Stars of the Lid

Lately I have been listening to Brian McBride's first solo album, When the Detail Lost Its Freedom, and damn if it's not every bit as good as Tired Sounds and Refinement.

good stuff

this music really lets you breath

One of my favorite bands... excited for new music!

Stoked!

Just heard "Don't Bother They're Here" in a TV spot for the new Godzilla movie.

You can stream the new EP from A Winged Victory for the Sullen over here, by the by.

New AWVFTS is nice. I think I like it more than the debut.

New what?

Their debut is "Music for Nitrous Oxide" and it's not that good of an album.

Ballasted Orchestra was their first good album imho.

Do they have a new album or you posted on the wrong thread? Can't find anything.

New A Winged Victory for the Sullen, i.e. Adam Wiltzie's newish duo, whose second album is due out on Monday.

Wow, that was a super-street-teamy sentence. Not intended as such. I liked the first one OK but not on a SotL level.

Also I looked at their website to get the release date: http://www.awvfts.com/
and misread one of the tour dates, which said
Yverdon
Switzerland

but my brain read both lines at once and thought they were playing in Swindon (UK), which would be really incongruous (also p. great, I could get the bus)

this was a pretty content-free post, but hey, tour dates, mostly western Europe, couple in Australia, four in the US so far

Sorry there was talk of A Winged Victory upthread. Didn't mean to confuse.

i love the first awvfts album. glad to hear good things about the upcoming one, can't wait to hear it.

i've been listening to atomos quite a bit since it came out and i've been really enjoying it. the emotional space it accesses is a bit more ambiguous than the debut which could be a bit like a nonstop cascade of melancholy. i was also surprised to hear far less piano than on the debut, since that tends to be dustin o'halloran's thing, but the arrangements here are quite lovely. that it's not as melodically driven makes some of the subtle shifts in sonics seem much more profound and moving. check it out if you haven't.

I'm only 2/3 of the way through track 1 but so far "less melodically driven" seems like a totally crazy person's interpretation of what I'm listening to.

Thanks for getting me off my ass to hear it though.

there are exceptions including that track but otherwise i still think it's generally true compared to the debut

Nah I'm sure you're right. Looking forward to the rest.

It was just funny to read "less melodically driven" -> press play -> devastating beauty

I read in an interview that O'Halloran had some kind of injury in his hand, so he was forced to play less piano on this one (since it was a commission on a deadline I guess?

there's a strong tonality/expressiveness about this music that sort of recalls the band Rachel's... it's affecting, and elicits a sense of relief upon first hearing it, but i feel like that sort of limits the 'life' of the music, where its effect wears faster than it would if it possessed more ambiguous qualities. still, the music is pleasant, and they've got some nice live material up on soundcloud.. stuff i've put on to help relax, a number of times.

I like to play 'Requiem for Dying Mothers Part 2' from 'Tired Sounds....' on a 24/7 loop

'And Their Refinement of the Decline' is beautiful too.

i should search out more...

Good job there Whiney

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/how-stars-of-the-lid-made-two-ambient-masterworks-20150721

yeah, nice one!
a little disappointing that a new album is not imminent, but good to hear they're working on it. i guess it makes sense that they would be working at a glacial pace.

When they were playing shows around the time of Kranky's anniversary they were sharing pics of themselves in the studio on their FB page so it's a little disingenuous to say "you press say whatever you want!" in response to whether a new record is in the works. Also I really really want them to put out a new record.

their complaints about recording during the summer in austin are cracking me up, this is a fun interview

ha, yeah, i like that they seem like very chill guys

they're really nice.

I e-mailed Stars of the Lid to inquire about the new album, and received this in response:
"don't worry chief,
there is news and a new 2xcd 3xlp to come.

should be availible in march/april at the latest..."

I'm putting "Stars of the Lid Chief" on my business card, if I ever get one.

― Zachary Scott (Zach S), Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:04 PM (8 years ago)

i never realized this until right now, but he also emailed me a few months later with information on the release date. i always thought that i was just part of a mass email list, but he emailed it directly to me! i didn't even respond. i should probably respond now

haha, that is great. chief!
the real question is whether the new twin peaks will use this track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETvKeB9SL0E

Glad these guys are generally nice in most folks' experience. Had a lame night with them personally, but they were on the road and guess it is not really fair to judge them based on that.

"renown"??

do you know any ambient fans who don't worship them? it's a tiny world but

Dug Tired out last night. Lush. Thanks, Whiney.

Tired and Refinement are by far their definitive albums but I've also really come to love Avec Laudenum.

The only others I have are Refinement and The Ballasted Orchestra.

Gravitational Pull vs. The Desire for an Aquatic Life is not one of their best but it's still an absolute classic and if you don't have it you are fucking up

i was listening to Refinement again last night and googling "for fans of stars of the lid" out of starvation for a new album, this is a gr8 revive

yeah i was just listening to refinement last week on the bus and it was almost ***too heavy***

xpost
did your search yield anything good?

i need to dig out the dead texan again. it's like pop-SOTL, so addictive

(yes i know that it's a. wiltzie from SOTL)

(i didn't mean for that to sound so snotty, sorry!)

dead texan is really good!

last night was enjoying Loscil and Biosphere

others listed here https://www.quora.com/Drone-Music/What-are-some-solid-Stars-of-the-Lid-like-recommendations

I hate to make it sound like he's derivative (he's not) but fans of SotL should check Kyle Bobby Dunn pronto

The person at the top of the link hoos posted also mentioned Kyle Bobby Dunn. i gotta get with the times, i don't think i've heard anything by him?

https://hardwax.com/24935/gas/nah-und-fern/

from the interview:

really, when you think of it, all this time that a record hasn't been released — that was us releasing a record, but it was the most minimal record we've ever released and nobody knew it was a record.

lmao

Stumbled upon this today - solo stuff from Adam Wiltzie, released earlier this year: http://open.spotify.com/album/5PQ0tdNTd7VeoRGZe9MdIC

streaming live tuesday!

https://boilerroom.tv/session/stars-of-the-lid/

please let there be nattily dressed hipsters reclining on cushions, eyes closed

whooooooa! i'm gonna try to go