Goddamn, I hate the Polyphonic Spree

Stone faces.

I said "because, I hate the Spree, get it?"

They furtively point to a fellow seated next to them. I ask "Are you in the Spree?" He nods. "Sorry, can't stand yr band."

Both times they've been on national tv, they've given shout-outs to "Sh1ps Lounge in East Dallas". I do not want them associated with my bar. I live in fear of little hippie cult band fans wandering in and asking how often "the Spree" come in.

Clearly, they must die.

Also keep in mind there's like 40 people in this band so me dissing one of them to his face isn't like the whole band is saying, "hey that one bartender hates us!"

damn hippies.

when their first album came out, it was sent with rolls of the similarly-named candy. This candy was subsequently dumped all over the floor of the music office when we were absent-mindedly opening mail one day.

a few of the members are hot.

the vid that mtv2 plays has WAY too much of the Jeeper Creepers/Jesus Christ Superstar vibe for me, tho.

I think I have documented my loathing of TPS in ILM several times.

You know what? I'm not sure I even like Good Records. Dumb decor, ZERO selection, Tripping Daisy/PS/Grandaddy shit shoved in your grill... To their credit, they do host some decent in-stores with beer and hot dogs. But fuck, they never have a single thing I'm looking for.

To be nice, I will say that the last TD record was pretty good (nobody bought it).

Agreed with Aaron that the only good thing about Good records is the in-stores. I like CD World for local music.

And yes, when fun is disguised as a hippie cult, I detest it.

http://www.tough-cookie.co.uk:80/images/polyphonic_spree_derobe.jpg

new ep :

Mental Cabaret (new album track)
Love My Way (Psychedelic Furs cover)
Sonic Bloom (Tripping Daisy cover)
Lithium (Nirvana cover)
I'm Calling (new album track)

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/mel_face/bencurtis.jpg

Time to think about this band and how you feel about them almost 20 years later

This is... An uncomfortable listen

Like on an existential level

It wasn't a very good album.it had high expectations it didn't meet.

A bit like me when I was 21, right guys?

*Laughter*

saw em at the black cat well past their sell-by date, maybe 2014(?) I was drunk and probably on drugs but I remember having a blast. never really had time for the albums tho

lol I actually hate read a long polyphonic ilm thread the other week because i am messed up and this terrible band haunted me

polyphonic spree! not ilx poster polyphonic <3

St. Vincent/Annie Clark was a member in their immediate post-hype period.

I think their first album holds the record for "shortest time I've owned a used CD before selling it back"

I dug some of the tunes

This exists

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1609205558_10.jpg

I was into them at the time, when choral groups were popular with kids of all ages (the Young at Heart oldsters, that Langley Schools Music Project reissue.)

This is how Pinochet's Chile started.
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, November 3, 2006 9:12 AM bookmarkflaglink

At the time the I was horribly disappointed that their first album had like an EPs worth of actual songs, and over half the running time was made up of an extended Tim DeLaughter audio cut-up which had nothing to do with the band. On top of that, they didn't even include the much better single version of "Solder Girl", not even as a bonus track.

Just felt like a big rip-off. Although these days if I put it on at all, I suppose I'd be more inclined to just put the experimental track on and skip the rest.

From memory the second one was a better album relatively speaking, but I also have no desire to revisit it these days.

Just checked, that final track on The Beginning Stages was THIRTY-SIX MINUTES! Fucking come on, that's ridiculous.

Since the new Low record came out, I've found myself humming the 'days like these, keep me warm' melody from the first (?) album. Nice enough track.

i am not going to deny it : i absolutely love them.
saw them do the Rocky Horror thing at a family festival followed by them doing their full on Spree thing later that day.
best day ever.
re the debut : for the uk edition the extended track of indulgence was thankfully cut, and a few radio friendly edits of their tunes were added instead.

for their 'yes, its true' release i pre-ordered a cd/t-shirt combo.
come release day and nothing.
come a month later and still nothing.
i wrote to them via the options and still nothing.
after a long time i posted something on their FB page.
was then contacted by their crew.
massive apologies and a big parcel of : signed double vinyl, robes, cd version, and a signed print that is now framed and on the wall.