Mountebank, if you weren't sure.
― joe, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sterling Clover, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Norman Phay, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
They sound a little like the VU and Nico would have if they'd all been constantly on smack.
― Justyn Dillingham, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― JM, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― bnw, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
One of those bands I can entirely imagine attracting scorn and difficult-to-rebuff vitriol (cf. Stereolab) but whom I love to this day (unlike the 'lab, without even the need to play the records).
― Michael Jones, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sean, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― electric sound of jim, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― dave q, Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― David, Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Curt, Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― youn, Saturday, 2 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― electric sound of jim, Sunday, 3 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Youn - seeing as I'm in an LP->CD-R mode and you did me those lovely tapes last year, would you like a copy of Early Recordings?
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 3 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― youn, Sunday, 3 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Curt, Sunday, 3 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 12:19 (nineteen years ago) link
I kind of knew STTIMS was their best-selling, but I didn't think the idea of having one of the other two was that ridiculous. I had She Hangs Brightly first so that one always comes to mind. I never bought the third one - is it good?
So why was STTIMS such a hit? It's very similar to the first album, really. Was 'Fade Into You' featured in a film or something? Did it get daytime airplay?
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 13:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 13:17 (nineteen years ago) link
And Hope Sandoval has got the most beautiful name in musical history.
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 13:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 16:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 16:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tous Les Garcons S'Appellent Little Lord Travolta (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 16:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 16:36 (nineteen years ago) link
OTM, I couldn't get into that Richard X feat. Jarvis Cocker "Into You" which samples it because it's so played out.
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 16:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― zebedee (zebedee), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 16:46 (nineteen years ago) link
wasted is a great great song.
― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 15 October 2004 04:15 (nineteen years ago) link
i only have 'so tonight that i might see'. great record to complement a certain mood. 'mary of silence' is really really nice
― Charlie Howard, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 09:18 (sixteen years ago) link
The first one's the bestest. The first record, I mean, it's called, uh, She Hangs Brightly. Great record. The other two ain't bad either.
― stephen, Thursday, 27 March 2008 06:09 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm enjoying this kind of music lately, so i should get my hands on that first one.
― Charlie Howard, Thursday, 27 March 2008 06:23 (sixteen years ago) link
also download opal's early recordings
― electricsound, Thursday, 27 March 2008 06:28 (sixteen years ago) link
cool, i'll look out for that one hope doesn't appear in opal, right?
― Charlie Howard, Thursday, 27 March 2008 07:20 (sixteen years ago) link
she did at the very end but not on any of their studio recordings
― electricsound, Thursday, 27 March 2008 07:42 (sixteen years ago) link
my roommate just told me her and colm from mbv have finished a new album?
― chaki, Thursday, 27 March 2008 07:53 (sixteen years ago) link
she tends to contribute her voice to a lot of stuff, and i never seem to hear about it. wasn't aware of this latest collab
― Charlie Howard, Thursday, 27 March 2008 07:59 (sixteen years ago) link
WARNING: re-listening to these Mazzy Star albums now will give you goggles that will make Beach House and Marissa Nadler look like ridiculous posers
I like Beach House and Marissa Nadler, I'm just sayin'...
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Thursday, 27 March 2008 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link
been listening to 'she hangs brightly' quite a lot recently. it's quite upbeat, channeling much brighter soundscapes than its brooding, sombre follow-up. keen to listen to 'among my swan' now.
― Charlie Howard, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 14:10 (fifteen years ago) link
SHB>>>STTIMS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>AMS
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link
I concur. Not that there's anything particularly bad about Swan, I just didn't have much use for another iteration of the same sorta thing.
― Frank Sumatra (NickB), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 14:20 (fifteen years ago) link
That's what I thought when it was released but I feel that it does lack something, variety maybe? It just felt formulaic, whereas the 1st one was completely natural and effortless
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 14:31 (fifteen years ago) link
the first one's really nice, but effortless in the sense that it doesn't really dwell on any one particular mood. just sort of skirts around a whole bunch of different shades in a fleeting sort of way. the second one zones in on slow, ethereal textures at times and really nails it.
― Charlie Howard, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 14:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Among My Swan vs. Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 15:00 (fifteen years ago) link
btw, I luuuurve SHB, really really like STTIMS, & am pretty lukewarm on most of AMS w. the exception of a few really beautiful trax.
― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link