Closing track tho
― imago, Friday, 26 November 2021 13:06 (two years ago) link
I hope to buy this locally later.
― Duke, Friday, 26 November 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
solid, covering similarish ground to the last album but much improved
― ufo, Friday, 26 November 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
I had been observing him from afar and I can say this works well for me as an introduction. The krautrock is unobtrusive and gives a solid foundation for his chanting and falsetto, I like how expansive this is, good collaboration. I was listening to late career Robert Wyatt and also early Genesis the other day and this is totally in line, thanks to the piano touches and the songwriting in different parts / playing with different voice levels. Methuselah and Lily especially could be on Nursery Cryme or Selling England. Sounds great as a revival, if it was the intention.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 08:45 (two years ago) link
Add Pitcher
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 08:48 (two years ago) link
Maybe it’s just fated that this would be my favourite thing Dawson has done - just to frustrate and perplex imago.
It really is great though.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 09:00 (two years ago) link
Hey I still really do like it! It feels to me like there's not quite enough Circle until Pitcher, but the flipside of that is plenty of Dawson
― imago, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 09:34 (two years ago) link
https://thequietus.com/articles/30858-circle-richard-dawson-interview
interview suggests the collaboration is likely to be continuing beyond this, with circle calling dawson their new lead singer & everything, they seem extremely enthusiastic about it all
― ufo, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 09:48 (two years ago) link
having circle as his backing band makes him going rock & really indulging his prog tendencies work so much better than on 2020, they're a really good fit. i'm revisiting 2020 and it still doesn't really move me - the songs are fine but the arrangements are so clunky
― ufo, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 10:01 (two years ago) link
That's cool! Very exciting and I'm certain it will produce brilliant music. Great interview and write-up too
I sort of agree that this album's instrumentation suits his rock/prog choices better overall, although 2020 got the songwriting absolutely spot on at times - and hey, Black Triangle did the heavy rock thing superbly!
― imago, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 10:04 (two years ago) link
love thisivy is a banger
― nxd, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 12:46 (two years ago) link
Still haven't heard this, my copy apparently won't arrive for another few weeks, but love the positive reception so far. Coming from this as a Circle fan might be interesting, I've only checked out a few Dawson songs in the past (fine, but he never fully clicked for me). I'm happy about whatever brings Circle back out of (relative) slumber and gets them excited again.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 14:40 (two years ago) link
the one downside of dawson going full prog rock with circle is that it's not quite as distinct and singular as his previous work, and so something is lost there (i certainly still prefer peasant), but the results here are still very very good
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 08:30 (two years ago) link
Nothing Important and Peasant both sui generis masterpieces ofc yes and both in my top 3 albums of the previous decade, but losing that guitar was like losing a limb - he has adapted really well, but...at least we got what we did get
― imago, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 08:46 (two years ago) link
yeah absolutely
there's still a little of the guitar but it's a shame there's not more
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 08:57 (two years ago) link
i mean the specific guitar he made those two albums on. someone literally broke it beyond repair while he was touring Peasant and he took it as a cosmic sign and pivoted
― imago, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 09:06 (two years ago) link
Isn't there a little bit of myth-making here with this unique guitar story.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 09:19 (two years ago) link
I wouldn't say so. I've heard it from his own mouth that the strange sounds he got out of it inspired his playing style, and that style has been notable for its absence ever since
― imago, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 09:29 (two years ago) link
idk he's still very much working in that style on 2020 even if the sound is a bit different
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 09:43 (two years ago) link
I havent been able to get this. My local shop has problems getting it delivered
― Duke, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 12:25 (two years ago) link
time to crack out the ol' internet streaming imo
― imago, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 12:27 (two years ago) link
What guitar do you mean? The travel sized acoustic? It was already pretty beaten up
― Duke, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 12:50 (two years ago) link
Yeah but it wasn't literally demolished by a careless band mate, and its weird acoustics were very much his muse
― imago, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 13:05 (two years ago) link
As a follow to this project up I'm hoping Jussi and Richard swap names and tour as Richard Dawson (Ex-Jussi Lehitsalo) and Jussi Lehtisalo (Ex-Richard Dawson).
― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 13:36 (two years ago) link
Sally gonna have to swap identities with Jussi's partner to prevent awkwardness imo
― imago, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 14:04 (two years ago) link
xp - lol Noel, wouldn't surprise me
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 14:47 (two years ago) link
What guitar do you mean? The travel sized acoustic? It was already pretty beaten up― Duke, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 13:50 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglinkYeah but it wasn't literally demolished by a careless band mate, and its weird acoustics were very much his muse― imago, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 14:05
― Duke, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 13:50 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― imago, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 14:05
True. But I was always impressed by the huge chunk missing from the lower bout:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-9osMKSyb0
― Duke, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 23:13 (two years ago) link
This is great. Ivy. Methusalah. Pitcher.
