What happened to LUSH?

pre-spooky only? so just play the EPs?

Revolver had some great singles

can't say the same for Lush, pretty shitty all around.

You have an odd way about you.

xxp mm yeah pretty much. the 'Gala' EP compilation in a random order would suit me fine! i'd save Desire Lines, Cat's Chorus and Nothing Natural from a fire too but not much else from Spooky onwards.

gotta love these drive-by cameos from posters gifting us their self-congratulatory opinions. odd way indeed.

woah there's a 30 minute well-filmed Revolver concert right on that website

ahh the internet age..

lead guy looks like an emo Brian Jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UGr9ZobVFw#t=225

Oh man, I have really really REALLY mixed feelings about this reunion in particular (and reunions in general) but this thread and the assorted chip-pissing in here (even from supposed fans who are all "but they were so much better on their early stuff, before they mastered their instruments and their sound and turned up the vocals so we had to listen to their actual ~thoughts~ not vague angelic lady-cooing") just reminds me of all the misogynist battles I fought 20 years ago and don't want to retread yet again.

I'm pleased for them; the omission was glaring. But I have mixed emotions about reunions. And I can't be dealing with separating my mixed emotions just the general tiredness of having to explain to idiots why this artist was great and worthy of attention to their *entire* career and so on and blah blah ad infinitum.

It was the one band where they had cracked it, and the world was theirs whichever way they wanted to go in.

That was the sad thing about what happened.

My take on reunions, generally, is "hey, have a great time you guys, you might never have had the chance to see them back then, and even if you did, it's better than not going and enjoying yourself, right?"

See, thanks to dodgy reformation of bands being a thing that's almost OK, I got to see the Velvet Underground in my 'local' medium sized indie-rock venue. What were the chances? None at all. So, hey - I can't knock it.

Anyone know just how limited this box set Chorus will be?

Lush >>>>> all other shoegaze bands, fuiud.

Praying this won't be as expensive as the This Mortal Coil box set.

or as limited as the colourbox one .

Lush >>>>> all other shoegaze bands, fuiud.

― Matt DC, Tuesday, September 29, 2015 8:49 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This. Pretty much. I really don't understand the Lush haters. In terms of songwriting alone, they were way ahead of most of the Shoegazing lot.

For a long time I thought I was really into shoegaze, but for the most part it was just that I was a fan of Lush.

I was pretty circumspect on reunions for awhile until one crazed MBV show with a crowd mostly made up of crowd surfing kids who were totally excited that they had a chance to see MBV. Happy to see more kids at these shows than greyhairs.

Curve next please.

Just in case the box set is too limited/expensive: are the compilations fairly comprehensive in collecting all the non-album tracks? I don't really care if I'm missing alternate versions of songs.

Announced earlier today that North American dates of some sort forthcoming.

I listened to Split the most out of their albums, but Gala made more of an impression because high school. Also we were impressed that they made it to Texas multiple times to play shows! The first Sing-Sing album is pretty solid too... the Feels Like Summer EP on Bella Union is fantastic.

xxp Topolino and Gala are weird; one collects EP tracks pre-Spooky and one compiles the later, final album B's but the Spooky-era B sides and Split era B sides from their 'mid period' don't have an attendant comp. if you get me. so even a box set with obscurities won't give you the full hit. which is a bit shit. what all bands need to do is do what The Beatles box sets did; have a specific comp (Past Masters) that mops up all the stuff not collected elsewhere.

just about *everything* (comps, EPs, B sides, etc) they ever did is on Spotify if that's any help.

Thank you. The tracklisting for the box isn't out yet so it might still have everything. 4ad seems to put singles and eps on mp3 stores so I might just get the loose ends on amazon someday.

xpost: I was wondering about the 'Spooky'/'Split' era b-sides, hopefully the box mops them up too.

So I guess I'm going to the Saturday show? Anyone else score tickets?

I did not, but then again I'm in a completely different country

Curve next please.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, September 29, 2015 6:31 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Agreed - Curve and Single Gun Theory top my list. Curve's dissolve seemed more due to monetary/new challenges reasoning, so holding out hope for a reunion. What I've heard of Dean Garcia's follow-on work (Headcase, albums w/ his daughter Rose) hasn't piqued interest like Curve and Toni's presence. "Die Like a Dog" came up on an iPod shuffle the other day, and still sounded fresh to my ears. The "Pink Girl with the Blues" EP was a great return after time off - would be great if they did it again.

Elvis Telecom is OTM

Saturday for me too

(even from supposed fans who are all "but they were so much better on their early stuff, before they mastered their instruments and their sound and turned up the vocals so we had to listen to their actual ~thoughts~ not vague angelic lady-cooing") just reminds me of all the misogynist battles I fought 20 years ago and don't want to retread yet again.

lmao this type of lazy self-serving psychoanalysis never gets old

Heads up, career spanning box set out next month:

http://lush.sandbaghq.com/home/chorus.html

Has it got everything? At least it's decently priced.

Everything and then some.

ordered !
i only have had lovelife on cd, and for that price i aint letting this one go (like i did the colourbox boxset much to my regret)
ta for the tip off.

cool!!!

peel sessions!!!

jeez, it really looks like they compiled EVERYTHING. no stone unturned.

Excellent

the only thing missing that struck me was the Superblast single remix.

TQ: A Mad Love: An Interview With Lush

"...having been given the chance of a sneak preview, I can confirm that the new EP is good. In fact, it is very good."

Nice.

"

didn't know they covered Vashti Bunyan.

also:

We did feel that we weren't taken seriously in this country as
songwriters

this is beyond criminal!!

Jim Abbiss, who had produced the Ladytron album The Witching Hour

!!!!

that album had such a massive sugary sparkly sound, perfect for lush

New interview -- and new photo!

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/03/lush-reunited-we-were-seen-as-a-band-whod-turn-up-to-the-opening-of-a-packet-of-crisps

Berenyi, instantly recognisable even though her distinctive shocking-pink 90s hair is now ink-black, gets told off for vaping indoors.

Gough did, however, wangle Lush the opening slot on Perry Farrell’s 1992 Lollapalooza tour of the US. Anderson and Berenyi were the only women to appear on the main stage, unless you count the industrial rock group Ministry’s dancers, which you probably shouldn’t. Among their touring companions, Ministry were fun, Pearl Jam gracious, the Red Hot Chili Peppers obnoxious and Ice Cube standoffish. “We wrote on his mirror: ‘Hey Cube, say hi to Lush,’ in lipstick,” Anderson remembers. “He came in and said: ‘Some people got no respect.’ We were quite drunk.”

excellent.

Is the interviewer actually colourblind? Miki never had shocking pink hair. It was pillarbox red.

(I know my Manic Panic colours!)

That reminds me; no idea if this has been posted on the thread but I found it really really interesting:

http://myoldman.org/2013/10/03/bill-anderson-by-emma/

christ some of that is pretty heartbreaking. i'm glad they're back. good luck to them.