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Loving the stuff I've heard so far, esp. Summer Holiday and Live in Dreams. Wistful nostalgic pop with Marr-ish jangle. Debut album apparently coming out soon

saaberonixx (baaderonixx), Monday, 1 February 2010 20:27 (3 years ago) Permalink

thanks for the hint. i quite enjoyed this:

alex in mainhattan, Monday, 1 February 2010 22:20 (3 years ago) Permalink

like this single a lot. probably the best thing CT have put out so far

a place to bury st edmunds (electricsound), Monday, 1 February 2010 22:40 (3 years ago) Permalink

i like this single too!

69, Monday, 1 February 2010 22:44 (3 years ago) Permalink

but as far as CT discog the bitters 12" is way better imo

69, Monday, 1 February 2010 22:44 (3 years ago) Permalink

have not heard that one yet

a place to bury st edmunds (electricsound), Monday, 1 February 2010 22:46 (3 years ago) Permalink

4 months pass...

not sure anyone cares but seems these guy(s?) have now a full length out

licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 12:39 (2 years ago) Permalink

i do, i've been patiently waiting for it..

electricsound, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 12:46 (2 years ago) Permalink

i quite like the full length. creepy cover

mizzell, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 16:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

whoah, that's big. sorry.

mizzell, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 16:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

I like a couple of the songs.

Trip Maker, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 16:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

some serious nose hair in that pic

in my day we had to walk 10 miles in the snow for VU bootleg (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 16:09 (2 years ago) Permalink

is this the band who did the godawful kate bush cover, or was that another capture tracks arteest?

ian, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 17:00 (2 years ago) Permalink

thats the one. i havent heard that single, but i liked the first one. i think i ordered this LP, too. based on my prior experience w cap-trax, i think that means i won't actually receive it HEYO

69, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 17:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

you know pete, i can get you all the captured tracks releases you want in a reliable and efficient manner.

ian, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 18:57 (2 years ago) Permalink

i havent been buying them for a while, but i bit on the email about CLEAR VINYL U_U

69, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 19:00 (2 years ago) Permalink

aw I like the godawful Kate Bush cover. But maybe only because I really really like the synth sound on the string hook bit. None of the few of their own songs I've heard have done much for me, though.

Hippocrates or wat!! (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 19:07 (2 years ago) Permalink

not sure how much staying power this will have but so far this really sounds like my album of the summer

xp - didn't partic care for the KB cover but in any case I wouldn't call it very representative of this guy's own stuff

licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 3 June 2010 10:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

best new music on p4k surprisingly - good for him

licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 3 June 2010 10:22 (2 years ago) Permalink

do not like the album -- have at it, dudes: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330441039816

69, Monday, 7 June 2010 23:31 (2 years ago) Permalink

Reese Witherspoon didn't like it either, apparently

ksh, Monday, 7 June 2010 23:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

amazing

ksh, Monday, 7 June 2010 23:54 (2 years ago) Permalink

Listened to it today. It's very good!

chromecassettes, Sunday, 13 June 2010 22:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

do not like the album -- have at it, dudes: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330441039816

― 69, Monday, June 7, 2010 11:31 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

super limited clear LP edition still at a bargain price, ending today!

69, Monday, 14 June 2010 15:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

you should save it for at least a decade so when this band becomes legendary you can really cash in and buy yourself a mansion

ksh, Monday, 14 June 2010 15:17 (2 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

Warmest Chord is a new British record label run by folks from Rough Trade and Make Mine. The label places a great deal of emphasis on design and packaging, and every release will come with a limited edition screenprint, as well as a digital mixtape created by the band whose music is on the release. The artist who designed the release’s screenprint will also revamp the label’s logo with every new release.

The first release on Warmest Chord is Evertide, a new EP from the recently BNM’ed lo-fi pop project Wild Nothing. Up above, you can download one of the three tracks from Evertide, which is available now in a ridiculously limited edition of 75 and also as a digital album. (You can stream another track on the label’s Bandcamp page.)

