New from the DFA...

it's a 80s rerelease innit

playing the shit out of benoit and sergio like they are literally all i want to listen to right now

Loving the LOLO album. The bit on the don't don't reprise at about a minute where the bass cuts out and the singers hold those notes over the kickdrum is wonderful. Like Leonin&Perotin were itching for 4x4. Drum programming on That Hat is amazing too, such a great record.

not really feeling this. different for them. a bit chillwavy or something. limited to 500
Gunnar BJERK "Back Then"
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/419583-01.htm

A bit?

odd voice but juno synths are total audio bliss 2 me.. i like

Why did they stop putting out "Death from Abroad" stuff? I loved some of those releases.

good question!

a) james too busy w/ lcd as he keeps complaining b) money-losing probably

the death from abroad stuff was all released on other labels that they just repackaged for the us right? seems like a potentially problematic business model

Don't Don't Reprise is utterly sublime. One of the best things I heard in 2010, for sure (perhaps the best 12" I bought, even?)

yeah definitely (if i'd heard it in 2010)

is there any other peter gordon related stuff thats worth checking out? wikipedia tells me he worked on the desperate housewives sdtrk

star jaws is kinda interesting, reminds me a little of out of the blue by blue gene tyranny. plus has an awesome cover

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VPKxlbiAvwc/TCXzUoK3NDI/AAAAAAAAF8Q/gGstvIQOe8s/s1600/f77.jpeg

geneva & extended niceties is pretty cool, though i always liked the bonus tracks the best ("beginning of the heartbreak/don't don't", "extended niceties" and "don't don't reprise", all of which wound up on the dfa comp). the rest of the album is strong though, "young girls" in particular has a very similar saxophone sound to "heartbreak", and "cry like a baby, sing like a dog" has a nice soft rock guitar lead. it's mostly instrumental iirc

haven't heard the album but brooklyn sounds rad based on this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KwLZkNRz1g&feature=player_embedded#at=118

^ reminds me a lot of material, which i guess is obvious since they both kinda scream EARLY 80S NEW YORK ART SCENE

brooklyn sounds so glamorous and fun! and 80s!

plus has an awesome cover

kliban?

star jaws is kinda interesting, reminds me a little of out of the blue by blue gene tyranny.

^two records i want so badly

DFA this year is all about this for me:

http://soundcloud.com/dfa-records/planningtorock-doorway

yesssss

is that first Planningtorock album in print anywhere?? shit is hella expensive on Amz :(

That first PTR record is so mindblowingly brilliant that anyone who ever sees it anywhere should really just get it.

The Holy Ghost album has leaked. Yay!

i never give a shit about leaks but i might have to make an exception in this case

nah i'll wait

3 of the singles & 7 new trax, p good

still bemusing to leave off the best single tho

4 of the singles if you count Do It Again, too

finally!

Jam for Jerry is fucking rad, although all the stuff about going downstairs in the first verse was kinda arresting

also according to Insound the Holy Ghost! 2XLP is going to be limited to 500 copies so it might be hard to track down on wax (or at least until they do a repress)

Really? I can't see that many people wanting this on vinyl if the already have Static on the Wire on vinyl, which they should!

500 copies 'with screenprinted covers'. probably a less fancyman version on the repress.

i just want it

maybe they won't repress it. DFA tend to keep their limiteds actually limited.

i never bought static on the wire and they did that stupid mountain dew thing or w/e for i will come back and i want that song on vinyl so bad i love it so much

like, i really dont want a whole lot of things. its basically that and a pair of running shoes.

So that's Michael McDonald on the last track then?

I Will Come Back got a 500-ltd 12" on DFA about six months after the Green Label mp3 IIRC

well thanks for telling me

http://www.discogs.com/Holy-Ghost-I-Will-Come-Back/release/2076884

i remember them saying this was coming but i thought it never actually surfaced

ii still rc, their cassette comp was only available by buying this from turntable lab

Holy Ghost! album is pretty good but feels kinda generic 2006-era indie synthpop in the first half, can't help but wish for a bit more personality. I like it from Jam for Jerry onwards though, and yeah that song in particular is vv arresting.

Can't believe they didn't put I Will Come Back on there though, their best song by miles.

Should have swapped it for Say My Name imo. I might be reading too much into the title but it think Jam for Jerry gets the poignant/celebratory balance just right.

Yeah it's tracks 2 through 5 that don't really do it for me, they sound like something any mid-00s blog band might have churned out.

? i will come back isn't on it ?

idk i havent heard the album but i generally dont these guys seem kindof generic at first and then gradually the songs open up. i mean thats how i felt abt i will come back at first, it comes from that cut copy school of indie that i really couldn't be bothered w/ but then its actually really kind of generically perfect and blankly resonant etc etc etc

I like Do It Again but kinda want a dub / instrumental version of it

jam for jerry is O_O

New Invisible Conga People 12" on DFA. sounds good

whoa, is that the first johnny jewel project on DFA??