new album out in September, their first for 17 years. One track 'California' is available for preview. Are you looking forward to the album or do you think their time has passed?
― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:45 (ten years ago) link
well i rather like this new track! much better than the one that came out in 2011 which i forgot instantly. call me cautiously optimistic?
― dyl, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link
haven't listened to the track. i am excited that they still want to make music but i do feel like the first two albums are all that i need, and not even all of the first two albums, just most of them. i bought a used copy of among my swans a few years ago but i haven't even listened to it.
― marcos, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 19:26 (ten years ago) link
that said, i really love them. they occupy a weird place for me in that they make some of my favorite music but i only actively listen to like 60% of what they do.
― marcos, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 19:29 (ten years ago) link
just listened, the new song is cool.
also, hope sandoval is so beautiful.
― marcos, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 19:48 (ten years ago) link
Among My Swan is their best album, fwiw
― Evan R, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
As much as I like the spell that So Tonight That I Might See cast, I could listen to a whole album of "Take Everything"
I love all three albums, but it's true some tracks are much better than others. You could make a great 15 track album out of them, but the question is which 15 would you choose?
― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 21:08 (ten years ago) link
i always thought that bavarian fruit bread was totally underrated. "on the low" used to put me straight to sleep, for weeks on end.
― Z S, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 21:27 (ten years ago) link
xp yeah great track
― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 21:32 (ten years ago) link
my 15:
1. "Into Dust"2. "Fade Into You"3. "Blue Flower"4. "Give You My Lovin"5. "Take Everything"6. "She's My Baby"7. "Ghost Highway"8. "I'm Sailin"9. "All Your Sisters"10. "Be My Angel"11. "Roseblood"12. "Rhymes of an Hour" 13. "Taste of Blood"14. "So Tonight That I Might See"15. "I've Been Let Down"
― katherine, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:16 (ten years ago) link
You forgot "Look On Down From The Bridge"
― Evan R, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:45 (ten years ago) link
here's mine then, but it's fluid and in no particular order
all my sistersbells ringsailin'sweet mary of silencehalahinto duststill coldfreefade into youblue flowerflowers in decemberfive string serenadelook on down from the bridgei've been let downgive you my lovin'
― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 22:56 (ten years ago) link
starting to wonder if this is all colm's doing
Make up fake My Bloody Valentine song titles itt
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:12 (ten years ago) link
if this is anything like the mbv comeback (as in, a decent reproduction of their signature sound with a song or two that represents a sprinkling of difference in the way "wonder 2" did) then i am absolutely here for this
― monotony, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:23 (ten years ago) link
all your sisters, beg pardon
― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:29 (ten years ago) link
no disappear?!
― take that, bitterman (electricsound), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:40 (ten years ago) link
not for me, sir. but I be interested to see your album
― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:48 (ten years ago) link
never thought i would see a new record by them, great news.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 01:53 (ten years ago) link
I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 01:58 (ten years ago) link
yeah i thought the comeback single was really encouraging, i think this will be special
― take that, bitterman (electricsound), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 02:00 (ten years ago) link
I listened to the new album by droney Gothic-country act True Widow yesterday, and it put me in a mood to listen to Mazzy Star. So I put all three albums, and everything by Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions, into my iPod last night. Now today they announce a new album. I'm not a big believer in convergences and whatnot, but that's odd.
― 誤訳侮辱, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 02:54 (ten years ago) link
well i rather like this new track! much better than the one that came out in 2011 which i forgot instantly
Common Burn? That is my favorite song of theirs. Clearly it is the greatest thing they have ever recorded. Everyone thinks so, man.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 03:48 (ten years ago) link
Lay Myself Down is way better!
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 05:07 (ten years ago) link
'Five string serenade' was almost ruined for me after it was sampled in Trik Turner's friends and family. Don't know if it was popular but a friend played it enough to annoy me.
― Moka, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 07:15 (ten years ago) link
Concerning the 15 songs album here are the most listened mazzy star songs on last fm in the past six months for reference:
1 Fade Into You 51.8722 Into Dust 27.7203 Blue Light 11.9834 Flowers In December. 11.4765 Bells Ring 11.2806 Five String Serenade. 11.1267 Mary Of Silence. 10.6668 She's My Baby. 8.7169 Halah. 8.54810 Unreflected. 7.96911 Cry, Cry. 7.92012 Wasted. 7.73813 So Tonight That I Might See. 7.15614 Disappear. 6.82215 Rhymes Of An Hour 6.040
― Moka, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 07:23 (ten years ago) link
any fans of the track 'she hangs brightly'? I seem to remember liking it better stoned, but I don't do that stuff anymore.
― OutdoorFish, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 08:13 (ten years ago) link
This album from from Opal/Mazzy keyboard player Suki Ewers is also worth tracking down: http://www.discogs.com/Suki-Ewers-Kind-Of-Hazy/release/1611477
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 08:15 (ten years ago) link
it definitely is
― take that, bitterman (electricsound), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 09:07 (ten years ago) link
In which 2013 became THE YEAR TO COME BACK.
