i genuinely prefer surfacing to fumbling
it's tighter, darker, more stylish, more atmospheric, more distinctive
i've never felt otherwise
― james brooks, Thursday, 4 January 2018 23:47 (six years ago) link
I’d say at best some of those are a draw and otherwise (darker, more atmospheric, more distinctive) those qualities are stronger on fumbling.
But then the darker songs on fumbling (in particular Wait, Plenty, Elsewhere, Ice, Fear) are basically my favourite of hers, so...
In dearness to Surfacing there is more distinction between the songs, though equally you could chalk that up to Fumbling mostly seeking to establish a sustained mood.
― Tim F, Friday, 5 January 2018 00:11 (six years ago) link
Meanwhile, talking about Sarah always makes me want to know whether people have listened to the first Jonatha Brooke album.
― Tim F, Friday, 5 January 2018 00:12 (six years ago) link
I have a few Jonatha Brooke records, my favourite is 'Back in the Circus' (the European version) tho' the first is great too, particularly 'Inconsolable' aka 'The Saddest Song Ever Written' (well, one of!).
― Bloody Snail, Friday, 5 January 2018 00:24 (six years ago) link
I do like Surfacing, but obviously the ubiquity of some songs makes overcoming them a little harder. That said, "Building a Mystery" is one of her best melodies outside of FTE.
― Leee. Earl Grey, hot. (Leee), Friday, 5 January 2018 18:14 (six years ago) link
when i was a teenager i bought surfacing from a video game/used CD shop. this track was always my fav
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b57Ie6L9oy844\
i grew up with muchmusic playing her singles but never gave her the proper due, thank you all itt i will go further
― kolakube (Ross), Saturday, 6 January 2018 05:21 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9PGl5RjXHA
― kolakube (Ross), Saturday, 6 January 2018 05:22 (six years ago) link
Possession always kills me, i think there's a sense via the performance that there's something gauzier about the song but there is a real nightmare at the heart of it.
Into this night I wander,It's morning that I dread,Another day of knowing ofThe path I fear to tread,Oh, into the sea of waking dreamsI follow without pride,Nothing stands between us hereAnd I won't be deniedAnd I would be the oneTo hold you downKiss you so hardI'll take your breath awayAnd after I'd, wipe away the tearsJust close your eyes dear
And I would be the oneTo hold you downKiss you so hardI'll take your breath awayAnd after I'd, wipe away the tearsJust close your eyes dear
the song is heard so frequently that it's probably underrated as a horror story.
― omar little, Thursday, 14 February 2019 02:17 (five years ago) link
the story of how that song was written and then the consequences are even scarier to me
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 14 February 2019 08:47 (five years ago) link
Surfacing is a good album but one of the unintended consequences of its success was to obscure just how dark about two thirds of Fumbling Towards Ecstasy was.
― Tim F, Thursday, 14 February 2019 11:02 (five years ago) link
I only listened 'Fumbling Towards Ecstasy' two years ago and it was such a blessing.
― Nourry, Thursday, 14 February 2019 12:51 (five years ago) link
https://x.com/dfriend/status/1782171991107051550
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Monday, 22 April 2024 02:59 (one month ago) link
I should probably visit (revisit? I can't remember now if I have listened to any of them) Sarah's post-Surfacing work before I decide whether to be excited or not about a new album.
However the revival of this thread is always a good opportunity to point out again that ivy's review of Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (linked above) is a work of absolute brilliance/genius/etc.
(also lol @ me in 2004 being quite curmudgeonly about Sarah's music aside from FTE - that was probably the highpoint of me second-guessing my teenage aesthetic predilections)
― Tim F, Monday, 22 April 2024 05:40 (one month ago) link
saw her tour ‘solace’ in 1992 and it was a fantastic show but then i never really kept up
― mookieproof, Monday, 22 April 2024 05:52 (one month ago) link
The “in the aaaaaarms of an angel” song popped into my head this week and I was thinking about how it was a bizarro world Trinity Sessions. Slow it down a hair and make it more lofi.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 22 April 2024 07:36 (one month ago) link
Sarah's post-Surfacing work
The absolute highlight of the last 27 years are the two new songs she put on her greatest hits in the wake of her sinking marriage; they also appeared on her next album Laws of Illusion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v33gY7HqlQ
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 22 April 2024 12:29 (one month ago) link
i did refresh my opinions on her post-surfacing work and came away very impressed by laws of illusion... can't remember any of it now of course
― ivy., Monday, 22 April 2024 13:56 (one month ago) link
Haha apt revival, last night I was speaking with a friend about Lilith Fair and how stacked their lineups were particularly those in 1998.
I don’t know if I’m excited about a Mclachlan album at this point because I don’t think I’ve heard anything past Surfacing either… but sure I’ll give it a try and approach it with low expectations.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 22 April 2024 15:12 (one month ago) link
her working with tony berg is encouraging
― ivy., Monday, 22 April 2024 15:16 (one month ago) link