Slumberland

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i also hope the how 7" and the crabapples 7" lead to more records from slumberland, but i'm not holding my breath. the crabapples don't seem to active and both these records are from recordings that were put to tape a while ago. i've heard rumors of more how recordings that haven't seen the light of day. hopefully they make it out eventually because what's been released so far is stellar.

viva slumberland!

i also hope the how 7" and the crabapples 7" lead to more records from slumberland, but i'm not holding my breath. the crabapples don't seem to active and both these records are from recordings that were put to tape a while ago. i've heard rumors of more how recordings that haven't seen the light of day. hopefully they make it out eventually because what's been released so far is stellar.

viva slumberland!

i like this crystal stilts album

not bad at all huh

cause comotion lp good too

sexy kids & bricolage singles out now!

When I first got a job where I had internet in about 98/99 or so I mail-ordered pretty much everything Slumberland had in print at the time. <3 this label.

Crystal Stilts is good stuff, not sure what all the Interpol comparisons are about though. Haven't heard Cause Co-motion yet.

Anyone out there have the Sophia Green 7"? They might have put out two - I can't remember.

p.s. Not the Jane Pow song, but the band of the same name.

my friend was in sophia green, they later became magpie. i didn't know they actually had any releases, i had a cassette of their demos which were nice. she went on to be in Dart on Che.

Keyth, is your friend Lauren? If so, I had a cassette with the same demos. I used to trade mix tapes with her as part of a Prodigy usergroup (!) waaaay back in the day. As a kid growing up in the middle of heartland knowhere, she turned me on to a galaxy of stuff I probably never would have found out about otherwise, so I owe her some major props. Man, this small world keeps getting smaller by the day on these here internets.

l4uren? i met her once, bought records off her which she delivered to me while in aus visiting pals

haha xpost

btw, never knew about Dart. I'll have to look into that. Dunno how I missed that b/c I was an avid Che collector back in the mid-90s or so.

doggie and bugger both really good singles, album pretty good but a little weaker

also they did some good covers on the bsides

(field mice, pete astor and massive attack)

xposts: I'll look into that, tho some of that Che stuff is uber-hard to find. I'll give slsk the once over. Back then, Che was one of those labels (like Slumberland, Cherry Red, Sarah & others I can't think of) that I used to just buy from uncritically from the Parasol mail-order catalogs. Now that I think about it, I really kind of miss those days.

I'll give slsk the once over.

and i'll make sure i've got the album shared!

ES: the only problem with that is I use slrsk b/c I have a Mac. I dunno if that will work, but if yr on slrsk lemme know. Thanks for the thought tho.

ah.we can prob work something out

Releasing too much stuff all at once now. Funny how they were so quiet a few years ago.

too much? no way

sic alps 45 is pretty good for them, though i'm not a huge fan

interested to see what the brown recluse sings EP is like, i was pretty lukewarm on their (non-slumberland) mini album

they should revive dropbeat as well

I usually buy the actual 45's, so it is kind of a lot of stuff all at once. Maybe I'll grab the mp3s from emusic if they are up there.. The last few 45's seemed to have dropped in price in the shop from 5.99 to 3.99 so that is pretty good.

xpost from a year ago, yeah it was lauren, she was obsessed with summershine so it seems appropriate that she went to australia. was the dart field mice over 'and before the first kiss'? i remember them rehearsing that. i gave her an interview with bob w so she could figure out who to credit the song to since back then the field mice didn't put any credits on their records. does anyone here know shaun brennan? he traded me the field mice interview and demos long ago along with loads of chills things that ended up on the secret box years later. lauren married the guy who ran Che.

yes it was that FM song

I want them to re-issue the Lilys stuff, Swirlies, and I'd love to buy a ton of their CD single comps like the 6 song Velocity Girl one. (I like Simpatico just fine but I'd much rather prefer her singing style on those old tracks- sounds more natural. Also the shoegazey thing is a bit more of my style.)

