:D i spent a good part of last night trying to find video of the time i saw these dudes play at no life records in 96 or 97? no luck, though i could swear that someone was filming.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
JP edition #1 on east/west Japan with bonus: Welfare Murder Plot/Baby's A Dealer (aka Who Studies The Past? subpop single of the month)http://www.mediafire.com/file/odb00f90qag4nd9/Better%20Can%27t%20Make%20Your%20Life%20Better.zip
If you just want Which Studies The Past?http://www.mediafire.com/file/bslxwe8b8rpg29t/Which%20Studies%20The%20Past.zip
― A Scanner Snarkly (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I think in 97 his backing band was The Beachwood Sparks en totale so that would make sense. Aaron from KXLU/Aron's/NoLife was his drummer for a while there.
― A Scanner Snarkly (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
oh yeah --- i think that was before i knew who beachwood sparks were...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Listening to this for the first time in a long time "Who Is Moving?" is really ace.
― A Scanner Snarkly (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
love this band
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
steve, can you put the uk version up too? thanks for this!
― mizzell, Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:42 (thirteen years ago) link
at your request.
*U/Ling now*
― A Scanner Snarkly (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 3 March 2011 02:36 (thirteen years ago) link
fuck i love the way 'welfare...' is mixed
― some velveeta morning (electricsound), Thursday, 3 March 2011 02:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, never thought I'd hear a CD sourced Which Studies The Past. Very cool, thank you!
― dlp9001, Thursday, 3 March 2011 02:41 (thirteen years ago) link
1998 remixed/alternate BCMYLB:http://www.mediafire.com/file/su2e7jb8ly546ah/1998%20-%20Better%20Can%27t%20Make%20Your%20Life%20Better.zip
― A Scanner Snarkly (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 3 March 2011 02:46 (thirteen years ago) link
So I guess the way Kurt wanted them labeled is 1996 version vs. 1998 version.
― A Scanner Snarkly (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 3 March 2011 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
A-B "Returns Every Morning" just the drums... pretty nuts.
― A Scanner Snarkly (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 3 March 2011 02:48 (thirteen years ago) link
what i can pick up: oboe, bass sax, bass harmonica, cello (quartet?), drums to the FRONT, tambourine, a little more crunch out of the rhythm guitar.
― A Scanner Snarkly (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 3 March 2011 02:55 (thirteen years ago) link
"welfare"'s opening organ/bass riff sounds like an homage to "it's so hard to fall in love" eh?
― A Scanner Snarkly (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 3 March 2011 03:00 (thirteen years ago) link
"Paz En El Hogar" sounds radically different as well... the 98 version cut by a minute or so.
― A Scanner Snarkly (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 3 March 2011 03:14 (thirteen years ago) link
So, are there any weird-ass japanese versions of Precollection/The Lilys?
― dlp9001, Thursday, 3 March 2011 03:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Doubtful, seems like only major label stuff or certifiable indie hits got Japanese bonus track treatment.
― A Scanner Snarkly (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 3 March 2011 03:53 (thirteen years ago) link
thx steve, you da man
― tylerw, Thursday, 3 March 2011 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Yep, thank you Steve!
― Run Westy Run Megatorrent (MaresNest), Thursday, 3 March 2011 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Awesome. I wish there was more rarities from their early to mid nineties days, too.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Thursday, 3 March 2011 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
There was a whole instrumental demos bootleg called "Send In The Subs" that was post-Eccsame I want to say?
― A Scanner Snarkly (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 3 March 2011 18:29 (thirteen years ago) link
thx shasta!
― ridiculous, uncalled for slap (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 3 March 2011 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Is that bootleg in the same vein as Eccsame?
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Thursday, 3 March 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I think it was bridging from Eccsame to A Brief History... I had it once (digitally) and now can't find it at all... it's on ebay japan though funnily enough.
― A Scanner Snarkly (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 3 March 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
err it was on ebay japan, last year.
― A Scanner Snarkly (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 3 March 2011 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link
It has to be on the filesharing networks, it's 14 tracks over 62min, "released" around 1998 iirc?
― A Scanner Snarkly (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 3 March 2011 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Never heard this Welfare/Baby single before, awesome!
