The Aislers Set - C/D?

I have a handful of MP3s and I enjoy them - pleasant, generic summer music, the voice and the music mesh together very prettily. Then I saw them live and absolutely hated it - one of the most useless gigs I've ever been to.

most worthwhile thing about the band is the spawning of Owen from Casiotone For The Painfully Alone's zine Wyatt Riot literally ALL about Aisler's Set guitarist Wyatt Cusack (also of equally dreadful Trackstar).

Wyatt Riot is hilarious though.

classic classic classic. new album around september or so, woo hoo!

So anyone who has got some info on what else to expect from the album (due feb 2003) please post!

I agree with Jim's fantastically articulate inarticulatosity above. They're almost the perfect indie band to me, though live, supporting B&S in New York, they were completely out of their depth. It was almost as if the sound they were producing was too timid to venutre beyond the confines of a small club venue. Which was a real shame. But "The Last Match" is just so full of beautiful tunes that sound JUST RIGHT I can't find it in my heart to criticise.

Anyone else find that writing about something for publication sometimes cures your desire to listen to it? I think it has something to do with the feeling you get that you HAVE to listen to it so you can write about it, and since these things are usually written with a strict deadline, you only have so long to make up your mind about it. It's similar to the way certain books get ruined because you had to read them for school.

That's good to hear, Mike. They're one of my favorite bands ever, but I only gave the new album a few listens before I packed it away. Mission Bells and Action Attraction Reaction are really good, but have been previously released! Owell, maybe I'll give it another try

I am so useful sometimes, it hurts.

It's really grown on me... when I got it I thought it was quite good, but now I'm humming even the slight songs all the time.

The problem with trying to be a glib smarty-pants is you're going to come across to some people as jerky or offensive; will I ever learn? I appreciate Amy Linton's well-written and patient explanation of the mastering process, and understand that what the final product sounds like my be a result of things beyond the band's control; I'm sure that's frustrating. What didn't come across in my abrupt dismissal of the record is that I like the Aislers Set, and even like the new LP; I just think it could be a lot better, and a lot of that comes down to the sound quality. While I do think that the other put-downs Amy cited are worse than what I used, I acknowledge my careless language and apologize if I upset anyone.

I ALSO LOVED TRACKSTAR, THOUGH. Trackstar were good live; Aislers Set not really but what can you expect?

So, should I go out and buy one of their records?

I just went to a record shop but I could not find their records.

re. the commas, you could try laying them at RJG's door, if you could find it. But no, perhaps I should claim them, also. There is no grand plan behind them, more an instinct to flutter.

J.D., that is kind, and I note upthread re. your review - you should post it here? I am not sure about the tape, because I am actually thinking of buying the records!! If the songwriter from the band comes back, she should be glad to see that.

I wonder if I can get hold of them somehow, relatively cheap, and test the Vicar's claims.

I like them not as much as Talulah Gosh but a lot more than (most of) that Phil Spector malarkey; they don't have as much in common with the former as they do with the latter, but then again they don't have much (beyond the obvious) in common with the latter.

The most upset I've ever been at pre-arranged plans ruining my life was finding out about (presumably) this gig - Aislers Set and the Lucksmiths (together! twee/fey explosion!) - about a week after I'd booked flights to be out of the country right across that weekend. Not fair :-(

They are still so great and "Currently working on their new full-length" according to Suicide Squeeze. True?

I just received THE LAST MATCH in the post, nearly two years since I first considering getting one of their LPs, and seven years since the original kerfuffle.

I think I am going to like it. It is fun to see that the Duke of H wrote the words on the back. Though I suppose it might be nice to have a tracklist.

I opened it a few days later. I have listened to it with my hot cross buns (apple / cinnamon) + coffee. I can report, pretty much, that all the people who thought the record was fabulous 7-8 years ago were right. If I had been more on the ball back then, I suppose I could have just bitten a bullet and bought it and agreed with everybody. But I missed that train. But at least I get to catch it now, when everyone else has stopped listening.

I don't think any other band has ever done precisely the thing the A-set tried to do, as successfully as the A-set did it. It is hard for me to name reference points: yes, they sound retro, they sound referential, but they don't sound that much like any of the people they slightly remind me of. They sound 'classical' but actually distinctive. They made a casual masterpiece here.

I have just read Amy Linton's posts upthread and am very impressed. But, or and, wtf does she mean by

"ive been trying this whole time to find a site to teach me how to read music. tempo. anything beyond 16th notes are fucking me up. when do you flag 'em, when do you bar them? say you have a 16th note just before the 4 in a 4/4 followed by two 16ths. is it an 8th count rest after? do you flag the first 16th and bar the next two before the rest since it falls on a quaternote."

??

maybe she can come back and tell me, though I don't see that happening somehow.

The Aislers Set is one of those bands where I would give anything they've recorded plenty of listens, but I would never again see them live. It doesn't make much sense that they'd sound so superior in the studio rather than live, because even their recorded songs are pretty sloppy. But something about them live is not so good at all.

How I Learned to Write Backwards is a great, great album though.

amy linton is now just linton. she's undergone a transformation.

can you elaborate?

apparently she is presenting herself as a man now. people that have seen her play live since says she sounds the same however. or he.

well, maybe he can come back and tell me about musicology. though I don't see that happening, somehow.

obsessing on this song a bit lately

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

it's like vertigo by way of "telstar."

http://www.nyctaper.com/?p=1970

Jeez

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/rftmusic/2012/10/amy_linton_stolen_rex.php

Funny how Aislers Set and other slumberland stuff turned out to be pretty influential in the end...

Can we acknowledge the vast ocean of lo-fi garage rock/pop/twee bands across the US, and the absurd popularity of putting TONS of reverb on the vocals in the last 4-5 years and just say 'classic'?

Man, that sucks that someone whom probably new Amy (or one of her housemates) stole the records. That is rough. Reminds me of being a DJ at WTJU (a college radio station) and seeing great records walk out the door all the time. Some really cool, rare vinyl would walk out the door and it was most certainly a fellow DJ (or friend of a DJ) doing the thieving. I mean, stealing from a community radio station is relly low, as it means future DJs (and listeners) don't have those records available to them, but knowingly stealing records from a music lover/collector is also super-wrong, especially one who made records as good as Amy's. Fuck this shit.

I stopped checking the website for news, but it looks like they played a few dates last year and this full set on youtube is A+ fantastic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHVI8-IxmVU

http://gygax.pitas.com

Were the new remasters supposed to me more than they ending up being? There was nothing at Amoeba I wanted a few weeks ago, so I bought the new pressing of the Last Match CD. I had the original and the original vinyl, so I don't know why I bought it. In the liner notes it says "Not to Young to Get Married" was written by Spector etc. The song isn't on the new release and it isn't mentioned on the original liner notes. I already have the song on vinyl and cd, it just seems strange.

https://emotional-response-recs.bandcamp.com/album/linton-and-stewart-the-aislers-set

Christmas song!

https://theaislersset.bandcamp.com/album/cold-christmas

ooh!