Swing Out Sister - "Breakout" C/D

Found out the version of this 12" I own has 3 unique mixes on it according to a rando review on Discogs. My interest was prompted after reading the liner notes to the new Durutti Column reissue where they talk about Andy Connell joining the DC live band.

My god, what a song. And to whichever herbert upthread suggested the horns have aged badly - no way!

the entire album's great.

― ffirehorse (firehorse), Wednesday, March 2, 2005 8:56 PM (fifteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

so true

the debut? Yes!

LAY DOWN THE LAW
SHOUT OUT FOR MORE
BREAKOUT AND SHOUT
DAY IN DAY OUT
BREAKOUT

― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, November 12, 2012

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, May 10, 2020 6

otm

It got a mention on Corrie the other day.

i probably said this before, but 'Communion' is also a really lovely song. could imagine david sylvian or someone singing it:

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

(not that corinne doesn't already do a great job)

If Dancing In The Moonlight by Toploader is the nadir of pop culture and Dancing In The Moonlight by Thin Lizzy is its zenith, then this song is balanced perfectly at its centre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6CB4cnOaHg

don't know when that interview was but she is stuck with that haircut for life! still looks good on her though

It's from 2018.

Enormously annoyingly performed tune imo

too many adverbs

The thread asking whether my post was C or D is thataway

love this song

This song is basically perfect BUT I think that semi-rapped bridge does walk the line of awkwardness-approaching-cringe just a little bit.

LAY DOWN THE LAW
SHOUT OUT FOR MORE
BREAKOUT AND SHOUT
DAY IN DAY OUT
BREAKOUT

― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, November 12, 2012

hell yeah

DON'T STOP TO ASK

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:08 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink

NOW YOU'VE FOUND A BREAK TO MAKE IT LAST

― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:12 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink

WOO-OOH-OOH

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:12 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink

YOU'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY

― Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox),

I remember being very depressed by the video as a little kid, thinking, 'Is adulthood really that bland, that this is happiness, this is fun, this is BREAKING OUT?'

If it were made now it'd show the unmistakeable highlights of adulthood such as binge-watching a tv series, eating at a new restaurant, ordering clothing online...

DON'T STOP TO ASK

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:08 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink

NOW YOU'VE FOUND A BREAK TO MAKE IT LAST

― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:12 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink

WOO-OOH-OOH

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:12 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink

YOU'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY

― Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox),

― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, July 3, 2021

breakout

I've been really into this band's first album lately. It's like an entire album of 90's anime opening themes. I guess its sound may even have been the inspiration for a lot of those themes.

'blue mood' is a jam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrtFz2MD3o8

Some people stop at nothing
If you're searching for something
Lay down the law, shout out for more
Breakout and shout, day in, day out

Breakout

LAY DOWN THE LAW
SHOUT OUT FOR MORE
BREAKOUT AND SHOUT
DAY IN DAY OUT
BREAKOUT

― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, November 12, 2012

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, May 10, 2020 6

― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn),

LAY DOWN THE LAW AND BREAK IT
WHEN DREWERY COMES HOME

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jul/25/how-we-made-breakout-by-swing-out-sister-interview

I’d fallen off a horse and fractured my skull. I was incapacitated – I couldn’t move – so with nothing to do but recover, I started scribbling down loads of notes.

!!!

"Theme (From It's Better to Travel)" reminds me of the Orb's "Spanish Castles in Space"

"Theme" really isn't what I expected from Swing out Sister:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNHvQqqELVU

I wonder if they played it as an overture in concerts? Or if it was the two blokes in the band trying to show that they could do film soundtracks. It sounds like a mixture of incidental music from Star Cops crossed with battle music from a SNES game.

The lead singer's mother is apparently "the doyenne of England's hedgehog ladies":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog_Care

I like the suggestion of it the closer to the album but the overture to the concerts - very "Pimpf"

Some people stop at nothing
If you're searching for something
Lay down the law, shout out for more
Breakout and shout, day in, day out

― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski),

big box of swing out sister...

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/swing-out-sister-blue-mood-breakout-and-beyond-the-early-years-part-1-8cd-box-set/

Interview with Corinne on the Ace Records Podcast here -- good listen!

https://soundcloud.com/ace-records-ltd/the-ace-records-podcast-28-corinne-drewery

A bump for the morning!

this song always cheers me up

A bump for the morning!

This strikes me as very fitting for the whole sophstipop aesthetic

those "Breakout" horns are the equivalents of bumps in the morning

I love "It's Better to Travel" so much. Been looking for more albums that hit that sound (which it seems the band departed from immediately and permanently). So far the closest I've found is "En Cavale" by Isabelle Antena, which hits on a similar glossy, jazzy Sophisti-pop type sound. Any other tips?

Though I am listening to their "Live at the Jazz Cafe" record for the first time right now and... dang! This is really good, and really not what I expected!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgme2q7GOF0

Dip In The Pool's 'Retinae' definitely has its moments!

Oh yeah, that's a good pull! I like that album a lot too. Kind of a quieter energy to it than Swing Out Sister but it does hold a very similar appeal. Great clarinet on there too!

yeah its definitely more 'Twilight World' than 'Breakout'

Ended up checking out Shapes and Patterns because it was their highest-rated album on rym. pretty straightforward and pleasant Burt Bacharach-style music but certainly not as fun or compelling as "Breakout". But interesting to learn about their second life in Japan - "Now You're Not Here" from Shapes and Patterns was a huge hit and they're pretty well-known there

This Dip in the Pool song rules