The Studio - West Coast

And I'll get to be reviewing it for the AMG. :-)

I want to buy everything right now!

Heavens!

xp

Shit, those handclaps on Life's a Beach. Best band since Junior Boys. Best band since the Shangri-Las for fucks sake.

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".

also, Forced Exposure has the 2x12" for less than $20 US.

has anyone heard their first three 7"s?

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"

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.

This is all a bit confusing, but I think the versions on Yearbook 1 are identical to the versions on the 2x12"

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?

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!

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.

anyone know where i can find a copy of the No Comply 12"?

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.

i was so happy when i received yearbook 1 and found the longer indo on it

cutty do you have West Coast (2006) on vinyl or digitally?

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.

i have mp3 rip off vinyls

also i claim to be the first person the mention studio on this message board

Let's see the evidence.

sounds of SANTANA vol. LVCMXXXXXIVIII

Friday, January 5, 2007 11:42 AM (7 months ago)

let it be known

http://www.ordination.org/baptize.jpg

L->R: Me, Cutty

just picked up the vinyl from the post office.

:) :) :)

so glad to see you repping strategy, cutty. that and radicalfashion are prolly my two favorite records of the year.

cutty looks like he's trying to make Jesus punch himself in the face. "why are you hitting yourself?" big brother style.

but they're totally beardos

JESUS WAS A BEARDO

possible idead for:

-bumper stickers
-1" pins
-t shirts
-re-edit label
-rolling paper co.

idea

oh i repped that radicalfashion album pretty hard too on some noise thread

i miss my ygs

i can't believe i missed this thread before! this is so, so awesome.

the thread or the record?

The posters on it.

^ that's actually my least favorite part :(

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.

whenever it's on i just feel so relaxed and happy. i hope this effect continues.

i listened to this again. it's still good

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.

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!)

Fantastic record.

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.

listen again.

Thanks, that's helpful.

:) :) :)

He's right, IEC -- took me a second listen for it to fully click.

and a doob.

i'm listening to the mix up at allez-allez.co.uk. this quote kinda bugs me.

rasmus has kindly supplied us with this week's session; 'the blue room mix part 1' is packed with beats and treats from the depths of his dusty crates - in fact so deep that the tracklisting must remain secret!

i've heard or own more than half the stuff on there.

kinda why i started this thread elitism, privacy, djs, blogs and "giving away stuff"

although, i really want to know who did the Riders on the Storm cover.

and all the non-beardo/balearic, anglophiles that came onto this thread because of the cure and talk talk references, have you guys heard the A Mountain of One eps?