Shudder To Think - 50,000 BC
Where do you go after making an incredible math-glam masterpiece?
You make a record that even members of The Rheostatics or The Caulfields would probably dismiss as boring college rock.
― MaresNest, Monday, 8 December 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
I bought a cd of "A minute to pray a second to die" by the Flesh Eaters on the basis of their unassailable singles ("Sleeping Sickness" & "Pony Dress") and decided on first hearing that I had unfortunately bought a goth record. I returned it to Tower and got the Rhino collection of Link Wray, which of course.
But I bet that Flesh Eaters album is pretty good right? If I weren't so in need of getting real musical value out of my $17 or whatever it was, it would have grown on me like some kind of graveyard mold, yes?
― Vic Perry, Monday, 8 December 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
MaresNest are you as entrenched in 90s acts as I am, at least when it comes to pop/rock?
― Evan, Monday, 8 December 2014 20:28 (nine years ago) link
Vic, have a listen again and decide!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9hbLzz2OXk
I've never gotten deeply into this album, even though it should be right up my alley. Feel like it's got all the right attitude, but not enough hooks.
― how's life, Monday, 8 December 2014 20:35 (nine years ago) link
Thanks! I will.
― Vic Perry, Monday, 8 December 2014 20:37 (nine years ago) link
Pony Express Record has waned in my esteem over the years while 50,000 BC has grown (shrugs).
― Hamhole and Fly Eyes (Old Lunch), Monday, 8 December 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
But like, how do they compare in the end? Are you saying 50,000 has surpassed Pony for you?
― Evan, Monday, 8 December 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
Evan, if I knew more about your posting habits beyond our shared love of the Lilys I could comment, but I do like a good LOL 90's rabbit hole, Arcwelder being my most recent.
― MaresNest, Monday, 8 December 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
xpost Maybe? It feels like a stronger synthesis of their ethos, somehow.
― Hamhole and Fly Eyes (Old Lunch), Monday, 8 December 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
Mare- That's all I was really going by myself, that and having opinions about Shudder to Think. I've been revisiting a lot of Poole myself.
― Evan, Monday, 8 December 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
Wait I want to revise that to better match the Arcwelder sound/vibe. I've been revisiting a lot of Ultra Cindy myself. There.
― Evan, Monday, 8 December 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
XP - 50,000 BC ain't all bad, Call Of The Playground is ace and Red House dates back to before PER, but Pony was singular and rarefied and I had high expectations.
― MaresNest, Monday, 8 December 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
I know nothing about Ultra Cindy, will investigate!
― MaresNest, Monday, 8 December 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
They're great! Not much discography at all but their one LP is very nice.
― Evan, Monday, 8 December 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
I love the Flesh Eaters but I am pretty goth so ymmv
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Monday, 8 December 2014 21:44 (nine years ago) link