― southern lights (southern lights), Monday, 11 October 2004 19:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― mohair (jon kapper), Monday, 11 October 2004 19:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 11 October 2004 20:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 11 October 2004 21:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Monday, 11 October 2004 22:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― jack cole (jackcole), Monday, 11 October 2004 22:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 11 October 2004 23:36 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Monday, 11 October 2004 23:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 11 October 2004 23:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Monday, 11 October 2004 23:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Monday, 11 October 2004 23:49 (nineteen years ago) link
That could've been on the "Great First Lines of Great Albums" thread.
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 01:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 06:57 (nineteen years ago) link
There's an overwhelming past tense being used here. They didn't actually split up, or did they?
― DJ Mencap0))), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 08:16 (nineteen years ago) link
I've seen several similar shows since then. Fave albums include "Prarie School Freakout," "Ursa Major," "Lived to Tell," "El Moodio," and their last one. They were definitely among the first (only?) indie-rock bands to pair that sort of primal Neil Young guitar mentality with punk. As shockingly simple as that seems, I haven't heard any other band quite like Eleventh Dream Day.
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 12:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 17:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 21:32 (nineteen years ago) link
Yo La Tengo is a pretty good comparison. And actually as with that band, my favorite Eleventh Dream Day stuff is far and away the tracks where they stretch out, get a little psychedelic. Like there's this great track on El Moodio, "Honeyslide", which is in that vein. I never cared too much Yo La Tengo but I dug stuff like "The Evil That Men Do" and, as Alex mentions, their more spaced-out stuff as on May I Sing With Me. When either band is churning out more generic rock is where they lose me. I thought Ursa Major was a pretty good, low-key album. That big, long atmospheric track which opens up Eighth, that's good. I'll disagree with jack in that the Chicago post-rock thing probably did them some good, gave them some new ideas to play with.
― Roy Williams Highlight (diamond), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 22:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 12:49 (nineteen years ago) link
I always compared them to the Dream Syndicate and/or Christmas.
― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 13:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 14 April 2005 16:28 (nineteen years ago) link
Revive, y'all.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 13 January 2006 05:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― js (honestengine), Friday, 13 January 2006 05:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― mr. jimmerson, Friday, 31 March 2006 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 31 March 2006 17:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Friday, 31 March 2006 18:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Friday, 31 March 2006 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― without lines, Friday, 31 March 2006 22:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 1 April 2006 09:48 (eighteen years ago) link
Huh:
Comedy Minus One’s next project is an album from one of our all-time favorite bands, Chicago’s Eleventh Dream Day. We will be releasing the record “New Moodio” (cmo025) on May 14th, 2013 in as a limited run of 500 LPs.If the title “New Moodio” sounds slightly familiar, it should. “New Moodio” is Eleventh Dream Day’s “lost record,” a parallel world version of 1993′s “El Moodio.” It is also the snapshot of a band at its peak.Recorded and mixed in just a few days with Brad Wood in the fall of 1991, there is an urgency and excitement that courses through these songs played by a band empowered by freedom and possibility.
If the title “New Moodio” sounds slightly familiar, it should. “New Moodio” is Eleventh Dream Day’s “lost record,” a parallel world version of 1993′s “El Moodio.” It is also the snapshot of a band at its peak.
Recorded and mixed in just a few days with Brad Wood in the fall of 1991, there is an urgency and excitement that courses through these songs played by a band empowered by freedom and possibility.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 February 2013 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
El Moodio rules. That's hardly some messed up by major label fiddling album, so I'm curious about this.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 February 2013 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
Ditto. And wasn't Moodio recorded after Atlantic forgave the band's debt to the label?
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Monday, 25 February 2013 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno, but it was a major step in the founding of Thrill Jockey, since Bettina was their A&R rep who got them signed to Atlantic in the first place.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 February 2013 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
Way back machine: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-04-02/entertainment/9304020090_1_yo-la-tengo-band-eleventh-dream-s
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 February 2013 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
Aha! Cool, thanks for posting that. Not sure where I read about Atlantic's debt forgiveness.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Monday, 25 February 2013 19:55 (eleven years ago) link
I'd call "New Moodio" a great lost classic, but that's awkward, considering "El Moodio" itself is something of a lost classic. I will say, however, that bar one or two tracks whose "El Moodio" versions I prefer, this is an awesome alternate album, and should be heard ASAP by anyone who remotely likes Yo La Tengo and Television and would like to hear an album that combines those two acts with an extra dollop of amped-up intensity. In other words Tyler, you know this album, right?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 February 2013 23:40 (eleven years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/comedyminusone/eleventh-dream-day-thinking
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 February 2013 23:46 (eleven years ago) link
Not quite 11DD but -- Janet Bean's collaboration w/James Elkington the Horse's Ha have a new album, and I said a few things. (It's very good!)
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18374-the-horses-ha-waterdrawn/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 14:32 (ten years ago) link
Oh nice, the album's also streaming at the NYT. Enjoy!
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/arts/music/pressplay.html?ref=arts&_r=0
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
need to check this one out, sounds up my alley...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 22:26 (ten years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/thrilljockey/eleventh-dream-day-isolation
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 01:29 (eight years ago) link
Anyone heard their latest, "works for tomorrow"?
