The Studio - West Coast

there are definitely similarities--mixing guitar with electronic elements, spacious production, loping tempo--but unfortunately Darkside doesn't work for me at all, whereas West Coast is one of my favorite albums ever.

love the sketches on lissvik's soundcloud btw, i'd be happy with another little solo album full of those polished up.

i'm quite happy with the sketches as is, really.
i had completely ignored the darkside album, but checked out after being mentioned here, and i love it. thank you grady.

Totally agree. Loving these sketches, I suppose there are some throwaways but even they are pretty great.

But when you've been waiting a long time for some new Studio-ish stuff to surface and then suddenly there is an hour and half of new (perhaps unpolished) material, it's hard not to be really excited.

Lissvik's Archive now up to 50 tracks, over 2 hours of music. A couple of the ones posted yesterday (Gone, Thrill, 89T) are really good.

And it looks like Archive will get a physical release too. At least it's now listed on his website under discography section: "Lp Lissvik - Archive (Writer/Producer/Mix)"

on 'esc', the part where he plays his guitar so that the improvised melody resembles cartoonish speech, that's pretty cool.

as much as i love his production, not so sure i will buy a cd of sketches ..

but they're so good!

Physical copies of Studio CDs are going for a decent amount of money these days.

have been on lookout for yearbook #1 forever ..

used to be able to get yearbook #2 for bobbins, and lissvik solo album if anyone is interested should i get the chance again ..

Had a promo of Yearbook 1 I believe, pretty sure it was a Re-Press that Forced Exposure promo'd after the initial burst of interest, but it is long gone.

I bought West Coast for £1.99 from Amazon a few years ago. It's £22 now. Also got Yearbooks 1 & 2.

Yearbook 2 only £3 over on discogs.

have been on lookout for yearbook #1 forever ..

― mark e, Saturday, January 4, 2014 5:28 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Me too!

the No Comply 12" is the real holy grail

Have: 48
Want: 107
Last Sold: 2 months ago
Lowest: $38.00
Median: $49.58
Highest: $68.86

West Coast 2LP is $60 as well, glad I have one

Would love that as well...

Slightly relevant: I DO happen to have a copy of Air France - No Way Down / On Trade Winds 10"

http://i.imgur.com/wrfDumP.jpg

The Darkside tour t-shirt is even more of a rip.

Lissvik remix:
http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2014/05/last-summer-lissvik-remix

damn i haven't listened to "no comply" in a minute-- it's a friday in june and this song feels like the best song ever written right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-JDRB4Ec-s

I hvae come to the conclusion that West Coast is one of the best records of the 00's

agreed

it's maybe thee best

also that video is pretty rad for a slapped-together-stock-footage thing, i enjoyed

yep, still go back to it, still great

west coast is def my favorite album of the 00's

west coast and andorra are m/l constantly trading 1st & 2nd place impe

Yearbook #1 specifically is in my rotation all summer every summer.

I hvae come to the conclusion that West Coast is one of the best records of the 00's

― polyamanita (sleeve), Friday, June 13, 2014

one of the best, probably one of the more influential, certainly one of the most under-appreciated.

yeah i love this album, all because of this thread probably. bought it from Amoeba Hollywood a few years back.

probably one of the youngest albums that can make me feel nostalgic #00s

http://www.discogs.com/スタジオ-ウエストコーストエディション/release/1954898

listening to "west coast" right now \m/

er "west side"

I hvae come to the conclusion that West Coast is one of the best records of the 00's
― polyamanita (sleeve), Friday, June 13, 2014

I agree but I would cheat slightly by putting the full version of "Origin" on it

yeah, gotta go with the long versions of both "Origin" and "Self Service".

One thing about this album is that it came out at the exact right moment, perhaps too soon to be as big commercially as it deserved, but it was like all the hinting towards balearic revivalism of the previous two years or so necessitated the creation of an album that would bring all of its key qualities into constellation with one another.

west coast is def my favorite album of the 00's

― nap time, my time (karl...arlk...rlka...lkar...), Friday, June 13, 2014 3:29 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

What would everyone consider stronger in the end- Yearbook 1 or West Coast?

I never actually acquired West Coast and have always just listened to Yearbook 1 over and over and over all these years.

probably yearbook 1, only because of No Comply

but the 2006 version of "self service" is far superior to the version on yearbook 1

West Coast 2LP is $60 as well, glad I have one

― sleeve, Tuesday, January 7, 2014 1:14 PM (5 months ago)

up to $85 now, jeez

also did not know they had three singles released 4-5 years before West Coast:

http://www.discogs.com/artist/658023-Studio-2

New Lissvik stuff: https://soundcloud.com/atelje

ooooh

mmm, lovely.

I could listen to hours of this stuff. So relaxing.

so excited for this
http://scontent-a-lga.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xpa1/t51.2885-15/926539_796158997092244_359683842_n.jpg
according to his instagram it's coming out in late November. I just hope I can find it somewhere, I never saw his solo album for sale anywhere that I can remember.

Oh man! Very excited.

Limited run of 300, so sure to go fast...