Cardiacs - Sing to God

oh good god. impossible choice. gut instinct says 'fiery gun hand', but then again...

― m the g, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 20:30 (2 years ago) Permalink

Would this be a good place to start with the Cardiacs? I always think of these guys as the ultimate ILM band, because I never hear of them in any other context. Maybe its about time I dove in?

― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 20:43 (2 years ago) Permalink

this would indeed be a good place to start.

― m the g, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 20:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

I would get A Little Man and A House first, which is more or less their debut (excepting a bunch of demo tapes). It too is a really great album. Sing to God is their best but it may be really off putting if you aren't really familiar with the way they work. A lot of it is totally off the deep end.

― frogbs, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 20:55 (2 years ago) Permalink

huh! this is neato! i thought this band was like the cardigans or something

kinda sounds like Sparks meets NOMEANSNO

― gr8080 sings the blues (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 20:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

xp I was the opposite way round. got sing to god long before a little man, and found the latter harder to get into (it's less harsh/dense/violent, I guess, though there's a lot of quieter, subtler stuff on StG too). only recently has its true magnificence revealed itself to me.

― m the g, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:00 (2 years ago) Permalink

glad you like, gr8080!

it's frankly terrifying how much this band have taken over my consciousness since first hearing them over a decade ago.

― m the g, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:03 (2 years ago) Permalink

honestly...i only got into them because an online buddy sent me "in a city lining" on mp3, which I added to my iTunes but never listened to...I only found it because it was next after "Captain Lou Albano's History of Music". He described it as some sort of Devo/Zappa/Genesis/VDGG hybrid and I was like, okay, that sounds interesting, but kinda forgot about it since most band that "totally sounds like x meets y meets z...ON ACID!!" is nowhere near the sound they describe it as, but Cardiacs really do live up to that title

― frogbs, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

First thought was Dog-Like Sparky, now I'm not so sure.

― progspeed you! black metallers (aldo), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

Far from the pinnacle, but Flap

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

Then what is the pinnacle??

― frogbs, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:11 (2 years ago) Permalink

Well, I don't really know if I could even subjectively say with them Cardiacs. I have beef with the STG adulation, outside of the big hitters it's kinda flawed imho.

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:17 (2 years ago) Permalink

Too many weak spots on the second disc.

― everything, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:19 (2 years ago) Permalink

Unlike LMAHATWWW and SFSAI which are gold front to back. I would even say I rate the Sea Nymphs S/T more than STG.

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:21 (2 years ago) Permalink

Put your hands on the holy bible and scream wank

― Morcheeba, simply happening. (PaulTMA), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:23 (2 years ago) Permalink

Really like the instrumental version of that. And the instrumental of Insect Hooves.

― everything, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:24 (2 years ago) Permalink

I'd love an album of Cardiacs songs with the vocals taken out. Not that I dislike the vocals or the lyrics - they are great but those two numbers are really cool.

― everything, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:25 (2 years ago) Permalink

NURSES.

A friend had lent me their older albums; I'd thought "ok, but, ???", but I decided to buy StG anyway, and Nurses was possibly the track that really sold me on Cardiacs. A bridge into Cardiacs from a less alien place, in a way.

― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:26 (2 years ago) Permalink

That's interesting because Nurses is a really old track.

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:28 (2 years ago) Permalink

hmmm tried to post this before and it rejected me, just saying that yeah this is my favorite album (and has been for about 5 years) so obviously there is gonna be some hyperbole. I don't see disc 2 as weak - it has "Dirty Boy", "Foundling", "Flap", "Nurses", "Bell Clinks", and "Angelworm Angel", all killer...I like pretty much every song on the release besides "No Gold".

― frogbs, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:31 (2 years ago) Permalink

I would have loved Spinney to be on the record.

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:33 (2 years ago) Permalink

xpost Compared to disc one though....it feels like it's padded.

