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Please tell me your opinions on James Yorkston.

― Richie Cunningham, Friday, 14 March 2003 14:10 (10 years ago) Permalink

he is rather good

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 14 March 2003 21:39 (10 years ago) Permalink

he is shit

― Cozen (Cozen), Friday, 14 March 2003 22:01 (10 years ago) Permalink

i like "moving up country". it sounds like nick drake

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Saturday, 15 March 2003 00:44 (10 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

The new album 'Just Beyond the River' is growing on me slowly, much as 'Moving Up Country' did. The Four Tet production is not very Four Tet-ish at all really, but probably all the better for it.

I can see him doing something amazing in a few years' time maybe: after releasing a few solid albums he'll do a 'Solid Air'. Or maybe that's wishful thinking.

― bham, Tuesday, 5 October 2004 08:10 (8 years ago) Permalink

The little recorded work I've heard sounds ok - sort of what you'd expect on Domino really. However, I caught his set in the Guardian Lounge at Glastonbury and thought it was pretty dull, veering off a little too far in olde english folk directions for my liking...

― Braces Tower, Tuesday, 5 October 2004 08:24 (8 years ago) Permalink

i think the debut album is lovely lovely, the arrangements are way more complicated and lush than they seem on first listen.

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 22:15 (8 years ago) Permalink

"i know my love" is wonderful. and i cannot work out why he left "the lang toun" off the album....

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 22:16 (8 years ago) Permalink

i found moving up country really tedious and I like this kind of stuff

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 22:31 (8 years ago) Permalink

7 years pass...

I'm in the mood for a new Yorkston album.

― djh, Sunday, 22 January 2012 21:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

4 months pass...

http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/landingpage/22-05-12/james-yorkston---i-was-a-cat-from-a-book/

Strangely, the game pieces put me off buying the deluxe version.

― djh, Thursday, 24 May 2012 22:50 (11 months ago) Permalink

Aaaargh! Shall I pre-order it? Any hopes for the remix album?

― djh, Monday, 28 May 2012 20:35 (11 months ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/aug/06/james-yorkston-album-stream

― djh, Monday, 6 August 2012 21:50 (9 months ago) Permalink

Out today (I was paralysed with indecision about whether to buy the box set or the ordinary CD, so have bought neither).

― djh, Monday, 13 August 2012 17:58 (9 months ago) Permalink

No one heard?

― djh, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 20:18 (9 months ago) Permalink

(The Big Eyes Family Players album is probably a bit too ... folk for me though the title "Folk Songs II" does signpost this quite clearly.)

― djh, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 19:23 (9 months ago) Permalink

I've bought the album today, listening now but only on track 2. Originally meant to get the box set but just got the normal CD.

I have the JY + Big Eyes album on Domino but it doesn't do much for me I'm afraid.

― michaellambert, Thursday, 16 August 2012 19:56 (9 months ago) Permalink

Near the end of the last track I declare 'I Was A Cat' to be very good.

― michaellambert, Thursday, 16 August 2012 20:38 (9 months ago) Permalink

i've got it but yet to listen to it.. reviews so far have got me a bit excited about it though

― like a sunrise (electricsound), Thursday, 16 August 2012 23:11 (9 months ago) Permalink

Some very good tracks but some duff ones, too.

Need to find someone to copy me the box set bonus disc.

― djh, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:25 (8 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Having lived with this a bit ... I still think the same as my last post.

― djh, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 06:48 (7 months ago) Permalink

Love Border Song, Sometimes The Act of Giving Love and I Can Take This All. Dislike Just As Scared. Never did hear the second disc.

― djh, Saturday, 6 October 2012 18:58 (7 months ago) Permalink

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