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― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:29 (6 years ago) Permalink

i remember liking this song called "dum-dum" (I think) a long time back, but now I don't remember anything about Idaho or that song.

― punis (punis), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:48 (6 years ago) Permalink

At the time of my heavy love for bands like Codeine and Come I enjoyed them, now not so much, but they played on my radio show back in 1993 with their first drummer, did a good job, as well as opening for what in retrospect was the fairly amazing/unique Stereolab/Unrest show at UCI later that year (Stereolab touring for Transient = me the happy Ned). Have long since ripped the discs and sold them back, and haven't felt much impulse to relisten, but I might have done a few AMG reviews beforehand, I think.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

i just listened to "dum dum" on Allmusic, and the clip is quite intriguing. It sounds a bit like Windy and Carl, or Flashpapr. Very slow and contemplative. The AMG description says it's like "watching a photograph develop," which is accurate. I might have to check this out again.

― punis (punis), Monday, 22 May 2006 17:54 (6 years ago) Permalink

Hello, been offline for two weeks otherwise I'd have been first to post. "Dum Dum" is great. The first three albums (Year After Year, This Way Out and Three Sheets To The Wind) are all big favourites of mine, This Way Out most of all, but if I remember correctly, it's a Low fan who is putting the question, in which case I would recommend Year After Year. Never heard the fourth album Alas, and now it's out of print. Beyond that, proceed with caution, at least where the studio albums since are concerned.

― Lotta Continua (Damian), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 21:01 (6 years ago) Permalink

i have a soft spot for "no way out".

― mts (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 21:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

alas is probably their prettiest album, definitely the one I played the most of all of them. I like all the records but agree that Hearts of Palm and Levitation don't quite match the highs of the earlier ones. A lot of unnecessary and dumb hype around "three sheets to the wind" claiming they'd be the next nirvana, totally different sphere. i still like them.

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 21:54 (6 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

Top GAZE band.

― Fer Ark, Saturday, 3 May 2008 22:56 (5 years ago) Permalink

The debut Year After Year is also Idaho's pinnacle. Like a morose drive through the desert with the windows closed, every song has a dusty, meandering feel that permeates your senses.

While the 2nd This Way Out is a very different record it's also extremely satisfying, a much more rawk record with big Son Volt like licks and urgency. If you prefer to program out Farrar's slower songs then This Way Out will definitely be a revelation.

From that point on things get spotty for me ... while some tab the 3rd album Three Sheets To The Wind as their pinnacle I find it a bit unfocused for my taste ... and the wonderful production feel of the first feels very muted.

The one reliable truth about Idaho is that every release has at least one barn-burning brilliant song. While none of their subsequent releases have come close to being a full album worth of strong material, there's at least one tune that will recapture their old glory. "The Worm," "Goldenseal," "The Sun Is All There Is" ... all wonderful.

The outtakes compilation We Were Young And Needed The Money is probably the best full Idaho release I've heard in the last 5+ years ... glad these 'rejected' songs have been released.

― zaxxon25, Monday, 5 May 2008 20:53 (5 years ago) Permalink

the song 'bass crawl' on one of their eps is one of the msot amazing things. the EP is totally OOP and impossible to find though (in fact, I just sold my copy; but not w/out ripping and keeping that song)

― akm, Monday, 5 May 2008 21:18 (5 years ago) Permalink

(specifically, it is "the forbidden" ep)

― akm, Monday, 5 May 2008 21:23 (5 years ago) Permalink

year after year is one of the great classics of sadcore, slowcore or however you want to name rather slow music with mainly melancholic undertones. i chose it as my favourite album of 1993.

― alex in mainhattan, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 08:09 (5 years ago) Permalink

4 years pass...

― ciderpress, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 20:53 (6 months ago) Permalink

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