Franz Vesolt designed the two-in-one phosphorescent/glow-in-the-dark screenprint packaging, and every record will come numbered, labeled, and stamped. We’ve got the tracklist below.

Evertide:

01 Your Rabbit Feet
02 Golden Haze
03 Take Me In

Boo Radley (Bee OK), Saturday, 3 July 2010 23:42 (2 years ago) Permalink

the classy thing to do would have been to post that before it sold out

king solomon and the surrealists (electricsound), Saturday, 3 July 2010 23:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

haha, yeah true. just discovered this band.

Boo Radley (Bee OK), Saturday, 3 July 2010 23:57 (2 years ago) Permalink

5 months pass...

Probably my fav band of the past 3 months of the year, I actually don't like some of the singing and some of the lyrics - but it works as a whole. Their albums so far have been really consistent.

John Lennon, Sunday, 19 December 2010 05:39 (2 years ago) Permalink

The ep is marvellous - I played the LP a lot but it pales next to Golden Haze.

the pinefox, Sunday, 19 December 2010 15:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

never heard of these dudes, listening to their myspace, they really channel marr like few others have

in my world of Hmong ppl (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 19 December 2010 18:17 (2 years ago) Permalink

Dig this for vibe more than individual songs. PF otm about the EP >> LP

Gukbe, Sunday, 19 December 2010 18:17 (2 years ago) Permalink

yeah i'm pretty much in agreement with the above. the album sounds great but most of it doesn't stick with me as much as the singles/EP

elizabeth pisstake club (electricsound), Sunday, 19 December 2010 22:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

"Chinatown" is really amazing.

Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 00:02 (2 years ago) Permalink

I really like them.

ENBB, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 00:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

Saw them the other week - very weak performance, absolutely no enthusiasm (& yeah I realize the dream/shoegaze-esque formatting, but come on and tap your foot at the least). Love their last album's artwork tho, really one of my favorites from that year.

kelpolaris, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 00:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

That "performance" sounds perfect!

Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 00:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

ha, well i was pretty conscious of the archetypal shoegazer provisions for a "concert" but these guys have just far too melodic working material to just stand around and insist "this is all about the music, man". i GET IT with mbv and such, but in their cases it really was both essential to their methods and allure, whereas these dudes i felt where just doing it because they knew their predecessors did. slowdive/ride/swirlies did plenty of rocking out on stage, and had as equally mellow songs.

kelpolaris, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 03:03 (2 years ago) Permalink

Swirlies didn't go nuts when I saw them, but I was distracted by the amazing songs so my memory is fuzzy.

Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 03:14 (2 years ago) Permalink

The ep is marvellous - I played the LP a lot but it pales next to Golden Haze.

agreed. The EP is just fucking awesome. Love the LP too.

I saw them recently and really liked it, my only complaint was that several songs were cut in half! (stopped verses short of the end for some reason - every song was like 1:45 long, weird)

Z S, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 03:16 (2 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 17:08 (11 months ago) Permalink

lovely sleeve

sissy space echo (electricsound), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 22:41 (11 months ago) Permalink

beautiful sleeve - looks like some long lost Factory/Crépuscule sleeve

licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 14 June 2012 11:58 (11 months ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

They have even made Hipster Runoff post-ironic:
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2013/01/wild-nothing-was-most-relevant-authentic-band-2k12.html

Spencer Chow, Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:53 (4 months ago) Permalink

yes was gonna post that - as usual not sure how to take this

licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 11 January 2013 08:39 (4 months ago) Permalink

All I know is that I like the record quite a bit.

The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 11 January 2013 20:13 (4 months ago) Permalink

Yes the record is great.

LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 11 January 2013 21:56 (4 months ago) Permalink

Probs my #1 for the poll tbh.

Gukbe, Friday, 11 January 2013 21:58 (4 months ago) Permalink

In my top 5, I think.

jaymc, Friday, 11 January 2013 22:01 (4 months ago) Permalink

I mean I know it makes me ~~white~~ but sometimes I just want Michelle Williams listening to cassettes on a walkman.

