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.
― go to party leather (ENBB), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 16:49 (thirteen years ago)
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.
― Yo! MTV La Tengo (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 16:50 (thirteen years ago)
That sounds like you want to critique them?
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 17:02 (thirteen years ago)
I wish they'd released a whole album in the same genre-study psych style as The Valleys
That would be an incredible album.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 17:15 (thirteen years ago)
xp no, I adore them!
― Yo! MTV La Tengo (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 17:34 (thirteen years ago)
Good!
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 17:38 (thirteen years ago)
one of the fewest bands i love even though they sounds EXACTLY like other bands before them (stereolab and faith healers)
― nostormo, Saturday, 16 March 2013 21:59 (thirteen years ago)
Wow, I'm putting Axes on right this very second!!
― Nilmar Garciaparra (Leee), Saturday, 16 March 2013 22:01 (thirteen years ago)
"to the east" is all-time
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 16 March 2013 22:03 (thirteen years ago)
Wow, I'm putting Power Out on right this very second!
― nostormo, Saturday, 16 March 2013 22:03 (thirteen years ago)
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.
― Cunga, Saturday, 16 March 2013 22:04 (thirteen years ago)
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
― nostormo, Saturday, 16 March 2013 22:06 (thirteen years ago)
this is for all you Valleys fans:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtbjvQbLd6s
― nostormo, Saturday, 16 March 2013 22:08 (thirteen years ago)
so special
― kraudive, Saturday, 16 March 2013 22:09 (thirteen years ago)
I've been rediscovering electrelane lately too. Axes is incredible
― pssstttt, Hey you (dog latin), Sunday, 17 March 2013 04:05 (thirteen years ago)
Yep.
― your fretless ways (Eazy), Sunday, 17 March 2013 04:55 (thirteen years ago)
My favourite 00s rock band!
― time turns all men into pies (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 17 March 2013 15:01 (thirteen years ago)
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!
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:23 (thirteen years ago)
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!
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 13 May 2013 10:27 (thirteen years ago)
Axes was aces, I should investigate the rest of it
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 13 May 2013 10:50 (thirteen years ago)
To save you scrolling up - http://sickmouthy.com/2013/01/15/electrelane-the-power-out-2004-no-shouts-no-calls-2007/
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 13 May 2013 11:07 (thirteen years ago)
one of my favorite bands of the 00s. rock it to the moon always slips through the cracks, but i love that too.
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Monday, 13 May 2013 15:46 (thirteen years ago)
so many bad bands reform but not electrelane hmph
― ||||||||, Saturday, 19 January 2019 23:39 (seven years ago)
Oh you. I had a hope there.
― kraudive, Saturday, 19 January 2019 23:40 (seven years ago)
I guess they kind of did? but yeah the world could use four more Electrelane albums ty
― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, 20 January 2019 16:10 (seven years ago)
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!
― kitchen person, Sunday, 19 April 2020 20:15 (six years ago)
fuck yes, amazing!
― devvvine, Sunday, 19 April 2020 20:32 (six years ago)
Ah, they're all so cool. They were talking about how it was amazing playing with Broadcast in 2004 and how much they miss Trish.
They all seemed to agree that Axes is their best album and Bells is the song their happiest with from their back catalogue. Apparently their label won't reissue Axes on vinyl because nobody would be interested.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 19 April 2020 21:01 (six years ago)
several members of an unopopular music messageboard would certainly be interested
― devvvine, Sunday, 19 April 2020 21:25 (six years ago)
Whoa
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Sunday, 19 April 2020 21:49 (six years ago)
I only got in to them after they broke up. Would love to see them.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 19 April 2020 21:55 (six years ago)
same here
― devvvine, Sunday, 19 April 2020 21:59 (six years ago)
"They all seemed to agree that Axes is their best album"
well duh
― when I come out, can you introduce me as Jagger (imago), Sunday, 19 April 2020 22:21 (six years ago)
and yeah me too
that such a given? I think I like the last one the most.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 19 April 2020 23:41 (six years ago)
great covers live as well...Smalltown Boy, I'm On Fire, The Partisan.
Had this amazing long cross country run streaming The Power Out, and only at the end did I realize it was being shuffled. I wish I could get that sequencing back. Still, it made it my fav.
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Monday, 20 April 2020 00:53 (six years ago)
I only discovered them recently when someone put No Shouts No Calls as their favorite of the 2000s in the ILM decade poll.
― o. nate, Monday, 20 April 2020 01:25 (six years ago)
― dan selzer
Yeah, that's my favourite too followed by The Power Out.
― kitchen person, Monday, 20 April 2020 01:42 (six years ago)
when I found this...I couldn't believe it existed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtbjvQbLd6s
― dan selzer, Monday, 20 April 2020 02:39 (six years ago)
an amazing song that brings me to tears every time
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 20 April 2020 03:15 (six years ago)
'No Shouts, No Calls' is also my fave. Thanks for the reminder!
― cooldix, Monday, 20 April 2020 04:55 (six years ago)
great news!!
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 April 2020 05:03 (six years ago)
q+a is here: https://www.facebook.com/electrelane/videos/2919873061382225/
― devvvine, Monday, 20 April 2020 07:56 (six years ago)
Just put on "The Greater Times"
Just wow
― kraudive, Monday, 20 April 2020 08:44 (six years ago)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CWOJHHyMWa_/?utm_medium=copy_link!!
― willem, Saturday, 13 November 2021 22:53 (four years ago)
oh wow
― bovarism, Saturday, 13 November 2021 22:56 (four years ago)
\m/
― mookieproof, Saturday, 13 November 2021 22:57 (four years ago)
They’ve been hinting at this for a while now but really cool to see how many people are excited on the socials.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 13 November 2021 23:17 (four years ago)
hell yeah
― JoeStork, Sunday, 14 November 2021 00:04 (four years ago)