― everything, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:33 (2 years ago) Permalink

Like, there are two very, very long tracks, two and a half throwaways and a couple of other bits that are kind of self-indulgent. It's quite exhausting to get through.

― everything, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:39 (2 years ago) Permalink

this album is ok I guess

― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

there you are.

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:49 (2 years ago) Permalink

:D

― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:50 (2 years ago) Permalink

Still in the shire?

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:51 (2 years ago) Permalink

disc 2 isn't quite as impeccable as disc 1, but by mere human standards it's still pretty astonishing.

― m the g, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

new zealandshire, mm, has a nice ring to it

really though I oughta construct an exhaustive defence of Disc 2. it's the loosest and medley-est Cardiacs have ever been, damn thing's a lightspeed psych-voyage through t smith's brain, chock to the brim with ginormous tuneage, abrasive surprises and earth-shattering drama. the sequencing is perfect, even better than that of Disc 1. obviously both discs have about 3 or 4 of the greatest songs of all time (each) and the whole thing is a terrifying embarrassment of riches, but at no stage does Disc 2 dip below enthralling for me. it's put together so intricately, and out of such differing mechanisms; it's a perfectly-formed musical box or curiosity shop.

as for my choice in this poll? 'dirty boy' is pretty much the greatest piece of music ever made, but it feels wrong voting for something that almost stands aloof from the album. alternatively there's 'dog-like sparky' which was the first Cardiacs tune to blow my fucking brain to pieces. still does it ever time really. thing's a pop opus. but then there's the one I'm voting for, 'flap off you beak'. because...because that sound is coming direct from heaven

― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:02 (2 years ago) Permalink

how have I never heard spinney before?!

TIS BLOODY DIVINE.

― m the g, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:10 (2 years ago) Permalink

They even did it live a couple of times too MG

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:12 (2 years ago) Permalink

holy fuck, this ^^^ xp

it and Pond are Smith's two most obvious bastardisations of traditional song maybe?

― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:14 (2 years ago) Permalink

See also

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:14 (2 years ago) Permalink

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:15 (2 years ago) Permalink

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:16 (2 years ago) Permalink

Jon Poole had a fairly big hand in STG too y'know.

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:17 (2 years ago) Permalink

omg this has given my day an unexpectedly grinsome new dimension

― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:20 (2 years ago) Permalink

sweet fancy moses!

― m the g, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:43 (2 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, the b-sides for Mahoo and Odd Even are pretty essential to the whole thing. IIRC the advertised scheme was to have four eps, each one with a song from Sing To God and some exclusive tracks. For whatever reason that never happened which became a little bit frustrating considering the quality of what was out. I'm not sure how the single for Bellyeye fits in with this. It has three tracks from the album but I remember it did come out quite a bit in advance of the album and the artwork wasn't uniform with the rest and it appeared to be more of a taster. Perhaps some sort of gesture to Org Records?

― everything, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 04:37 (2 years ago) Permalink

I would get A Little Man and A House first, which is more or less their debut (excepting a bunch of demo tapes).

Um....what? This is just a bizarre thing to say. Four studio albums and a live album cannot be dismissed as a bunch of demos. The Seaside and especially Big Ship (or Songs for Ships and Irons as it's called now with the 12 inch of Too Many Irons thrown in) are totally essential if you are a Cardiacs fan. There are some of the most classic, idiosyncratic Cardiacs songs there: Big Ship, Tarred and Feathered, Loosefish Scapegrace, RES, To Go Off And Things and tons more.

Toy World and The Obvious Identity represent a low-fi prototype of what they would become but contains many great songs. The fact that the band returned to those albums in later years is a testament to the quality of the songwriting. Get the Garage Concerts discs to experience them at their best.

Rude Bootleg is fantastic - beats the Cardiacs Live album hands down.

― everything, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 05:30 (2 years ago) Permalink

A Little Man and a House is one of my favorite records but this one still hasn't clicked for me. it's neat but i can't forge any emotional connection to it.

