What happened to LUSH?

On the Sleeper/Echobelly mistake: they were kind of contemporaries but Emma and Miki had been contemporaries of MBV too, I guess

My statement? Well, the bit about falling completely asleep on my feet in front of Sonic Youth is entirely true. I'm not saying Lush blew a new part in my hair and set the room on fire, but they were visually more engaging than Sonic Youth. But, y'know, I've never been a member of Sonic Youth's hallelujah choir, so ya might factor that into your assessment.

The idea of getting paperwork or voicemail from Miki Berenyi seems really strange to me. It would be like having Kevin Sheilds fix your plumbing or something. You would sit there thinking "oh my god, oh my god, Kevin from MBV is snaking my toilet."

But as the others upthread note, "De Luxe" = winner.

Replace Spooky and Loveless with At War with Satan and What's THIS for...!, replace bubble bath and glass of wine with 40 oz of Crazy Horse and eliminate the reading material entirely and you have my solution.

ha, I was on 4ad-l too. With time a lot of these criticisms seem absurd; Spooky is frankly as good as Gala and Split and the differences in production and approach are are fairly slight to me now. I'm still not really a fan of the last album though.

Berenyi’s autobiography claims Rippon was the weak link in the band.

It used to be a bit of fan lore that when Rippon left the band, he hawked his fictionalized memoir about touring with Lush (under the title Cold Turkey Sandwich) to publishers, but none accepted it. Berenyi mentions nothing about this, and I wonder why. But if interest in Lush remains high enough that Berenyi got to publish a memoir, I’m surprised that Rippon hasn’t just put his old manuscript up on Amazon or another self-publishing channel.

I remember seeing a live performance of Covert on Paul King’s 120 Minutes, and being absolutely blown away, and really excited for Spooky. Then I came out, all slathered in worst Guthrie f/x — it frankly sounded like he didn’t have faith in the band and gilded them to death.

There’s a superb remix of Superblast! by Gil Norton, and shows what Spooky could’ve been with more sympathetic mixing. That version is also on the video, peels the skin right off my face every time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uU5DU7P83E

“Then it came out,” brb I got Dr Freud on the phone

I think Guthrie's production is what makes the best bits of Spooky so good (and much prefer it to Sweetness And Light). One of my favourite bits is the swirling guitar sound in Ocean that jumps between your left and right ears when you listen with headphones.

I am anti-Guthrie on this. much prefer everything else they did apart from the Lovelife album to Spooky

completely love the Guthrieness

Her twitter follows are abysmal

I think this has been noted itt

tbh Emma wasn't much better, wall-to-wall FBPE, but maybe less TERFs

cool. binning them asap nothing was lost really

what does "wall-to-wall FBPE" mean

FBPE = follow back pro-europe. basically a Twitter siren for centrists for whom nothing matters but Brexit. NB I did not vote for Brexit just tbc. basically a load of "sensible" twats who "hate the Tories" but want to replace them with people who will enact policies that are almost exactly the same as the Tories but they might grimace a bit and say sorry before they do it.

wonder if a 'Glasgow' label will reissue them next

ah see I keep seeing references to this but I don't know which label this refers to

I appreciate Guthrie’s contributions. I’m not sure that Lush themselves were capable of making a great album 100% all on their lonesome. Guthrie’s production is no different than, say, the strings on Split that give that album the extra edge.

I dislike both Guthrie’s Christmas tree production and how weak 60% of Spooky’s songs are. Found Emma’s twitter tedious but hadn’t realised Miki was a reactionary as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc-qPHoqr74
This film on the criterion streaming?

Yep, in the US anyway

The Miki Berenyi Trio just finished a short US tour that alas did not come to me in Washington DC. They did dates out west plus NY and Chicago. Miki is doing book readings in NY Tuesday June 11 and Wednesday June 12.

I saw photos from NY gig on Facebook but no video clips

SF show was great!

And Miki's coming back for another tour soon, with Moose in the band this time, but has also announced this'll be her last North American tour -- to quote her from FB:

Here are the dates for our LAST EVER North America tour. Not trying to be dramatic, it's just how it is. Frankly, it's a miracle that Moose agreed to fly this time, and although the 2024 tour was great, it wasn't the same without him. Plus, much as I love touring the US, it is utterly exhausting to organise and the financial risks are overwhelming. I just don't have it in me anymore!

All that said, we're massively looking forward to this, and so excited to have Gina Birch & The Unreasonables with us. So hurrah and see you there. ❤️

All ticket links at mikistuff.com/live

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I'm already double-booked on the evening so everyone should go in my stead.

October is hella busy but Gina Birch opening sealed it for me

I'll be there in Cambridge, my favorite venue.

Say hi if you're at the last show at the Roxy. Super stoked that Gina is opening

I'm gonna try to make the DC show (and yes its a busy live music month)

Saw the Miki Berenyi Trio tonight in DC . They just arrived at the airport at 4 and were onstage by 9 after a long wait via customs. Meanwhile Gina Burch from the Raincoats didn’t open because she couldn’t get her visa approved in time .

Her voice is great and the guitars sounded good too.

Did anyone see this? It's not streaming anywhere (in the UK at least). Surprised it hasn't had a DVD release.

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It's streaming on Criterion in the US. Very poignant to see their youthful vitality and road weariness captured briefly on Super 8.

Miki has been quite vocal that this is the final time she'll ever tour the US unless costs somehow miraculously come down

I had to skip the DC show, too tired. Would have gone if Gina Birch had made it, so I could get two post punk icons on one bill.

Saw Miki last night, drums were supplied by a backing track but that didn't diminish their power. Great selection of Lush, Piroshka and the new album and Miki just comes across as someone you want to share a drink with, great time.

I am bummed I couldn’t make it to the gig but I was just too wiped out

The Montréal show was fantastic! Loved the new stuff even more than I already did, the Lush tracks were great fun and really sent me back to my early 20s in a way I'd never felt before. I only wish I brought my copy of chorus for her to sign!

I posted photos & clips & thoughts use: here.

Far From Home film now up on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow3jEIV0s74