it's too bad because there was an interview with her and emma that came out in tape-op that was done before that happened, but published well after phil had quit, and they were pretty obviously talking about recording more and how great it was. and since he quit, they've said they are done.
― akm, Friday, 17 March 2017 23:20 (seven years ago) link
Anyone here have problems with the box set? Only one of my five discs play okay and that one wont let you jump tracks without screwing up. I've seen a few reviews complaining about faulty discs, so I'm far from the only one. One reviewer says this is because the discs exceed 76 minutes but I've never had issues with such lengthy discs before. This is such a shame and I'm surprised 4AD put out something this bad, hope they do a better version in a less limited edition. A shame 4AD doesn't do many cheapie CD box sets.
Just bought second hand copies of Gala (which is getting a bit scarce) and Spooky. I waited far too long for this band.
On revisiting Split I was taken aback by how moved I was by "Lovelife". I always liked it but I didn't remember it being this good. Favorite might be "Blackout" though. Shame my first disc of the set is so dodgy because the session version of "Blackout" is pretty great.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 18 May 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link
"kiss chase" through "blackout" is just a spectacular sequence
― brimstead, Friday, 18 May 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
i mean through "lovelife"
<3 Kiss Chase
Discs exceeding 74 minutes should not be a problem this century
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 18 May 2018 23:28 (five years ago) link
(or even most of the CD era tbh. CD's went over 74 minutes some time in the late 80s apparently)
Didn't know where to post this but...
...there's a new band called Piroshka, with Miki, Kevin McKillop from Moose, Justin Welch from Elastica, and Michael Conroy from Modern English.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/members-of-lush-elastica-moose-and-modern-english-form-new-band-piroshka/
I have no idea if they'll be any good, but I'm super stoked! ...especially considering I've been waiting almost 20 years to hear anything from Moose.
So far they only have a couple of gigs lined up (one in London and one in Oslo).
― daavid, Thursday, 11 October 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
yeah this is cool. I'm glad Miki is still playing music and the rest of that band is promising. Still too bad about Lush, still don't know what happened there.
― akm, Thursday, 11 October 2018 23:22 (five years ago) link
Awesome! Glad to hear Russell from Moose is still doing stuff. That was an interesting band.
― brimstead, Thursday, 11 October 2018 23:40 (five years ago) link
The return of Moose!!!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 12 October 2018 03:27 (five years ago) link
Moose were one of my favorite bands, I own all four albums plus eight singles. Loved Lush too
― Bee OK, Friday, 12 October 2018 05:31 (five years ago) link
lol Oslo is a venue in London, both gigs are in London (I saw Lush at Oslo in 2016)
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 12 October 2018 07:13 (five years ago) link
Nov ’93, downtime at Rockfield studios recording Split. Emma, Ted Kessler @TedKessler1 and Phil don the ‘free with The Radio Times’ 3D glasses to watch bizarre Doctor Who/EastEnders/Children in Need mash-up Dimensions In Time #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/EuyB8WydMA— Miki Berenyi (@berenyi_miki) October 7, 2018
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Friday, 12 October 2018 09:31 (five years ago) link
So far they only have a couple of gigs lined up (one in London and one in Oslo).lol Oslo is a venue in London, both gigs are in London (I saw Lush at Oslo in 2016)― Colonel Poo, Friday, October 12, 2018 7:13 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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Oops! Yeah that makes more sense :P
― daavid, Friday, 12 October 2018 11:49 (five years ago) link
also I had no idea Miki and Moose were married?!?! mind blown
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 12 October 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link
OK, I'm loving this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOWkkTKu3mQ
Predictably, this sounds exactly like a Lush-Moose collaboration, but in the best possible way.
― daavid, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
Debut album coming up early 2019, BTW!
it's great!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
https://stillunusual.tumblr.com/post/79544119507/alphabet-soup-fanzine
― MaresNest, Sunday, 25 November 2018 01:22 (five years ago) link
And I interviewed Miki (and Moose!) for Bandcamp:
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2019/02/13/piroshka-lush-moose-elastica-modern-english-interview/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 21:26 (five years ago) link
oh! nice. is their album out yet?
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 21:35 (five years ago) link
ah, release on February 15th!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 21:38 (five years ago) link
i like thisunsurprisingly!
― kinder, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 21:49 (five years ago) link
there's a bit halfway through that track that keeps fooling me it's the start of 'Yes' by Mcalmont & Butler
― kinder, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 21:52 (five years ago) link
The Piroshka album is really great, took a few listens to start to burrow into my head. The sound came first - really powerful and interesting drumming - then the lyrics started to stand out, too.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 31 March 2019 18:22 (five years ago) link
I need to check that out. I bought 'Everlastingly Yours' and really like it - much better than the four new Lush songs in their recent comeback year.
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 31 March 2019 18:26 (five years ago) link
Great interview with Miki on the C86 podcast - she speaks frankly about Lush, the reunion, and the push/pulls of being in the industry and finding the fun in playing again.https://www.c86show.org/e/lush-piroshka-special-with-miki-berenyi/
The Piroshka album is terrific - everyone should give it a listen https://piroshka.bandcamp.com
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 8 April 2019 02:04 (five years ago) link
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