haha
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 23 October 2008 13:25 (fifteen years ago) link
poll?
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 23 October 2008 13:29 (fifteen years ago) link
It's slow, contemplative music. There are no pyrotechnics and leather-pants. Perhaps boring for some tastes, but in my book Labradford-- particularly on their last 3 albums-- is among the most interesting and affecting bands I've ever heard.
― Dog/Face/Chain (res), Thursday, 23 October 2008 20:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Well upthread I was just saying how I found E Luxo So pretty boring as compared say to Mi Media Naranja.
― baaderonixx, Friday, 24 October 2008 07:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Fixed: Content: The Cat's Pajamas
― Pillbox, Saturday, 25 October 2008 08:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Quiet City on a grey october sunday afternoon
― spiny doughboy (baaderonixx), Sunday, 11 October 2009 15:12 (fourteen years ago) link
E Luxo So is a good album imho
― Neotropical pygmy squirrel, Sunday, 11 October 2009 15:46 (fourteen years ago) link
That it is. Might play it here myself (it's a grey October Sunday morning).
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 11 October 2009 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
nice
― cutty, Sunday, 11 October 2009 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Fixed:Context > Mi Media Naranja > E Luxo So > the self-titled with the white cover > the earlier two albums
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 11 October 2009 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link
that's almost exactly backwards, by my lights.
― LIVIN' IN A JAM SPREAD (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 11 October 2009 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
i agree
― cutty, Sunday, 11 October 2009 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm biased towards E Luxo So because we toured with them on that album so I heard it every night for a few weeks.
― Neotropical pygmy squirrel, Sunday, 11 October 2009 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I think Fixed:Content takes it for me as well. 'Twenty' is such a phenomenal piece. E Luxo So and Mi Media Naranja aren't far behind though.
― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 11 October 2009 17:46 (fourteen years ago) link
It's "Fixed::Context" ffs! I'd have thought Labradford fans would be quite, hmm, precise.
I used to listen to these guys a lot. I noticed that Prazision, their first album, was re-released a while back, but I didn't bother picking it up. Perhaps worth getting after all? I only have their last 4 albums -- missing the first 2.
― Duke, Sunday, 11 October 2009 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
And, both tracks from Labradford's first 7" are included in the re-issue.
― Duke, Sunday, 11 October 2009 19:22 (fourteen years ago) link
So what are these fellows up to now anyway?
― Obscured by clowns (NickB), Sunday, 11 October 2009 19:42 (fourteen years ago) link
pan american
― spiny doughboy (baaderonixx), Sunday, 11 October 2009 20:45 (fourteen years ago) link
count me in as someone who prefers the first two, Prazision is great.
― sleeve, Sunday, 11 October 2009 22:35 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah the first two are where it's at for me also. couldn't get into the stuff after that
― sound of contusion (electricsound), Sunday, 11 October 2009 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
The last three are great and would serve perfectly as soundtracks for David Lynch movies.
― Melvin van Osterlow, Jr. (res), Sunday, 17 January 2010 04:19 (fourteen years ago) link
It is snowing here now and E Luxo So is the perfect soundtrack to it.
― Jim, Tuesday, 2 February 2010 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
are these guys' new bands any good?
― Poliopolice, Saturday, 8 December 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
what are they? what happened to the bradford?
― akm, Saturday, 8 December 2012 22:53 (eleven years ago) link
We got this
http://www.wonderingsound.com/news/anjou-labradford-reunion-new-album-kranky/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 18:24 (nine years ago) link
Hooooooooooooooray. This is terrific news.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 18:30 (nine years ago) link
so the "single" sounds very good. Didn't realize I'd been missing these guys. Might be time for me to pick up 'Fixed:Content'
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 10:51 (nine years ago) link
I was shocked that there was going to be a reunion, until i realized it's not quite a reunion. :(
Fixed:Context is phenomenal, you gotta get that.
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:16 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, two out of three with a different name is no reunion. Still: close enough!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:24 (nine years ago) link
The new track does not sound like Labradford much. Sounds more like Pan-American or Stars of the Lid.
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:25 (nine years ago) link
Yeah not only is it not a reunion, but the same three guys made the last Pan American album, Cloud Room, Glass Room. I'm still excited for it.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:28 (nine years ago) link
Anyone who loves Labradford but hasn't kept up with Pan American is missing some really nice albums, btw: Quiet City and White Bird Release are both very Labradford-esque.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
I was going to say! Don't sleep on those.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
my recollection is that the Pan-American stuff is a lot more ambient and doesn't have that Lynchian/Duane Eddy-esque guitar reverb guitar thing going on. Is that right?
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, dubbier, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link
Listening to Cloud Room for the first time right now and loving it.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:36 (nine years ago) link
Pan American and 360 Business/360 Bypass - dubby ambientThe River Made No Sound - less dubby, more like minimal electronicQuiet City and White Bird Release - traditional instruments have a much bigger presence. Not really electronic records at all.For Waiting, For Chasing - sort of in between River and White Bird - more ambient, but Stephen Hess is there with percussion on a lot of it.
