Trembling Blue Stars: C/D, S/D?

I only ever had HH, Lips, Broken, and Alive. I've obviously missed out on a lot of their better stuff.

i should probably mention that i was pretty worn out on bobby's voice by the time of "lips" after being a field mice fan for years and years so that has probably affected my opinion. beth arzy definitely added something to TBS that it really needed

alive to every smile is marvelous. the only one that has a bit of diversity because of his talented friends chipping in probably. i love them all. hh is best though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VytfzgNF28

i like the new order bass.

does anyone remember her handwriting? that one should be a classic by now, i think.

Great track. Anything that sounds like LowLife / Here Comes Everybody + Field Mice is a sure thing to my ears.

i like these a lot, a lot more than i like NO

not in love with cath carroll's guest spot, would rather beth sing it tbqh

i was wrong here

One of my favorites of all time.

Seriously, ask me anything.

i think he was on to something. is he a pot smoker? i'm a fan of this guy. i forget every once in a while and then i hear stuff and i'm always impressed. he can be really spacey which i really enjoy. he's good at it. also: his old 90's beats still sound cool. his homemade beats. twee beats.

Track linked above is certainly gorgeous. I've always liked everything I heard for years but never went about acquiring any of it.

So, apparently Correspondence was the final TBS release.

Shame, if so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7coSs3xOdw

I've got no idea what Wratten is up to, or how he pays the bill, but I imagine there would nothing sadder than coming across the guy working at a checkout line somewhere.

What a great songwriter, though.

weird to think that her handwriting is 17 years old

if this were 1980 the album would have been made in 1963

i looked for something i wrote about TBS and it was 13 years ago! i couldn't believe it. what i wrote was bad. i feel bad about it. it was written poorly. i was still learning.

Well, unless he reboots with another new name, I guess we can look forward to another Occasional Keepers album.

unless he reboots with another new name

said reboot is under the name of lightning in a twilight hour, apparently

Thank you for that. I knew it was only a matter of time.

https://www.facebook.com/lightninginatwilighthour

I hope lightning in a twilight hour will be more cure homage!

I've often said that Bob W picked up where Bob S left off.

In all seriousness Trembling Blue Star/Field Mice/Northern Picture Library hold a special place with me, they've been my long walk music, then cross country driving soundtrack and at certain times my companion in heartbreak. I was listening today to The Orchids and Even As We Speak and was thinking about the Sarah version of electronica and how much I used to hate it when it first came out. I think it was Screamadelica that changed my feelings, and I started liking the Field Mice's electronic songs. I wonder how other people feel the electronic pop of Sarah records has aged?

i think ian catt's less 'fashionable' production (probably a feature of his budgets more than anything else) has helped a lot of that stuff avoid some of the more dated sounds of the period

idyllwild from the last holy writer is a great song

Yes it is!!

not bobby related but beth's latest thing the luxembourg signal has a new album out and it's p good lightly gazey indie

also the remixed version of the first aberdeen single they have up on their bandcamp for free has cleaned up incredibly well

also the lightning in a twilight hour album is apaz in the can, i assume elefant is probably doing it

I can't wait.

Also, they are listed on the Elefant site:
http://elefant.com/en/grupos_elefant

But the link just redirects to the front page for now.

New song!

http://elefant.com/bands/lightning-in-a-twilight-hour/new/825/lightning-in-a-twilight-hour-new-project-by-bobby-wratten-and-free-sneak-peak-song-mp3-free-download

God, I love this man.

(and this new song)

hmm so it's TBS with the field mice bassist back on board.

i always assumed 'cold colours' was about annemari but seeing her back on board makes me wonder..

They're making me wait until next February for a short EP.

I think he stopped writing about AnneMari around Broken By Whispers/Alive to Every Smile-era TBS.

'Cold Colours' though — great track.

wratten does amazing things with his pretty limited songwriting and vocal range. have loved his work for 20+ years.

New EP is all kinds of great.

I've only listened to the first track. I like it.

Took me forever to realize it's not a TBS record. I'm getting tired of all the Bobby Wratten monikers.

what's his new monicker?

Lightning In A Twilight Hour

egads, that's terrible. but i'll give it a listen.

lineup is more field mice than tbs (well really a mixture of both)

The Fiona Appled Mice

Album out today.

First listen right now. . .

Initial thoughts after one listen. . .

It's a really quiet, slow album. Not in a bad way, it just is.

There's a few ambient tracks spread about that make the whole thing cohesive, but also kind of not, as they feel less like bridges between the proper songs and more like interruptions. It would have been nice to relegate that stuff to one section of the album.

There's not really a big knockout song like there has been on his past few releases. There's no 'Cold Colours', no 'Sunrise on Mars' and no 'November Starlings.' Instead it's more of a "takin' it steady" kind of album where acoustic guitars dominate.

Kind of overwhelmed with excitement right now, so I'll need more listens (away from the computer), but it does strike me as a bit of a disappointment right away.

Still good though.

Gearing up for my end of the year favorites mix and this has opened up to me as one of the best songs on said mix:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXJXDLpzblo

Album has just gotten better and better as the weather has cooled off. I knew it would, but I was just ready to be wowed right away. Shoulda known better with old Bobby.

ppl in this thread hating on broken by whispers make me sad, it's a great record

Oh man, I love Broken by Whispers. It's got 'Fragile' on it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s79dt5wKtdg

But this is all coming from a guy who thinks Wratten's never written a bad, let made a whole bad album. So, grains of salt and whathaveyou.

*bad song, let alone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=833SYSEz4ZU

I love those Occasional Keepers records! Really like the Future Conditional features that Bob did as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S43taUHWrI

still haven't heard that. it was another of bob's tapeworm collabs — presumably another ambient thing. wonder what it sounds like.

anyway, do love when bob breaks out the 12 string—
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUUI9ddDeOM
"abba on the jukebox" (1996)