Didn't know about the new band, sounds real good, will give it a go to consider for my year end
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 09:32 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_9fLIiSaRQ
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 09:42 (five years ago) link
tl:dr, this is a fucking kickass rock band that relies on very few typical kickass rock band tropes in favor of an approach that's both more cerebral and less studied, somehow
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 04:49 (nine hours ago) Permalink
This.
Also using the Carducci Metric, you can tell TFS is a great band cuz no one is talking about them
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 14:49 (five years ago) link
Gareth lyrically doesn't always stick the landing, for me anyway, but when he does, it completely fucking flattens me
"I See Seaweed" by the Drones is probably the best rock record of the last ten yrs
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
I possibly agree
― imago, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdrip6k3g74
whoa that stayin' alive cover rules
it's kinda wild that the drones' debut came out 16 years ago and gareth is only getting better and better. great post simon
― ufo, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 15:03 (five years ago) link
hoping for more Erica lead vox on the next album
and yeah the early Drones albums just seem so...basic now, outside of a few undeniable jams
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
his guitar playing has come so far since the early Drones record; he seems to have grown bored with chords entirely, and now mostly plays in weird diagonal patterns and screeches and scrapes that intersect beautifully and weirdly with the sci-fi synths.
Simon, you put into words what I've been trying to describe since I first heard "Feelin Kinda Free". 'Diagonal guitar patterns' indeed, Gareth's innovative approach makes most other bands sound boring to me. I'm desperate to find more in this vein!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 15:12 (five years ago) link
great posts simon
just a fantastic band, this feels like this year's Thin Black Duke by Oxbow, a record that just kinda fell threw the cracks in favor of a bunch of buzz bands that offer far, far less
― No Smockin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 15:12 (five years ago) link
ISS is one of those albums where no track is even approaching weak, and it's also one of those albums where the first half is amazing and the second half is even better. I probably said this already
― imago, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 15:14 (five years ago) link
Oxbow comparison on-point
― imago, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 15:15 (five years ago) link
yeah despite FKF getting us closer to the TFS sound, ISS is stronger overall, def their rockist apex after which point they had to start getting weird or implode
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
ISS expanded their sound a decent amount with a lot more keyboards and piano than before, helping pave the way for them really breaking loose with FKF
― ufo, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 15:27 (five years ago) link
apropos of nothing: "To Think I Once Loved You" is the best fake Radiohead song ever written
also if a mod could add "Tropical Fuck Storm" to the thread title that would be dope
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 15:59 (five years ago) link
it's a bit like the relationship between mcclusky & future of the left, similar aesthetic at the core but different versions of it
― No Smockin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 16:10 (five years ago) link
Never listened to the Drones - I guess they just flew completely under my radar all these years. But I found that TFS record through the Quietus’s EOY list and was totally taken off guard. Not the record I thought I was looking for this year.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link
as much as this is a vocal/lyric band, "Shellfish Toxin" is a really amazing instrumental, almost reminds me of a post punk Robert Wyatt or something
― No Smockin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
this feels like this year's Thin Black Duke by Oxbow, a record that just kinda fell threw the cracks in favor of a bunch of buzz bands that offer far, far less
― willem, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
They've always passed me by, especially at the ATP when I took a tactical nap during their set to avoid going back to the chalet, but the Oxbow comparison intrigues me because I fkn love Oxbow.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 09:31 (five years ago) link
Oh I should say they don't sound anything like Oxbow, I just meant in the sense they seem to be chasing down their own thing, ignoring and ignored by the general zeitgeist
― No Smockin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 12:39 (five years ago) link
You could just listen to her Mod Con album, mentioned upthread:https://poisoncityrecords.bandcamp.com/album/modern-convenience
Feelin Kinda Free was my #7 album for 2016.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:30 (five years ago) link
yeah I linked that as well. it's pretty good but not as distinctive as TFS
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:38 (five years ago) link
i listened to and enjoyed the TFS album when it came out but this thread lead me to go back to it, so thanks all. it reminds me of the grinderman albums.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 17:28 (five years ago) link
I like FKF a lot but the second side is significantly iffier than the first.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 17:31 (five years ago) link
good closer
― imago, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
Yeah I hadn't listened to the TFS in a minute, man this is a great record
― chr1sb3singer, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
thanks for the ISS rec, i like it.
somebody posted this on a youtube video of the album audio:
The singer sounds like the dregs of a pouch of champion ruby found next to yesterday's coopers on the porch. It's wonderful.
does anybody knows what this means
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 18:19 (five years ago) link
refers to wine and expired cigarettes?
