scaramanga six/wrath records. am i the only one...

single of the year.

for me alone that is.

they have completely updated their image in recent times .

if i didn't know they were full of self depracation wit they would scare me sh*tless ..

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3570/3382595715_ca5730346f_o.jpg

5 years on and the band are still going and making albums that only i ever seem to like.
they are a bunch of peristent buggers i'll give them that.
as they are probably very aware, the new one wont win them any new fans, but 3 listens in, and their brand of ott chaos is beginning to work its magic.

well hey these guys are awesome!

they sort of remind me of like um...flaming stars or gallon drunk meet mclusky, not quite but dang this band is great!

cheers

Thanks for reminding me of these guys. Yeah, I'm surprised they are still together. It's been so long since I connected with them that I totally forgot they existed. Must have been the Tim Smith connection that got me into them. So this new one is good, is it?

as with anything by the S6, takes a few listens to hit home, but yes, there are some absolute belters, as well as a couple of more 'difficult' moments (as is often the case .. )
seems like they have ditched the last Tim Smith material they'd recorded, until Tim recovers from his recent heart attack.
however, this set back has not made them go all soft, in fact this is even more punchy and deranged.
love the cover art as well - nice change in style.

i have an S6 album somewhere but it never really rocked my world

perhaps i will revisit it and see how i feel now

wrath have released a lot of cool stuff btw, particularly their supersevens series

yeah .. those were good fun.
it feels that the label has been in a state of comatose for a while now (that or i am scubbed off the promo list, which would be understandable), though it could be due to the fact they had to regroup and get together some cash.
oh, actually, the eureka machines album last year was great.
the excessive queen styled vocal overdubs, and chugga chugga guitars always makes me smile.

live this thursday in bristol.

suspect it will be just me + a couple of bar staff rejoicing in the mighty racket the band create.

cant bloody wait.

electricsound : best album (other than the new one ) = Cabin Fever with its 3D Blood splattered cover.

^the one i have. will listen now

next album by the s6 to be recorded and produced (or whatever he does), by steve albini @ his chicago studio ...

i am not alone

http://thequietus.com/articles/12279-scaramanga-six-phantom-head-review

as always with s6 albums, this one has taken a few listens for it to click, but click it has.

still going strong ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwiCdbZD2mE&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhHU6Wnu8mk&index=9&list=UUnrKZyeg0oPih2iXm6VW10g

loving the piano bloke playing air drums.

oh, and yes, that is graham coxons drummer, aka stuffy, backing up the bands regular drummer ..

have never seen them play live with the dual drummerz groove, but i know they have recorded with such a set up.

Stuffy of Stuffy and the Fuses? I have a 7" somewhere. Was meant to put them on one time but I don't think it happened in the end.

yup. the one and same.

stuffy released his album on the scaramangas label, wrath.

tis rather good.

listening to this, it's ok, some nice moments

thumpermonkey are the similar but much better version though

give this a go, mark e

http://thumpermonkey.bandcamp.com/album/we-bake-our-bread-beneath-her-holy-fire

also, to arms etc, who played my wedding*. wonder how those folks are getting on

*checks* they have a new albummmm yay

*note to to arms etc: twas cursed, but not yer fault

oh it's a posthumous album. turns out to arms etc was cursed as well! HOW FITTING

(and it's not our fault)

http://www.thescaramangasix.co.uk/new/wp-content/gallery/shop/Scenes-of-mild-peril1000x1000.jpg

ordered.

cannot wait ..

New one is up on bandcamp. Bit more restrained than I would like (eg. Cursed) but some great bits. Only listened once so far though.

a restrained S6 !!?
blimey.
that said, have they ever bettered 'cabin fever' ?
as time goes on, its clear that they peaked with that album - a genuinely brilliant album.
not got the new one yet, but a few more glasses of wine, and it will probably be on order.

should anyone feel the urge, then there is a free compilation :

http://thescaramangasix.bandcamp.com/album/an-introduction-to-the-scaramanga-six

yes, i still love this lot more than i probably should.

after 25 years they have decided to give every album away for free.

https://thescaramangasix.bandcamp.com/

even the latest release has an absolute stomping S6 track on it, 'as we take the stage', that is as good as anything off their previously mentioned classic 'cabin fever', so, they clearly still have it.

they are still together.
if things go to plan, i am going on a mini tour with them this weekend.
leeds tomorrow, (first time i will have been back in leeds for 25 years), and then preston on saturday.
despite the fact i rarely listen to guitar based music these days, i am really looking forward to it.