Six organs of Admittance?

Just got back from an awesome six organs gig in glasgow, chasney playing as a duo w/ Elisa Ambrogio from Magik Markers - total boy-girl folk-noise sex-combat fun, not what i was expecting at all (sometimes I think the best gigs are when you get yr expectations confounded) - sonic youth were playing up the road and thurston and lee turned up at the end to give em both a well-deserved hug

sweet nectar!!

Yeah, they debuted (?) that combination a couple of months ago here in LA, fantastic set. Photos here.

New album Shelter From the Ash = frickin' brilliant. I swear he can't do wrong ever (and he still destroys live, every time, every single time).

yeah? better than the last one?

(i liked the last one, but it really didn't leave a lasting impression for some reason.)

The one with the drone at the end? That one was great. (and not just the drone).

that's the one. the drone track was pretty good, but the first half i didn't really dig. felt like it was time to make the donuts.

yeah The Sun Awakens is probably my least favorite of his, looking forward to this. On Drag City?

is it better than School of the Flower? that's his best, i also love The Manifestation though, but for an all in awesome album School of the Flower still feels like the most accomplished

I agree with Ned, frickin' brilliant.

"Shelter From the Ash," the song itself, is as good an end-times song as any ever recorded. And lord knows it suits the air around here.

In-store at Amoeba, Ned?

Figures I would completely miss news on that. When?

November 16th

Hmm...tempting, given our plans w/Colonel Poo and his wife the following day.

Ah yes, sir Colonel and Mrs. of Poo.

ah, the internet!

I love it all.

Totally disappointed with "Shelter From The Ash" It feels phoned in when compared to the last two.

last one felt that way to me, so not an encouraging viewpoint. Still haven't heard this.

yeah, the last one felt sort of rushed and not really there to me, too. still want to hear the new one. and i'd really like to be able to find a fucking copy of school of the flower.

12 bucks from Drag City, still in stock.

I'm liking this considerably more than Sun Awakens, esp. the title track. For those in SF they're playing at Aquarius Records on the 18th.

dust & chimes is fantastic. went to a record shop last night that had quite a few of his albums.

haven't heard the new one though

This is the first album in a long time that I've listened to over and over in a row.

it's so fukking good.

can't wait til i find a full artwork promo and/or used copy of this one!

yeah last thing you'd want is the band to see some money from it

From The Guardian Newpaper:

Folk CD

Six Organs of Admittance, Shelter From the Ash (Drag City)

David Peschek
Friday November 9, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

Guitarist Ben Chasny, lynchpin of Six Organs, is the darling of the underground, and has played with Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Current 93 and others. He is a supremely gifted musician. And it's possible that Shelter From the Ash, the first of Chasny's own records to find its way to these ears, may not be his best. But it's hard to fight the feeling that what you're listening to is not pushing forward the boundaries of music but instead resembles a kind of acid-folk Spinal Tap for hipsters. Although there are moments of striking beauty here, the guitar sounds become repetitive, and Chasny's vocal is not particularly convincing. There is a cumulative, stoned appeal, but also a worrying feeling that Chasny is too conscious of how, like, cosmic his playing is, without the chromatic sophistication to back it up. 2/5

That Spinal Tap reference is particularly galling! Cheeky b@stard.

wtf @ "chromatic sophistication". that shit ain't jazz, motherfucker.

I am going to play this record right now.

yeah last thing you'd want is the band to see some money from it

hmm let's see, i can buy it used for about $3 or brand new and a couple weeks earlier for $13.99, which one am i gonna choose here? anyway i like the guy, seen him on tour a couple times before and will do so again, and he'll make some money that way. i'm a college student about to graduate, also saving for a new vehicle short-term and a house down payment long-term, i can't be spending all my money on music anyway. so i'll see the tour when chasny comes around again. and that's that.

please tell me where these stores are that sell used 2007-issue CDs for $3. I'd be lucky to score it for 8 on the west coast.

otherwise, good defense of your position.

Record Surplus in LA often has 2007 releases for dirt cheap, kind of randomly. I found a copy of Kala there for $3, but I already had it. I think things are priced there based on whether or not a random 30-year-old classic rock fan has heard of it.

that guy David Peschek is the single biggest idiot/no-taste indie savant sap writing for the Guardian, and that's saying something - pay him no heed

please tell me where these stores are that sell used 2007-issue CDs for $3.

there are plenty of them around here. you have to find the right balance of know-nothing buyers and clientele who want to trade their promos for weed money.