I really hope to see them live. I had tickets to a Dawson gig that was cancelled because of covid. I've only seen him solo (which was lovely of course) and would love to catch a full band show.
― Duke, Monday, 6 December 2021 21:31 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOUQCBKyS-Y
― Duke, Monday, 6 December 2021 21:49 (two years ago) link
Ah. That doesn't work here. A video of his Barbican gig from last year. The audio sounds a little glitchy to me, but you may have a better experience
― Duke, Monday, 6 December 2021 21:50 (two years ago) link
seeing him live tonight has helped me appreciate some of the material off 2020 anew - he played all the tracks I'm not so keen on (Heart Emoji, Dead Dog, Freshers' Ball) solo with an electric guitar and they were SO much better. he was also v much in the mood for skronk, even with a new guitar - he seems to have found one that brings the old magic back. brilliant set - everything was reinterpreted, emphases in different places, even more barely-in-control than usual. Ogre brought the house down
― imago, Thursday, 20 January 2022 23:19 (two years ago) link
Just back from the Dawson/Circle show which was great but the highlight was a full-pelt canter through Echo Beach as a tribute to Big Jeff Johns.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 11 July 2022 00:07 (one year ago) link
Prepare thyselves for...the future
https://richardmichaeldawson.bandcamp.com/album/the-ruby-cord
Apparently the opening track is 40 minutes long. Can you even imagine
― imago, Thursday, 6 October 2022 10:41 (one year ago) link
ah, this is his aerial
― ufo, Thursday, 6 October 2022 11:03 (one year ago) link
haha yes
― imago, Thursday, 6 October 2022 11:27 (one year ago) link
i sure hope he pulls it off
― ufo, Thursday, 6 October 2022 12:16 (one year ago) link
Haha so excited for this!
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 6 October 2022 14:24 (one year ago) link
Can't wait to hear this
― Duke, Monday, 10 October 2022 15:39 (one year ago) link
"the hermit" is pretty tremendous
― ufo, Thursday, 17 November 2022 21:21 (one year ago) link
yeah but have you heard The Tip Of An Arrow
thermonuclear challop: this album is if anything backloaded
― imago, Friday, 18 November 2022 02:02 (one year ago) link
The last track is quite earworm-y. It's still cycling through my head after a couple hours of silence!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 18 November 2022 02:53 (one year ago) link
yeah the whole album is excellent
looking forward to "the hermit" winning the eoy poll and annoying everyone - if "jogging" got to #3 there's no reason it can't do better and it is the single
― ufo, Friday, 18 November 2022 04:16 (one year ago) link
I've not listened to the new one yet - saving it for the weekend.
He was on Adam Buxton's podcast (not listened to this, either): https://play.acast.com/s/adambuxton/ep194-richard-dawson
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 18 November 2022 09:50 (one year ago) link
Okay on the second go around The Hermit is really quite something isn't it
― imago, Friday, 18 November 2022 10:30 (one year ago) link
Only listened to The Hermit so far but yeah incredible. The coda (I guess? Bit long for a coda maybe, idk the final 'tiny cobles' section) had me hypnotised.
― woof, Friday, 18 November 2022 11:40 (one year ago) link
thermonuclear challop: this album is if anything _backloaded_
― Xgau Murder Spa (nikola), Friday, 18 November 2022 13:23 (one year ago) link
I wasn't. The Fool onwards is perfection
― imago, Friday, 18 November 2022 14:04 (one year ago) link
or at least, close to it
― imago, Friday, 18 November 2022 14:09 (one year ago) link
seems like a big improvement on 2020. which i found much of fairly flat. lyrically, the move toward the ambiguous, disparate and unresolved is the right one. the 'short stories' on 2020 were far too neat, far too precise. glad he's returned the mystery to his work and understood that it would be false to try to communicate transparently something broken.
― devvvine, Friday, 18 November 2022 15:45 (one year ago) link
I was lucky to get a ticket to see The Hermit film screened this week, it was a deeply moving and affecting piece. Afterwards, Richard was deliberately very evasive about explaining or peeling back any layers. Which had the entirely correct result of leaving you to take it away as your own personal and private experience. Hopefully it'll make its way online at some point.
― matt h, Friday, 18 November 2022 16:04 (one year ago) link