Sun City Girls: classic or dud?

(same night at times new viking - bummer, but duh clear choice here)

OK, so my head exploded when I heard a couple SCG tracks on a recent episode of Top Gear (in the American muscle car challenge from SF->Bonneville)

wonder who was responsible for that, pretty cool.

about a year ago Sc0tt C0lburn told me that Eclipse was still planning on releasing the rest of the ten-double-LP tape archive series, but that it was going really slow.

Haha, weird. Here is the full soundtrack list here (which is also weird in itself - who the hell keeps tabs on this stuff?).

fuckin a maaaaannn
fuckin aaaaaa it's the CIAAAAA

'I barely recall the band that played after us, but they had unusual facial hair and did things like breathe fire to electric tribal beats.'

By Krist Novoselic

O_O

I barely recall the band that played after us, but they had unusual facial hair and did things like breathe fire to electric tribal beats. I know this is pretty standard fare today, but back then it was way off the map. Then the Sun City Girls came on.

Looks like he's referring to two different bands here?

For those interested, Abraxas Records is reissuing Dante's Disneyland Inferno - 3LP boxset next month.
http://www.abraxasrecords.com/showPage.php?template=album&id=2677

The electric tribal beats band is Crash Worship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq5RamhrN2s

Looks like he's referring to two different bands here?

He is, I just liked the line.

Well then Mr. Raggett.

figured the "electric tribal" outfit had to be crash worship

KN does not have the most exciting prose style

Takes after Cobain, doesn't he?

What are SCG's "poppiest" songs? They definitely have some hooks in them. "The Shining Path" is very catchy.

aka the "Lambada Song"!!!

final album coming out this month, Funeral Mariachi
from Colburn's website: Just finished mastering the final Sun City Girls studio album. I do believe this to be my best work to date. That’s right! I think this might be better than “Feel’s” .

LOL Scott

I have this on preorder, really excited about it based on the promo blather.

can't wait to check this one out. sounds like a winner.

Just the finest thing ever. One of the most beautiful records I've ever heard.

haven't heard; will buy

certainly. this>>rent>>food

WANT

as expected, this is completely top notch greatness from the cover artwork on down. one of their best.

really great. really expensive too.

actually, after 3 listens today already, i'd say it was worth twice the price. astonishingly beautiful.

Just ordered one.

Awesome cover. I just got this from Weird Forest. Will listen tomorrow.

This is so good, it's great. So great, it's excellent. So excellent, it's superb. Album of the year? Time will tell.

pretty sure it's album of the year for me, the 1-2 punch of "Ben's Radio"-"The Imam" is the most amazing thing I've heard in quite a while.

jesus god I can't wait to get this. should have figured that they had a whole completed LP still in the can, even when Charlie passed

WHEN WILL THE MAIL MAN COME?

Will be on the look out for this one.

Well well well

ya know, one of the things that really interests me about this (awesome) record is that in a lot of ways it's the final "fuck you" from a band that made a career out of fucking with their audiences. for years we've had to live with willfully inconsistent releases, whimsical and inconsistent reissues, cavalier treatment of the back catalogue, confrontational live shows, etc. etc. etc.

now, once it's all over, they put out this record - one of their most beautiful and cohesive - and it's like they just wanted to say "see, we could have done this all along, but we didn't want to."

been jamming this on the regular lately. so fuckin good.

not to be totally lame, but is this coming out on CD?

i bet it will eventually!

ah just saw on aquarius records' site: The vinyl of Funeral Mariachi is undoubtedly limited, but a cd is scheduled for release later in October, we're told.

Hooray! Looking forward to this a lot.

Awesome, I can't wait to hear this on a shiny silver platter.

holy shit... what a way to go out.

I really love this this except for one track I'm not feeling, kinda sticks out like a sore thumb, 2nd song on side B: "Holy Ground".

Listening to it now. I guess it seems a little undercooked compared to the rest of the tracks, musically anyway.
I like the incantatory vocals.

I am also listening to this record right now.

"Black Orchid" has really grown on me. The track that I find a little off is "El Solo", which really sounds like it should be on an Alvarius B album.

I guess, reading that again, that the title might be telling me something there.

also... anyone else have some distortion in a couple of spots on "Vine Street Piano"?

"El Solo" has that kind of Elis e Tom ambience/vibe to it. Pretty subtle track imo.

Fuckin love El Solo

what is this hippie crap

j/k