ok i re-listened and i guess its just "Innocent Line" that grates on me. its like two lyrics away from MOR Christian Rock.
the rest is grate!
― gr8080, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 02:45 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah i usually skip innocent line and the reprise now, but i think the last 3 trax are killer. i like the first ep better tho i think, esp. cant be serious and freefall
― max, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 02:46 (sixteen years ago) link
This is AMO1's MySpace page, right? These songs are great!
I see why you mention them on this thread, sorta kinda.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 14 August 2007 02:57 (sixteen years ago) link
well studio is in their top friends
― cutty, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 03:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Those A Mountain of One tracks on their myspace page sound amazing. "Ride" sort of splits the difference between Studio and the Mungolian Jet Set remix of Lindstrom's "A Blast of Loser" (a total beardo/balearic classic in my opinion).
― Tim F, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 03:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh my God "Freefall"!!! I love those resonant 80s rock vocals.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 03:59 (sixteen years ago) link
did i just imagine reading that Studio is doing a remix on the next AM01 release?
― gr8080, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 05:08 (sixteen years ago) link
no, i guess i didnt
:)
― gr8080, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 05:09 (sixteen years ago) link
CONSPIRACY
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 05:23 (sixteen years ago) link
ned i think you'd like AMO1.
it might take three or four listens though.
― gr8080, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 06:06 (sixteen years ago) link
I'll make you listen to it for me and then I'll write the review based on your humming.
(I think my AMG review is up but I am annoyed in that I didn't properly mention the vinyl release.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 06:11 (sixteen years ago) link
The AMO1 stuff on their myspace page sounds even more eighties rock sheen than Studio, to the point where I can imagine it being off-putting to some people, but it also reminds me of Bark Psychosis a bit - especially of the early ambienty songs on Independence. There's a real sense of vastness.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 08:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Hmmm. When's an actual CD out?
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 08:45 (sixteen years ago) link
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w46/amountainofone/Quotes.jpg
― gr8080, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 08:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Doh.
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 08:53 (sixteen years ago) link
i have to say, all i've got to go on for either of these bands is the stuff on myspace, and while The Studio was pretty much love at first listen, AMO1 has not grabbed me yet. almost too 'rock' if that makes sense? but then listening on one crappy earphone while at work is prob not the best way in...
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 09:03 (sixteen years ago) link
sample of A Mountain Of One - Brown Piano (Studio Version):
http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/mp3/A%20Mountain%20Of%20One%20-%20Brown%20Piano%20Studio%20Version.mp3
Funny, it sounds exactly how I would think Studio covering AMO1 would sound.
― gr8080, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 23:04 (sixteen years ago) link
nice review, ned.
but you got the opening sentance backwards.
― gr8080, Saturday, 18 August 2007 01:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Too many different editions of this album I tells ya! (Andy, you're reading this thread, can you clean it up?)
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 18 August 2007 03:35 (sixteen years ago) link
where is Ned's review?
― nerve_pylon, Saturday, 18 August 2007 04:56 (sixteen years ago) link
allmusic
― Telephone thing, Saturday, 18 August 2007 06:10 (sixteen years ago) link
nice. and props to baaderonixx! :)
― willem, Saturday, 18 August 2007 07:35 (sixteen years ago) link
yes--nice review.
especially "...almost as if a previous decade's sonic elements had been liberated from the songwriting context of their time and reassembled in new ways."
― nerve_pylon, Saturday, 18 August 2007 14:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Thank yer all.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 18 August 2007 15:17 (sixteen years ago) link
where is this review? i keep thinking that studio is kind of like a post-rock jane's addiction.
― tricky, Saturday, 18 August 2007 17:02 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry, found the review info by reading up the thread all of four posts...still half-asleep.
― tricky, Saturday, 18 August 2007 17:05 (sixteen years ago) link
jane's addiction?
― nerve_pylon, Saturday, 18 August 2007 17:58 (sixteen years ago) link
yep, their early stuff for sure.