― ciderpress, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 05:44 (2 years ago) Permalink

nevertheless, i will give it a listen through now for the purposes of this poll

― ciderpress, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 05:44 (2 years ago) Permalink

There are some of the most classic, idiosyncratic Cardiacs songs there: Big Ship, Tarred and Feathered, Loosefish Scapegrace, RES, To Go Off And Things and tons more

seriously I got a lot of love for Tarred And Feathered but the fact it's the first Youtube hit for the band probably does them wayyyyy more harm than good

the other songs listed there are obviously stone-fucking-dead amazing

wanna know how ciderpress got on with this record. for me it's *ridiculously* emotionally intense. it's intensity overload. I guess that means for some people it will come off as completely over the top and not emotionally-charged at all, but for me it dives straight into the heart with more gusto than anything else I've heard. just such a manic, loving record. think of it as the sheer madness of staring into the sun on a spring morning surrounded by a zillion prancing rabbits. it is the next level of intensity. it is my kinda record.

― acoleuthic, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 10:10 (2 years ago) Permalink

also, to quote a wiser man than I, 'you can hear angels in the mix'. listen close, puppies.

― acoleuthic, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 10:11 (2 years ago) Permalink

Um....what? This is just a bizarre thing to say. Four studio albums and a live album cannot be dismissed as a bunch of demos. The Seaside and especially Big Ship (or Songs for Ships and Irons as it's called now with the 12 inch of Too Many Irons thrown in) are totally essential if you are a Cardiacs fan. There are some of the most classic, idiosyncratic Cardiacs songs there: Big Ship, Tarred and Feathered, Loosefish Scapegrace, RES, To Go Off And Things and tons more.

Well yeah Songs for Ships and Irons is great too but it was released after A Little Man wasn't it? That release is much easier to find than the original 12". And most of the demo tapes are kind of useless since the Garage Concert discs came out since those performances are generally much better. The Seaside is quite good, I'd agree with that. But I wouldn't start there. To make it clear I'm not advocating skipping all that stuff, just saying you should probably start with A Little Man and then maybe later go back to The Seaside and Songs for Ships and Irons. I would think you would then go to On Land and then Sing to God

― frogbs, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 12:17 (2 years ago) Permalink

When I asked at the Cardiacs merch stand at Nottingham Rescue Rooms where I should start, I was advised to start with On Land And In The Sea. "That's what I usually tell people", she said. So there you have it.

― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 12:21 (2 years ago) Permalink

My first exposure (other than Steve Wright playing 'Is This The Life' on R1 back in the day was Heaven Born, then it was the 'All That Glitters..' video of all things

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 12:27 (2 years ago) Permalink

Yeah On Land And In The Sea is pretty excellent as well, but I kind of wonder what people unfamiliar with the band do when something like "The Duck and Roger the Horse" comes on.

― frogbs, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 13:06 (2 years ago) Permalink

Dirty Boy is my favourite Cardiacs song but I want to vote for Manhoo as it was the first song by them that really clicked and made me a fan. Bellyeye is a really great song, hope that picks up a vote or two.

I think this would be just behind On Land And In The Sea as my favourite Cardiacs album. The second CD just isn't as strong, especially after it starts with such an amazing song everything else seems to pale in comparison.

― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 13:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

RES is currently my three-year-old daughter's favourite song. almost every day, she asks for the 'doole oodle doodle oodle doodle oddle doo' song. we then have to play it six times in a row while she dances manically and sings along to the 'that's the way we all go' bit.

you can't imagine how happy this makes me.

― m the g, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

Could poll the what, six different released recordings of RES.

― everything, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

btw if I'm Eating In Bed was on ALM... instead of Is This The Life I would probably not have said that a couple of posts ago. amazing song, would've been one of the strongest on the album

― acoleuthic, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:07 (2 years ago) Permalink

eating in bed IS on A Little Man...

