Cardiacs: Classic or Dud?

gimme time, I gotta write on Eliot + Swift + Toni Morrison this holiday.

snob + joeks bruv + emancipation

I acquired recently all the albums I didn't have, so The Obvious Identity, Toy World, The Seaside, Songs For Ships And Irons and the Sea Nymphs album will be 'chewn' through (as it were)!

Actually, I've already had at the Sea Nymphs several times, because it's amazing. Lilly White's Party especially.

Kitchen Person, you will love Guns, but you shouldn't ignore Heaven Born And Ever Bright.

― forgive me fada (acoleuthic), Friday, April 9, 2010 1:09 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

How did you manage to track all those down? I'm actually pretty fed up of searching for their stuff, I do at least 3 Ebay searches a day.

Heaven Born & Ever Bright, Guns and Song's For Ships & irons are the ones on my list to get. The Sea Nymphs album is just about impossible to get but I would love to own that one day.

They were acquired through stealth, and having a brother who has a d3m0n01d account

Are there any places that you'd recommend trying to find their albums apart from the usual Amazon, Ebay, Netsounds? I sometimes look at their website in hope they will have their albums back in stock but I know it's a long shot.

I guess I should be grateful I have managed to find as many as I have.

Well, if you're not averse to itunes, the entire back catalogue is on there. Sadly, that's pretty much the only way the band are going to see any revenue at this point.

The Spratley's Japs album is amazing too!

Gah, looks like the benefit is off. One or more of the "big names" can't make it, so it's all fallen apart. Should've known it was too good to be true.

wait, what? that's no reason to call a Cardiacs benefit off! Who's in charge? I know some "big names" that would be more than happy to benefit Tim Smith and the Cardiacs!

^^^get this guy and Max Tundra involved IMO

noooooooo!

X-Post I'd be interested to know who.

http://thequietus.com/articles/04192-why-a-heart-attack-must-not-arrest-the-cardiacs

^^^great article!!

The Sea Nymphs album is rapidly, rapidly attaining godlike status with me. It's possibly as good as HBAEB, maybe even better

Have you the Spratleys Japs record?

I really need to start exploring these offshoots... all I have is the 'affectionate friends' comp.

SJ is practically STG Disc 3, you want it!

Sea Nymphs is

um

I don't know how lovely

but THIS, truly, is the album which if everyone in the world heard, they would love. Of that I am certain. There's absolutely nothing that could put anyone off except his voice and we're all grown-ups who can overlook voices, right?

If I were to re-run that 90s poll, this album would be getting points. From me.

Astounding.

I must hear Spratley's Japs.

I love it when a plan etc.....

It's so frustrating that there's a whole load of Sea Nymphs material which is the equal(if not better) of that album that has never seen the light of day, except for on live bootlegs and that one Peel Session. Enough for at least two more albums, apparently.

Apart from that, there's only the early cassette album Mr & Mrs Smith & Mr Drake, which is rather more lo-fi, but has a kind of eerie timelessness about it that the later more polished stuff lacks.

would say the SN album is nothing if not completely timeless tbh

This has just reminded me that I have a decent rip of the SN peel session on a DAT tape of all things, I must dig that out.

http://mutant-sounds.blogspot.com/2010/03/spratleys-japs-hazel-cd-ep-1999-uk.html

So 'Pony' is still in stock? Might get me a copy...

(btw I bumped the Cardiacsy thread for Knifeworld earlier. Some decent bass on that album) ;-)

Oh hey, I noticed, to be honest it was so damn long ago (maybe 6 years or more) that I recorded anything for Kavus I can't honestly remember what I did, I know it was only a few tracks, maybe 3 or 4. I didn't think he'd even use any of it because at the time, the tracks were pretty skeletal. So the decent bass is most likely Craig or Kavus :)

Oh wait so that album's been in the making for a while? He did all that Authority stuff even after beginning Knifeworld?

Yep, it's his magnificent octopus

except he says there's another one out soon as well, maybe it's a two-part octopus

'Me To The Future Of You' is his Dirty Boy, though; that's pretty much beyond any doubt

Out soon...

so glad I didn't use all 25 nominations for the 05-09 poll, just sayin'

More on this soon, but

'Fanny' by Spratley's Japs is one of the best songs ever

Kavus has confirmed in a podcast interview that Cardiacs won't be playing live again. Not really a surprise given the apparent seriousness of Tim's condition, but still sad to hear it nonetheless. He did also mention the benefit album will probably be out by the end of the year.

ah well. tim's got a better excuse than andy partridge i guess

still hoping tim recovers, and recovers sufficiently to finish mixing LSD - but more that he recovers, really

More on this soon, but

'Fanny' by Spratley's Japs is one of the best songs ever

― always changing, always the same (acoleuthic), Saturday, 5 June 2010 03:24 (2 months ago)

loverocksunanthem

possibly my favourite song now

it's just too much, too good. it's what my head looks like on the inside.

cannot begin to convey how it makes me feel, and how it aligns with my best feelings

Info on the tribute album here, available for pre-order : http://www.thegenepool.co.uk/items/597.htm

Andy Partridge!

The blurb say Tim is still in hospital over two years since his stroke :-(

WE WILL PRAISE HIM

I'm really interested to hear which song Ultrasound cover, I recently got a copy of The Sea Nymphs album which I remember their lead singer Tiny praising in the NME back in the day.

aargh i want to preorder but don't know what my address will be when this ships! what a lame conundrum

+ i don't trust my building's office to forward anything to me after i move because i've brought them previous tennant's mail before and the girl at the office there threw it out in front of me!

Got it today, psyched!

It's not on Gracenote yet, boo!

Any word on Tim's condition? It's been such a long time...just realized that Guns is going to be 12 years old :()

Well sadly, he's still in an extremely dependant state. The record they were working on before Tim's attack (LSD) will likely remain unreleased because his vocals had yet to be added.

Did you know about this frogbs?

http://www.thegenepool.co.uk/items/597.htm

It's pretty great in the main and all proceeds go directly to Tim.

I'm working w/Moe Staiano (ex Sleepytime Gorilla Museum percussionist) on a Tim Smith benefit in San Francisco for May. Several bands who want to cover Cardiacs will play (and if your band is in the bay and wants to play, let me know)

sometimes, every now and then, I wish I lived in the uk america

― Dominique, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 02:55 (3 years ago)

also I need to get my mitts on that album - my bank account has been empty since I got my ticket to NZ so as soon as I'm next paid that thing is en route chez moi. refuse point-blank to d/l it without paying.

Although if you could titillate me with some descriptions, MN... :P

Wow MaresNest really is our source on the ground...but it's still very sad to hear of his state of course.

Supposedly Tundra covers Will Bleed Amen. Prepare yr ears :p

that is the single thing I am most looking forward to tbh

DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-BAB-BA-BA-DAH-DUH-DUH

I think those Duhs match up with the Will Bleed Amen riff...maybe..possibly...

Loved a lot of 2010 music, but this makes the '10 ILM poll look just feeble.