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 3 March 2011 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link
1994:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGBX75Z3Ubo
1996:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pjY271yvCw
1998:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y4CTUcfBEk
― queequeg (peter grasswich), Sunday, 12 August 2012 04:36 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks so much for these!
― Evan, Sunday, 12 August 2012 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3tHAGrhmls&feature=related
― Evan, Monday, 13 August 2012 04:35 (eleven years ago) link
^^I can't ask for much more than an acoustic version of Claire Hates Me ^^
― Evan, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 02:40 (eleven years ago) link
i dug it, but would have liked him to sing out more
― on a scale of 1 to Rhonda how hot are you today? (electricsound), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 02:47 (eleven years ago) link
I know styles have changed but there is something so refreshing about seeing such average looking joes playing shoegaze in that 1994 show. I grew up in a rural suburban town so I relate to guys that look like they could be in any old cover band on the outside, but are into messy music like stuff identified as lo-fi or american brand shoegaze.
― Evan, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 02:55 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah he sounds a bit shy, I agree.
Shoegaze is my favorite genre to strip down in that way, since the melody is already so buried normally, but the progressions tend to be really wistful and bittersweet so it just sounds gorgeous.
― Evan, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 02:59 (eleven years ago) link
So just saw the full band Lilys set at Chickfactor last night.
Very magical for me. Set list:
Claire Hates MeGingerAny Place I've LivedDandyCan't Make Your Life BetterBaby's a DealerBlack Carpet MagicHigh Writer At HomeFebruary Fourteenth
― Evan, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 15:30 (ten years ago) link
Oh jeez, High Writer, I love that song
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 16:00 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, it was an interesting choice! But I love it as well. I'd have melted if they played Radioitricity but I can't complain.
― Evan, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 16:22 (ten years ago) link
I would have too!
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 16:33 (ten years ago) link
I was listening to Eccsame the Photon Band again (I've never stopped) this time really loud. It really hasn't aged at all. It could have come out yesterday. I was thinking of giving it a C or D thread just to see if anyone also felt that it was really special or at least very unique. Thoughts?
― Evan, Friday, 26 September 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
Oh, I meant to comment that it really sucks you into its world when played loud. Otherwise it's easier to take the quiet and/or slower parts as a lull in the record.
― Evan, Friday, 26 September 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
Haven't listened to it in years but I liked it a lot. Has all that old stuff been reissued yet? I've only got three of their albums.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 27 September 2014 09:51 (nine years ago) link
I'm still with ya EvanGreat album from more often than not, excellent band
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Saturday, 27 September 2014 10:51 (nine years ago) link
Nothing has been reissued. According to Kurt there's problems with rights regarding the defunct Spin Art label. That album in particular I'm certain if reissued would bring upon all sorts of forgotten-classic-praise in write ups given again how unique it is and how well it's aged.
― Evan, Saturday, 27 September 2014 13:28 (nine years ago) link
That's a shame. I have pirate mp3 versions of Eccsame The Photon Band and In The Presence Of Nothing because the second hand discs were crazily expensive at the time and are probably worse now. A good lot of that classic shoegazing stuff has been reissued so I assumed they would be too.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 27 September 2014 16:31 (nine years ago) link
Actually the two albums are 30pounds on amazon, Brief History Of Amazing Letdowns is a bit less expensive and most others are very affordable.
No single/ep collections it seems? I always heard that Tone Bender was amazing but it's getting rare.
What about the related bands like Photon Band or Black Tambourine? Which are the most relevant to Lilys fans?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 27 September 2014 16:57 (nine years ago) link
Love eccsame the photon band
― GhostTunes on my Pono (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 27 September 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link
Photon Band (the band) had some great material! Only really relevant due to the shared members.
And I agree they're a much more exciting reissue than most of the 90s bands that've been getting it lately.
― Evan, Sunday, 28 September 2014 05:19 (nine years ago) link
Vinyl reissue please!!!
― GhostTunes on my Pono (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 28 September 2014 05:23 (nine years ago) link
Should have said "reissue prospect". Don't want to confuse anyone looking at the bottom of the thread first. Hoping it'll finally happen someday.
― Evan, Sunday, 28 September 2014 14:15 (nine years ago) link