Gukbe, Friday, 11 January 2013 22:03 (4 months ago) Permalink

Oh, it'll definitely be in mine!

The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 11 January 2013 22:03 (4 months ago) Permalink

4 months pass...

Holy shit.

Has anyone heard "A Dancing Shell"? New EP comes out tomorrow.

Un-fucking-believable. I almost thought it was the wrong band. What does it sound like to me? Scritti Politti, Human League, Pet Shop Boys, Simple Minds, AR Kane, Style Council, hints of acid house, and probably a lot of even more obvious stuff I'll talk with my therapist about when I get back next week.

fields of salmon, Monday, 13 May 2013 19:44 (1 week ago) Permalink

Thanks for the tip. I didnt know a new release was coming up... Nocturne was one of my favs last year

Treeship, Monday, 13 May 2013 19:47 (1 week ago) Permalink

i was listening to it last night, it definitely raised my eyebrows. i need to listen to it again (and again)

your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Monday, 13 May 2013 19:47 (1 week ago) Permalink

these guys were surprisingly good when i saw them back in feb (in the hottest room ever). the sarah-isms come out way way more live than on record, oddly

peel hat-trick narrows (electricsound), Monday, 13 May 2013 22:57 (1 week ago) Permalink

Saw them last fall, like Sept or Oct and completely disagree. Their llive set emphasized the simultaneous muscularity of the sound and boredom of the vocals. Sarah/c86 I associate with thin production.. This sound was big.

fields of salmon, Monday, 13 May 2013 23:50 (1 week ago) Permalink

Hard times .

fields of salmon, Monday, 13 May 2013 23:52 (1 week ago) Permalink

it had very little to do with the bigness or otherwise of the sound. melodically and instrumentally there was a lot of the wake in what they were doing, orchids too

peel hat-trick narrows (electricsound), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 00:03 (1 week ago) Permalink

Yes, there's a big influence, but what I'm saying is that they're doing something much bigger and more important. And when they play live it's more modern than that thin sounding indie.

fields of salmon, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 00:11 (1 week ago) Permalink

"data world" is the jam

flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 01:01 (1 week ago) Permalink

Wow, I was getting pretty hammered last night.

Anyway, just woke up to the full EP. This is a record that confounds and delights. It's got a lot to do with Bowie also, I think it sounds like Low.

Trying to arrange a 12" copy from my local record shop but the guy hasn't got back to me yet.

fields of salmon, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 13:17 (1 week ago) Permalink

This guy has clearly lost his fucking mind. There's one song on here that sounds like Blur.

fields of salmon, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 13:19 (1 week ago) Permalink

God I love this.

fields of salmon, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 13:19 (1 week ago) Permalink

Ha, I was right. EP ends with Eno/Manzanera noodling. What. the. fuck.

fields of salmon, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 13:33 (1 week ago) Permalink

I hope this arrives in the mail soon... the last album is so pretty.

the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 13:35 (1 week ago) Permalink

I haven't read a review of this yet that isn't spectacularly insulting.

fields of salmon, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:26 (6 days ago) Permalink

In what way? I haven't read any, really.

Evan, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:28 (6 days ago) Permalink

None of them really address how different the music is on this EP. They kind of talk about Wild Nothing in a general way, but none of them really sit down and try to understand the rationale for the stylistic shift.

fields of salmon, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 23:48 (6 days ago) Permalink

Well, I guess "rationale" isn't the right word, but maybe "significance."

fields of salmon, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 23:48 (6 days ago) Permalink

how would you characterize the shift? i'd be interested to hear...

flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 16 May 2013 00:03 (5 days ago) Permalink

Has anyone mentioned that fact that the first song on the EP is basically a straight up cover of Always Crashing In The Same Car...

Oblique Strategies, Thursday, 16 May 2013 00:21 (5 days ago) Permalink


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