Colossal Youth: A tribute to 80s Cardiff band Young Marble Giants, now largely forgotten, yet cited as an influence by many international stars. Followed by Farming News.
FARMING NEWS!!Maybe they'll stream it.
― harveyw (harveyw), Wednesday, 18 February 2004 19:34 (twenty years ago) link
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― JaXoN (JasonD), Thursday, 19 February 2004 00:18 (twenty years ago) link
Then again I am totally full of shit because I wrote this thing about how the are boring (sort of is, but in a good way) and said it was what Kurt Cobain was listening to when he shot himself.
― christhamrin (christhamrin), Thursday, 19 February 2004 00:32 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 19 February 2004 00:39 (twenty years ago) link
but i have the record. didn't help
― JaXoN (JasonD), Thursday, 19 February 2004 00:53 (twenty years ago) link
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― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 19 February 2004 02:38 (twenty years ago) link
― mullygrubber (gaz), Thursday, 19 February 2004 06:16 (twenty years ago) link
you heard it here first
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 19 February 2004 09:10 (twenty years ago) link
― mike a, Thursday, 19 February 2004 13:58 (twenty years ago) link
Do have some admiration for the neatness of the discog.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 8 April 2004 09:04 (twenty years ago) link
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― sexyDancer, Friday, 9 April 2004 13:46 (twenty years ago) link
They tend to have some of the most affecting organ playing on record that I've heard, also...
― Tom May (Tom May), Friday, 9 April 2004 14:36 (twenty years ago) link
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― mike a, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 15:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 May 2005 03:57 (nineteen years ago) link
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― jwd, Friday, 13 May 2005 08:13 (nineteen years ago) link
Final Day may well be the most perfect song ever recorded.
― Sasha (sgh), Friday, 13 May 2005 08:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― [that bastard] jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 10 June 2005 00:23 (nineteen years ago) link
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― [that bastard] jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 10 June 2005 00:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Friday, 10 June 2005 00:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― [that bastard] jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 10 June 2005 00:35 (nineteen years ago) link
also, YMG is just way too indie for my tastes anymore. if i woulda heard this 5-10 years ago, i woulda been in sweater heaven
― [that bastard] jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 10 June 2005 00:37 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 10 June 2005 01:18 (nineteen years ago) link
Never saw this thread before---reminds me that I long ago came across a few post-Giants tracks with voice and songs of Alison Stratton, very intriguing, and now I want to look for more. Meanwhile, this archived Voice reviewette of the worthy Domino collection still details and sums up their appeal (to me, anyway):https://myvil.blogspot.com/2016/06/young-marble-giants-colossal-youth-and.html
― dow, Friday, 13 September 2019 04:01 (five years ago) link
you're talking about the band Weekend, I assume?
― sleeve, Friday, 13 September 2019 14:09 (five years ago) link
Have you’ve heard about this band called Furniture?
Never, and that first track is wonderful, thanks!
― confusementalism (Dan Peterson), Friday, 13 September 2019 14:38 (five years ago) link
Weekend is food but that weekend demos release from a few years ago is great.
― dan selzer, Friday, 13 September 2019 14:42 (five years ago) link
xpost sleeve, I heard Stratton in a duo, blanking on the other name, something unexpectedly turned up on the old Rhapsody streaming service, while I was checking out a computer at Best Buy, 10 years ago maybe.
― dow, Friday, 13 September 2019 20:38 (five years ago) link
Dan, food is good, I like food!
― dow, Friday, 13 September 2019 20:39 (five years ago) link
whoa, there's TWO duos!
https://www.discogs.com/artist/404215-Alison-Statton-Spike
https://www.discogs.com/artist/288814-Devine-Statton
― sleeve, Friday, 13 September 2019 20:40 (five years ago) link
Finally got round to listening to the Stuart Moxham / Louis Phillipe album that came out a few months ago bearing the title 'The Devil Laughs'. Ruddy hell, what a lovely record! Anyone else got it yet?
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
they just announced a 40th anniversary double LP of Colossal Youth toohttps://www.dominomusic.com/releases/young-marble-giants/colossal-youth/exclusive-limited-double-lp
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
how the hell did I miss this Salad Days release?!?!
― sleeve, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 14:52 (three years ago) link
Very tender and delicate songs on this new one as you'd expect and a bit of a David Crosby vibe on some of the arrangements making it all very pastoral and dreamy. Really reminding me of Gorky's circa 'The Blue Trees' (a fine thing)
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 14:53 (three years ago) link
thanks for the heads up, Nick! I was afraid Louis had retired from music to focus on sportscasting, so I'm pleasantly surprised that he's putting out two albums (the Moxham collab and an upcoming solo album) in 2020
― (peech) or (buht ih-moh-jee) (unregistered), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 15:44 (three years ago) link
Never got round to investigating Louis Phillipe before tbh, maybe now's the time!
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link
I'd missed that too, it sounds really good, thanks Nick.
While we're on the subject of Louis, some of you may like / may have missed this Louis version of "Don't Talk" which we put out a few years ago and which not enough people heard IMO:
https://hangoverloungerecords.bandcamp.com/track/dont-talk
― Tim, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
that's a great vocal performance, but the breathing kind of spoils it for me. song for song, Ivory Tower is still probably my favorite album of his, and Azure is the best showcase for his arrangements. I also really love this re-recording of 'Fires Rise and Die':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kxh4G37iI8
― (peech) or (buht ih-moh-jee) (unregistered), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 16:38 (three years ago) link
new madlib
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMBjoK1s3fA
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 19:24 (three years ago) link
― kites aren't fun (NickB) Wait, which album is this??
― dow, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 22:55 (three years ago) link
Love it.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 23:44 (three years ago) link
dow: Stuart Moxham / Louis Phillipe - 'The Devil Laughs'
― mage uluk (NickB), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 00:00 (three years ago) link