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
i think the film is being released online on tuesday
― ufo, Friday, 18 November 2022 21:18 (one year ago) link
really love the way the last section of "museum" reproduces the central trick from "the rip"
― ufo, Saturday, 19 November 2022 07:37 (one year ago) link
^an astute observation that some fella made in the RYM shoutbox yesterday
https://i.ibb.co/MBDZDgT/Screenshot-20221119-075224.jpg
― imago, Saturday, 19 November 2022 07:52 (one year ago) link
But yeah, this album isn't so much a return to folk as it is a dramatic expansion upon his pop adventures using the grammar of ensemble folk. While it is an improvement on 2020 it couldn't have been made without it
― imago, Saturday, 19 November 2022 08:30 (one year ago) link
to me this one's an meditative and extensive expansion of peasant - very organically incorporating some of the sounds of 2020 and the hen ogledd albums into his folk. a sort of culmination
still have no real idea what the lyrics on this one are about for the most part (except "museum" is pretty obvious) and there aren't great transcriptions out there yet
― ufo, Saturday, 19 November 2022 09:08 (one year ago) link
there seems to be a lot about virtual reality and simulated existence, synthesised with a sort of primeval external life (and occasionally overlapping) - some heady retrofuturistic brew, utterly brilliant obv
― imago, Saturday, 19 November 2022 11:09 (one year ago) link
The Fool may be the single most beautiful thing he’s ever written, weeping over here
― Xgau Murder Spa (nikola), Monday, 21 November 2022 23:40 (one year ago) link
I got to see a screening of The Hermit last week. Loved it.
On first listens I instinctively agree this album is better than 2020. I've not digested it at all lyrically and am looking forward to getting to know it better.
― Duke, Sunday, 27 November 2022 15:45 (one year ago) link
Just stumbled on a note that Drag City is reissuing the first two Hen Ogledd albums early next year.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 22:35 (one year ago) link
Okay, just finished my first listen to "The Hermit", taking a break for a bit, but you guys are telling me the rest of the album is even better?
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 18:12 (one year ago) link
arguably
― imago, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 18:14 (one year ago) link
I mean, if it even just matches the quality of "The Hermit", it'll still likely be one of my favorite albums of the year.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 18:22 (one year ago) link
great album. i love this guy but haven't done a great job of keeping up with all his various releases
― na (NA), Friday, 2 December 2022 16:57 (one year ago) link
This really is great, impressed that it maintained that level of quality throughout. I wouldn't mind more work with Circle too, seems like that might have been more than just a one off. But just happy to have this new one for right now.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 2 December 2022 17:08 (one year ago) link
Great Aquarium Drunkard interview with him.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 9 December 2022 15:49 (one year ago) link
his account is protected so i won't bother to link the tweet, but David Flipping Sylvian has just written:
richard dawson will be, if he's not already, a national treasure. with occasional hints of wyatt, there's no one else writing anything like him. this album, less strident than others, is quite breathtaking.
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Sunday, 11 December 2022 23:05 (one year ago) link