yeah, a bit like when Crabbie got the all clear to continue to use PWEI.
― mark e, Thursday, 8 July 2021 09:28 (two years ago) link
If this is the only means of seeing them live (never did back in the day) and Martin has firmly said he'll never do it then I'll take it, to be honest. It is disappointing as a reunion of the proper lineup with them getting their dues was something I'd always hoped for
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 8 July 2021 09:41 (two years ago) link
Well this sounds.... like the Boo Radleys, as in it could easily have been lifted from a Kingsize session and it's giving me the same goose pimples I haven't had since I was eighteen and bought my last new Boos release. Whether I can love it in the same way with 23 year's hindsight is another matter.
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 8 July 2021 10:15 (two years ago) link
Those brass announcements are pure Lazarus rebooted. There's something ever so slightly ploddy about the drums in certain parts and it's missing the more leftfield experimentation I like about them. But it's good, I like it well enough!
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 8 July 2021 10:17 (two years ago) link
> There's something ever so slightly ploddy about the drums in certain parts
it's the original drummer by the look. and personally i was hoping for something more like ichabod and less like newer boos.
― koogs, Thursday, 8 July 2021 10:24 (two years ago) link
just received the PR for this release.
"The four members, including influential guitarist and songwriter, Martin Carr, retreated from life as The Boo Radleys shortly after the release of sixth album, Kingsize. Having been largely out of contact since the end of the sessions for that final album, all members of The Boo Radleys have come together in recent years to discuss future plans. As a result, The Boo Radleys in 2021 are Tim Brown (bass/guitar/keyboards), Sice (guitar/vocals) and Rob Cieka (drums). Martin Carr does not appear in the current line-up."
― mark e, Thursday, 8 July 2021 11:44 (two years ago) link
Sice is a psychotherapist last I heard.
― piscesx, Thursday, 8 July 2021 11:51 (two years ago) link
Why did you want to reform the Boo Radleys?
Sice: Nobody had the idea to reform the group. It is something that has evolved naturally. I invited Tim to attend my 50th birthday party. While exchanging, we found that neither of us had made music for years. We said to each other: why not get back together? We started sending each other files to exchange ideas. Very quickly, Rob joined us. At no time did we find ourselves in the same room. Everything was done remotely. Without really noticing it, we have accumulated a good stock of songs. All were finalized.
Did you hesitate before thinking about making them public?
Sice: Honestly, yes. We didn't really know what to do with it. Only one thing was clear in our mind, we didn't want to release them as The Boo Radleys. The first idea that sprouted was to give a few concerts. We have planned dates under the name of Sice Boo & The Radleys. We had other ideas for names that were just as crazy (laughs). With the containment, we had to cancel them.
Why did you change your mind about the name of the group?
Sice: I went to visit Martin Carr (former guitarist and composer of the group, editor's note ) in Wales for a day. I asked him if he wanted to join the group. He was honest and preferred to decline. He has other plans in mind at the moment. On the other hand, he told me that it was useless to play under another name. He was the one who urged me to use the Boo Radleys name again.
https://section-26.fr/the-boo-radleys-pour-notre-retour-on-fuit-la-pression/?fbclid=IwAR3rdDD0db5Mz3zmFGUYMvAubo4q168-wMBd4LGM-lOJjaIKkET4aj60Yfc
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 7 August 2021 12:59 (two years ago) link
Well, fair enough then.
― Mark G, Saturday, 7 August 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
Yeah can’t argue.