But it's hard to fight the feeling that what you're listening to is not pushing forward the boundaries of music but instead resembles a kind of acid-folk Spinal Tap for hipsters.

really? you're going to make your stand there, huh, tough guy?

i probably should've arranged that differently so it didn't look like i was attacking sleeve.

no probs, I parsed it.

yeah, this album is pretty nice! some nice death metal folk kinda stuff -- on "Coming To Get You" I half-expect it to segue into "Enter Sandman" or something. I'd say generally that Chasny's vocals are the weak link of Six Organs, but I think he's getting better with each release. Lyrically pretty scary -- sounds like Ben read The Road by Cormac McCarthy ...

please tell me where these stores are that sell used 2007-issue CDs for $3

it's called having a good friend who works at a record store ;-)

still need to hear the new one... people here seem to like it, huh? doesn't seem like it's getting very positive reviews elsewhere.

i've had an order for "dark noontide" on hold at fe for a few weeks now, i hope it comes in.

Still waiting for my review of it to run for the OC Weekly! But there's been a recent backlog.

still need to hear the new one... people here seem to like it, huh? doesn't seem like it's getting very positive reviews elsewhere.

dude's had a very solid career so far. hence, backlash comes whether he "falters" or not, it's just inevitable. see also: Mercury Rev, who had this to say in a Drowned in Sound interview a year or so ago:

“It may just be that the timing wasn’t quite right for that music, and maybe people will come back and rediscover it in five or ten years or whatever. People have glossed over this one, for whatever reason. It’s easy to get tired of a band, if it’s being presented to you a certain way – you know, Deserter’s Songs had all these accolades, and All Is Dream was the same. It’s logical, almost, that at some point it’s going to come back down. It’s no knock against the English press, but it’s particularly apparent here that bands are built up only to be taken down a few pegs. It happens, and we expected it.

“We expected it with All Is Dream, to be honest – ‘Okay, they’re going to come after us on this record, as they want something to take us down’. But it doesn’t matter, because we’re the ones that make the music, and we’re the ones capable of making an album what it is or what it isn’t. What is written about it is simply someone’s opinion – it doesn’t change the music, or how hard we’ve worked, or how I feel about a song, and I’m the one that’s got to live with it! He’s got to live with it, and Jonathan’s got to live with it, so what is written on a page doesn’t keep me awake a night, you can believe that.”

new one's really good. i definitely like it better than the last one. except the long droney track, that was really good, but the songs on the new one are way more interestingly arranged and performed. shitty cover art.

the cover sucks indeed. but the tunes are wonderful, really beautifully arranged and the tag team thing wih new lover elisia works like a charm

didn't like the last one much, school of the flower was a great one too. and the manifestation, dark noontide. different style though

"nightly trembling" REALLY needs a reissue. don't know why everyone keeps slipping on that. i feel like "for octavio paz" will be reissued three more times before that one is.

I had almost forgot about this guy. All I've got is Dust And Chimes, I'll have to pick up somethin' else...

now i've heard a decent chunk of six organs' stuff (though still not the new one). 'dark noontide' is awesome but i think i like 'dust and chimes' the best.

manifestation is really good too (i think that's what it's called? i just heard it on internet radio).

are recent live shows worth it? like, 10 bucks worth it?

Oh god yes.

And another new album due later in the year -- intriguingly, this is specifically a library music album done in conjuction with KPM in the UK

https://benchasny.bandcamp.com/album/the-intimate-landscape

Unfortunately I have to cancel the next few weeks of this tour. I’ll be picking back up in LA on the 19th of May. Apologies to everyone planning to see a show. I’ve never cancelled a 6Ø show and do not take it lightly. Thanks for understanding. More here: https://t.co/Q6yIgGyjYC

— Ben Chasny (@6organs) April 25, 2022

Thankfully not due to Ben getting COVID, but next few weeks of shows cancelled. Don't blame him for the decision in the least and, while it is never stated directly, it's hard not to imagine that the rising rates in Chicago being higher than, say, L.A, had something to do with it. Damn it people, mask up, get vaccinated and let's help these folks stay on the road.

Shame he had to do this, but don't blame him. I do always wonder if Comets on Fire will ever come out with something else. Miss his work in that band.

new album, time is glass, is out today. i'm digging it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a92TJT9ZrnQ

I think it's fantastic.

https://hermithut.bandcamp.com/album/remains

"A mix tape of tracks both culled from the archives and newer tracks recorded for this release. "

Perfect for Bandcamp Friday tomorrow!

lol whoops I snapped it right up, loving this one