Everytime I turn around there's another EBTG rarity I can't find...I wish they would put out a collection of their singles and comps tracks
― iago g., Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:05 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark
there's a great comp floating around the internets. whatsitcalled. ah yes, kitchen sink treasures.
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 21:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I wanted everything for a little whileWhy shouldn't I?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 02:42 (thirteen years ago) link
So far only a few songs into Eden, but I don't like it as much as Walking Wounded.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Check Temperamental. It's closer to WW but definitely more house beats than you'll find on WW.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 03:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Even tho I'm not in love with Eden, I do love that this band clearly moved through a bunch of different sounds throughout their career. It's cool when some kind of trajectory is apparent.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 04:56 (thirteen years ago) link
there are a few tracks on the new tracey album that are quite underwhelming. it may be that some of the thinner tunes on her last record (or even the last few ebtg records) were disguised by involving arrangements. but anyway "singles bar" is pretty boring, and one or two others.
― by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 09:29 (thirteen years ago) link
SFJ has a review of the new Tracey Thorn album over at the NYorker http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2010/05/17/100517crmu_music_frerejones?currentPage=all
― H in Addis, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 13:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Ben Watt interview at Resident Advisor is long, but worth listening to - didn't know that Language of Life was Stan Getz's last outing, or that Amplified Heart was produced by one of the guys from Spring Heel Jack.
― with hidden noise, Thursday, 12 May 2011 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
FYI
http://theseconddisc.com/2012/04/11/nothing-but-everything-but-the-girl-u-k-pop-duo-expands-first-four-albums/#more-12730
― piscesx, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
Buzzin' Fly rather than EBTG but this is very good:
http://soundcloud.com/buzzinfly/towards-green-pathfinding-a
― djh, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
excellent news
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
cracking piece this http://thequietus.com/articles/09091-everything-but-the-girl-interview
― piscesx, Monday, 25 June 2012 02:30 (eleven years ago) link
aw:
There are some amazing songs on there. One thing that has surprised me that - apart from occasional bludgeoning of 'Missing' on The Voice - is that hasn't been more covers of your work. I'm sure you wouldn't be averse to someone like Adele or Jessie Ware asking to cover something like 'Come On Home'.
TT: Yeah. I'd love it. I do think it's a shame. We've nagged our publishers over the years saying, 'Isn't it worth sending some of these songs out?' I don't know. I think perhaps people don't dig deep enough when they're looking for covers, so you get the same things covered over and over again and there are ‘go-to' songwriters that people choose. We've slipped through the net a bit I think, and it's a shame. I think there's a lot of songs out there. Come on guys. [laughs]
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 June 2012 02:40 (eleven years ago) link
I do wonder before "Driving" how big their US audience was.
so has anyone else been listening to the new (!!!!) ben watt solo record? seems like it's been royally ignored.
― espring (amateurist), Saturday, 10 May 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
I have been following the developments with the release pretty closely. Soundcloud dj mixes, live radio appearances etc. I think it's a great album but I'm rarely in the mood for that type of music these days. Some of the tracks he performed either solo and with Bernard Butler before the album came out were great.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 10 May 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
I follow both he and Tracey on Twitter. Apparently Joe Moss ex-Culture Club is their neighbor and currently hosting jam sessions where they're working on 70s rock standards.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 10 May 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
I didn't even know he had a new record. Definitely want to check it out.
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 10 May 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
it's a very pretty record, lots of obvious (but not remotely annoying) borrowings from john martyn and joni mitchell (one song sounds a lot like hejira)
― espring (amateurist), Saturday, 10 May 2014 23:29 (nine years ago) link
the lyrics in the one about gun control is a little nagl
this album is beautifully recorded
― display name changed. (amateurist), Monday, 2 June 2014 13:58 (nine years ago) link
I keep mentioning this, but Tracey Thorn's column in New Statesman is always such a good read.
― boxedjoy, Monday, 2 June 2014 21:13 (nine years ago) link
did not know this existed. link?
― display name changed. (amateurist), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 10:03 (nine years ago) link
Ben Watt's playing the pin-drop Old Town School of Folk Music, and playing the, like, 50-seat Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis on his July tour. Sounds great if it's not a DJ set.
― That's So (Eazy), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
shit, i'm going to have to miss the chicago date.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 23:50 (nine years ago) link
oh well, he'll be back in town ca. 2040.
I do like his Deep Folk Mix Tapes.
― djh, Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
Thorn book is £1.99 in the Book Store (Banbury but presumably other branches, too).
― djh, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
the ben watt memoir of his parents is really moving and much of it is beautifully written
still think his album is great, but nobody wants to talk bout it here
― I dunno. (amateurist), Saturday, 16 August 2014 10:52 (nine years ago) link
**shrug**
I'll talk about it. It's a nice album.
