Vines' brother's dream-pop band

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I remember seeing it mentioned at ILM that one of the Vines' siblings had a pretty good dream-pop/shoegaze band, but now I can't find the thread. (OK, now I miss ILM search)

Any Australians know the name?

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 21 July 2003 00:52 (twenty-two years ago)

google turns up nothing and i vaguely remember hearing something but don't remember the details..

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 21 July 2003 01:04 (twenty-two years ago)

also: there are virtually no shoegaze bands in australia

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 21 July 2003 01:04 (twenty-two years ago)

(Gentlyfall and Tides are the only ones i can think of)

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 21 July 2003 01:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Hi, My band sucks but I scored a lucrative recording contract because my big brother's band is successful.

Found the thread, 'tis the Red Sun Band.

But they don't seem to have any recordings.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 21 July 2003 02:13 (twenty-two years ago)

ah yes i remember now.

they've been described as "cat power mixed with white stripes intensity". i haven't heard them though. if they are in fact dream pop they won't sell any significant amount of records in their homeland.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 21 July 2003 02:26 (twenty-two years ago)

the ides of space????

― reo fordecor, Monday, 21 July 2003 05:38 (twenty-two years ago)

nevermind, i didn't see that the answer was here.

― reo fordecor, Monday, 21 July 2003 05:40 (twenty-two years ago)

did i mention that australian audiences, by and large, won't piss on anything that doesn't rock if it was on fire?

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 21 July 2003 05:47 (twenty-two years ago)

That is nicely put, Jim. That's why we never had a shoegazing scene.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Monday, 21 July 2003 05:49 (twenty-two years ago)

underground lovers, mandlebrot set, and.. er.. that's it!

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 21 July 2003 09:45 (twenty-two years ago)

The Red Sun Band are fucking amazing. End of message.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 21 July 2003 11:19 (twenty-two years ago)

And no, they don't have any recordings yet - when I left Sydney at the end of May they were being "courted" by bloody everyone but they're apparently holding back from signing cos a. they're scared of being eaten alive by the industry, and b. they *know* every fucker on the planet will compare them to the W**** S****** even though THEY SOUND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE THEM WHATSOEVER AT ALL AT ALL and they don't want to be misrepresented.

(end of message really, this time)

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 21 July 2003 11:22 (twenty-two years ago)

mistake #2: waiting to "get signed" before releasing anything. *sigh*. most australian bands have learnt NOTHING from the mistakes of history

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 21 July 2003 11:37 (twenty-two years ago)

seven months pass...

having seen them live and having listened to their (atrociously produced) EP, i'd say they're more like a dreamier version of PJ Harvey circa "Dress"..

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 05:08 (twenty-two years ago)

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