Mark, we're almost certain to be in the same room at some Pre New thing or other, so we should endeavour to introduce ourselves to each other... not sure how...
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 April 2015 20:38 (nine years ago) link
i wish that were the case Tom D, but i rarely leave my house these days.
however, i will of course let you know via this thread should i ever venture out again for this bunch of f*ckers.
if you have checked the studio photos of the day i have mentioned (they all were posted on the bands facebook page, i am the bald f*cker in the spiderman t-shirt .. )
― mark e, Thursday, 30 April 2015 20:43 (nine years ago) link
Album launch maybe? I'll be there anyway.
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 April 2015 20:56 (nine years ago) link
cant make it to that :(
― mark e, Thursday, 30 April 2015 20:57 (nine years ago) link
tell jim you know me, and demand a drink !
― mark e, Thursday, 30 April 2015 20:58 (nine years ago) link
I'll tell Jim he knows me and demand two drinks.
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 April 2015 21:03 (nine years ago) link
http://ireallylovemusic.co.uk/blog/wp-content/prenew_the-joint-8.jpg
― mark e, Thursday, 30 April 2015 21:18 (nine years ago) link
too right tom d !
(reviews for the album so far have been really good - hence i am seriously keen to hear it !)
― mark e, Thursday, 30 April 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
MRI scanners and estate agents with shit aftershave
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Friday, 1 May 2015 20:01 (nine years ago) link
Blue shirt guy looks like a cross between Steve Pemberton and Matthew Kelly.
― the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Saturday, 2 May 2015 12:53 (nine years ago) link
Funny thing, my ebay notification showed up Iljan Darc, couldn't recall why.
So, I looked into it and found he did a German cover version of MOD.
its on its way to me now.
― Mark G, Saturday, 2 May 2015 12:56 (nine years ago) link
That is Jim Fry btw (xp)
― Cram Session in Goniometry (Tom D.), Saturday, 2 May 2015 13:02 (nine years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/07/the-pre-new-the-male-eunuch-review
now that's a fucking review.
cannot wait to hear this album.
― mark e, Friday, 8 May 2015 17:31 (nine years ago) link
'janet vs john: the outcome' is amaaaazing
― The Bends by Radiohead (imago), Monday, 13 July 2015 11:11 (eight years ago) link
Tonight You Are The Special One: Expanded Edition
― Fields of Fat Henry (Tom D.), Monday, 7 September 2015 15:40 (eight years ago) link
brilliant news ! will be nice to have clean versions of the b-sides.larky for example is bloody fantastic.
― mark e, Monday, 7 September 2015 16:21 (eight years ago) link
ahh .. I see the debut is getting the deluxe 2cd treatment as well !
― mark e, Monday, 7 September 2015 16:25 (eight years ago) link
I was hoping they'd bring these out on vinyl too. I don't think Tonight You Are The Special One ever got a vinyl release and I'd love to get it.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 7 September 2015 18:20 (eight years ago) link
Check the Cherry Red site, I think it is coming out on vinyl... or has already.
― Fields of Fat Henry (Tom D.), Monday, 7 September 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
YES! It's coming out on November 13th. I am absolutely chuffed. I managed to pick up the Your Majesty vinyl cheap a few years ago. This has made my day.
What a band!
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 7 September 2015 18:51 (eight years ago) link
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlp1/v/t1.0-9/3012_847984681966691_3975136086965269780_n.jpg?oh=44357f36834e857027f74edf3a5d030f&oe=57203BCC
― Anyway, it's not a three, it's a yogh. (Tom D.), Friday, 18 December 2015 17:27 (eight years ago) link
Just listening to these albums as I'm reviewing them this week. Trying to get my head around what I can say about this perfect band.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 19:46 (eight years ago) link
as soon as these were announced i ordered both expanded editions, and the special ltd edition box, i.e. CLOSED, to put them in.
according to a FB post, the first 47 orders of said package gets an extra treat.
given that i ordered the whole lot within minutes of the announcement i am hoping to be part of the 47.
― mark e, Thursday, 14 January 2016 14:45 (eight years ago) link
I'm going with the vinyl. I couldn't justify getting the CDs as well right now. I'm sure I will regret that when I see what the extra treat is.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 14 January 2016 16:03 (eight years ago) link
i know what the treat is .. well kind of : an extra 7"don't know whats on it though.
― mark e, Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:48 (eight years ago) link
Where are you ordering these?