the swirlies 45 is comp'd on 'what to do about them' which is still in print afaik. lilys stuff being OOP is pretty unfortunate. i was lucky that my copy of 'presence' isn't one of the dodgy ones. however, my VG EP is, i need to replace that one.

i would love a proper comp of some of their early vinyl releases, even though i have all the records. i was so obsessed with those records BITD

6 song Velocity Girl is in every junk bin in the Bay Area and seems to be 95 cents on Amazon, probably not going to reissue it. Lilys was reissued on Spin Art except the b-side from the single I think.

the VG ep is still available so no need to reissue it

all the early lilys albums are long gone as is spinart so i'm confused about your latter point

feb 14th and threw a day are on the summershine cd single of 'tone bender', threw a day is the hidden track on 'presence'

I guess my point was that I see a lot of Lilys used in the stores, seems like a lot of people just rip to their hard drive and sell it back.

Yeah the 6 song is still on sale on the Slumberland website. And Spin Art is done. I still found myself copies of "Eccsame the Photon Band" and "A Brief History Of Amazing Letdowns"!!

only the whorl, powderburns and lorelei 45s (and the 'heaven' ep) haven't turned up on cd. and the big-jesus-trash-can cassette, which i've neither seen nor heard

xpost

oh ok, fair enough. as long as people can get 'em then i'm happy

Yeah there are some early Swirlies songs that don't show up on "What To Do About Them," which is why it would be nice.

Also any Swirlies fans have the bonus tracks that are only included on the Japanese version of "Cats Of The Wild Vol. 2"?

oh there are pre-slumberland swirlies tracks about? ooh

Don't know if its pre-slumberland but check out some early demos here:

http://wilfullyobscure.blogspot.com/2009/07/splitting-difference-24.html

Esoj,
I know this has nothing to do with Slumberland, but is this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CHARLOTTES-WEB-LP-INDIE-1990_W0QQitemZ390085690946QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Records?hash=item5ad2eb4642&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 the Australian band?

wow no idea why it is spaced like that

It looks neat though.

i'm strongly guessing not, i've never seen or heard of that record before & it doesn't appear in any of their discogs. might be worth emailing the seller to find out where it was pressed as none of the perth CW's records were released outside of aus (other than on import obv)

xpost

Yeah. I only saw a cass. of Charlottes Web stuff, that I knew was them, but it went for over $200 a few yrs ago. Figured that wasn't them. Slumberland should reissue that Easter stuff, since very few noticed the Summer Suns reissue.

i need that summer suns comp, ta for reminding me

I knew there were more Prodigy kids posting here besides me and Keith!

(Also, I just bought about half a dozen new Slumberland releases)

sweet

my fave releases from the third wave of slumberland:

both albums by the lodger
searching for the now v1 (for the roy moller side)
sexy kids - sisters are forever
bricolage lp
crystal stilts - love is a wave/sugarbaby
liechtenstein - survival strategies lp
searching for the now v5

Was reading about the upcoming 30th anniversary Chickfactor zine shows in London and NY and saw a reference to a band called the Jeanines who are gonna be at the NY show. Seeing some folks rave about their guitar pop. It's ok on first listen.

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/chickfactor-throwing-30th-anniversary-concerts-in-nyc-london/

NYC gets two shows: October 6 aboard The Frying Pan with The Aluminum Group, Jim Ruiz Set, and Beatrix Madell, DJs Stephin Merritt (Magnetic Fields) and Gaylord Fields, plus "vegan options in the restaurant, nautical photo ops and portraits and other fun stuff!" (tickets TBA); and October 8 at Union Pool with San Francisco bands Seablite and Artsick (mems Boyracer, Kids on a Crime Spree, Lunchbox), Jeanines and special guests TBA (tickets).

