Unknown, vaguely Cardiacsy prog-pop that only MaresNest and I actually like

I think the last time I listened to these guys was possibly around 1997.

discovered an american band by contacting one of their members on okcupid (lol)

anyway, they're a total cardiacsgasm, an absolute gas. welcome to the weird and wonderful world of pseudo/sentai: http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/

'nature's imagination (chapter two)' and the more melodically developed parts of post-laptop-theft compilation 'there's always a fucking problem' are thrilling & beautiful, and the band's got more stuff in the works

like, this song's got cardiacs coming out of any orifice you could name

Like that track, will investigate. It's demo quality reminds me of listening to scuzzy 3rd gen tapes of Cardiacs influenced bands like Mad Uncle Jane and Sleepy People.

have subsequently been sent their next album privately and whoo boy there's some good stuff on it :)

ummm track 18 of that album ('pyro cyclone dances the weathervane waltz') is also fucking amazing

sleepy people was ultrasound related wasn't it

Yeah I think some of them morphed into Ultrasound, both bands I mention were very heavily and obviously influenced by Cardiacs, instead of just having a kind of 'spin' on what Cardiacs were doing.

ah cool, ok

they're not usually seen with the extended family nowadays but I guess they burnt out a bit too early for all that

Chemical Clocks have a new album. Maybe a bit more fusion than a lot of the stuff on this thread but amazing recording and very emotional for instrumental music.

https://chemicalclock.bandcamp.com/

tags: jazz avant-garde bass dance disco party drums electronic keyboard power pop trumpet video game western art music Seattle

new Stars In Battledress is str8 awesome

will hear that Chemical Clocks thing soon

actually the new SIB is probably better than Secrets & Signals, it's that good

Chemical Clock reminding me of Jaga Jazzist slightly, except much, much, much better :)

My band were compared to the Cardiacs the other day, which I was kind of pleased about.

I've been waiting for that second SIB record since I heard Women From The Ministry almost 10 years ago, their crowning achievement.

Yeah I've heard most of these songs live, so great they finally recorded them though

& yeah TWFTM feels like their Homesweet Homestead Hideaway moment. this album is fucking phenomenal btw, threatening my year-end top 2 or 3 alongside Jute Gyte and Owen Pallett

Posted this on the pretty piano thread, where I'm sure it'll pass without comment but I love this track so much, def Tim/Sea Nymphs influence happening.

http://thegasman.bandcamp.com/track/aeons

Same Gasman that did some stuff on Planet Mu?

Indeed

Same Gasman who was a Cardiacs founder member lol ffs

Oh wait, maybe not. Think I'm confusing him with Cawthra

Redbus Noface / Gasman is a helluva mixup, whoops

will check this

Yeah, I'll definitely give it a listen.

lol ffs yerself, buggerlugs :)

The Cardiacs extended family is a giant & knotty thing, worthy of its own discourse, fandom & writing; I make no apologies ;)

played The Exquisite Corpse Game for my sexagenarian parents in the car today and they liked it so much they borrowed it :)

"Pinocchio Falls in Love" off Secrets and Signals is one of the prettiest, most haunting songs I've ever heard. Yeah hyperbole but the echo on the chorus just kills me. Damn, damn, damn

I'm not sure if this is the best place for this but I don't know where else it would go:

Казма-Казма/Kazma Kazma

Ukrainian psychedelic rock band based in Kharkov in 1991.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyJxDUN33qs

that person has lots of interesting videos on their youtube account in an 80s soviet post punk vein, btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG1UFG3bKAo

this is a cover of a xiu xiu song that sounds a bit like a cross between Max Tundra and Prefab Sprout. I was disappointed when I listened to xiu xiu and they didn't sound like Max Tundra or Prefab Sprout
Stuart Maconie played this on his radio show on Sunday 6/1/2013 and I heard it on the iplayer sometime in the following week and was going to say something about it on ilx but I didn't.
(according to the BBC website he played it on two other occasions as well, but it was definitely the 6 Jan 2013 programme that I heard)

haha this Ukranian stuff is fucking amazing

track two is like a bizarro Icing On The World

Thomas one veers more Jaga Jazzist than Max Tundra imo, but it's not bad at all

this Kazma-Kazma shit is SO. FUCKING. INCREDIBLE

http://www.bibbletang.com/funzig/mp3/funzig%20live%20-%20metronomic%20dog%20bark.mp3

kazma kazma is quite a find

seriously. one of the best things i've heard in ages.

will check out that link after finishing with this new HMHB album, MN - what is it?

Something new from this Canadian band Sprïng who I've seen a couple of times.

More on the psych side but definitely "vaguely-Cardiacy prog-pop".

Well they def know Cardiacs because there's a #Pronk at the bottom of the info window.

I like it though, the singer really reminds me of somebody, maybe the girl in No Joy?

For me the vocals are the weak link. Live, it doesn't seem to matter because it's mostly a psych onslaught but I did feel like the album was let down a bit by his weak voice (though I still like it). This new track is the best thing they've done so far. The album is downloadable for free from their bandcamp btw.

this track comes off like if animal collective were any good

http://oninlove.bandcamp.com/track/warz

Just found out about this rather great record tonight and I know nothing about it other than it features the redoubtable Craig Wedren from Shudder To Think and is total catnip to the STT fan I would think.

A very good, very Monsoon Bassoon-y band I got hipped to today, liking it lots.

http://listen.perhapscontraption.co.uk/album/sludge-tripe

:/

First thing to mind: "oh no, not them" - terrible quirky kooky burlesque quirksters more concerned with their matching steampunk-lite costumes than their music, which is almost wonderfully annoying and has made me intensely uncomfortable both times I've seen them live, the second time at a relative's work party where they cycled around trying to entertain children, more circus curio than artistic entity...

...unless of course they've changed ;)

Didn't like the last Knifeworld album much either, tbf - very much leaning to the NSRO side of the Cardiacs fallout rn. Have they got any plans?

Sorry to be so harsh but I really do have a thing against this band and I don't wish to sugar coat my feelings - I'm willing to accept they've sorted out their recorded sound at least.

Listen to their Radiohead 'National Anthem' cover and try not to sydh

Ah welp, I have no context for this lot or any idea about their stage thing and yes they are definitely a bit derivative, what's interesting - after looking at a pic- is there's not much brass/woodwind on the recordings. Agree about Knifeworld too.

I'd def like to know what you think about the link above from 2 weeks ago, start with track 2.

Oh, I liked that track and the one after! I then nominated the album for the EOY poll but didn't vote for it. I need to listen to it all in its entirety, may do by the weekend, cheers (am not at home rn)

Hopefully 2015 is a good year for all things Cardiacsy!