just got up. and put it on again. it's a bright morning, too.
first studio song i heard was a remix, actually. the terje one. while commuting, though the scenery of my commute is nowhere near as impressive (or, dare i say, balearic?) as gr8080's.
― willem, Saturday, 4 August 2007 06:52 (5 years ago) Permalink
It's great to see that this album now appears to have taken off a bit. Was it the remixes that did it I wonder?
― Tim F, Saturday, 4 August 2007 07:10 (5 years ago) Permalink
I think it was just the fact of its getting rereleased, Tim!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 4 August 2007 07:22 (5 years ago) Permalink
well, for me anyway. went to their myspace, heard great songs, checked this thread, ordered the album - which then finally arrived this week. there's so much to get out of this record.
xpost yeah that's possibly important, too. probably the reason it arrived as late as it did... record of the week at a few uk online shops.
― willem, Saturday, 4 August 2007 07:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
this thread and the remixes 4 me.
― gr8080, Saturday, 4 August 2007 09:37 (5 years ago) Permalink
Fucking hell this is the best thing I have heard since Fujiya and Miyagi!
― I know, right?, Sunday, 5 August 2007 02:33 (5 years ago) Permalink
And I'll get to be reviewing it for the AMG. :-)
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 5 August 2007 02:34 (5 years ago) Permalink
I want to buy everything right now!
― I know, right?, Sunday, 5 August 2007 02:46 (5 years ago) Permalink
Heavens!
xp
― gr8080, Sunday, 5 August 2007 02:46 (5 years ago) Permalink
Shit, those handclaps on Life's a Beach. Best band since Junior Boys. Best band since the Shangri-Las for fucks sake.
― I know, right?, Sunday, 5 August 2007 02:47 (5 years ago) Permalink
1 No Comply (5:40) 2 Radio Edit (9:51)
have moved on to these and am loving the shit out of them. i wish they would re-release this 12".
― gr8080, Sunday, 5 August 2007 20:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
also, Forced Exposure has the 2x12" for less than $20 US.
― gr8080, Sunday, 5 August 2007 20:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
has anyone heard their first three 7"s?
― gr8080, Sunday, 5 August 2007 20:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
OK, just tracked them down.
The first two sound like Franz Ferdinand.
The third one has an early version of "Origin" but its called "Shake You Down By The River"
― gr8080, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 06:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
On Yearbook I there's a full version called "Origin (Shake You Down By The River)" which is great - kind of like "Self Service" but sleazier, and building up to a great climax of which the "Origin" snippet on West Coast forms a part.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 07:06 (5 years ago) Permalink
This is all a bit confusing, but I think the versions on Yearbook 1 are identical to the versions on the 2x12"
― gr8080, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 08:17 (5 years ago) Permalink
I've noticed based on this that the versions on Yearbook 1 are apparently the same length as on West Coast, allowing for the subtraction of the first two tracks. Is there a difference at all?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 August 2007 04:52 (5 years ago) Permalink
I don't think there is one, just the two tracks. West Coast is more readily available to purchase though? Shame, I think "Radio Edit" is my fave track!
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 9 August 2007 05:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
The West Coast LP (2006) had much, much shorter versions of Origin and Indo, and a longer version of Self Service.
West Coast 2LP (2007) are the same versions that are on Yearbook 1.
I'm DLing the 2006 version and will give it a listen tomorrow.
― gr8080, Thursday, 9 August 2007 07:54 (5 years ago) Permalink
anyone know where i can find a copy of the No Comply 12"?
― gr8080, Thursday, 9 August 2007 07:55 (5 years ago) Permalink
So, the biggest difference between the 2006 LP and the 2007 2LP is Self Service. The version on the 2006 LP is longer and has more of a baggy Stone Roses beat, riding a little bit more of a consistent groove, whereas the 2007 version is a bit more pop-song-structured, with the steel drums more prominent, calling a bit more attention to its different parts. Definately two completely different recordings. This song also falls into different slots in the track order on the two versions of the album. Love them both; the 2006 version would work better in a DJ set.
The 2006 version of Origin is really only the last two minutes of the 2007 version. The 2007 version is a re-recording of a song on their third 7", Shake You Down By the River, which is why it appears on Yearbook 1 as Origin (Shake You Down By the River). Yet the same version appears on the 2007 2LP as just Origin.
Indo is great on both versions, albeit 4 times as long on the 2007 version. The two sound like they could both be from the same recording.
As far as I can tell, Out There, West Coast, and Life's A Beach! are the same.
Like I said, confusing.
