this is really great. Fills the crater-sized hole left by Broadcast and Stereolab's absence but much more straight ahead and accessible.
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 16:23 (six years ago) link
one of my favs this year easily. like a rockier/kraut Linda Perhacs at times, but my favourite moments are easily the sublime pop of "Slow Motion" and "I Wish".
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
holy shit this is a great record.
― akm, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 13:58 (six years ago) link
I got into it right around Christmas time. Really perfect for those chilly winter vibes. I had never even heard of her before. One of my favorite things I listened to last year.
― how's life, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 14:28 (six years ago) link
this and the Hannah Peel album are real contenders for my never-to-be-compiled best of 2017 list
― akm, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 02:38 (six years ago) link
Happy Birthday Jane Weaver!
― Mark G, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 10:28 (six years ago) link
Easily in my top 5 favourite records of 2017
― Eris (Ross), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:37 (six years ago) link
The Silver Globe has gone off the streaming services because of you
― Harper Valley CTA-102 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 13:57 (five years ago) link
New record out next week titled Loops in the Secret Society. I guess it reworks some of her material from The Silver Globe and Modern Kosmology?
https://janeweaverfire.bandcamp.com/album/loops-in-the-secret-society
― ☮ (peace, man), Monday, 17 June 2019 13:29 (four years ago) link
Apparently Jane Weaver has a new project called Fenella that just came out today. Haven’t listened yet
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 2 November 2019 01:33 (four years ago) link
It's really great, a wonderful stew of various krautrock threads and her own spin on it all. Plus her gorgeous vocals on half of it. It's on her Bandcamp site.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 2 November 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
Yep, got the vinyl through the post the other day. It's one of those 'reimagined score to an old film' things. Probably my favourite thing of hers since 1992(!) Fenella are doing a very limited number of gigs too performing parts of the record; saw them in Edinburgh a few weeks back.
― Jeff W, Saturday, 2 November 2019 18:33 (four years ago) link
I agree it's wonderful. Listening right now and I am pleased there are quite a bit of Jane's vocals. I was expecting a mostly instrumental album. The atmosphere is wonderful.
Did Julian House do the sleeve? It's got that look.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
“Shard of Glass” sounds like a Colleen track.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 14 November 2019 13:13 (four years ago) link
New album, new direction: https://janeweaverfire.bandcamp.com/album/flock
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 13:23 (three years ago) link
Hm.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
Hm, indeed.
― Garu’s Got a Rona (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 17:38 (three years ago) link
Produced on a complicated diet of bygone Lebanese torch songs, 1980's Russian Aerobics records and Australian Punk.
― brimstead, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 17:39 (three years ago) link
On the one hand that sounds great, on the other, I'm going to wait on another song at least.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
My initial reaction is that the "funky" verses reminded me of late 90s Phish. I'm not totally convinced but I'm still re-listening to it and hope for another song soon to help clarify the direction.
― 📺👁️ (peace, man), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 17:56 (three years ago) link
New single - Heartlow. More of a Lush vibe. Not psychedelic in the vein of Silver Globe or Modern Kosmology, but a little more in tune with her previous work than Revolution of Super Visions was. That song has grown on me a bit since October too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSb3x-WKLh8
― peace, man, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 12:15 (three years ago) link
I didn't like this at first, but now I do.
― beard papa, Friday, 19 March 2021 22:38 (three years ago) link
Every review I've read has really annoyed me. I should just not read those.
I had the same response. Was sort of put off by it for no good reason at first. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for it. But I listened to it a couple of times today and it's growing on me.
Still not sure if it will really stick, but I can't figure out what it was I didn't like the first time.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 19 March 2021 23:38 (three years ago) link