iLiKETRAiNS - Progress Reform

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i'm not a big gig fan, they tend to be full of people who don't really seem to like the music and just stand and talk.

I think of them as British Rail Power.

Two new tracks, too: "Spencer Perceval" (the only British prime minister who was assassinated) and "Dr. William Brydon" (the only dude of 15,000 who survived the battle of Kabul in 1842, also the subject of this painting) - but that's only for fact geeks who go and look up this stuff on the net :-)

Hrrmmm, British Rail Power? Thing is, ages ago, when BSP's press person was describing them to me, I got this idea in my head of what I thought they would sound like. And I was very disappointed and never quite forgave them when they *didn't* sound like my idea of them.

iLT *do* sound like that mental image, which makes me very, very happy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw1EvHi7678

x-post eh? No, I don't really think that the Early Years are that attractive. Their music is really, really good, but I don't really fancy them.

We are delighted to take this opportunity to announce the details of our debut Album. The Album has just been mixed by iLT and Ken Thomas in Lincolnshire and is entitled 'Elegies to Lessons Learnt'. It is to be released in the UK and Europe on 1st October and on 9th October in America. We release a brand new single 'The Deception' on CD and download on 10th September.

http://www.iliketrains.co.uk/news.htm

I quite like these guys. 'Spencer Perceval' was pretty good, if a little too close to EITS-style post-lite for comfort (redeemed utterly by the vocal delivery, however; the guy's voice is exquisite, like Jarvis Cocker gone three octaves down).

"The Beeching Report" is, however, as Jed says, utterly fantastic.

also, DOM WAI 2 LET EVERYONE DOWN

I thought the mini-album sucked a big one.

Woah, "Beeching Report" omg this song is AWESOME! It is so glum and funereal and bleak. Perfect for today's weather. Thanks for sending it to me jed! I think I will be listening to this a lot.

The choral vocals at the end of this song are incredible, they give me goosebumps.

Elegies To Lessons Learnt, the album:

http://i16.tinypic.com/4pl2c7l.jpg

(leaked, apparently)

Tracklist:

1 - We All Fall Down
2 - Twenty Five Sins
3 - The Deception
4 - Voice of Reason
5 - Death of an Idealist
6 - Remnants of an Army (used to be called "Dr. William Brydon" when I saw them last year)
7 - We Go Hunting
8 - Come Over
9 - Spencer Perceval
10 - Epiphany
11 - Death is the End

Number of happy & uplifting songs: 0

(it's very good though)

new videoclip: The Deception

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TwvBsoWpQ8

*buzz*

Saw them in Glasgow on Wednesday. Excellent stuff. They manage to do the whole post rock thing without kicking the arse out of it for 30 minutes a song and they add in nice things like choruses.

Songs I can remember:
Terra Nova
The Deception
We Go Hunting
A Rook House For Bobby
We All Fall Down
Spencer Percival
Twenty Five Sins

I grabbed the leaked album the other week but I'll go buy a proper copy on Monday.

Support band Her Name Is Calla were quite good too - imagine if EiTS had Sigur Ros keyboard melodies and Roy Harper on vocals, oh wait that sounds shite :-/

if you get it from recordstore.co.uk there's a limited edition booklet with essays, by the way. (someone has a picture of it on their message board where it looks like the CD says "learned" instead of "learnt" : http://www.iliketrains.co.uk/confabulation/viewtopic.php?t=2395 )

er, nevermind, it also says "promotional copy not for sale"

damn, i forgot about that glasgow gig although they were actually quite poor the last time i saw them.

Aw, snap: http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/iliketrains/elegies-to-lessons-learnt.htm

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/images/reviews/i/iliketrains-01.jpg

Opening for The Sisters Of Mercy on their forthcoming European tour (what's the ascii for dropped jaw? :-(_______) )

http://www.iliketrains.co.uk/?page_id=143

Yeah, that's a big fat WTF?!?!?!

now that they spell their band name normally, its utter horribleness is made all the more clear

NEW SiNGLE STREAMiNG ON THEiR SiTE

http://www.iliketrains.co.uk/

now that they spell their band name normally

oops. APOLOGiES.

Dear Friends,

We have just been announced as main tour support to the EDITORS for the remainder of their European Tour. See dates below. We are really excited by this and it appears to include some outstanding venues. We will have copies of all our previous releases (including the new DTTR compilation, which is limited in it's self)to sell at ALL the below dates.

Keep a track of what's happening on the road via http://www.iliketrains.co.uk and follow us on twitter http://www.twitter.com/iliketrains

TOUR DATES

17th April Leeds, Brudenell Social Club (Haiti Benefit) UK
19th April Graz, Seifenfabrik (Austria)
20th April Hohenems, Eventcentre (Austria)
22nd April Rotwell, Kraftwerk (Germany)
23rd April Dusseldorf, Sahlwerk (Germany)
24th April Bremen, Pier 2 (Germany)
26th April Luxembourg, RockHal (Luxembourg)
27th April Tourcoing, La Grand Mix (France)
30th April Antwerp, Lotto Arena (Belgium)
1st May Amsterdam, Heineken Music Hall (Holland)
2nd May Tan Hill Music Festival, North Yorkshire, UK

in it's self <- sic

new album out soon, videoclip here:

http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/news/top-news-stories/8551/video-exclusive%3a-i-like-trains

no fans here I guess. Anyway - live album out today & video on the youtubes innit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKKebF_ha7o

Glad to see they're still going. Progress Reform blew me away but I kind of lost track after they cleaned up their act with He Who Saw the Deep, which must be 10+ years old now. Still have some affection for them, though.

+/- same here, but a live show like this is a nice way to hear the other stuff imho