What happened to LUSH?

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They did some amazing songs in their early days for sure. I've always been in love with Miki and Emma just for the vocals on Spooky and all the different stuff that was on Gala. Chris was a great drummer too..

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:15 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

I was never a huge Lush fan, but good grief I heard 'For Love' for the first time in years last night and now it sounds like the best song in the world.

― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 8 May 2005 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

:-)

But as the others upthread note, "De Luxe" = winner.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 8 May 2005 15:51 (twenty-one years ago)

man, i used to be nuts about that song. i think that was one of the first CDs i ever bought!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 8 May 2005 15:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Incidentally, I came across Emma from Lush on Friendster once. She didn't say "I am Emma from Lush" but it was her and it was funny.

― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 8 May 2005 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Re-reading this thread, I have the urge to pick up some of their records again.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Sunday, 8 May 2005 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I think Lush are back.

― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 8 May 2005 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

did she talk about when she auctioned off her bed for charity?

― keith m (keithmcl), Sunday, 8 May 2005 16:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Oi, sarky. (x-post)

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Sunday, 8 May 2005 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I wasn't being!

― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 8 May 2005 17:15 (twenty-one years ago)

what do you mean they're back? back in style or planning to play again?

― kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 8 May 2005 17:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry - the former.

― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 8 May 2005 17:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I saw Lush quite a few times in the early 90’s. On one particular night they were playing at the trashy Prince club in downtown Los Angeles called Glam Slam. This was the summer of 1994 and they had this unknown band open for them called Weezer. After Weezer played there was this unusual long break in-between bands. I was dating this girl, talking to her and her friends and was telling them about this brand new band called Oasis. If I remember correctly only two singles were out by Oasis at this time and told them to remember their name because they are going to be something special. Finally after a long break they came out on stage and said that Lush’s U-haul broke down, on their way down from San Francisco, and won’t be making it that night. So we came back the next night and got to see Weezer again.

― BeeOK (boo radley), Sunday, 8 May 2005 20:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I still think Split is an incredible album - I'll never get sick of it.

― vanessa novaeris (novaeris), Monday, 9 May 2005 03:30 (twenty-one years ago)

If I ever got really stressed out from work or whatever, this was my solution: queue up Spooky (followed by MBV's Loveless), run a bubble bath, pour a glass of wine and light a spliff, read New Yorker in bath, always worked a charm.

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 9 May 2005 13:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Teeny truly has great insight!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 9 May 2005 13:24 (twenty-one years ago)

If I ever got really stressed out from work or whatever, this was my solution: queue up Spooky (followed by MBV's Loveless), run a bubble bath, pour a glass of wine and light a spliff, read New Yorker in bath, always worked a charm.

Replace Spooky and Loveless with At War with Satan and What's THIS for...!, replace bubble bath and glass of wine with 40 oz of Crazy Horse and eliminate the reading material entirely and you have my solution.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 9 May 2005 13:40 (twenty-one years ago)

eleven months pass...

Last night I heard a couple tracks from "Spooky", and I was surprised at how uninteresting they sounded. That's not at all how I remember them. I think a teenage crush on Miki may have coloured my original feelings towards their music. They were pretty good the one time I saw them though.

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 03:00 (twenty years ago)

what should I think about Sing Sing? I see they have another record out.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 21:48 (twenty years ago)

Ah sir, I think this thread will give you some good guidance.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 13 April 2006 07:37 (twenty years ago)

Here's another vote for "For Love" for Lush's best EVER song. What's wrong with you people?

― daavid (daavid), Thursday, 13 April 2006 21:35 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Listening to Spooky today, 3 times over. I expect this note to disappear, but if anyone else wants to chime in with praise for this album, it'd make me smile.

― paulhw, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:30 (nineteen years ago)

It's a winner still. But I haven't listened to it in a bit -- should dig it out here.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:38 (nineteen years ago)

Gala is all I need from this band and I love it.

― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:48 (nineteen years ago)

I'm a big fan of "Nothing Natural" myself.

― Trayce, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:51 (nineteen years ago)

I'd like to chime in, really. I just never liked Spooky as much as Gala. The songs aren't as hooky, the production is weird. I always try to give it another spin and it's just flat. Sorry.

― Bill in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 01:08 (nineteen years ago)

these records sorely need remastering, but they are still fantastic.

a friend has fond memories of hanging out with Lush on their initial US tour in SF, including taking acid with them and hanging out for a couple days. he said they were good folks of the highest caliber.

if you want a new-school Lush fix, check out the first track on the forthcoming Ulrich Schnauss album Goodbye, as it's a pitch-perfect homage/copy.

― BATTAGS, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 02:52 (nineteen years ago)

I wore my LUSHAPALOOZA shirt the other day, was feeling particularly LOLWTF.

― wanko ergo sum, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 03:19 (nineteen years ago)

I only saw Lush play once - at the Red Parrot (now Metropolis) in Northbridge, Perth, Western Australia. This was early 1990s. I was so hyped - my friends told me (later) that they thought I was going to faint. Being sandwiched down the front may have had something to do with this too. But when they came out and powered into 'Superblast!' with the lighting EXACTLY like the video...I thought I was in heaven.

Going back to listening to 'Astronaut' now.

― SeekAltRoute, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 04:36 (nineteen years ago)

I saw that same tour!1992 I think it was. (Dec?). I saw them at the Palace in Melbourne and they were awesome and didn't say a word all set and the lightshow was v impressive.

Then some cock shouted "Miki, sharrrs yer tits!". She looked up, glared into the gloom, snapped "get fucked, cunt", and then they kicked into "Babytalk" as their final song, which KICKED ARSE.

― Trayce, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 04:52 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, I'm sure that you're right about the date - I remember thinking that it was the best birthday present ever (at the time) and I'm a Sag.

As for best song, I'm on the 'Nothing Natural' bandwagon too. For the killer bass line, the patented Robin Guthrie blast of white noise at the end of each verse, for the gal's vox and the panning across the speakers during the outro.

Perfect when played (very) loud.

― SeekAltRoute, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 05:03 (nineteen years ago)

four months pass...

DESIRE LINES

oh man...

― pisces, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 03:00 (eighteen years ago)

four months pass...

I found Lovelife for a dollar the other day, it's pretty rad. Very chipper for what appears to be a concept album about breaking up.

― Jeff Treppel, Friday, 25 January 2008 00:03 (eighteen years ago)

I've reintroduced Spooky into my rotation in the last month or so. Somehow, before, my attention had always drifted off by the time the album reached "Monochrome." So I was listening on shuffle the other day and that song came up and absolutely wiped me out; the choruses in particular and the bridge at about 2:15 are Lush at their melancholy best.

I'm really happy about my poor listening habits way back when, because now I get a new favorite song without having to buy another record. It's the small victories.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 25 January 2008 01:33 (eighteen years ago)

spooky is the only lush disc i've never heard in full. i don't know why people are so keen to work with robin guthrie as a producer when he clearly isn't terribly good at it.

― electricsound, Friday, 25 January 2008 01:41 (eighteen years ago)

"For Love" > "Sweetness and Light"

― wanko ergo sum, Friday, 25 January 2008 01:51 (eighteen years ago)

Hmmm ... I've never been one to really pay too much attention to production, but I don't notice any thing overtly bad about Spooky. I mean, it sounds pretty damn good to my ears.

A quick scan looks like all their records were produced by him, except for Lovelife.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 25 January 2008 01:51 (eighteen years ago)

I miss Lush.

― Alex in NYC, Friday, 25 January 2008 02:43 (eighteen years ago)

Early singles are obviously terrific, but Split is easily their best full-length - and one of my favorite records period.