"California" is stunning on first listen. Whatever it was, is intact.
― MatthewK, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 12:48 (ten years ago) link
haven't listened to this yet. Part of me is excited but another part feels that by Among My Swans the well had run dry. At this stage, I think the debut is still the only classic they made.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 12:56 (ten years ago) link
Very excited for this.
― Austin, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 14:43 (ten years ago) link
can anyone give me a list of their non-album tracks?
― OutdoorFish, Saturday, 20 July 2013 11:03 (ten years ago) link
other than common burn/lay myself down, these are the ones i have
under my cartell your honeyhad a thoughthair & skini'm gonna bake my biscuittell me now
― take that, bitterman (electricsound), Saturday, 20 July 2013 11:33 (ten years ago) link
thanks! are they all available for download?
― OutdoorFish, Saturday, 20 July 2013 12:31 (ten years ago) link
Excited for the news! I never did check out the 2011 single. Really enjoyed the last Hope Sandoval album that came out, too lazy to look up, around 2011 as well? I would be shocked if this new album is terrible.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Saturday, 20 July 2013 16:02 (ten years ago) link
There's a collection out there, not sure if it was an official release or an Internet compilation, called The Other Side: B-Sides, Live Cuts and Rarities that collects most essential non-album Mazzy Star tracks. Probably very easy to hunt down. Includes all the tracks electricsound listed above and some soundboard stuff and an acoustic "Ride It On." It's a good listen, more eclectic than their albums, but it gives the impression their vault isn't really all that deep.
― Evan R, Saturday, 20 July 2013 18:15 (ten years ago) link
I had long suspected that, evan! thanks for the info
― OutdoorFish, Saturday, 20 July 2013 21:03 (ten years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41T1m0LUmnL.jpg
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 31 July 2013 02:49 (ten years ago) link
i like it.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 31 July 2013 02:51 (ten years ago) link
They're just trying to trick people who think they are buying So Tonight That I Might See
― Evan R, Wednesday, 31 July 2013 02:52 (ten years ago) link
Meowzy Star
― Evan R, Wednesday, 31 July 2013 02:58 (ten years ago) link
I totally had that Halloween window decal as a kid. I love it!
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 31 July 2013 03:20 (ten years ago) link
Think I will get this on vinyl
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 31 July 2013 07:30 (ten years ago) link
Also seconding Elvis upthread, the Suki Ewers album is very nice, and probably easy to snag used for not much money.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 31 July 2013 14:24 (ten years ago) link
it's out there
as they say
― nostormo, Saturday, 14 September 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link
y'all heard this before? not amazing, but interestinghttp://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/60765908104/going-home-feat-hope-sandoval-hey-mazzy-star
― tylerw, Saturday, 14 September 2013 18:51 (ten years ago) link
the record sounds very predictable.for better and worse.
― nostormo, Saturday, 14 September 2013 20:24 (ten years ago) link
Streaming...
http://www.npr.org/2013/09/15/221802890/first-listen-mazzy-star-seasons-of-your-day?sc=tw&cc=twmp
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 September 2013 03:38 (ten years ago) link
when's the last time britney did a ballad anyway?
― dyl, Monday, 16 September 2013 04:25 (ten years ago) link
oops wrong thread
hit me mazzy one more time
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 16 September 2013 04:31 (ten years ago) link
my loneliness is killing me *cue guitar lull*
― katherine, Monday, 16 September 2013 08:21 (ten years ago) link
looool i would actually love that
― dyl, Monday, 16 September 2013 14:18 (ten years ago) link
I've wondered what Mazzy Star fans think of Susan Christie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFVcDS39H4Y
Seems like Mazzy Star could do a pretty nice cover of that track.
― Soundslike, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 02:26 (ten years ago) link
Voice, check. Instrumentation, check. Production, check. Lyric, OMFG.
― MatthewK, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 10:51 (ten years ago) link
Three songs in and yep — it's a Mazzy Star album!
(that's a good thing)
― Austin, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 13:43 (ten years ago) link
"the record sounds very predictable.for better and worse"
agreed. it's good, but it sounded exactly the way I' expect it to.....not sure I like it any more than the other three records, and less than Hope Sandoval's two albums. It's still good though.
― akm, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 14:00 (ten years ago) link
In which our own DL interviews them. To a degree.
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/19/mazzy-star-seasons-of-your-day-interview?CMP=twt_gu
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
Classic Roback quote, though:
"I was fairly different from the other kids, I didn't get on with them....We didn't have many common interests. My hobbies were psychiatry and history … I'd psychoanalyse my friends."
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:19 (ten years ago) link
haha, man, i would not want to interview those guys.
