― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 00:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 00:53 (twenty years ago) link
I am sad that this description hasn't made anyone go, "Oh, I know that song, it's '_______'."
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 01:02 (twenty years ago) link
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― Stupid (Stupid), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 04:31 (twenty years ago) link
Wah!
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 04:34 (twenty years ago) link
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― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 04:38 (twenty years ago) link
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― Leigh Smith, Thursday, 8 September 2005 11:53 (eighteen years ago) link
ATTENTION ILM: Please help me identify this song! Is it "Inescapable", as Ned suggests?
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Thursday, 8 September 2005 12:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixx and the choco-pop babies (baaderonixx), Thursday, 8 September 2005 12:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 8 September 2005 13:53 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Baaderonixx and the hedonistic gluttons (baaderonixx), Monday, 19 September 2005 13:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 19 September 2005 13:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jon Benet Taxidermy (piratestyle), Monday, 19 September 2005 13:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Monday, 19 September 2005 14:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Monday, 19 September 2005 14:23 (eighteen years ago) link
It might also be "Give" (off the Inescapable EP) which I remember being a set-closer around the same time.
― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Monday, 19 September 2005 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link
Cranes song 'Astronauts' from the 'Particles and Waves' album is going to be included in the opening show for the American Super Bowl ! It's on Sunday 5th February and the song will appear during a pre-taped opening tease featuring athletes and actors reciting lines from Dr. Seuss' "Oh, The Places You'll Go."
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 30 January 2006 01:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 17:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link
My favourite Cranes story: when working at the record store one night (possibly a MOLTEN METAL MONDAY) with my friend STV we played some Cranes and a customer yelled "HEY! THIS SOUNDS LIKE MUSIC TO SAW YOUR ARMS OFF TO!" at us from across the store.
amazing ^
I've been playing Forever and Loved all day over here, great fucking albums.
― stephen, Thursday, 22 May 2008 19:31 (fifteen years ago) link
This is the band with that horrible female singer isn't it? I'm with Dr. C on that. Never could stand them for a second, though I certainly met plenty of folks who liked them. I'm surprised they weren't lumped in with the shoegazing thing more, as it seems to me they started in that era, right?
― Bimble, Thursday, 22 May 2008 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Fuck, I found the song I was looking for at one point but now I can't remember what it ended up being. (It definitely predates "Lillies".)
― HI DERE, Thursday, 22 May 2008 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
The mystery song. I say just drop the band a line or something.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 May 2008 19:54 (fifteen years ago) link
This is the band with that horrible female singer isn't it?
I think her voice works a lot better with the dense, heavy, layered songs with plenty of bass. Provides a nice contrast to her wispy, sometimes admittedly grating voice. Whereas, wispy song + wispy voice never worked quite so well for me, with this band.
― stephen, Thursday, 22 May 2008 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^^ pretty much OTM, they worked much better when they maximized density (which is why Loved is so much better than the rest of their albums).
― HI DERE, Thursday, 22 May 2008 20:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Not sure I totally agree with this. Some of their wispier stuff, eg. 'Paris and Rome', 'Cloudless', is pretty amazing.
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 22 May 2008 21:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Incidentally, my 50-year-old mother (whose favorite artists are Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, Coldplay and a wide array of contemporary Christian pop/rock) heard a Cranes album in my car this morning (Forever) and *loved* it, especially Alison Shaw's "amazing voice" -- go figure?
(Now then, Bimble, if she can get into it...)
― stephen, Friday, 23 May 2008 21:11 (fifteen years ago) link
"So Mom, you might like 'Starblood'..."
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 23 May 2008 21:14 (fifteen years ago) link
I think "Starblood" was the song I was looking for...? I need to see if I have a copy of it somewhere.
― HI DERE, Friday, 23 May 2008 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah I'm pretty sure Starblood was that song. That was the highlight of their show on that 1992 Wish tour.
― baaderonixx, Saturday, 24 May 2008 08:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Been listening to Wings of Joy a lot lately, "Starblood" is incredible as is the rest of the record.
Also, THIS EP COLLECTION IS AMAZING:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/416G2QWQJQL._SL500_AA240_.jpg
A handful of the very best tracks from Wings of Joy, Forever and Loved, plus a ton of early Cranes highlights, EP only material and stuff that's otherwise only available on vinyl. I'm hard pressed to name a bad track on here. LOOOOOOVE.
― stephen, Thursday, 12 June 2008 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, that's a good comp. Never got it cause I had pretty much all the singles and could burn my own version of it (in fact that's a good idea).
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 12 June 2008 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
New album out next week, you crazy goths.
― NickB, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 22:48 (fifteen years ago) link
YOU GUYS
IT WAS "STARBLOOD"
CONFIRMED FACT
― Like sicking a little bit of water into my mouth (HI DERE), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 22:54 (fifteen years ago) link
― Like sicking a little bit of water into my mouth (HI DERE), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 22:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Said new album is quite excellent, BTW -- it's easily the most easygoing of their albums yet but the feeling is one of the goth stormclouds hovering high above while the keyboard-led arrangements and gentler performances suggest things like the High Llamas, Young Marble Giants, Broadcast a bit, some minimal techno...it's a nice blend.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 October 2008 20:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Tempted to get this. I assume it's very much in the vein of their last two releases?
― baaderonixx, Monday, 27 October 2008 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes, but even more restrained -- it's the keyboards rather than the drums or guitars that provide a lot of the focus this time out, but there's that same sense of rhythmic undertow and slightly ominous edge. But what's nice is that it doesn't feel any less like a Cranes album for that reason. As Alison's voice is unchanged and Jim clearly still listens out for that sense of rhythm and focus first and foremost, it's a very natural course to take.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 October 2008 20:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 22 May 2023 19:00 (eleven months ago) link
Yer welcome
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 May 2023 19:19 (eleven months ago) link
Forever anniversary gig is tonight. I probably should have listened to the album before coming because it's years since I've listened to it, have mostly listened to their early stuff recently
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 14 October 2023 18:44 (six months ago) link
Jealous
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Saturday, 14 October 2023 19:23 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DfXd2PsSsM
― MaresNest, Sunday, 22 October 2023 12:49 (six months ago) link
And a new reissue here: Fuse, on vinyl for the first time as well:
https://cranes.bandcamp.com/album/fuse
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 17:14 (three months ago) link
I never thought this would be reissued
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 20:41 (three months ago) link
Really remarkable to see it. I think any further reissues after that would have to go through Cherry Red because I gather they have access to the Dedicated releases (which explains the Chapterhouse box from the other year), but I think that's still in the works. We'll see what follows next!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 20:50 (three months ago) link
Really excited to see them in May
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 21:39 (three months ago) link
Saw them last night. The songs are still a joy but the band was pretty rough. Often out of sync and missing cues. But they nailed Starblood. Hope they can play a few more shows and shake things off.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 07:18 (one week ago) link