pan american
― spiny doughboy (baaderonixx), Sunday, 11 October 2009 20:45 (fourteen years ago) link
count me in as someone who prefers the first two, Prazision is great.
― sleeve, Sunday, 11 October 2009 22:35 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah the first two are where it's at for me also. couldn't get into the stuff after that
― sound of contusion (electricsound), Sunday, 11 October 2009 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
The last three are great and would serve perfectly as soundtracks for David Lynch movies.
― Melvin van Osterlow, Jr. (res), Sunday, 17 January 2010 04:19 (fourteen years ago) link
It is snowing here now and E Luxo So is the perfect soundtrack to it.
― Jim, Tuesday, 2 February 2010 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
are these guys' new bands any good?
― Poliopolice, Saturday, 8 December 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
what are they? what happened to the bradford?
― akm, Saturday, 8 December 2012 22:53 (eleven years ago) link
We got this
http://www.wonderingsound.com/news/anjou-labradford-reunion-new-album-kranky/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 18:24 (nine years ago) link
Hooooooooooooooray. This is terrific news.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 18:30 (nine years ago) link
so the "single" sounds very good. Didn't realize I'd been missing these guys. Might be time for me to pick up 'Fixed:Content'
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 10:51 (nine years ago) link
I was shocked that there was going to be a reunion, until i realized it's not quite a reunion. :(
Fixed:Context is phenomenal, you gotta get that.
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:16 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, two out of three with a different name is no reunion. Still: close enough!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:24 (nine years ago) link
The new track does not sound like Labradford much. Sounds more like Pan-American or Stars of the Lid.
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:25 (nine years ago) link
Yeah not only is it not a reunion, but the same three guys made the last Pan American album, Cloud Room, Glass Room. I'm still excited for it.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:28 (nine years ago) link
Anyone who loves Labradford but hasn't kept up with Pan American is missing some really nice albums, btw: Quiet City and White Bird Release are both very Labradford-esque.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
I was going to say! Don't sleep on those.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
my recollection is that the Pan-American stuff is a lot more ambient and doesn't have that Lynchian/Duane Eddy-esque guitar reverb guitar thing going on. Is that right?
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, dubbier, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link
Listening to Cloud Room for the first time right now and loving it.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:36 (nine years ago) link
Pan American and 360 Business/360 Bypass - dubby ambientThe River Made No Sound - less dubby, more like minimal electronicQuiet City and White Bird Release - traditional instruments have a much bigger presence. Not really electronic records at all.For Waiting, For Chasing - sort of in between River and White Bird - more ambient, but Stephen Hess is there with percussion on a lot of it.
I wrote about all of these records, and all of Labradford's records, and a bunch of other Kranky records - you can see the archive by artist here. Cloud Room, Glass Room is the only one I haven't got to yet.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:42 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, read pgwp's work on Kranky, it's been stellar.
MEANTIME
I have a promo of this Anjou release via official sources and I will say no more beyond noting it's a real beauty.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:49 (nine years ago) link
Just remembered that Donne did the soundtrack of an indie film last year called Hide Your Smiling Faces that was pretty excellent. The soundtrack, that is. The movie had some issues.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 22:57 (nine years ago) link
On a lark I made a Labradford primer playlist - though I suppose anyone in this thread already knows.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 24 July 2014 04:43 (nine years ago) link
I will appreciate this playlist, thank you
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 24 July 2014 21:44 (nine years ago) link
S/T came on shuffle for me yesterday. I love that record. So spooky and beautiful. Mid-Range is amazing.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 25 July 2014 02:16 (nine years ago) link
Just got into Labradford a few months ago. I didn't really click with the first couple of albums but the self titled onwards is a great run of albums. E Luxo So is probably my current favourite but it keeps changing. Seems like my timing was pretty good getting into them.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 25 July 2014 02:39 (nine years ago) link
I've been a Labradford fan for 15 years, but I still don't like/get/appreciate their first 3 albums, which apparently a lot of people think are their best.
― Poliopolice, Friday, 25 July 2014 13:37 (nine years ago) link
I think each album grows out of the last, and that they really hit upon their path with the s/t album, perfected it with Mi Media Naranja, took an interesting left turn on E Luxo So, and then made what is essentially the quintessential "Labradford" album with Fixed::Context. Which is to say I can pretty much appreciate why anyone would name any of their albums their favorite, especially from s/t forward.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 26 July 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
It's been a while since I've listened to the later albums - is the 4th one where they essentially became an instrumental group? I feel like the vocals sort of mark the divide between fans of the first 3 and people who don't like them.