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 16 August 2014 17:12 (nine years ago) link
Everytime I turn around there's another EBTG rarity I can't find...I wish they would put out a collection of their singles and comps tracks― iago g., Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:05 PM (1 month ago) Bookmarkthere's a great comp floating around the internets. whatsitcalled. ah yes, kitchen sink treasures.― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, May 11, 2010 5:10 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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Surprised there's no discussion of the reissues...bonus discs of b-sides, demos. Bought the first 4, haven't listened yet but psyched they finally did this. Now only if they would tour!
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 00:19 (nine years ago) link
they're not going to tour.
i haven't bought those reissues yet, just a lack of funds and the fact that i've heard a lot of the "bonus" stuff already. would love to read a good review though.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
too bad, i'd never heard any of these demos, they're excellent. thanks for the reply!
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 23:24 (nine years ago) link
The Ben Watt record is a bit weak on the lyrics but I like it nonetheless. It reminds me in parts of the Beyond The Wizards Sleeve remix of Midlake.
― boxedjoy, Monday, 13 October 2014 13:12 (nine years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/ben_watt/ben-watt-pearson-park-deep-folk-mixtape-4
― djh, Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:51 (nine years ago) link
I saw you standing at the barDon't know your name or who you areIt's packed at 2 a.mI've got no coat
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 20 September 2015 20:07 (eight years ago) link
I still really, really like Walking Wounded, particularly the title track. I remember when they put that out as a single, and of course the remix of 'Missing' was a big hit and I knew about Thorn's work with Massive Attack, but even with all that in mind I couldn't believe it was the same band that put out songs like 'Driving' ... it caught my ear in a way that no Everything But The Girl song had done before.
― Turrican, Sunday, 20 September 2015 21:14 (eight years ago) link
Ben Watt's latest (Fever Dream) is even better than Hendra. It sounds a lot like Hendra —nice, strummy and modest— but just stronger overall songs. Some of the tunes even bare a strong resemblance to Amplified Heart. 'Women's Company' is a fantastic number. It's been out since the beginning of April, but I'm just now catching up to it.
― Austin, Friday, 3 June 2016 00:11 (seven years ago) link
Pitchfork's Britpop special got me thinking about their historical place. Here's a short appraisal and top ten.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 March 2017 01:18 (seven years ago) link
Well, I certainly don't think of Everything But the Girl in terms of that stupid and meaningless word, but I do think of them as being very much part of the pop music landscape in '96 with singles like the remix of 'Missing' and 'Wrong' (although I thought that 'Walking Wounded' was the best track of them all) and I remember thinking how much of a surprise it was, both in the sense that they were now having big hits (I think many considered them to washed-up by the mid '90s), but also in the direction their music had now gone in.
― The Roger Waters Experience (Turrican), Thursday, 30 March 2017 01:37 (seven years ago) link
wow that EBTG top 20 couldn't be more different than mine... band contains depths. super underrated
― pre millennial tension (uptown churl), Thursday, 30 March 2017 14:35 (seven years ago) link
I should have known it would be a mistake to read the R Schreiber 1999 review of "Temperamental":
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2855-temperamental/
― Tim F, Sunday, 7 May 2017 07:54 (six years ago) link
I should have known it would be a mistake to read the R Schreiber [year] review of [album]
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 7 May 2017 08:08 (six years ago) link
every late nineties pitchfork review that mentions hearing certain songs in the context of some public place ("on the dance floor at the local sportsbar") make me feel like these people literally never left their dorms
― austinb, Sunday, 7 May 2017 15:33 (six years ago) link
or his parents' basement
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 7 May 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
But at the end of 60 straight minutes of this record, you feel like you've just spent half your life in an upscale women's clothing store.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 7 May 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
"haha, that'll show them"
― austinb, Sunday, 7 May 2017 17:04 (six years ago) link
might be late to the game, but i just came across Ada's cover of Each And Every One today—still holds up incredibly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAYHbrcHMB8
― austinb, Sunday, 7 May 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
"Missing" kills me. Revived my interest by finding an old cassette stuck in a player and this track was in the sequence. I know the feeling of this song to a tee, love this track
― Paisley Window Pane (Ross), Tuesday, 18 July 2017 05:54 (six years ago) link
Alan Sparhawk guests on one of Ben's new tracks. Alan's interview with Ben is insightful: http://floodmagazine.com/70506/ben-watt-shares-new-single-irene-answers-questions-from-lows-alan-sparhawk/
― that's not my post, Saturday, 26 October 2019 04:42 (four years ago) link