wasn't taking advice from anyone
Based on the (excellent) documentary, this seems to have been the case. Ego, drugs, a misbegotten belief that the Chills had real commercial potential ...
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 13:08 (seven months ago) link
“double summer” from soft bombis pretty
― brimstead, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 15:58 (seven months ago) link
Yeah Double Summer is one of their best songs you goons.
― SA, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 18:25 (seven months ago) link
17 songs is WAY too many songs to have on an album though, unless you're GBV or Wire.
― SA, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 18:30 (seven months ago) link
The Chills were in that awkward position of being a great band with a small but dedicated fanbase, but it was probably too indirect to ever cross over to the mainstream so they kind of got caught in the middle. Not unlike like the Replacements, Hüsker Dü and all your other faves in fact.
― I must be the unluckiest man alive (Matt #2), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 18:33 (seven months ago) link
Missed this - an interview with the producer behind the new Brave Words remix:
http://www.apessimistisneverdisappointed.com/2023/09/it-was-manic-street-preachers-that.html
― birdistheword, Saturday, 13 January 2024 18:06 (five months ago) link
Weird (or polite?) that that article never mentions Mayo Thompson?
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 13 January 2024 20:04 (five months ago) link