I wrote about all of these records, and all of Labradford's records, and a bunch of other Kranky records - you can see the archive by artist here. Cloud Room, Glass Room is the only one I haven't got to yet.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:42 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, read pgwp's work on Kranky, it's been stellar.
MEANTIME
I have a promo of this Anjou release via official sources and I will say no more beyond noting it's a real beauty.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:49 (nine years ago) link
Just remembered that Donne did the soundtrack of an indie film last year called Hide Your Smiling Faces that was pretty excellent. The soundtrack, that is. The movie had some issues.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 22:57 (nine years ago) link
On a lark I made a Labradford primer playlist - though I suppose anyone in this thread already knows.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 24 July 2014 04:43 (nine years ago) link
I will appreciate this playlist, thank you
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 24 July 2014 21:44 (nine years ago) link
S/T came on shuffle for me yesterday. I love that record. So spooky and beautiful. Mid-Range is amazing.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 25 July 2014 02:16 (nine years ago) link
Just got into Labradford a few months ago. I didn't really click with the first couple of albums but the self titled onwards is a great run of albums. E Luxo So is probably my current favourite but it keeps changing. Seems like my timing was pretty good getting into them.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 25 July 2014 02:39 (nine years ago) link
I've been a Labradford fan for 15 years, but I still don't like/get/appreciate their first 3 albums, which apparently a lot of people think are their best.
― Poliopolice, Friday, 25 July 2014 13:37 (nine years ago) link
I think each album grows out of the last, and that they really hit upon their path with the s/t album, perfected it with Mi Media Naranja, took an interesting left turn on E Luxo So, and then made what is essentially the quintessential "Labradford" album with Fixed::Context. Which is to say I can pretty much appreciate why anyone would name any of their albums their favorite, especially from s/t forward.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 26 July 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
It's been a while since I've listened to the later albums - is the 4th one where they essentially became an instrumental group? I feel like the vocals sort of mark the divide between fans of the first 3 and people who don't like them.
― oblique blasphemies (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 26 July 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link
There are vocals on the 1st, 3rd, and 4th albums - I can't remember if any vocals show up on the last two.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 26 July 2014 23:04 (nine years ago) link
Or... I think there are vocals on the fourth?? Suddenly it's all running together in my head.
Spending the morning listening to the last four Pan American albums in a row... this is a very nice feeling.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 8 August 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
Anjou is now available... stores, spotify, iTunes, etc.
I'm on my second spin. Very minimal. Fans of Nelson's past work will like it though to me it doesn't sound much like Labradford, if that's the expectation. For one, Nelson doesn't play guitar on this album.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
This is really nice! The whole album with the accompanying film is up on Youtube. "Het Volk" is almost ECM-y (but maybe it's the horns). Enjoying this much more than any of the stuff I'd heard previously (which, tbf, was many years ago). Thanks!
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 15 November 2019 00:19 (four years ago) link
Yeah Het Volk and Lights of Little Towns are both so lovely. Glad you like it!
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 15 November 2019 00:49 (four years ago) link
Seeing Pan*American this Saturday at the International Museum of Surgical Science!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 January 2020 22:13 (four years ago) link
Show was super cool, Mark Nelson is great at looping stuff. It did get a bit distracting that by the end most people were sitting on the floor. That, and the two dudes front and center absolutely tripping balls. One guy looked kind of like a chill hiker or tacky-sacker or something. He kept staring at his hands or pawing at or petting his pal, who was this giant bearded hulk of a man who largely remained absolutely still. Basically looked like a wiggly Han Solo and Chewbacca. Anyway, I was impressed that despite it all they still largely respected personal space, to the best of their abilities. The smaller guy even made a couple of trips to the bar for wine, which ... is maybe not the choice I would have made. But he didn't spill it, said excuse me, smiled at people, and yeah, the person next to him had to scoot a bit when he finally, awkwardly sat down, but it's not like he was rolling around.
Anyway, the show was a beaut. Nelson switched between guitar, lap steel and dulcimer, each dripping with echo and other effects. The austere setting only added to the effect.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 13:08 (four years ago) link
Sorry to raise hopes of a new release/freak people out because of an early death but...
Things I was old when I realised: this lot (I assume) are named after a basketball player.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 20:07 (three years ago) link
Now this is some greatness
Who’s the coolest band/artist you’ve seen at a wedding? I ask because I know I’m gonna win: Labradford.— Marc Masters (@Marcissist) February 26, 2021
It was in Virginia in the early 90s in a church, they set up in a balcony and played ambient drone as people settled into seats, before the traditional procession music. It got REALLY loud near the end. The groom had grown up with and played in bands with them.— Marc Masters (@Marcissist) February 26, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 February 2021 23:23 (three years ago) link
YSI?
― I am using your worlds, Friday, 26 February 2021 23:40 (three years ago) link
WOw.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Thursday, 29 April 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
New Pan*American inbound:
https://panamerican.bandcamp.com/album/the-patience-fader
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 January 2022 04:11 (two years ago) link
New Pan*American album is out today. Liking this more than the last one so far.
As PA albums go this one is more on the guitar-based side of the fence, not so much electronic elements.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 18 February 2022 16:54 (two years ago) link