― m the g, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:10 (2 years ago) Permalink

Only on certain versions! It was displaced from its spot in the running-order on the CD version wasn't it?

― acoleuthic, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:12 (2 years ago) Permalink

And yeah, to have a young child obsessed with the whirligig joyride that is RES is surely a magnificent thing...

― acoleuthic, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:13 (2 years ago) Permalink

xp on my cd it's track no. 3

― sleepingbag, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:17 (2 years ago) Permalink

On my version it's a bonus track! Ah well, more's the splendour then...

― acoleuthic, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:25 (2 years ago) Permalink

It was not on the original album/cassette but has been added to every CD version. Quite rightly too. I mean, it's not just a great track but thematically it fits with the rest of the album like a glove.

― everything, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:34 (2 years ago) Permalink

'The Duck And Roger The Horse' is one of my absolute favourite Cardiacs songs btw. Controlled insanity, much better than the already-good 'Tarred And Feathered' - it's got the most amazing push-pull dynamic, as has been said, and it grooves!
All five albums are unutterably brilliant but I'd actually describe A Little Man as MARGINALLY the weakest of them. It's still extremely good and does everything it wants to do, but a) Is This The Life is a bit pants and b) the other albums are more intense, more far-side-of-consciousness, more intricately composed. But yeah, A Little Man is going for a different sort of vibe - a more plangent, emotionally direct one, and it does it superbly.

I agree about "Duck", it's so out there that there really is no parallel, gotta love that tune, I'm just not sure how the uninitiated would handle that tune. If you like it I suppose you found yourself a new favorite band.

I would say Heaven Born and Ever Bright is the weakest, mostly because the production is so flat. No bass at all, just a lot of instruments in a small space.

― frogbs, Thursday, 3 March 2011 14:27 (2 years ago) Permalink

Cosign the above yet HBAEB has March and Helen & Heaven which are my two favourite Cardiacs tracks.

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Thursday, 3 March 2011 14:52 (2 years ago) Permalink

I always loved "Anything I Can't Eat" and "For Good And All"; if the production was like any of their other albums they'd sound MASSIVE

Just listened to "Faster Than Snakes With a Ball and Chain" today; I don't know if that was going to make their "new" album but it kind of made me a little teary-eyed remembering around 2006 when I honestly thought that they were going to release something very soon

― frogbs, Thursday, 3 March 2011 17:20 (2 years ago) Permalink

I was going through old cassette tapes at the weekend and came across a compilation of Cardiacs rare bits, remembered a live version of I'm Eating In Bed iirc, Tim announces it as a 'new song', then somebody, either Tim Quy or Bob chips in with 'we've still got the box for it' :-)

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Thursday, 3 March 2011 17:42 (2 years ago) Permalink

these guys are like the UK Cheer Accident...also hear a bit of Alex Harvey's spirit if not sound in this.

― gr8080 sings the blues (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 3 March 2011 17:57 (2 years ago) Permalink

I was just the other day digging out my copy of "Introducing Lemon" (not Cheer Accident's most celebrated album but "The Autumn Wind is a Pirate" is a jam) and thinking maybe LJ would like it. Or their more manic stuff, too, granted...

Might declare this a Skin Graft Records listening night.

― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 3 March 2011 18:25 (2 years ago) Permalink

skin graft was so great, cheer accident always manages to never quite fit in with anything though, it made sense in one respect that they were on skin graft but at the same time they seemed apart from the rest

― gr8080 sings the blues (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 3 March 2011 18:50 (2 years ago) Permalink

Yea, that's a good call, Cheer Accident are most likely LJ's type of thing, if you're listening Frodo, let me know if your dropbox link is still working, I'll stick some in for you to check out.