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 24 October 2015 12:54 (eight years ago) link
It's great!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 24 October 2015 13:27 (eight years ago) link
Not that things matter so much in the studio, but it's their first official two guitarist album since "El Moodio."
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 24 October 2015 13:29 (eight years ago) link
Freakwater have their first new album out in 11 years, and they're touring the US.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 20:21 (eight years ago) link
Zeros And Ones is totally underrated. I think I prefer later EDD now.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 5 April 2018 06:26 (six years ago) link
Riot Now! totally kills as well
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 5 April 2018 13:51 (six years ago) link
Hearing that Wink O'Bannon may have died ... his brief tenure in the band (before hiatus) was incredible. I think that's Wink in this awesome (and rare) live set of the era:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3Wm8u1nARw
I posted it on the obituary thread, but this was his song. I used to listen the hell out of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYmk_lk6gxE
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 14:37 (three years ago) link
This band is just so good. Blasting "New Moodio" right now, so much awesomeness.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 16 January 2021 21:49 (three years ago) link
The new one, Since Grazed, is such a wonderful slow burn. I consistently like their 21st Century albums more.https://eleventh-dream-day.bandcamp.com/album/since-grazed
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 19 April 2021 04:45 (three years ago) link
i've always loved this song (well i have loved it since 2006 anyway), i get the sense that it's not that typical of their sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V45d0ffL7w
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Monday, 19 April 2021 06:03 (three years ago) link
I have a zillion cassettes from the 80s gathering dust in various spots in my home, I'm going to cull the few keepers and bin the rest. Listening to Beet for the first time in ages today, really loud. That's a keeper. I should get it on a better format. I love how all their solos seem like they just can't get them loud enough.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 3 February 2022 20:09 (two years ago) link
This was always a band on the periphery for me, but I picked up Since Grazed and really dug it. I know its not entirely representative of their catalog, but it inspired me to dig in more and, coincidentally, I stopped by a local shop and picked up used copies of Lived To Tell, Ursa Major and Eighth. Think I need to pick up some of their 2000s era Thrill Jockey stuff next.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 February 2022 20:34 (two years ago) link
Only other one I have is El Moodio, that's really good too. I haven't heard the mellower, post-rockier ones. Sometimes I just get a nostalgic hankering for that pseudo-Velvets/Yo La Tengo guitar charge. Also found in the same pile, Dream Syndicate Live at Raji's. I know what I'm doing tonight.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 3 February 2022 21:49 (two years ago) link
still love el moodio, tremendous record
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 3 February 2022 21:51 (two years ago) link
Man I've really enjoyed diving deeper into their catalog, so many gems. I think I need to break down and get CD copies of El Moodie and Beet on discogs or something.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 23 March 2022 15:45 (two years ago) link
"Beet" is one of those records that back when I used to dj I would throw on and guaranteed I'd get a bunch of people asking "whoa...what is this?"
― chr1sb3singer, Wednesday, 23 March 2022 19:28 (two years ago) link
I always liked the live promo album for that, called of course
https://www.discogs.com/release/3520489-Eleventh-Dream-Day-Borscht
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 March 2022 20:10 (two years ago) link
Still really enjoying digging into these guys, really solid catalog.
Of the albums I've heard so far, this is probably how I'd rank them
Prairie School FreakoutLived To TellUrsa MajorRiot Now!Since GrazedEighthWorks For TomorrowZeroes and Ones
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 18:00 (two years ago) link
this band should be on a level only slightly below yo la tengo
i.e. profitably touring
they are awesome
― mookieproof, Monday, 24 July 2023 05:18 (nine months ago) link
^^ otm
They should definitely have at least that level of recognition and appreciation.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 24 July 2023 16:03 (nine months ago) link
For a long time my default favorite show of all time was EDD with Ira sitting in on second guitar. I never though to google it, but I just found this one song from that set:
https://soundcloud.com/pat-daly-1/eleventh-dream-day-w-ira-1
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 24 July 2023 16:11 (nine months ago) link
Oh shit, I found this full set of EDD with Ira just a few days later!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5HJD8riqok
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 24 July 2023 16:14 (nine months ago) link
!!
I'll have to check that out later
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 24 July 2023 16:15 (nine months ago) link
Still Grazed is an excellent record
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 24 July 2023 16:23 (nine months ago) link
this band should be on a level only slightly below yo la tengoi.e. profitably touringthey are awesome
If we're judging 21st century work, EDD >> YLT.
Ever since I heard Prairie School Freakout new, one of my dreams was that EDD would back up Neil Young on an album. I guess there's still time.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 25 July 2023 11:58 (nine months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=200n9UOoRzU
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 25 July 2023 12:13 (nine months ago) link
awesome
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 25 July 2023 12:15 (nine months ago) link
Greil Marcus reprinted his review of Ursa Major today. Good one.https://greilmarcus.substack.com/p/the-days-between-stations-columns-ab6
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 14 September 2023 07:31 (seven months ago) link
Yep
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 September 2023 15:44 (seven months ago) link