Electrelane

wonderful.

And that Field Day line up is FINE.

what have they done separately in the last four years, besides making my <3 grow fonder?

awesome!!!

:D

One of them had a band, I seem to remember hearing some stuff on myspace or something. The keyboardist maybe? Can't remember what it was called though.

So thrilled that they are back, but crushed about that no U.S. thing

would love to see them. Totally ignored them the first time around.

Saw them open for the Arcade Fire in a theater here and they very nearly blew the headliners off the stage it was amazing.

Seen them live twice and they are GREBT. Hoorays all around!

what have they done separately in the last four years

Bassist Ros Murray has put out a solo(ish) album and a couple of 7"s under the name Ray Rumours.

I am sort of excited here because I've been missing them, but the one time I saw them (before the final lineup, so pre-Ros) was kind of shaky so I don't want to get too excited, but I can well believe they tightened up considerably since that. Especially if ILXors say so!

Mia put out a record with one of The Ex, a guitar improv type thing, was pretty sweet.

Ros is/was? also in Trash Kit. Who are quite fun live.

Trash Kit are excellent if a little one trick and prone to the occasional lyrical clunker. Very Raincoats.

verity has a solo proj. called vera november or something

Played I Want To Be The President last night at our Devon Record Club, went down really well, neither of the other guys knew them except by name. Some cognitive dissonance caused by me mentioning that they then recorded an album with Albini & a choir...

http://sickmouthy.com/2013/01/15/electrelane-the-power-out-2004-no-shouts-no-calls-2007/

I miss Electrelane too.

https://soundcloud.com/verity-susman

I wish I'd got to see them live later in their career. I saw them circa 1st album which is OK but I like the later stuff better.

I did see Trash Kit last year some time. They were good but not the same kind of thing at all.

oh wow, i so need to listen to some electrelane about now.

I totally just listened to that album.

I love the first album, for me Electrelane are one of them select bands that are beyond criticism.

I wish they'd toured the states.

They're great through-and-through although I wish they'd released a whole album in the same genre-study psych style as The Valleys, which is nothing like their other stuff while managing to transcend their oeuvre entirely.

I wish they'd toured the states.

― Yo! MTV La Tengo (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, January 16, 2013 11:47 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Steve they did! I saw them here in Boston in either 2007 or 2008 and they were amazing.

I feel like they, along with Saint Etienne, Stereolab, and a few others, occupied this tier of "high-brow indie" that was very intelligent and exempt from questioning or critique.

That sounds like you want to critique them?

I wish they'd released a whole album in the same genre-study psych style as The Valleys

That would be an incredible album.

xp no, I adore them!

Good!

one of the fewest bands i love even though they sounds EXACTLY like other bands before them (stereolab and faith healers)

Wow, I'm putting Axes on right this very second!!

"to the east" is all-time

Wow, I'm putting Power Out on right this very second!

more head nods for the band and "To the East." Although they epitomize Music From the Mid-00s to me. For whatever reason they were easily fossilized.

i think that now, that Stereolab, faith healers etc are more or less part of music history, it's easier for me to love electrelane

this is for all you Valleys fans:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtbjvQbLd6s

so special

I've been rediscovering electrelane lately too. Axes is incredible

Yep.

My favourite 00s rock band!

So good. They reunited a few years back but never made it North America which made me very sad. I saw them twice back in the day, but I didn't realize how much would be lost.

I'm gonna put on Axes too!

I have been falling in love with this band over the last few months. I listened to No Shouts around three years ago and didn't think much of it. Earlier this year I heard The Valleys and was blown away so I gave The Power Out a shot, I clicked with that album straight away. I decided to give No Shouts No Calls another go and of course I loved it the whole way through. I have Axes ready to go but I know it's supposed to a bit more hard work, excited to hear it though. I feel like I'm discovering a new favourite band!

Axes was aces, I should investigate the rest of it

To save you scrolling up - http://sickmouthy.com/2013/01/15/electrelane-the-power-out-2004-no-shouts-no-calls-2007/

one of my favorite bands of the 00s. rock it to the moon always slips through the cracks, but i love that too.

so many bad bands reform but not electrelane hmph

Oh you. I had a hope there.

I guess they kind of did? but yeah the world could use four more Electrelane albums ty

The band are doing a Zoom chat on Facebook have just announced they're hopefully going to make a new album in the near future!