― imago, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
I have no idea but it sounds like a Gareth lyric so it fits
speaking of which, everyone also needs to hear Gareth's strange Tourist, his take on a solo folk record. endless songs full of bleak character studies. great winter album
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
Coopers is beer, Champion ruby is roll your own tobacco
― just sayin, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
ah, thanks
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 22:47 (five years ago) link
I still am not 100% on Gareth's vocals (never listened to the Drones) but def the second half of "Soft Power" => "Shellfish Toxin" is where I went from thinking this was 'ok + knockout opening track' to being fully on board with the vibe of this album, just nailing down the Dystopian Now like a coffin lid
― slack thompson (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 20 December 2018 07:42 (five years ago) link
The "slime green" LP I picked up is gloriously garish in all respects. Was surprised to find that the artwork was done by a Montreal artist who passed a few years back.http://www.patrickmikhailgallery.com/exhibitions/joe-becker-
― resident hack (Simon H.), Saturday, 22 December 2018 03:16 (five years ago) link
Euro tour for TFS confirmed, whoop.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Sunday, 3 February 2019 10:42 (five years ago) link
New TFS LP coming out later this year. Here's a video appetizer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2xOxmHTYMg
― pomenitul, Monday, 4 March 2019 17:32 (five years ago) link
Just coming to post that. Really pleased that TFS wasn't a one-off. Best band going for my money.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 4 March 2019 17:39 (five years ago) link
sweet
it's amazing how much they're able to do on top of the constant bassline
― imago, Monday, 4 March 2019 18:34 (five years ago) link
Songs that fool you about where the downbeat is.
― imago, Monday, 4 March 2019 18:35 (five years ago) link
I quite like that ephemeral guitar solo as well.
― pomenitul, Monday, 4 March 2019 18:36 (five years ago) link
It's a bit like jazz in that respect, where the rhythm section maintains sanity and everything else goes nuts.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 4 March 2019 18:37 (five years ago) link
the unabashedly atonal guitar work is a considerable part of the fun, yes
― imago, Monday, 4 March 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link
kind of a sleaford mods vibe to this one
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Monday, 4 March 2019 19:03 (five years ago) link
It’s limited to 500 copies on orange vinyl and the b-side is a cover of Missy Elliott’s “Can’t Stop.”
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Monday, 4 March 2019 23:20 (five years ago) link
on one hand, them covering a Rich Harrison production does kinda make sense and it's a deep cut, but....kinda trepidatious about this one lol
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 00:14 (five years ago) link
this is fantastic, excited there's a new album on the way already. love when the intensity really ramps up from the guitar solo onwards
― ufo, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 02:30 (five years ago) link
I like this super zoned out session from October
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvihhF-U35Y
― Simon H., Saturday, 9 March 2019 02:20 (five years ago) link
Hobart 22 March 2019https://i.imgur.com/CoARMax.jpg?1
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 23 March 2019 01:37 (five years ago) link
ahhh I bet their "Baby²" ruled
― Simon H., Saturday, 23 March 2019 02:31 (five years ago) link
Yeah it went off, it was a very sweaty room afterward. Finished up, downed tools, no encore. Not in a shitty way, they just did what they came to do, done.Insanely tight band, and I love Erica's lead playing, partly fluid and mad, partly munted and primitive. I got Afrobeat feels from some of the songs. "Rubber Bullies" was like a raw nerve, total command of dynamics and batshit crescendoes.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 23 March 2019 04:00 (five years ago) link
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Haha this just came up on my shuffle and for a minute so I thought it was Roedelius or something
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 13:58 (five years ago) link