― Pillbox, Friday, 25 January 2008 03:18 (eighteen years ago)

(to elaborate on that) Split straddles the middle ground between Spooky and Lovelife and combines the strengths of both: buzzy power-pop & Cocteau/shoegaze dreaminess, whereas the other two LPs lean a bit too far in either direction.

― Pillbox, Friday, 25 January 2008 03:28 (eighteen years ago)

ah but Split transcends the sum of its parts no? I'm with you in saying its one of my favourite records ever.

― Thomas, Friday, 25 January 2008 10:30 (eighteen years ago)

pillbox sort of otm, but to me those slow tracks in the last 2/3rds of split kind of kill its momentum. "lovelife" is my favorite lush song, though, and "kiss chase" might be #2

this was my favorite band in high school. it's been too long. those guitars + miki and emma's voices together was such a rush..

― winston, Saturday, 26 January 2008 02:04 (eighteen years ago)

Winston, I'll give you "Never-Never" on you observation (though I still really like that song, I can see how it would drag for others), but if you're referring to "Desire Lines" or "When I Die," you're nuts.

― Pillbox, Saturday, 26 January 2008 22:13 (eighteen years ago)

oh no i loooove "when i die"! "desire lines" i would probably be more ok with if it didn't follow "lovelife" (let alone the previous 4 tracks)

― winston, Sunday, 27 January 2008 00:21 (eighteen years ago)

You know, my mate put on "Spooky" one evening and I really liked it until I found out it was the same band that recorded "Single Girl".

― Bodrick III, Sunday, 27 January 2008 12:52 (eighteen years ago)

you're weird

― winston, Monday, 28 January 2008 00:40 (eighteen years ago)

At some shows during Lollapalooza '92, Miki and Emma would join Ministry onstage when they played "Supernaut". I always thought that was pretty cool. I can't imagine the boys from the Jesus and Mary Chain doing the same thing.

― j-rock, Monday, 28 January 2008 02:18 (eighteen years ago)

The latest from Miki

― Jack Burton, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 09:08 (eighteen years ago)

Thanks for that, Jack.

― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 13:20 (eighteen years ago)

for some reason, that interview made me sad.

― electricsound, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 13:31 (eighteen years ago)

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Did anyone see this? It's not streaming anywhere (in the UK at least). Surprised it hasn't had a DVD release.

https://vhx.imgix.net/criterionchannelchartersu/assets/da5c201c-bdfb-4c38-96fd-02d71546d419.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=crop&h=720&q=75&w=1280

― piscesx, Saturday, 11 October 2025 12:01 (seven months ago)

It's streaming on Criterion in the US. Very poignant to see their youthful vitality and road weariness captured briefly on Super 8.

― Sample Clearance Revival (punning display), Saturday, 11 October 2025 13:19 (seven months ago)

Miki has been quite vocal that this is the final time she'll ever tour the US unless costs somehow miraculously come down

― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 11 October 2025 18:35 (seven months ago)

I had to skip the DC show, too tired. Would have gone if Gina Birch had made it, so I could get two post punk icons on one bill.

― Mr. T's Ballroom (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 11 October 2025 18:56 (seven months ago)

Saw Miki last night, drums were supplied by a backing track but that didn't diminish their power. Great selection of Lush, Piroshka and the new album and Miki just comes across as someone you want to share a drink with, great time.

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 13 October 2025 22:20 (seven months ago)

I am bummed I couldn’t make it to the gig but I was just too wiped out

― our beloved RIFF LORD (DJP), Monday, 13 October 2025 22:29 (seven months ago)

The Montréal show was fantastic! Loved the new stuff even more than I already did, the Lush tracks were great fun and really sent me back to my early 20s in a way I'd never felt before. I only wish I brought my copy of chorus for her to sign!

I posted photos & clips & thoughts use: here.

― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 14 October 2025 05:48 (seven months ago)

four weeks pass...

Far From Home film now up on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow3jEIV0s74

― piscesx, Thursday, 13 November 2025 13:57 (six months ago)

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