The Studio - West Coast

Track 3 is so fucking "i"-era AR Kane it hurts.

Even his enunciation is a little bit like thingy's. It reminds me of the one that reminds me of Bjork circa Debut.

i would be their real drummmer

Nick do you have West Coast or Yearbook I? Which track are you referring to?

West Coast. Self Service is the AR Kane-ish one. I've just reviewed the album for Stylus so I'll say no more!

"Self Service" is maybe my favourite a lot of the time, especially when the vocalist sings "(something) (something) against you!" and then he has this syncopated "ooh ooh ooh ooh" in time with a keyboard riff and the beat. The rhythms on it are amazing, esp. in the second half. Shame it was edited for Yearbook I.

Second listen last night brought everything more into focus, I have to say.

did you smoke a doobie?

this has been my #1 this year since january

did you smoke a doobie?

Yeah, yours.

I wanna listen to this poolside at cocktail time.

LOL at this comment from i guess i'm floating
I'm really getting sick of these ridiculous Scandinavian "indie pop" musicians making crappy pop music slightly deviating from mainstream radio in order to gain the favor of music-connoisseurs wannabes. What happened to the days when "indie rock" meant Guided By Voices and Beat Happening and Sebadoh and Pavement and Neutral Milk Hotel and The Velvet Underground?

People like that are beyond saving.

Yeah!! What happened to grunge music, man?!

can't. stop. listening.

also quite amazed at tim's opening post, had you already lived for some time with the album when you wrote that? it's so accurate! and yes, "west coast" is totally cure ca. 17 seconds (an album i just recently bought & heard, btw). those "delicately pushed piano stabs" in "self service" are indeed very ar kaney. love that glorious guitar that comes in after 3 mins.

nothing much to add. i'm gonna put it on again.

It grows very wonderfully -- Willem is quite right, this adds on with relistenings, and you sense its own logic come to the fore.

Willem I was writing that as I listened for the first time!

BRAGGIN 2007

;D

true, but also I was shocked and pleased at how much I felt i clicked with this album from the very first note.

can't. stop. listening.

^^^^THIIIIIISSSSSS

very much a summer album so understandable

2x12" repress is such great news too.

already said it on the nu-balearic thread, but this is now the soundtrack to my 60 minute coastal commute every day.

i like all three remixes so far but def. prefer the originals.

just got up. and put it on again. it's a bright morning, too.

first studio song i heard was a remix, actually. the terje one. while commuting, though the scenery of my commute is nowhere near as impressive (or, dare i say, balearic?) as gr8080's.

It's great to see that this album now appears to have taken off a bit. Was it the remixes that did it I wonder?

I think it was just the fact of its getting rereleased, Tim!

well, for me anyway. went to their myspace, heard great songs, checked this thread, ordered the album - which then finally arrived this week. there's so much to get out of this record.

xpost yeah that's possibly important, too. probably the reason it arrived as late as it did... record of the week at a few uk online shops.

this thread and the remixes 4 me.

Fucking hell this is the best thing I have heard since Fujiya and Miyagi!

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