Slumberland

Releasing too much stuff all at once now. Funny how they were so quiet a few years ago.

too much? no way

sic alps 45 is pretty good for them, though i'm not a huge fan

interested to see what the brown recluse sings EP is like, i was pretty lukewarm on their (non-slumberland) mini album

they should revive dropbeat as well

I usually buy the actual 45's, so it is kind of a lot of stuff all at once. Maybe I'll grab the mp3s from emusic if they are up there.. The last few 45's seemed to have dropped in price in the shop from 5.99 to 3.99 so that is pretty good.

xpost from a year ago, yeah it was lauren, she was obsessed with summershine so it seems appropriate that she went to australia. was the dart field mice over 'and before the first kiss'? i remember them rehearsing that. i gave her an interview with bob w so she could figure out who to credit the song to since back then the field mice didn't put any credits on their records. does anyone here know shaun brennan? he traded me the field mice interview and demos long ago along with loads of chills things that ended up on the secret box years later. lauren married the guy who ran Che.

yes it was that FM song

I want them to re-issue the Lilys stuff, Swirlies, and I'd love to buy a ton of their CD single comps like the 6 song Velocity Girl one. (I like Simpatico just fine but I'd much rather prefer her singing style on those old tracks- sounds more natural. Also the shoegazey thing is a bit more of my style.)

the swirlies 45 is comp'd on 'what to do about them' which is still in print afaik. lilys stuff being OOP is pretty unfortunate. i was lucky that my copy of 'presence' isn't one of the dodgy ones. however, my VG EP is, i need to replace that one.

i would love a proper comp of some of their early vinyl releases, even though i have all the records. i was so obsessed with those records BITD

6 song Velocity Girl is in every junk bin in the Bay Area and seems to be 95 cents on Amazon, probably not going to reissue it. Lilys was reissued on Spin Art except the b-side from the single I think.

the VG ep is still available so no need to reissue it

all the early lilys albums are long gone as is spinart so i'm confused about your latter point

feb 14th and threw a day are on the summershine cd single of 'tone bender', threw a day is the hidden track on 'presence'

I guess my point was that I see a lot of Lilys used in the stores, seems like a lot of people just rip to their hard drive and sell it back.

Yeah the 6 song is still on sale on the Slumberland website. And Spin Art is done. I still found myself copies of "Eccsame the Photon Band" and "A Brief History Of Amazing Letdowns"!!

only the whorl, powderburns and lorelei 45s (and the 'heaven' ep) haven't turned up on cd. and the big-jesus-trash-can cassette, which i've neither seen nor heard

xpost

oh ok, fair enough. as long as people can get 'em then i'm happy

Yeah there are some early Swirlies songs that don't show up on "What To Do About Them," which is why it would be nice.

Also any Swirlies fans have the bonus tracks that are only included on the Japanese version of "Cats Of The Wild Vol. 2"?

oh there are pre-slumberland swirlies tracks about? ooh

Don't know if its pre-slumberland but check out some early demos here:

http://wilfullyobscure.blogspot.com/2009/07/splitting-difference-24.html

Esoj,
I know this has nothing to do with Slumberland, but is this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CHARLOTTES-WEB-LP-INDIE-1990_W0QQitemZ390085690946QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Records?hash=item5ad2eb4642&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 the Australian band?

wow no idea why it is spaced like that

It looks neat though.

i'm strongly guessing not, i've never seen or heard of that record before & it doesn't appear in any of their discogs. might be worth emailing the seller to find out where it was pressed as none of the perth CW's records were released outside of aus (other than on import obv)

xpost

Yeah. I only saw a cass. of Charlottes Web stuff, that I knew was them, but it went for over $200 a few yrs ago. Figured that wasn't them. Slumberland should reissue that Easter stuff, since very few noticed the Summer Suns reissue.

i need that summer suns comp, ta for reminding me

I knew there were more Prodigy kids posting here besides me and Keith!

(Also, I just bought about half a dozen new Slumberland releases)

sweet

my fave releases from the third wave of slumberland:

both albums by the lodger
searching for the now v1 (for the roy moller side)
sexy kids - sisters are forever
bricolage lp
crystal stilts - love is a wave/sugarbaby
liechtenstein - survival strategies lp
searching for the now v5

oh and the champagne socialists single

I am annoyed with the popularity of the Pains causing the Searching for the Now 7" they're on to be out-of-print, my collection is incomplete. The School are so good, I hope they keep releasin' stuff. Also Brown Recluse. Lodger I can't get with.

holy shit $50 at tonevendor. wish i'd bought a physical copy now

I guess indie kids need something to pay mad money for since London Weekend is getting a re-release.

lool

having (some) stuff go up in value is literally the only thing i miss about buying physical vinyl

I can tell you moving my record collection up from Houston last week made me want to chuck it out the window all along the drive home just I wouldn't have to carry it inside.

Mail it to me!

there and back again lane just recently posted some charlottes web stuff and he says there was only 2-7"ers and 2 eps.
the lodger are so good. like sneaky feelings if david pine had written all of the songs.

the lodger give me a headache.

the devon williams 45 is a glorious piece of leamington spa-aping shimmery wonderment

bats + sarandon/membranes 45s out now wooo

S: Sleepyhead 45 w/ the b-side cover of Game Theory's "Like a Girl Jesus". So great.

brilliant colors album very disappointing... the shitty recording doesn't do the songs any favours, but then the lack of tunes don't do the songs any favours either

awww bummer! did you like any of the singles? they live in my neighborhood, and i like 'em!

i liked 'highly evolved'.. tbf i had high expectations.. and i feel their ideas are spread verrry thinly over an album's worth of songs

i hope they pull a vivian girls and follow it up with a cracker

woo Black Tambourine reish with unreleased trax out end of march

YES!

On vinyl, too!

if that mf comes with a dl code then i'll spring for the vinly

Oh is this the "new stuff" promised on their myspace? I got all excited about a reunion for a minute!

The Slumberland website seems to make it sound like simply unreleased material; I think they'd make a point about it being "new" if it was. And if there was any time for them to have a reunion, they would have been the "special guests" at the 20th anniversary concert in brooklyn in november! I mean, how do you have a 20th anniversary show with unannounced special guests, and then reveal it to be your most popular current artist? Pains of Being Pure at Heart are fine, but thats such a tease! I thought It would have been Black Tambourine or Velocity Girl...

Well, one of BT is 3000 miles away and scared of flying.

While appearing together onstage wasn't possible, WAV files are easier to pass around transatlantically...

tru

supposed to be a west coast reunion show or two, and henry's dress and velocity girl were rumored to be on the bill!

Well Black Tambourine was just one example. I would love to see Henry's Dress or Velocity Girl, but I'm on the damn freezing east coast.