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Thursday, 3 March 2011 19:27 (2 years ago) Permalink

― Dominique, Friday, 4 March 2011 22:30 (2 years ago) Permalink

uh oh i only have 3 days left to wrap my head around this record

i can do this

― ciderpress, Friday, 4 March 2011 22:31 (2 years ago) Permalink

oh! re-up the link etc and hit me w/ doubloons :)

lots of cheer accident on spotify but it'd be nice to have some mpfreez

also good luck zoiderpress

― acoleuthic, Saturday, 5 March 2011 00:41 (2 years ago) Permalink

I always loved "Anything I Can't Eat" and "For Good And All"; if the production was like any of their other albums they'd sound MASSIVE

'Anything I Can't Eat', 'Core' and my fucking god 'Snakes-A-Sleeping' are all-time Cardiacs brain-exploders for me. whole album has an amazing sound, all coiled and metallic and feedbacky and electrifying

Just listened to "Faster Than Snakes With a Ball and Chain" today; I don't know if that was going to make their "new" album but it kind of made me a little teary-eyed remembering around 2006 when I honestly thought that they were going to release something very soon

they did! and it was utterly great. even if I now realise 'Ditzy Scene' is a bit of a macroscopic retread of 'Don't You Ail, Flash The Sea To Steam'...

― acoleuthic, Saturday, 5 March 2011 00:44 (2 years ago) Permalink

The sound of Heaven Born and Ever Bright sounds absolutely A-OK in my book! Is Christian Hayes to thank for the amazing guitar sounds? Quite superb.

― everything, Saturday, 5 March 2011 01:02 (2 years ago) Permalink

the guitars do indeed sound great, but it needs more jim. my favourites from that one: home of fadeless splendour, she hides behind the shed, goodbye grace, anything I can't eat. a fine album, but just pales a bit by comparison.

still haven't voted in this. can't bring myself to commit.

― m the g, Saturday, 5 March 2011 07:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

found mint vinyl copies of "songs for ships and irons" and "on land and in the sea" at a record fair today, very pleased with meself.

― Night Nurse with Wound (Jack Battery-Pack), Saturday, 5 March 2011 21:33 (2 years ago) Permalink

I really think they screwed up the mix on the mid-nineties reissue of HB&EB, though. Everything's cranked up to the point that the levels are almost constantly in the red, meaning it's actually quite painful to listen to in it's entirety. I've considered blowing £30 on the earlier Rough Trade issue that sometimes shows up on ebay just to hear the difference, as apparently it's considerable.

On the whole I do like the heavier sound of the album though. It's almost like a cross between Cardiacs and Panixphere, the pissing-about thrash band that Tim, Bic and others used to gigs as in the early 90s.

― Pheeel, Sunday, 6 March 2011 16:24 (2 years ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Monday, 7 March 2011 00:01 (2 years ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 00:01 (2 years ago) Permalink

top 3 otm!!

new ILM record for 'highest number of amazing songs with 0 votes in a poll'

― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 00:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

Bah, I knew I should've voted Insect Hoofs, but I went with Sparky.

― Pheeel, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 00:19 (2 years ago) Permalink

yeah Insect Hoofs is probably the best song without a vote. but it's close.

― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 00:22 (2 years ago) Permalink

got a couple of smartasses here i see

― frogbs, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 02:22 (2 years ago) Permalink

shall...shall we beat them senseless?

― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 04:01 (2 years ago) Permalink

i'm just surprised that 17 people on ilm have this record

― ciderpress, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 04:36 (2 years ago) Permalink

went with gun hand in the end. it's just so bloody perfect. but now I feel bad for eat it up worms hero, bell clinks, bell stinks, angleworm angel, a horse's tail, etc...

― m the g, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 08:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

Pretty lame ilm

― Dominique, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 15:15 (2 years ago) Permalink

Alright guys, I acquired this album the other night so I could finally dive into the Cardiacs. Maybe the fact that I even have to ask this means the band may not be right for me, but is there any sort of helpful entry point or rock to cling to as I dive in? I've listened to the whole thing twice, but its so damned packed and overwhelming that its been easy to just let it all wash over me. Its obvious you guys are hearing something in this, but I'm not sure I have a way in just yet.

― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:06 (2 years ago) Permalink

It'll take a good while to chew on, especially if it's your first exposure to the band. It's kind of an exhausting listen because of it's length, scope and sound.

I'd guess that certain songs will present themselves as more approachable at first: Manhoo, Dog Like Sparky, Bellyeye. If you have a natural appetite for their kind of music it'll keep drawing you back, it's not the ideal first record in my book but it's probably a good overall litmus test.

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:16 (2 years ago) Permalink

lolol mares nest what is with your display name?? love it.

― gr8080 sings the blues (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:24 (2 years ago) Permalink

:) I was looking for some RWR music and got this generically generated google result and it tickled me.

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:30 (2 years ago) Permalink

Yeah as much as I love the album I don't know if StG is the best starting point; I guess you have to take each disc seperately, as it is basically two different albums. Disc 1 I would say is more accessible

― frogbs, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

Okay 10 songs, any album, any side project as an introduction, have at it.

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:38 (2 years ago) Permalink

1. A Little Man and a House
2. In a City Lining
3. All Spectacular
4. Signs
5. Bellyeye
6. Anything I Can't Eat
7. Angelworm Angel
8. The Duck and Roger the Horse
9. Buds and Spawn
10. R.E.S.

― frogbs, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:41 (2 years ago) Permalink

a primer, aside from stuff on STG...

Home of Fadeless Splendour
The Duck & Roger the Horse
The Breakfast Line
To Go off and Things (live Maresnest version)
Big Ship
Gibber and Twitch (Garage Concerts version)
RES (A Little Man... version)
Ideal (radio session version)
Will Bleed Amen
The Everso Closely Guarded Line
Cabinet (Spratleys Japs)

― m the g, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:43 (2 years ago) Permalink

1. Buds And Spawn
2. Dog Like Sparky
3. Appealing To Venus
4. March
5. Manhoo
6. Fanny
7. Veronica in Ecstacy
8. Duck & Roger The Horse
9. It's A Lovely Day
10. Dirty Boy

― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:45 (2 years ago) Permalink

A capella version of Insect Hooves on Lassie, pretty interesting.

http://soundcloud.com/david-minnick/insect-hoofs-on-lassie

― Pat Ast vs Jean Arp (MaresNest), Sunday, 16 September 2012 19:49 (9 months ago) Permalink

Whoa! I am a total sucker for a capella arrangements and this is a thing of wonder.

(my first ever gig was seeing the Swingle Singers in Swindon Wyvern, how is that for rock'n'roll)

― still small voice of clam (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 16 September 2012 20:43 (9 months ago) Permalink

Two more a capella Cardiacs covers on their Soundcloud too! This has made my week. (Lassie is the best but the others are pretty cool too)

― still small voice of clam (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 16 September 2012 20:46 (9 months ago) Permalink

Hi David - I'm Mark Cawthra, and I'm here to tell you that I'm sitting with Tim right now playing him this fab version - He wants me to tell you how much he likes it, and he says he's really flattered that you would do this and do it so well. He says sorry he would write himself, but cannot so I'm doing it for him. As for me, I freaking love it too x

Haven't heard any updates on Tim for a good while, I wonder if things are getting any better for him

youre right that the other two covers aren't quite as good, but they definitely made me want to pull out STG again, I missed this album

― frogbs, Monday, 17 September 2012 05:05 (9 months ago) Permalink

I don't think Tim will recover, he is in a pretty bad way unfortunately.

― Pat Ast vs Jean Arp (MaresNest), Monday, 17 September 2012 06:27 (9 months ago) Permalink

nothing's really came out lately, last I heard was Kavus (nearly two years ago!) saying he's still functional but has good days and bad days, kind of sounded like one day he may recover but I guess if it hasn't happened by now...

― frogbs, Monday, 17 September 2012 13:40 (9 months ago) Permalink