Electrelane

same goes for ted leo's "dancing in the dark."

apparently the sincere boss cover is the new cool thing.

* being an NJ resident, that might be worthy of having my license revoked or something.

but of course virtuosity don't matter much at all, so it wasn't just that: the setlist was awful. they would play one song with vocals, and then one long, instrumental jammy monstrosity, and then another vocal song. it gave the set NO momentum (NOmemtum), even though the audience ate up the jammy shit, even though they were only playing two motherfucking chords (i think the nearly all-female audience gave them the benefit of the doubt just cuz they were women; no way would a male band jerking off on stage like that have gotten any love, and rightfully so).

basically the impression i got was that the lead singer has been in many bands before, but all of them primarily men, where her talents were underutilized and she was, most likely, seen as Just The Girl. so now she has her own band with other women and she's trying hard but she's just way above their level. it was like seeing a high school band where you can tell one of them is gonna devote his/her life to music even if it means working in guitar center while the rest will move on to office jobs, cheap sex or drugs once the whole thing falls apart.

there wasn't any grace to their performance. the album works cuz it's understated and easy and mellow and stoned and all of those qualities. but live, they wanted to be THE ROCK BAND and holy fuck did they whiff at it. the two people i attended the show with (both women, btw) hated it. but we honestly seemed to be the only ones.

(the show was at the knitting factory in nyc two weeks ago, fyi)

anyway, I think I'd like electrelane's new album if I cd bring myself round to buying it but that album cover is awful. I saw them live, playing the new material, and they were v. v. good. wht songs shd I download maria, as a taster of the best of the album?

and yes, the frontwoman is the talent in the band obviously. when she just grabbed the sax and started blowing, i was wowed.

so special

I've been rediscovering electrelane lately too. Axes is incredible

Yep.

My favourite 00s rock band!

So good. They reunited a few years back but never made it North America which made me very sad. I saw them twice back in the day, but I didn't realize how much would be lost.

I'm gonna put on Axes too!

I have been falling in love with this band over the last few months. I listened to No Shouts around three years ago and didn't think much of it. Earlier this year I heard The Valleys and was blown away so I gave The Power Out a shot, I clicked with that album straight away. I decided to give No Shouts No Calls another go and of course I loved it the whole way through. I have Axes ready to go but I know it's supposed to a bit more hard work, excited to hear it though. I feel like I'm discovering a new favourite band!

Axes was aces, I should investigate the rest of it

To save you scrolling up - http://sickmouthy.com/2013/01/15/electrelane-the-power-out-2004-no-shouts-no-calls-2007/

one of my favorite bands of the 00s. rock it to the moon always slips through the cracks, but i love that too.

so many bad bands reform but not electrelane hmph

Oh you. I had a hope there.

I guess they kind of did? but yeah the world could use four more Electrelane albums ty

The band are doing a Zoom chat on Facebook have just announced they're hopefully going to make a new album in the near future!

fuck yes, amazing!

Ah, they're all so cool. They were talking about how it was amazing playing with Broadcast in 2004 and how much they miss Trish.

They all seemed to agree that Axes is their best album and Bells is the song their happiest with from their back catalogue. Apparently their label won't reissue Axes on vinyl because nobody would be interested.

several members of an unopopular music messageboard would certainly be interested

Whoa

I only got in to them after they broke up. Would love to see them.

same here

"They all seemed to agree that Axes is their best album"

well duh

and yeah me too

that such a given? I think I like the last one the most.

great covers live as well...Smalltown Boy, I'm On Fire, The Partisan.

Had this amazing long cross country run streaming The Power Out, and only at the end did I realize it was being shuffled. I wish I could get that sequencing back. Still, it made it my fav.

I only discovered them recently when someone put No Shouts No Calls as their favorite of the 2000s in the ILM decade poll.

that such a given? I think I like the last one the most.

― dan selzer

Yeah, that's my favourite too followed by The Power Out.

when I found this...I couldn't believe it existed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtbjvQbLd6s

an amazing song that brings me to tears every time

'No Shouts, No Calls' is also my fave. Thanks for the reminder!

great news!!

q+a is here: https://www.facebook.com/electrelane/videos/2919873061382225/

Just put on "The Greater Times"

Just wow

https://www.instagram.com/p/CWOJHHyMWa_/?utm_medium=copy_link
!!

oh wow

\m/

They’ve been hinting at this for a while now but really cool to see how many people are excited on the socials.

hell yeah

Yes!

Vg

I only just saw that they're getting back together (after they popped up in my Pandora), and they're a band that I am willing to get COVID for (if they're even considering a tour).

I’d love to see them live!

yo, i just discovered this band! they are so great!

otm

Power Out and No Calls have aged very well. They seem more distinctive, even more in their own little sound world, than in the 00s

Axes as well!

this show is so great...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR63neoReGQ

Haven’t seen anything more about the reunion but Verity Susman has a new band Memorials that’s releasing a double album and touring the UK this spring.

With Matt from Wire.

lol that Susman's website link to her band actually leads to memorials (dot) com, to buy funeral related items.

Pretty into the Memorials albums on first listen!