstore and got it three days before street date. It seems like they've still got copies of the deluxe version with the bonus remix EP, too.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 28 March 2022 22:43 (two years ago) link
I received my CD on Friday.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 00:38 (two years ago) link
All I know is Amazon says they ain't getting it until 4/22 and the Record Store Day website for retailers says the same thing.
I assume you guys are not in the US and/or you bought it from outside America? Because I'll deal with the wait if it will save me from spending $25-30 for a single CD.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 04:35 (two years ago) link
I’m in NJ. It was $37 for the double CD and shipping but that was the only way to get the bonus disc so I did it.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 10:27 (two years ago) link
Yeah, with shipping from the UK. I don't need the limited version I don't think.It looks like the label's US store has the regular CD but charges $8.20 to ship!
Everyone else domestically says I gotta wait. And I waited this long for a new Loop album, what's another month?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 12:55 (two years ago) link
I pre-ordered my CD from Cooking Vinyl about two weeks ago, because it was a lot cheaper shipping than from the band's official site. It has not yet been shipped though.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 13:48 (two years ago) link
I saw a copy in a local store a week ago and would have grabbed it if I hadn't already pre-ordered it from Cooking Vinyl, but now it's release day and it still hasn't even been shipped. Shoulda just ordered from the big bad A on this one.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 22 April 2022 14:57 (two years ago) link
This is pretty good indeed! I wasn't sure what this would bring and kept my expectations low, but this is a really nice continuation of their catalog.
Sadly I think ordering from Cooking Vinyl was a huge mistake, my CD copy still hasn't even shipped, so streaming it in the meantime and considering sourcing a cheaper copy elsewhere. Not sure if this is a standard experience from them or what, but lesson learned.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 May 2022 20:41 (one year ago) link
'A Guilded Eternity' sounded pretty ace to me today giving it a listen for the first time in years. I got to give 'Fade Out' a listen next.
Got to figure Loop might have missed a bit not hanging around another year or two when the Alt-Rock circus broke big worldwide. Main was cool, but it was more of an ambient group.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 00:39 (one year ago) link
Those two Loop records I got warm thoughts about as they are in a list of a bunch I found all at once in one semester of doing radio in college. I had a crap early a$$ morning slot, but dug it quite a bit except that one day I came in and both turn tables, the CD player and the tape player had been stolen. Jason Gross of Perfect Sound Forever had the next slot that first semester.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 00:42 (one year ago) link