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:25 (ten years ago) link
The bit from an early interviewer describing the experience as like 'drinking sand' is amazing. I'll have to remember that.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:27 (ten years ago) link
lol yeah. new album sounds pretty nice to me
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:38 (ten years ago) link
lol great piece DL
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:38 (ten years ago) link
I just love this line:
Unfortunately for them, people persisted in enjoying their music.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:41 (ten years ago) link
indeed an otm impression. some of it is very nice as many other parts just kind of drift boringly. i'll probably just cherry-pick a few tracks to keep. "california" is one of my singles of the year for sure.
― dyl, Thursday, 19 September 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
official release date today, it's up on spotify... listening right now.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 24 September 2013 21:20 (ten years ago) link
Interviewing Mazzy Star is like throwing stones down a deep well and waiting for the faint splash. Every inquiry, however straightforward, is met with a pause that would have made Harold Pinter antsy.
lol
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 00:37 (ten years ago) link
this is good, i'm enjoying it. does hope sing with more of a twang than on the older albums?
― marcos, Friday, 27 September 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
feel like she started out w/ more of a twang on the first album, and then ditched it. but yeah, it's kinda back in parts here.
― tylerw, Friday, 27 September 2013 15:41 (ten years ago) link
Like this a lot. Won't pretend to understand any carping about "more of the same" cause a) the same is awesome. It's called having a style. It's why I buy every Motorhead album, every Cannibal Corpse album, every Sade album with confidence.
― 誤訳侮辱, Friday, 27 September 2013 23:45 (ten years ago) link
yeah, I don't really want a Mazzy Star record that's attempting to surprise or challenge me.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Saturday, 28 September 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
the songs "Seasons of Your Day" and "Spoon" are really doing it for me here in this early autumn. I already knew Common Burn and Lay Myself Down were awesome.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Saturday, 28 September 2013 00:02 (ten years ago) link
will get round to hearing it soon. the older I get the more anal I seen to become.
― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 14:06 (ten years ago) link
"in the kingdom" is so great, the guitar strings sound as if they had smoked a joint and popped some acid afterwards. the notes are stretched for an eternity, that slide guitar is terrific. the next two songs are still quite nice but after that i only love the slightly melancholic "lay myself down" which starts as a kind of stomper and finishes as a surreal painting by the pedal steel guitar. mazzy star know how to give the rural country music an urban psychedelic touch.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 17 October 2013 19:39 (ten years ago) link
seem, even
― OutdoorFish, Thursday, 17 October 2013 21:21 (ten years ago) link
surprise new non-LP single i'm less here / things has come out. sounds a bit more stripped down than the album. b-side is pretty lovely
― stiff alboner (electricsound), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 05:46 (nine years ago) link
this album rules!
― marcos, Monday, 14 August 2017 14:47 (six years ago) link
as good or better than the earlier albums imo
I think I heard this once on an NPR stream and then forgot to get an actual copy :(
― Οὖτις, Monday, 14 August 2017 15:43 (six years ago) link
I don't know. After the dust has settled, I've kind of looked at this as one of the less fruitful reunions/come backs. Seasons of Your Day was good, but I'd have no issue with calling it their "worst" album.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Monday, 14 August 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
surely better than among my swan imo
― marcos, Monday, 14 August 2017 15:47 (six years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Monday, August 14, 2017 11:43 AM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
me too and for some reason it occurred to me put it on the other night and i've prob listened to it about 5 times since then
― marcos, Monday, 14 August 2017 15:48 (six years ago) link
Nope, Among My Swan has always been my hands down favorite of their albums.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Monday, 14 August 2017 17:50 (six years ago) link
don't think I've come across that particular opinion before
― Οὖτις, Monday, 14 August 2017 17:53 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCtqzkftXRE
Dave's guitar ventures off into genuinely new sounds (for him) all throughout the album. Phase shifters, different delay types, and a sort of ring modulator effect are all over it. It's always been their most sonically pretty album to me. And I happen to like that sort of thing.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Monday, 14 August 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link
So Tonight That I Might See + Seasons of Your Day >> Among My Swan >> She Hangs Brightly
I love all their albums, but She Hangs Brightly is definitely the weakest of the four for me, with Seasons and So Tonight sharing the top tier. I like the narrative that they nailed down what they were going for on the second album and stayed in that groove for the next two, but honestly if you look at the timeline for the recording of Seasons of Your Day, that doesn't really hold up at all. It has songs (or at least parts of songs) that were recorded in 1990. Maybe it's progression in production only?
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 14 August 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
She Hangs Brightly is one of my favorite Mazzy Star records
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Monday, 14 August 2017 19:13 (six years ago) link
It's my #2. Behind Among My Swan, to be exact.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Monday, 14 August 2017 19:49 (six years ago) link
Among My Swan is their album of 4-minute pop bangers
(kinda)
― sbahnhof, Saturday, 19 August 2017 10:41 (six years ago) link