― tricky, Saturday, 18 August 2007 18:01 (sixteen years ago) link
uh, nooo
― cutty, Saturday, 18 August 2007 18:02 (sixteen years ago) link
there's totally the same oceanic thing going on. it's not meant as a strictly literal comparison.
― tricky, Saturday, 18 August 2007 18:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Yay at my lil' analogy being picked up by Ned!
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 23 August 2007 15:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Cheers, as they say.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 August 2007 15:43 (sixteen years ago) link
I am enjoying West Coast more now... Still not a big fan of the Life's A Beach thing.
Does this have US distro?
― I eat cannibals, Friday, 24 August 2007 22:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes, Forced Exposure.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 24 August 2007 22:07 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah it just came out in the states. I bought the vinyl last week.
― dmr, Friday, 24 August 2007 22:52 (sixteen years ago) link
took me a while to really "get" this but I totally love it now
― dmr, Friday, 24 August 2007 22:53 (sixteen years ago) link
the vox sorta remind me of duran duran. but i like the vox, and i like duran duran.
btw the official pressing of the brennan green remix of 'west side' should be out soon. in the meantime if anyone's interested to hear it there's a clip on his myspace(.com/chinatown)
― jaime, Saturday, 25 August 2007 05:38 (sixteen years ago) link
hey jaxon, could you list any tracks you can identify from the Blue Room Mix? in particular the track before the riders on the storm cover.
― uncannydan, Monday, 27 August 2007 00:48 (sixteen years ago) link
so i don't really know half, but whatevs.
00:00 Pan Pipes of The Andes - Incantation (at least that's what someone in the comments said) 1:21 ? synthy cosmic 8:33 Richard Wahnfried - Time Actor 14:25 ? cosmic. (really like) 20:45 Sky - Westway 24:35 heard it. i forget what it is? 27:21 ? kinda boring cosmic 34:43 doors cover 42:28 ? heavy bass arpegios. really nice
― jaxon, Monday, 27 August 2007 07:34 (sixteen years ago) link
lol
― gr8080, Monday, 27 August 2007 16:22 (sixteen years ago) link
oh well. the "kinda boring cosmic" track before the doors cover remains unidentified. thanks for the other tracks though, i might look into those.
― uncannydan, Monday, 27 August 2007 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link
oh yeah, sorry, that's the one you liked, hah :-/
― jaxon, Monday, 27 August 2007 22:01 (sixteen years ago) link
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― gr8080, Monday, 27 August 2007 22:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Hi Dere,
Late to the party on this one, but after much considered listening, I can conclude that West Coast is utterly classic (and that's after initially hating the vocals).
The opening and closing tracks are monumental.
I can honestly say this is the best recommendation of something that I was previously totally ignorant about that I've had since frequenting this site (narrowly pipping Maurice Fulton), so thanks a lot.
― Iain Macdonald, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 11:40 (sixteen years ago) link
And on that basis I'm hotly anticipating A Mountain of One.
― Iain Macdonald, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 11:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I bought this over the weekend (the reisssued West Coast LP, not Yearbook One). It's great. Sounds more Oakenfold-produced Mondays than anything else, but that is no bad thing. Lush.
― Jamie T Smith, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 12:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I HAVE JUST THIS MINUTE FINISHED LISTENING TO THE OPENING TRACK OF THIS ALBUM AND IT IS SO GOOD
OH MY FUCKING GOD I TYPED THE WORDS 'SO GOOD' AND HE SANG THOSE WORDS LIKE 2 SECONDS LATER
THIS RECORD AND I ARE PSYCHIC BRETHREN
― Just got offed, Monday, 17 September 2007 20:29 (sixteen years ago) link
OK 'Origin' is something truly beautiful.
― Just got offed, Monday, 17 September 2007 20:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Imagine giving something sincere praise. More fool me.
― Iain Macdonald, Monday, 17 September 2007 20:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Louis is sincere, I hope.
This is certainly my fave and most listened to LP this year. So good in every circumstance.
― Raw Patrick, Monday, 17 September 2007 21:01 (sixteen years ago) link