― oblique blasphemies (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 26 July 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link
There are vocals on the 1st, 3rd, and 4th albums - I can't remember if any vocals show up on the last two.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 26 July 2014 23:04 (nine years ago) link
Or... I think there are vocals on the fourth?? Suddenly it's all running together in my head.
Spending the morning listening to the last four Pan American albums in a row... this is a very nice feeling.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 8 August 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
Anjou is now available... stores, spotify, iTunes, etc.
I'm on my second spin. Very minimal. Fans of Nelson's past work will like it though to me it doesn't sound much like Labradford, if that's the expectation. For one, Nelson doesn't play guitar on this album.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
And a new Anjou album coming soon, here's the first track:
https://soundcloud.com/kranky/anjou-soucouyant
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 January 2017 15:25 (seven years ago) link
Nice track. Wasn't even aware of Anjou!
― 𝐌𝐀𝐁-BAM-O BAM A – 𝐔𝐒-H US SEIN-U.S.-UNITED STATES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 14 January 2017 04:11 (seven years ago) link
Labradford are a band I keep coming back to - something in the stately progress, that sense of metallic dust in abandoned rooms... I always listen to them on planes, for some reason.
Anyway, don't see a reference to the Aix Em Klemm album anywhere on the thread. It's got Robert Donne on it (with him off Stars of the Lid, Adam Wiltzie), and is quietly magnificent in its way.
― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Monday, 16 January 2017 12:46 (seven years ago) link
Aix Em Klemm album is up there with both Labradford and SotL's best works imho.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 16 January 2017 13:03 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, that's a great record.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 16 January 2017 19:37 (seven years ago) link
Had forgotten how great Mi Media Naranja is.
― djh, Monday, 6 August 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
I had my clear preferences as they came out, but despite still having favorites, whenever I return to the entire body of work I have a harder time designating one significantly better than the others.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 6 August 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
Mi Media Naranja is the one.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 6 August 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
Fixed Conent is a close second, but yes.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Monday, 6 August 2018 21:15 (five years ago) link
*Context
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Monday, 6 August 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
x-posts.
Yeah, I can see that. I wouldn't be able to make a coherent argument that MMN is "the best" though it's the one I most frequently return to. "Fixed: Context" is sounding good, right now.
― djh, Monday, 6 August 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, July 26, 2014 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I was going to rank all the Labradford albums but then I wondered if I did that already in this thread and I came across what I said 4 years ago which is essentially still true.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 03:31 (five years ago) link
In any case:
1. Labradford: Mi Media Naranja2. Labradford: Fixed::Context3. Pan American: Quiet City4. Labradford: s/t5. Pan American: s/t6. Labradford: E Luxo So7. Pan American: 360 Business / 360 Bypass8. Aix Em Klemm: s/t9. Pan American: Cloud Room, Glass Room10. Anjou: s/t11. Anjou: Epithymia12. Pan American: White Bird Release13. Labradford: A Stable Reference14. Pan American: The River Made No Sound15. Pan American: White Bird Release16. Pan American: For Waiting, For Chasing17. Labradford: Prazision
I like all of these records.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 03:46 (five years ago) link
I rate A Stable Reference a lot higher, but that may just be because it was the first one I heard. S/t is usually my go-to. Haven't listened to Pan American in forever, should remedy that.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 12:18 (five years ago) link
I was just listening to Fixed: : Context last night and swooning all over again. Then I see today that Pan American has a new album coming out in November! I hope Mark Nelson makes records forever.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 12 September 2019 01:04 (four years ago) link
Well I’m lukewarm on the new Pan American. Lots of guitar, lots of vocals—maybe if you really miss the earliest Labradford albums you will find something to enjoy here. Pan American was feeling almost like a band for a while—I guess that’s sorta what morphed into Anjou. This new album is a return to a solo/side project feel, to my ears.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 14 November 2019 20:20 (four years ago) link
The last Anjou album was beautiful
I love Labradford but have never connected with any of Mark's solo work. Dunno why
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 14 November 2019 20:55 (four years ago) link