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hmm .. does it really cost $14 to ship from the US to Europe (UK) !?

a cd that is ..

That's got to be some kind of oversight - I've ordered from them US -> UK before and it was nothing like that. Email Mike and I bet he'll set you the right price.

ah ok.
can u give us a clue as to how to communicate with him, as i cant find a contact page. ta.
[not a personal friend so cant request FB etc .. ]

(sent a PM to you with it)

much appreciated. time to top up my paypal account.

well, 6 cds incl. postage ended up being less than £30.
thats pretty good considering how much some of these things go for when they're available via amazon.
now, all i have to do is wait .. (and wait .. )

i guess this project involves former glass candy personnel as well as the guy from miracles club (rafael)... i dig it, needless to say

http://vimeo.com/22588468

(^ finesse - elevate. it's not on idib but it definitely has a tangential appeal)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX922LVpULM&feature=player_embedded#!

thought this was just ok, a little goofy

a little goofy

Glass Candy? Surely not? They're so serious!

I don't think I like this because it's too knowingly kitsch and obvious with it - which also seems like a fundamental misunderstanding of what Glass Candy are about - I think the last stuff was a bit darker and moodier than this and had more appeal for it.

i always preferred the chromatics but this is pretty decent

Are you not kind of contradicting yourself there boxedjoy?

I think their earlier stuff derives its "goofiness" from Ida No's delivery but the actual music/lyrics indicated something a bit darker, whereas this is so... I hate to use the term "cheesy" because it suggests there's something wrong with populism, but it is very frothy. It sounds like it was designed to be played at the end of the night. I worry that a full album of this would be very saccharine.

I just meant the goofiness wasn't working for me on that track. xposts

i like that a lot! never liked them before iirc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR87ol1G6NI

nice

everyone stopped caring about this stuff for four years and then the Drive soundtrack happened \o_o/

I never stopped caring!

nice

― caek, Monday, 24 October 2011 23:24 (Yesterday) Bookmark

that rules

This is great, really great. Johnny Jewel has clearly embraced his pop instincts between this and the new Glass Candy, which is growing on me.

vox have a kind of demo vibe, hmmm

a little bird in pdx told me that johnny jewel recorded his own soundtrack for the drive sdtk and then it was scrapped by the bigwigs or the powers that be or w/e

this is a well-informed bird but i'm still skeptical- has anyone else heard anything about this?

There's a link to an interview with him about it on the Drive thread. He was sort of approached to do the score so he wrote and recorded one but never really heard back about it. He said it was going to be released in bits and pieces on various things.

found it: http://www.boxofficemagazine.com/articles/2011-09-johnny-jewel-on-developing-the-unique-soundtrack-for-drive

i want to hear it.

also re: everyone stopped caring about this stuff for four years and then the Drive soundtrack happened \o_o/

i think that this is what happens when labels stop releasing albums? still crossing my fingers for 'after dark vol 2'

Desire's II was 2009 and I think that's my favourite from the label. I know I'm splitting hairs because 2 years is a long time but, still.

vox have a kind of demo vibe, hmmm

― caek, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 04:22 (5 hours ago) Bookmark

otm but it's sorta refreshing; not that chromatics suffer from it but i guess it is a way to diversify like ice-cool-production-sheen

They've put out a bunch of great singles in the last year - the Fred Ventura 12", the Alides Hidding 12", Simonetti's EP, the Perseo stuff, and the new/old Tiedye one (which I haven't heard yet)...

Lots of people stopped caring after seeing chromatics live, me included. Glass Candy live were great though.

God, I absolutely LOVE Chromatics live!

i am aware of all of the great releases in the past few years (see upthread!) but when you come out of the gates with 2 flagship bands and all they release over the course of 4 years is unreleased demos and rarities or w/e the interest is sure to wane

desire have a couple ok songs but i much prefer the idib 12"s if u wanna talk about later pd stuff

This could just be early infatuation, but "Kill for Love" is immediately angling hard for my '11 singles list.

After Dark 2 is becoming the Chinese Democracy of neo-Moroder hipsterism.

how long ago was the 'if i cant hold you' 12"? that shit was a jam

so this symmetry record... what do people think?

i haven't spent much time with it but i think it might be sort of awesome, but i'll withhold further hyperbole until it sinks in

i *will* say, tho, that 2 hours is a hell of a lot of one on one time with johnny jewel

i'm a real human being http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

hmmm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSycSBYHitc&

Not sure what to make of that. It's certainly no Running Up That Hill.

Cool video, non-exciting cover.

Still think "Kill for Love" is a cool track, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbx8qRg6tPE&feature=youtu.be

Now I'm excited about their comeback again.

yeah this is awesome

You mean because of 'lady'? It's an old track, no? I've had a demo of it since 2008 or so. Had no idea it hadn't been released since then.
The version on this video doesn't sound vert different from what I have... the vocals are mixed higher and the rhythm halfways was definitely improved but the basics are still there. If this is from their new album I wouldn't get too excited yet until I heard the rest, Lady has been around for years now.

I thought this Chromatics record was supposed to be out Valentine's Day, but it obviously didn't come out. What's the hold up?

think it's a mastering issue or something? It's been delayed anyway