― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 3 March 2006 18:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 3 March 2006 18:53 (eighteen years ago) link
Now he's a self-righteous uber-pretentious fucktard.
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link
My thoughts exactly!
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― the sheik, Sunday, 23 April 2006 17:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― DOQQUN (donut), Sunday, 23 April 2006 20:51 (seventeen years ago) link
1: S/T2: Splendour Solis3: The Edges Of Twilight4: Alhambra (a live CD EP)5: Transmission6: Triptych7: Tangents (a best of)8: The Interzone Mantras9: Seven Circles
I still hear "Heaven's Coming Down" at the YMCA.
― Owen Pallett (Owen Pallett), Monday, 24 April 2006 08:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Owen Pallett (Owen Pallett), Monday, 24 April 2006 08:24 (seventeen years ago) link
are you a fan, owen?
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Monday, 24 April 2006 08:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Owen Pallett (Owen Pallett), Monday, 24 April 2006 09:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Monday, 24 April 2006 09:22 (seventeen years ago) link
The Tea Party, on the other hand, were mostly worthless.
In comparison to all the other Canrock bands of the time, they were definitely the most experimental. Right up until "The Edges Of Twilight", they were an eclectic, sonically interesting band. The songs were unfortunately marred by trite attempts at "mystic lyrics", not to mention poor performance practise on the exotic instruments they used so often.
I would honestly commend two or three songs off of "Edges Of Twilight" to be as good as Dead Can Dance at their peak. Perhaps a dubious honour, but the sound was refreshing on The Edge in 1995 when sandwiched between I Mother Earth and Hole.
Then, with Transmission, Jeff Martin took the reins as producer, and the sound became overtracked and lost any of the small charms it once retained.
― Owen Pallett (Owen Pallett), Monday, 24 April 2006 09:59 (seventeen years ago) link
The last (only?) Tea Party song I remember liking is "Sister Awake". I was not a very goth kid but that video and the death's head vocals made me very happy.
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Monday, 24 April 2006 10:19 (seventeen years ago) link
The album also includes a hidden song which features a spoken word performance by folk legend Roy Harper, who is a personal friend of the band.
Seriously!? That is doubly weird!
I think I saw the band muddle through one of those Ottawa tulip fest/canada day gigs and it was awful. nothing like the really surprisingly awesome performance by (good god) Big Sugar.
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Monday, 24 April 2006 10:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― peepee (peepee), Monday, 24 April 2006 18:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― that's so taylrr (ken taylrr), Monday, 24 April 2006 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― peepee (peepee), Monday, 24 April 2006 21:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Nehema, Thursday, 11 May 2006 03:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 May 2006 03:16 (seventeen years ago) link
(Sundar u rule)
― Kim (Kim), Thursday, 11 May 2006 03:20 (seventeen years ago) link
these guys are total dicks imo
― it's always random in wackydelphia (history mayne), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 01:15 (thirteen years ago) link
One of the worst bands I ever heard.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 01:16 (thirteen years ago) link
I was recommended their song "Psychopomp" and am really digging it. shame the singer's big-headed in every sense of the word.
― D. Joe, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 19:36 (five years ago) link
There are a bunch of jams on that album.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 19 March 2019 19:43 (five years ago) link
I like “Correspondences”
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 01:21 (five years ago) link
I wrote upthread kind of nastily about this band but I actually still put on Edges Of Twilight sometimes
There is a kind of hipster bar in Toronto and in 2008 or thereabouts, my friend Duncan was hosting this recurring night there. Management went to Duncan as he was onstage with the band and told him that Jeff Martin was there and wanted to get onstage and play a song. Duncan iirc was somewhat hesitant but decided to just go for it. Jeff Martin came onstage and began playing “Jammin’”. And a certain point Duncan repressed his giggling enough to lean over to a live mic and say “listen to what the wise man is saying”
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 01:26 (five years ago) link
Sounds about right.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 20 March 2019 03:28 (five years ago) link