i do kind of miss these guys, though they were never ever in the same league as MBV or Slowdive.
― keine Macht für dich mehr! (Eisbaer), Sunday, 23 May 2010 15:01 (fourteen years ago) link
the linked interview is really interesting, though. being American, i had no idea that Lush had gotten beaten up so much in the British musical press -- the interview claims it's because they were "lighter" than other shoegaze bands (which is true i guess) -- but it wasn't as if Slowdive (to give a counter-example) had a particularly easy time with the British press either.
― keine Macht für dich mehr! (Eisbaer), Sunday, 23 May 2010 15:51 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i recall interviews w/them in The Big Takeover where they blasted the British press, especially for constantly pushing the tired dull sexist "look these are women playing rock music" line.
― hobbes, Sunday, 23 May 2010 23:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Also, shoegaze in general got AN LOT of ridicule; the term itself was originally used as a pejorative iirc.
― anatol_merklich, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 22:02 (fourteen years ago) link
This must go down on record as the longest Lush thread ever being that it was stated in 2002!
In fact I can't think of any other band or for that matter, subject matter that has merited such an long thread!
― outoftheblue, Monday, 31 May 2010 08:37 (fourteen years ago) link
i won't introduce you to the pseudo echo thread in that case
― lemon lime & butters (electricsound), Monday, 31 May 2010 08:53 (fourteen years ago) link
I suppose with Lush now talking about reforming, it could quite easy make it's 10th anniversary.
I guess it's only a matter of time, until a reunion is on the cards.
Which would be very strange, to say the least.
― outoftheblue, Monday, 31 May 2010 11:17 (fourteen years ago) link
(sigh)
― piscesx, Saturday, 23 October 2010 04:39 (thirteen years ago) link
After seeing Lush repeatedly place on the shoegaze-tracks poll, I am revisiting all of these Lush albums and they are hitting all the right autumnal emotional trigger points. So fucking good. The outros to Nothing Natural and Desire Lines are killing me.
― bmus, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Of course Lush will never get old. They will forever be in their twenties and the music will always remain ageless. And they didn't need the build-up and applause of the music press to keep them relevant either.
― ShadwwithouttheO, Saturday, 12 March 2011 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Just read a note on FB that tomorrow is the 16th anniversary of Chris Acland's death.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 00:21 (eleven years ago) link
I've just bumped into this Emma Anderson interview... was kind of surprised to learn they've actually contemplated reuniting, but haven't been offered enough money :(
― daavid, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 04:44 (eleven years ago) link
Interview here
― daavid, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 04:46 (eleven years ago) link
Was talking to Emma Anderson at a wedding the other week.
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 11:21 (eleven years ago) link
Saw the Ride / Lush tour the summer I gradjeeated from college at the late lamented Latin Quarter in Detroit. Epic show. My brother and I both lost hearing in our right ears from the treble onslaught, but 21 years later I have no regrets!
― broom air, Thursday, 18 October 2012 02:05 (eleven years ago) link
back next year according to a fake-Coachella poster doing the rounds!
― piscesx, Thursday, 2 May 2013 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
I hope so!
― OutdoorFish, Thursday, 2 May 2013 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
firing up Spooky for the first time in a while; this album is still fantastic
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 18:24 (nine years ago) link
It's one of my favorite albums that I would usually probably forget to list among my favorite albums. I discovered at just the right point in my life, too, which doesn't hurt. Total gateway drug to lots of other, similar stuff I'd never been exposed to previously.
― A Smorgasbord of Gourmet Gulps (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link
I love Spooky but it's my least favourite of their albums.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 19:09 (nine years ago) link
Lovelife never really gelled for me
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, Lovelife isn't bad, but they sounded like a different band to me (although I can't fault them for not continuing to do exactly what I wanted them to continue doing). I love everything up until then, though.
― Soggy Spongey Moist & Messy (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
that first sing-sing album is so great, seems like it could've been big if it were released a few years later
― clouds, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 21:19 (nine years ago) link
I've been on such a Lush-binge these past few days. Christ, they were fantastic.