― piscesx, Sunday, 8 August 2021 12:58 (two years ago) link
EP is up on Spotify. I would say it's largely unmemorable. I don't mind "Life Is Getting Better" but other than that it's just whatever
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, 10 September 2021 09:42 (two years ago) link
I think the songs are OK, but the mixing and vocal processing are really poor. Title song is genuinely great though
― PaulTMA, Friday, 10 September 2021 10:00 (two years ago) link
They got out the gate wrong with the artwork and song title. They have the definite stench of a failed project.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 10 September 2021 17:23 (two years ago) link
Weird, ugly font. What’s that mannequin doing on there? Overwrought, over-serious title. I dunno. Just felt like a flop before I even heard Martin was out.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 10 September 2021 17:24 (two years ago) link
Cover looks like a sub-C'mon Kids idea
I'm hoping the shows will at least be fun
― PaulTMA, Friday, 10 September 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link
Don't mind the cover; it's got a sort of Blade Runner vibe to it, but the title is really clunky and I'm surprised they didn't just call it 'Syringe" or "Memories of You"
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, 10 September 2021 18:31 (two years ago) link
Despite the weird sound, I've played the title song to death. Musically it's a great impression of the Kingsize era, even if the other songs don't come close
― PaulTMA, Friday, 10 September 2021 18:32 (two years ago) link
Yeah I thought the title song wasn't bad at all. A few hallmarks that date it quite badly (like the middle-eighth sung down the telephone part), and the Lazarus brass which seems like a cop out, but hey it's okay
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, 10 September 2021 18:42 (two years ago) link
Well, I guess they announced an album.
https://thebooradleys.tmstor.es/product/87786
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 14 October 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link
esponding to the warm welcome that greeted news of their reformation earlier this year, The Boo Radleys announce the release of their first album of all-new music in 24 years, the 11-track Keep On With Falling, which emerges on Fri 11 March 2022 on their own Boostr label.CD11 I've Had Enough I'm Out2 Keep On With Falling3 All Along4 I Say A Lot Of Things5 Tonight6 A Full Syringe And Memories Of You7 Call Your Name8 Here She Comes Again9 You And Me10 I Can't Be What You Want Me To Be11 Alone Together2CD BONUS TRACKLIST:1 I'll put the bars around my heart - alternative version (previously unreleased)2 Thieves like us - New Order cover (previously unreleased)3 All Along - Alternative version (previously unreleased)4 Tonight - Alternative version (previously unreleased)5 I can't be what you want me to be - Piano version (previously unreleased)6 Alone Together - Alternative version (previously unreleased)7 See It Through (previously released digitally on the “A Full Syringe And Memories Of You” EP)8 Life Is Getting Better (previously released digitally on the “A Full Syringe And Memories Of You” EP)9 I'll Put The Bars Around My Heart (previously released digitally on the “A Full Syringe And Memories Of You” EP)
CD11 I've Had Enough I'm Out2 Keep On With Falling3 All Along4 I Say A Lot Of Things5 Tonight6 A Full Syringe And Memories Of You7 Call Your Name8 Here She Comes Again9 You And Me10 I Can't Be What You Want Me To Be11 Alone Together
2CD BONUS TRACKLIST:1 I'll put the bars around my heart - alternative version (previously unreleased)2 Thieves like us - New Order cover (previously unreleased)3 All Along - Alternative version (previously unreleased)4 Tonight - Alternative version (previously unreleased)5 I can't be what you want me to be - Piano version (previously unreleased)6 Alone Together - Alternative version (previously unreleased)7 See It Through (previously released digitally on the “A Full Syringe And Memories Of You” EP)8 Life Is Getting Better (previously released digitally on the “A Full Syringe And Memories Of You” EP)9 I'll Put The Bars Around My Heart (previously released digitally on the “A Full Syringe And Memories Of You” EP)
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 14 October 2021 15:09 (two years ago) link
missed this until now. i went to order and have not bought a CD in like five years. the postage to California is $11.50 so i'm going to wait.
thanks for the post afriendlypioneer
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 23:11 (two years ago) link
Sank £30 for the signed vinyl, just need to get Martin's signature
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 23:25 (two years ago) link
Martin's?
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 23:32 (two years ago) link
Martin Carr is not in the new Boo Radleys
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 02:01 (two years ago) link
Um, break it gently, yeah?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 08:49 (two years ago) link
tbf, he did say "just need to " rather than "just to"
This is even worse than the shit SFA have been pulling recently. afriendlypioneer why do you insist on being the bearer of bad news lol
― imago, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 08:59 (two years ago) link
While it's nice to hear Eggman's voice again, I am not into the new stuff
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 10:15 (two years ago) link
Well I got my Division Bell signed by Waters
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 11:33 (two years ago) link
I'm optimistic there'll be some other worthwhile songs on the album, although I wonder if them going out as the Boos will sour Martin to the idea of ever rejoining them, even if it was his suggestion
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 11:36 (two years ago) link
ha xp
― Chicks and Ducks and Geese better scurry (Ste), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 11:38 (two years ago) link
If he wasn’t into a reunion before, I don’t think the current material, or lack of reception from the world in general, will inspire him. This things getting no attention.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 13:14 (two years ago) link
Perhaps not.
