― eman (eman), Saturday, 12 March 2005 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Magic City (ano ano), Sunday, 13 March 2005 00:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― peter smith (plsmith), Friday, 25 March 2005 19:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― peter smith (plsmith), Friday, 25 March 2005 19:52 (nineteen years ago) link
New reissue on the way. (also a tour)
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
Only Loved at Night is pretty amazing. Makes me think of listening to Peel in the dark, hearing these strange sounds
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
'odyshape' is such a wonderful and strange record--one of my all-time favorites. glad they're doing this.
― geeta, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
Oh shit, I think this is at the radio station, need to dig it up.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
I hope the band adds *both* sides of the "No One's Little Girl" / "Running Away" single this time.
― crustaceanrebel, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
Actually, that's in my mind - there really wasn't much else around the time of "Odyshape," and "No One's Little Girl" had previously been added to moving (which subtracted three songs from the album and failed to add a Dennis Bovell remix from a 12" and "Running Away."
In any case, the band have confirmed that "Odyshape" will be issued same as it ever was.
― crustaceanrebel, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i love their "running away" cover...heresy, but i might like it more than the original!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
a great single.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 July 2011 11:45 (twelve years ago) link
Listened to this through earlier and wondered what else was in the same sound universe. Does seem to be pretty unique sounding.It's historically post-punk but I'm not sure to what extent it shows it, since it doesn't sound like it taps into the idea of progression from there or acknowledge that it came from there much. I'd think the Pop Group, just to name another band from similar era that did seem to create its own soundworld, you can still see a more direct link to rock I think.
Does this tie in with RIO and Robert Wyatt's rock Bottom or something. I know he guested with them.
Also thinking the idea of the sound being down to them all being women which i think I've seen said elsewhere could be something. I was surprised to see that they had male guitarists and drummers early on. I thought Palmolive was in at the formation and thought that was part of how they formed, she left Slits and a new band was formed. But seems that was wrong. Is there a definitive band history anywhere?
― Stevolende, Sunday, 10 March 2019 13:34 (five years ago) link
The 33-1/3 book tells their story pretty thoroughly in a 150 pages. I didn't like the book quite as much as everyone else, but it'll probably give you what you want.
I recently downloaded Moving, their third album. Didn't get a lot out of it, although it included the "No One's Little Girl" single, which is fantastic.
― clemenza, Sunday, 10 March 2019 18:21 (five years ago) link
Cool, thanks
― Stevolende, Sunday, 10 March 2019 18:41 (five years ago) link