Silkworm: C/D?

and "Bar Ice" ... I guess I'm a sucker for the Silkworm songs with female backup vox. Is it Kelly Hogan again on here?

Blueblood has "EFF" on it, right? That song slays. I like "Clean'd Me Out" a lot too.

blueblood will worm its way into yr head eventually. amazing songs on that. i am particularly down w/tonight i'm meat into ritz dance

blueblood was actually the second skwm album i bought and it helped me understand them more. firewater is so big and overwhelming at first.

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tonight i'm meat is one of my favorites. empty elevator shaft---> until the end is great. i hated the first song the first few times i listened to it, but i dig it a lot now. cad, i think you're right, it's a grower.

lol i def do not know any girls who like skwm

Eff is such a late 90's Touch and Go type song

i just love love love "from inseam to hem i am a perfect gentleman." the cadence and rhyming is perfect.

(xp re: tonight i'm meat if thats unclear)

their lyrics are so weird, too. or maybe i'm just dumb. LR72, for one. and "everybody's been riding my ramp," what the hell does that even mean? i like it.

n/a is right, i wish i could solo like cohen. he's fucking amazing.

nah they're just both really, really awesome lyricists. i agree tho--no idea where they get some of their lines.

went driving in the warm spring evening last night with the 1st Bottomless Pit album playing...it's really, really, really good

everybody jam that record when you get a chance it will do you right

you heard the ep they put out? progression and improvement from the first record imo.

I keep meaning to get it but I haven't yet. Eventually. I saw the 2" reels for it at a studio tho!

yeah been listening to "Repossession" a lot

the worm is sounding really great these days

Eff is such a late 90's Touch and Go type song

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this album came out on T&G in 1998 btw

well right, that's kind of what i mean. to my ears, it doesn't sound like any of their other stuff, that much. the first time i heard it, i felt grounded in that certain time and place, and i wasn't sure i wanted to revisit it? does that make sense? i dig the song now, it just seemed dated to me at first. or maybe i just heard it a long time ago, i don't know.

it was the first time they *really* sounded like a "touch and go" type band to me, b/c i had only heard Italian Platinum and Lifestyle before that

ha I just couldn't tell how knowing that statement was

yeah i am not explaining it well, sorry

can't feel the love in a piece of cold steel, can't feel the love in a piece of cold steel

<3

I keep meaning to get it but I haven't yet. Eventually. I saw the 2" reels for it at a studio tho!

oh man, get on this right now!

both bottomless pit records are totally great. but I was obsessed with that EP for a few months.

listening to "Never Met a Man I Didn't Like" and this is just about their best and brightest rock song. big ol open chords by andy, michael just punishing the crash cymbal for the entire duration of the song, save for andy's solo where he only hits the ride for a while, and of course the chorus where he does that awesome hi-hat tug to accentuate the "say it again" line. so many good lines, so much good intonation in the singing too

"never saw such a piece of jap, SHIT"
"it's been weeks since a had a good, FUCK"

and then it's right into "The City Glows," which is kind of a perfect example of the quiet, restrained tension thing they occasionally did? "Moving" was another example, no others come to mind... anyway, love that song also

Hey dudes:

GREAT DEAL ALERT:

Matador must've found some old boxes of Firewater on vinyl, cuz it's only $10 for the record on their online store! : )

https://www.matadorrecords.com/store/index.php?catalog_id=33

taught myself "Treat the New Guy Right" on guitar yesterday (made easier by it not having a solo, I'm not very good at figuring out solos)

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

i want to play the drums on Never Met a Man I Didn't Like

man, the solos on firewater are basically all stunners.

so feeling this right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEXtZzwj0uQ

Italian Platinum today, sounded great walking around at lunch.

If you haven't seen it yet, and you're a Silkworm stan, you should read Sebastian Stirling's take on these guys at One Week // One Band, its a great read.

cool thanks for the link

love this band

LIVED OFF OF MY SEVERANCE PAY FROM THE OLD PIPELINE DAYS

"We suffered even greater misfortune/in the armpit of the Americas"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzvdh0E2tKo

;_;

HEY ILM my pal Jon has a request for a project he is working on:

http://www.comedyminusone.com/blog/?p=472

"As you likely have gleaned by now, Comedy Minus One has been working on a deluxe reissue of Silkworm’s third album “Libertine” which will be released later in 2013.
There are going to be several preorder tiers for this 2×12″, one of which shall include a download of live recordings from the band in their quartet form.
Tracking down live versions of songs found on “Libertine” has been an incredible pleasure, yet two dead ends have developed.
This may be a long shot, but if you have leads on performances of “The Cigarette Lighters” and/or “Oh How We Laughed,” please get in touch."

If you can help him out, please hit him up! Thank you.

nice. libertine is a classic. yen + janet forever is my fave joel song for silkworm.

was going through some old CDs and ran across the first Joel R.L. Phelps and the Downer Trio album, really good stuff

"As you likely have gleaned by now, Comedy Minus One has been working on a deluxe reissue of Silkworm’s third album “Libertine” which will be released later in 2013."

GASP! :D

Annnd details on that Libertine reissue are here

http://www.comedyminusone.com/blog/?p=477

I'm a little overwhelmed about all of the releases I'm trying to buy, so I'm glad this one comes out way in the fall.

already have the album, i just want the t-shirt

I want that two hours of Libertine-era live songs that's the bonus!

My old t-shirt is mostly shredded at this point...though I am most exicted to hear the remaster/45 rpm pressing

Developer is so fucking amazing

Stop teasing me for not picking up the vinyl that time I was at Academy 2 years ago.