So, while Tim's take upthread is spot on, he was really listening to a different album than most of us are listening to now.
― gr8080, Thursday, 9 August 2007 19:53 (5 years ago) Permalink
i was so happy when i received yearbook 1 and found the longer indo on it
― cutty, Thursday, 9 August 2007 19:58 (5 years ago) Permalink
cutty do you have West Coast (2006) on vinyl or digitally?
― gr8080, Thursday, 9 August 2007 20:40 (5 years ago) Permalink
i think my favorite track so far is "west coast", but the whole album is good. i have the first release of the album on cd. can't decide whether to splurge on the re-press.
― tricky, Thursday, 9 August 2007 23:01 (5 years ago) Permalink
i have mp3 rip off vinyls
― cutty, Thursday, 9 August 2007 23:41 (5 years ago) Permalink
also i claim to be the first person the mention studio on this message board
Let's see the evidence.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 August 2007 23:42 (5 years ago) Permalink
sounds of SANTANA vol. LVCMXXXXXIVIII
― cutty, Friday, 10 August 2007 00:34 (5 years ago) Permalink
Friday, January 5, 2007 11:42 AM (7 months ago)
let it be known
― cutty, Friday, 10 August 2007 00:35 (5 years ago) Permalink
L->R: Me, Cutty
― Tim F, Friday, 10 August 2007 02:10 (5 years ago) Permalink
just picked up the vinyl from the post office.
:) :) :)
― gr8080, Friday, 10 August 2007 02:18 (5 years ago) Permalink
so glad to see you repping strategy, cutty. that and radicalfashion are prolly my two favorite records of the year.
― YGS, Friday, 10 August 2007 14:43 (5 years ago) Permalink
cutty looks like he's trying to make Jesus punch himself in the face. "why are you hitting yourself?" big brother style.
― jaxon, Friday, 10 August 2007 16:50 (5 years ago) Permalink
but they're totally beardos
JESUS WAS A BEARDO
possible idead for:
-bumper stickers -1" pins -t shirts -re-edit label -rolling paper co.
― gr8080, Friday, 10 August 2007 16:52 (5 years ago) Permalink
idea
― gr8080, Friday, 10 August 2007 16:53 (5 years ago) Permalink
oh i repped that radicalfashion album pretty hard too on some noise thread
i miss my ygs
― cutty, Saturday, 11 August 2007 15:23 (5 years ago) Permalink
i can't believe i missed this thread before! this is so, so awesome.
― toby, Saturday, 11 August 2007 19:22 (5 years ago) Permalink
the thread or the record?
― gr8080, Saturday, 11 August 2007 19:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
The posters on it.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 11 August 2007 19:37 (5 years ago) Permalink
^ that's actually my least favorite part :(
― jaxon, Saturday, 11 August 2007 19:38 (5 years ago) Permalink
the thread is kinda awesome for the enthusiasm - i read it at work in the morning and had to wait until last night to hear the record. but the record is really awesome.
― toby, Saturday, 11 August 2007 21:13 (5 years ago) Permalink
whenever it's on i just feel so relaxed and happy. i hope this effect continues.
― toby, Saturday, 11 August 2007 21:14 (5 years ago) Permalink
i listened to this again. it's still good
― am0n, Saturday, 11 August 2007 21:40 (5 years ago) Permalink
I keep on meaning to recommend the band to Simon Reynolds - they remind me of a complaint he made last year about the post-punk revival, being that while everyone had cottoned on to the tense jerking disco-punk blast sound, so far few if anyone had revived the slower, eerie, beautiful side of post-punk, like the slow moments on Remain in Light.
― Tim F, Sunday, 12 August 2007 00:56 (5 years ago) Permalink
They have a mix up at allez-allez.co.uk very much on their krautrocky side, slow, drifty and lots of arpeggios (soundtrack for new-age porno?), the shitty bitrate really hurts the more subtle stuff. I prefer the Matias Aguayo one below (amazing!)
― Alex xy, Sunday, 12 August 2007 18:25 (5 years ago) Permalink
Fantastic record.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 12 August 2007 19:17 (5 years ago) Permalink
Christ, and here I was thinking that this is why I download things before buying them— this album just seems aggressively OK. Like, yeah, has Cure tones. Cure meets Banco de Gaia. Wind chimes? Again, this seems like OK music to just have on in the background, but I am totally not getting the "BEST ALBUM EVAR!"-ness of it.
― I eat cannibals, Sunday, 12 August 2007 19:49 (5 years ago) Permalink
listen again.
― gr8080, Sunday, 12 August 2007 19:56 (5 years ago) Permalink