I will rep for Lovelife, too, it was the kind of spikey pop band that was lurking underneath all the shoegaze haze all along, but people just didn't seem able to accept that side of them. Which is a shame, because I always loved their melodic sensibility. I mean, come on! 500 (Shake Baby Shake)? Such a choon!
I even dug out the Sing-Sing albums yesterday. Yeah, the timing on that was weird. To put out this deeply textured, finely arranged summer-pop album right at the height of the Noo Rawk Revival seems like bad luck. It's way, way better than I remember it being.
― Branwell with an N, Monday, 21 July 2014 12:21 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qah2UXQj3kQ&app=desktop
― Kibbutzki (Jaap Schip), Monday, 20 October 2014 12:56 (nine years ago) link
almost as good as fabulous on rapido
― mit iodine (electricsound), Friday, 24 October 2014 04:33 (nine years ago) link
i had that "Get Fucked By Fabulous" shirt, it was kind of ill-advised to ever wear it out
― Chimp Arsons, Friday, 24 October 2014 06:14 (nine years ago) link
is that Quantick in the waistcoat?
― Starland Vocal Gland (sic), Saturday, 25 October 2014 14:08 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq1QWn8KXsw
― wackness unlimited (snoball), Saturday, 25 October 2014 15:08 (nine years ago) link
all-time
― mit iodine (electricsound), Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:59 (nine years ago) link
Who's the speccy wee gadge in the blue cardy?
― MaresNest, Saturday, 25 October 2014 23:26 (nine years ago) link
James Brown
― Starland Vocal Gland (sic), Saturday, 25 October 2014 23:39 (nine years ago) link
The knowledge that he went on to become editor of lads mag 'Loaded' makes me take everything he says in that video with a huge pinch of salt.
― wackness unlimited (snoball), Sunday, 26 October 2014 08:52 (nine years ago) link
taking any of what they said seriously would be utterly ridiculous
― mit iodine (electricsound), Sunday, 26 October 2014 09:07 (nine years ago) link
Miki was onstage with Jesus And Mary Chain for Just Like Honey last night in London!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3PfzrVIAAIdD1n.jpg
― piscesx, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 10:08 (nine years ago) link
the live band also has philip king in the line up ..
― mark e, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 10:14 (nine years ago) link
ok so..
http://www.lushofficial.com/
― piscesx, Monday, 21 September 2015 13:28 (eight years ago) link
oh dude.
― how's life, Monday, 21 September 2015 14:24 (eight years ago) link
I guess it was inevitable really - but out of all those guys, reformed Lush is the one I see most struggling to raise interest.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 21 September 2015 14:34 (eight years ago) link
It basically comes down to: What are the new songs like?
― Mark G, Monday, 21 September 2015 14:38 (eight years ago) link
What's the news? Is that just a new website?
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 21 September 2015 15:10 (eight years ago) link
I would also note this:
https://twitter.com/evjanderson/status/645886417957203968
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 21 September 2015 19:27 (eight years ago) link
I really can't process this right now because I can't run around my office screaming "WHOOOOOOOOO LUSH!" without getting fired
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Monday, 21 September 2015 19:35 (eight years ago) link
reformed Lush is the one I see most struggling to raise interest.
Really?
Anyway, hope this turns out to be yet another fantastic album from a 90s band who hasn't been together in 20 years. It's been a good year for that.
― how's life, Monday, 21 September 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
I'm into this if this is the thing that's actually happening. Remains to be seen what direction they'll take. I deeply love everything they did up to the last album, which I thought was just okay. I really like Sing-Sing, though.
― Sitting In The Ape Chair (Old Lunch), Monday, 21 September 2015 19:45 (eight years ago) link
Eek, this is all very exciting! I was just downloading some of their B-sides yesterday.
New album, tour and reissues would all be welcomed. I don't ask for a lot.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 21 September 2015 20:00 (eight years ago) link
I would personally fund their reunion
― Ys Man a.k.a. Have One on G (geoffreyess), Monday, 21 September 2015 21:12 (eight years ago) link
if I had any money.
please please please let this be true!
― daavid, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 21:19 (eight years ago) link
announcement tomorrow supposedly.
― mark e, Sunday, 27 September 2015 15:35 (eight years ago) link