The London shows are at The Lexington on October 28 & 29 with Sacred Paws, Artsick and Rachel Love (Dolly Mixture) on night 1 and The Umbrellas, Birdie (Dolly Mixture, Saint Etienne) and Seablite on night 2. There's also a Hangover Lounge at the Betsey Trotwood on 10/30 with The Catenary Wires and more TBA.

https://www.chickfactor.com/

Posted here as Slumberland and Chickfactor share common interests

Kind of a brief Hangover Lounge on the Sunday I expect but it should be nice.

I attended a Chickfactor DC area anniversary gig once, but never NY or London.

Have mostly lost touch with this scene but am curious to check back in.

They co-hosted a funny little halloween outdoor showcase last night in SF:

Cheap Tissue (from LA) as CRIME... who absolutely killed it

and then!

The Umbrellas as My Bootleg Valentine. No Loveless songs, just pure jangle noise pop from the 80s. Amazingly recreated. There were about 50 people there, some real olds (older than me!) and then a ton of youth which was great to see.

The Umbrellas just released a new record and single (not-MBV related) so I grabbed a copy.

That sounds like it was fun. Old guy me remembers Slumberland label head from when he lived near me in Washington DC area

sounds great, would love to see a Crime tribute band, pre-shoegaze MBV sounds fun too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dywxtxVBnM

even not knowing what they looked like i knew that was going to be the umbrellas. their latest album is "how many 80s twee pop references can we stuff into every song". i can't hate on it tbh, it's a level of music nerdery i can respect

Umbrellas, Linda Smith playing near me close to Washington DC on June 12 @ Quarry House

Swansea Sound who contain members of Heavenly are doing some us gigs in June too

I need to catch up with Slumberland, I haven't paid attention for several years now

ha just read the thread to see electricsound slagging off the Twerps, I actually really liked that 2015 album lol

I saw Swansea Sound a few months ago, great gig. although not as good as seeing Heavenly last year (never saw them in the 90s because I only got into them just after they broke up after Mathew died)

fwiw, start with any of The Reds, Pinks and Purples albums in Slumberland, just absolutely killer. Will also vouch for The Umbrellas and Chime School.

oh I haven't heard them (R,P&Ps) but they are playing here in a few months so will check them out asap thanks

New Chime School is good, going to be checking out the Humdrum record later. I mean nothing groundbreaking with Chime School, just a very good half hour of quality jangle pop.

I went to the 35th anniversary Of Slumberland Records show in DC last night with Lorelei, Lightheaded, and Jeanines. Jeanines are Brooklyn twee pop, Lightheaded are New Jersey tweeting pop, and Lorelei are a longtime DC post punk trio briefly back from hiatus. Lorelei were my faves but Lightheaded had some good songs too.

They showed between bands a video compilation of various members of Slumberland bands from over the years wishing Mike Shulman of Slumberland congrats.

would like to see Lorelei. I might see the Jeanines in the summer, they are playing the Heavenly weekender, but on the Thursday which isn't covered by my weekend ticket

I was at the anniversary as well. Would highly recommend the Jeanines, CP, they were the highlight for me. Love that most recent album of theirs, pretty much every song sticks with me.

Jeanines drummer just talks so much, constantly between songs . He thinks he is funny but is so annoying. I think Lightheaded do the twee pop thing better than Jeanines.

Lorelei bassist is the Ceo of Amtrak by day and moved to Philadephia, and he and DC based guitarist Matt Dingee both have young kids, and Dingee also has a busy day job, so it's unlikely they'll tour or go overseas

wow, had no idea (took Amtrak down for the weekend. was great (until my return train got stuck in Newark)).

agree on the Jeanines drummer, not nearly so funny as he thinks and breaks the set flow. but the songs get me past that.

Umbrellas really are one of the best bands around, I feel EXTREMELY fortunate to get to seem them every month or so.

I need to check out that album by The Telephone Numbers, with Morgan from The Umbrellas and a bunch of other SF area indie-pop folks.