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 13:26 (two years ago) link
NEW SINGLE - https://t.co/fwSIrOf87F— Martin Carr & What Future (@martin_carr) November 24, 2021
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 25 November 2021 00:14 (two years ago) link
No bravecaptain, no credibility
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 25 November 2021 00:21 (two years ago) link
It's good and I like the approach - reminds me of some of the weirder Boos stuff - but I always think he mixes his vocals a little too dry and upfront so they make his lyrics sound really on the nose even when they aren't
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 25 November 2021 01:48 (two years ago) link
Being the second biggest Boo fan on this board, I went ahead and ordered the 2CD set. I was only lukewarm on the single that I heard but I bought the new Spoon CD so buying another CD this month seemed to be fine.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 9 March 2022 07:19 (two years ago) link
I'm guessing I'm the third biggest, but who?
Anyway, whassitlike? Or has it not arrived yet?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 9 March 2022 10:03 (two years ago) link
I just don't know what to make of the new stuff. It's definitely Boo Radleys flavoured, but it's more like eating one of those very realistic veggie burgers that are made to look and taste like real meat and if you close your eyes and pretend you don't know what real meat tastes like, it's great
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 16:35 (two years ago) link
So far it's alright. The lyrics aren't particularly strong and the overall spark that Martin would usually bring is missing. They would be better off getting an outside pair of ears to mix the record rather than doing it 100% in-house
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 9 March 2022 17:43 (two years ago) link
I'm guessing I'm the third biggest, but who?Anyway, whassitlike? Or has it not arrived yet?
Thread starter
It has not
― Bee OK, Thursday, 10 March 2022 23:51 (two years ago) link
In case you're interested, Martin has put all the material he wrote for David Quantick's Snodgrass (based on the Ian MacLeod short story about a middle-aged Lennon, who had left the Beatles pre-fame) up on Bandcamp. It was a 30min Sky Arts film with Ian Hart in 2013, and was supposed to be become a feature (with my friend Chris attached to direct), but Ian Hart didn't want to play Lennon for the umpteenth time, and it all seems to have fallen through - hence a clutch of unused songs.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 11 March 2022 10:46 (two years ago) link
I get why they reused the name, likely cuz this thing would get even less attention than it’s getting now, but it seems pretty clear few people were clamoring for the return of the Boos. I hardly knew this was out til I saw the thread.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 11 March 2022 13:59 (two years ago) link
xp don't know why I click on this thread as I only really like one album (EAF) but glad I did as Snodgrass is one of my favourite stories and I had no idea about any of that!
― ledge, Friday, 11 March 2022 14:01 (two years ago) link
The Sky Arts thing is on YouTube (not great quality, mind), I think.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 11 March 2022 14:13 (two years ago) link
They weren’t going to use the name, but Martin said they should.
― Mark G, Friday, 11 March 2022 17:55 (two years ago) link
Yeah, this is a perfectly nice album, better than I expected based on the other songs on the EP.
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 12 March 2022 01:45 (two years ago) link
This album is good and so much better than it has any right to be. I guess if you take 24 years off and decide to come back then it should be worth it and I think this is worth it. That being said, I really don't consider this a Boo Radleys album, you can't lose your songwriter and expect it to be the same band. I look at this more like a follow up to that Eggman record from the 90s.
― Bee OK, Monday, 14 March 2022 20:05 (two years ago) link
I really like that Eggman record. Not heard it in years though
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 14 March 2022 20:33 (two years ago) link
Yeah, played that Eggman album a fair bit. Added "turn all your lies to truth" to mixtapes at the time
I see there's a cheap (deluxe) download available at the Boos Official merch site, ok I'm gonna get one tomorrow...
― Mark G, Monday, 14 March 2022 23:25 (two years ago) link