― djh, Thursday, 14 January 2016 23:05 (eight years ago) link
Haven't ordered my vinyl yet. Will probably order from here. Seems to be the only place you can get the Closed box set.
http://3loopmusic.tmstor.es/index.php?page=products§ion=Earl+Brutus
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 15 January 2016 01:55 (eight years ago) link
yup .. thats where i got it from ..
― mark e, Friday, 15 January 2016 10:33 (eight years ago) link
fuck.
not a member of the 47.
time to listen to LODGER loud.
― mark e, Friday, 15 January 2016 20:40 (eight years ago) link
a good write up re the boxset :
https://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2016/january/earl-brutus-a-new-box-set-designed-by-scott-king/
― mark e, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 17:36 (eight years ago) link
My reviews finally went up today. You can definitely tell they written by an Earl Brutus fanboy but I just couldn't hold back.
http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2016/01/22/earl-brutus-your-majesty-we-are-heretonight-you-are-the-special-one-deluxe-editions-cherry-red/
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 22 January 2016 14:11 (eight years ago) link
someone shat in the promoter’s pocket
― The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Thursday, 28 January 2016 13:45 (eight years ago) link
bravo to all re the excellent articles.
spent all saturday reading the sleevenotes and listening to the extra songs.
the david arnold remix is just glorious.
time to reprint some of the t-shirts ?
― mark e, Thursday, 28 January 2016 13:52 (eight years ago) link
http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music-theatre/2016/02/earl-brutus-greatest-british-band-1990s
― djh, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 19:23 (eight years ago) link
despite the fact it was written by someone who has history with the band, i loved reading that article.
i realise i am biased, but, the tracks on the extra cds are absolutely fantastic.
― mark e, Thursday, 4 February 2016 21:32 (eight years ago) link
Are you biased?
― djh, Thursday, 4 February 2016 22:58 (eight years ago) link
yes.
look at the studio pic earlier in this thread (unless i have missed some subtle point !)
― mark e, Thursday, 4 February 2016 23:31 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-s3o-sbxYs
― Thomas of Britain (Tom D.), Friday, 19 February 2016 17:00 (eight years ago) link
Anybody else having issues playing the first CD of the Your Majesty reissue? Wondering if it's down to that faux spray-paint finish. I feel like I should complain, but then again, seems to be in the spirit of Earl Brutus (i.e. a prank, like the Durutti Column sandpaper sleeve.) Caveat emptor!
― henry s, Sunday, 6 March 2016 21:47 (eight years ago) link
sorry henry, but mine played ok.i'd contact 3loop directly http://www.3loopmusic.com/contact-us/would like to think they will help you out.
― mark e, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 10:03 (eight years ago) link
playing the extra discs now as the digital lookup process worked for each extra disc.
bloody hell, this was a band for which even the throwaway b-sides were worthy.
― mark e, Thursday, 19 May 2016 21:00 (seven years ago) link
I was just playing my vinyl of Tonight You Are The Special One earlier today. Pretty good band aren't they? It comes with a download code that I'm yet to use, wonder if it has all the bonus material as well?
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 19 May 2016 21:31 (seven years ago) link
i hope so, as the extra stuff is fantastic. get it fixed up KP !
― mark e, Thursday, 19 May 2016 21:42 (seven years ago) link
the 1998 hagiographies are pukescent but even worse is the absence of Tonight You Are The Special One from literally all of them
― imago, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 16:02 (six years ago) link
Mouldy old radio play from Jim Fry and Luke Haines.
https://soundcloud.com/user-988845513/test-driving-the-new-prius-full-radio-play
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 15:07 (three years ago) link
Collection of covers inc Saint Etienne:
https://industrialcoast.bigcartel.com/product/v-a-traindriver-in-eyeliner
― djh, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 21:37 (three years ago) link
I think this is one of the best one of these I've ever read. I'd expect nothing less from Jim though.
https://thequietus.com/articles/32053-james-fry-earl-brutus-bakers-dozen
― Buckfast At Tiffany's (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 22:26 (one year ago) link
‘Put Your Love In Me’, which is one of their best songs, is more like an album track than something you’d expect to hear on a greatest hits. You don’t hear that one on the radio but it’s one of their best singles.
It's one of the best singles by anyone ever, glad to see it mentioned. Great list throughout.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 23:29 (one year ago) link
yeah, this was a cracking read.as tom says, to be expected from jim.
― mark e, Thursday, 15 September 2022 14:36 (one year ago) link