insides - euphoria

I hate to ask about your bathroom visits in shifts.

lol xp

at least it was stylish. it was like we were in a movie or something. all that made it so dissatisfying was that neither of us knew what the hell we were doing - we even left the lights on.

anyway, i have loved insides for about seven years now. i probably have nothing original to say about them. i guess i kind of hated 'sweet tip' when i first heard it, but came to realize later that it is indeed okay when bands change. i came to love 'sweet tip' with time.

what a fantastic band though (and earwig too). it pleases me that the insides cult has, in recent years, grown by the... tens?

these are my first posts to ilx. forgive me for my self-centered-ness. i just wanted to introduce myself and talk about insides.
it is unseasonably warm in ann arbor, but i could not feel colder inside.

ned, you don't need to hide behind pseudonyms like this.

;-)

I hate to ask about your bathroom visits in shifts.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, November 16, 2012 4:52 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Under my skin I am LOL.

Oh geez, I had to apologize like Hell!

(That's an Earwig reference, though).

ned, you don't need to hide behind pseudonyms like this.

I'm sorry, it's the tender flower in me.

one note, two chords = the piano/keyboard to "relentless." which, had remained my favorite song by the group until only recently...
"relentless" is a fantastic ambient pop song. i wish that it went on for ten full years. that probably sounds like something Bimble would say...

i'm distracted by "distractions" recently.

I can't stop listening to Clear Skin these days. So great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn7vi_k21Tc

Clear Skin is great. So is the promo for it, which is quite different. I think it's readily available to download, if you know where to look. It's three shorter separate pieces, and more beat-oriented. Almost as good as Clear Skin proper.

promo 12" is linked to above:

insides - euphoria

hopefully that mediafire link still works

Julian Tardo: There’s no old stuff I think needs digging out - all the good stuff is on the LPs I think. I've made a ton of half baked ideas that Kirsty has wrinkled her nose at. There is one band I’ve heard that reminds me of Insides: Oen Sujet from Canada.

They're close, though Oen Sujet meanders and switches up tempos progwise (vs straight up minimalism from Insides). Not well represented online, but the EP can be heard on Juno download, there's rehearsal here, and another track here.

Just discovered this band a couple of weeks ago. Euphoria and Clear Skin are such beautiful albums. Feel like I've been looking for music that sounds like this for a while. Glad I've discovered them at this time of year, think I'm going to play them a lot over the summer.

I've have trouble getting into Euphoria, but Clear Skin is all time.

The problem for "Clear Skin" is that "Music for 18 Musicians" exists. I do think its on a par with Glen Velez et al's Musica Esporadica in the Reich-alike sweepstakes.

Have now heard the Earwig album as well. Damn, these guys were seriously talented. Would like to hear their reunion album at some point but feel I'll be disappointed comparing it to these three brilliant albums.

The problem for "Clear Skin" is that "Music for 18 Musicians" exists. I do think its on a par with Glen Velez et al's Musica Esporadica in the Reich-alike sweepstakes.

― Congratulations! And my condolences. (Sanpaku)

I know what you mean, there are similarities but I enjoyed it all the same.

Got Insides - Euphoria a few months ago, I think one of the last two tracks might be my favourite.

If I have any complaint, I think it has too many Cocteau/Guthrie-isms; but loads of great dreampop bands do too, especially when you seek out bands that are similar (but hopefully not too similar to just be poor man's Cocteau Twins).

Insides fans should check out Braids, especially last year's Flourish // Perish. A very similar vibe.

"Skykicking" for sure.

Seriously though, what an album

Have you listened to their second album? It's instrumental but equally beautiful in a very different way. The album they put out under the name Earwig is also really fantastic.

This is such an accomplishment that I would be scared of how a follow-up would only disappoint, but I will investigate.

not sure if you've read the whole thread but this bears repeating anyway: everything(?) earwig did is available on bandcamp as a free download.

http://earwiguk.bandcamp.com/

I didn't realise it was free! How exciting.

Wow, that Earwig record is wonderful!

I find the Earwig album interesting (as well as excellent) - some of it sounds rudimentary compared to Insides while other parts sound even further out? There are bits I could imagine being on a Not Not Fun record today.

I rather dug Earwig at the time. Saw them a few times at places like the Camden Falcon but beyond the EPs and shows knew little about their background before reading Neil Kulkarni's excellent piece. Great that they're still being talked about. Was also at the Brixton show mentioned in the interview; it was a Club Quirky night at the Vox and they played the whole of Clear Skin behind a mesh cube or something.

found a copy of earwig's might ep in a charity shop today. hadn't travelled very far in the last twenty years either - the label's address is only about half a mile from the shop where i found it. great stuff though, sounds like earwig are to insides what late period wolfhounds are to moonshake.

Those 3 EPs are all on Past at the link above

yeah, i will be checking that for sure (thanks koogs!)

i just found this CD for a dollar in the discount bin, it's pretty great

New Tunes:

https://twitter.com/InsidesKandJ/status/748783845575503872

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiNTgXJGEC8

love it, had no idea they were making a new record

It was a cool moment seeing on the back of a Slum of Legs record that they'd recorded it at Insides studio

Not that they sound anything like them of course

Ah, good. I thought Sweet Trip was a misstep, and this more a progression from Euphoria.

There are so many gems on this album, I can't even choose one. I used to think Skykicking was my favorite until Carly Simon kept sneaking into my dreams. It has many interesting changes, but it's mostly the beginning of the outro in the middle of the song (01:52), with those two fading notes that make it lovely. It reminds me a little of St. Etienne. What a record.

big love for relentless!

I recently sprung for the 12" for Clear Skin. It's one of my favorite Steve Reich rip-offs. Absolutely incredible.

I like the 12, but the CD is better.

https://youtu.be/x4H7FtKsPzw?t=0s

Yeah, I agree with you there. I've had the CD for a while, but there are different tracks on the 12", so I needed that too.

being issued for RSD 2019 with liner notes from Simon Reynolds!

ziggy from stroom played skykicking on NTS a couple of weeks ago, sounded glorious tbh

amazing record

Earwig's complete(?) discography is now on bandcamp btw

still see Kirsty and Julian at gigs in Brighton but 2shy 2say hi

You should! They're lovely. I've done some photo sessions with them over the last few years - not sure if it'll ever be used but it was fun anyway. There has been new music in the works for a while.

"Newly remastered and recut from the original tapes, Euphoria will be available to buy on #RSD19 in the US"

Only in the US? (glum emoji)