yes
― cutty, Thursday, 20 September 2007 12:37 (sixteen years ago) link
that is, you are rong
― cutty, Thursday, 20 September 2007 12:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Alright. I guess, yeah, I forgot that no-wave first LP.
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 20 September 2007 12:48 (sixteen years ago) link
2 of them (Chrome Rats vs. Basement Rutz --which is good-- and Plaster Hounds --which isn't--).
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 20 September 2007 16:18 (sixteen years ago) link
My copy just came in the mail, but there's something wrong with the CD. Please could someone hook me up with a 256k AAC of Tick Of The Clock, the last track? Webmail me if you can help.
― caek, Thursday, 20 September 2007 17:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Just ordered my copy. Excited!
The blog entry linked above says Colette wiped out their mail order inventory of After Dark (to sell them at double the price in their Paris store, which is an incredibly douchey thing to do), but it looks like TMU still has copies?
― Telephone thing, Thursday, 20 September 2007 18:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I got a copy from TMU after it was reviewed on Pitchfork. Took five weeks to show up. When I emailed them asking what was going on they pointed me toward a news item on their website about large delays because of unexpected interested. Night Drive looks like it was burnt on a home CD burner.
― caek, Thursday, 20 September 2007 18:50 (sixteen years ago) link
I ordered the "everything pack" last week (After Dark plus the three Italians 12"s) off the TMU site so I hope they still have some
― dmr, Thursday, 20 September 2007 19:32 (sixteen years ago) link
so yes the night drive album is pretty fucking awesome
― pretzel walrus, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 14:32 (sixteen years ago) link
So, SO SO good. And if you buy it directly from the band they'll ship it to you crazy fast, at least if you're in the US; mine came in yesterday.
― Telephone thing, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 18:49 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah mine too! ordered on the evening of the 20th, came in yesterday. lol @ limited edition green cd-r face. looks cool though, sounds even better. 2007 has been crazily good for new music.
― pretzel walrus, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 19:17 (sixteen years ago) link
you guys are totally gay for chromatics
― cutty, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes. Yes we are. And with damn good cause, I might add.
― Telephone thing, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 19:36 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, i wasn't sold on the "Running Up That Hill" cover until hearing it in the context of the whole record... now i kinda dig it.
― ken taylrr, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 20:01 (sixteen years ago) link
yes yes? I suppose I could just hassle them via email, but I'm in the UK so that will take at least a week of shipping to put right.
― caek, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 22:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Mine took about four days US to UK!
― Raw Patrick, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 22:48 (sixteen years ago) link
I give this +++
Running Up That Hill has wormed into my head and now I find this rest is of a piece.
― Alba, Monday, 1 October 2007 00:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I just heard "Running Up That Hill." Fuck, I don't think I've heard a better cover of that ever.
― jonathan - stl, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 23:03 (sixteen years ago) link
just ordered the new version of the italians' bundle, with chromatics' 'in shining violence' 12" now included. continuing the cover song theme, this one has springsteen's 'i'm on fire'!
― haitch, Thursday, 4 October 2007 01:12 (sixteen years ago) link
just adding another fawning voice of appreciation to the thread. it was the kate bush cover that got me too.
― jermainetwo, Thursday, 4 October 2007 01:15 (sixteen years ago) link
I've been wanting to hear the "I'm on Fire" cover! Good?
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 October 2007 03:13 (sixteen years ago) link
i only just ordered it!
― haitch, Thursday, 4 October 2007 03:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Maybe not the exact right thread but it's the one on new answers....
Mike Simonetti is doing his first London DJ show tomorrow (Fri) at Our Disco at Hub (2 Goulston Street, off Wentworth Street, E1 7TP).
I'm really looking forward to it, the previous Our Disco I went to was a lot of fun.
― Raw Patrick, Thursday, 4 October 2007 10:02 (sixteen years ago) link
I was going to post about the Our Disco gig!
Yeah, I've been a few times (but not since they moved to the new venue)and it's great. www.ourdisco.com. And it's only a fiver.
Anyway, also really looking forward to it.
I'm severely tempted by the Italians bumper back, but the postage to the UK is $40!
― Jamie T Smith, Thursday, 4 October 2007 10:29 (sixteen years ago) link
bumper pack
gah!
(xpost) And ask Mike for one of the IDIB t-shirts at the gig! I hear he'll have a few handy ; )
― Capitaine Jay Vee, Thursday, 4 October 2007 10:43 (sixteen years ago) link
"I'm on Fire" cover
Holy shit. Mike doesn't make Troubleman/IDIB stuff avilable digitally, does he?
― Ben Boyerrr, Thursday, 4 October 2007 11:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Stylus writer Nina Phillips isn't so impressed:
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/chromatics/night-drive.htm
― matt2, Thursday, 4 October 2007 13:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Wow, what a shit review.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 October 2007 13:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm planning to drop by Our Disco, which is conveniently close to my hotel. I love love the entire label's aesthetic.
― Tim F, Thursday, 4 October 2007 22:59 (sixteen years ago) link
found a Tour 2006 full length thingy called "in shining violence". it's pretty great, but doesn't have much of the disco influence i was expecting. instead it sounds more like early TG or siouxsie and the banshees. just minimal, dark electronic pop. the dude sings on most of the tracks.
i had a friend listen to some of their tracks on myspace. she's way more into twee indie stuff, and she thought they sounded like romeo void, which i couldn't really argue w/
― jaxon, Thursday, 4 October 2007 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link
"poorly produced" what
― Telephone thing, Friday, 5 October 2007 01:11 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm loving this
damn... thanks ILM
― gman, Friday, 5 October 2007 06:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Very excited about this I'm On Fire cover. Juno has a sample: http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF284651-01-02-02.mp3
― caek, Friday, 5 October 2007 14:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm not sure I get the rapture surrounding this record, maybe I haven't been in the right frame of mind for it as yet but it's all leaving me a bit cold. I don't quite get what sets this album apart from the countless other electronic indie pop albums with breathy female vocals.
― Matt DC, Friday, 5 October 2007 14:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Even the Kate Bush cover feels a bit limp to me.
― Matt DC, Friday, 5 October 2007 14:52 (sixteen years ago) link
It's quite possible I haven't heard the countless other electronic indie pop albums with breathy female vocals. Can you recommend the best ones?
― Alba, Friday, 5 October 2007 15:02 (sixteen years ago) link
For me it's an atmosphere thing.
― caek, Friday, 5 October 2007 15:09 (sixteen years ago) link
it's the minimal disco-noir thing, extracting maximimum emotional output from minor musical events, so like when the one new chord arrives its heartstopping
― jermainetwo, Friday, 5 October 2007 16:15 (sixteen years ago) link
And our man Strongo lands another winner in the Fork!
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 11 October 2007 12:40 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah good review, jess!
― 69, Thursday, 11 October 2007 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link
i have to be kinda honest, as much as i love this group, and will firmly stand behind them, the album's kinda boring. there are a few amazing tracks near the end, but then it just sorta peeters off into minimal synth arpegios w/no real songs. i almost feel like making my own album w/all their stand out tracks i've gotten from comps and singles and cdrs and shit
― jaxon, Thursday, 11 October 2007 20:08 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry, amazing tracks are in the beginning, boring in the end
― jaxon, Thursday, 11 October 2007 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/46207-night-drive
― gman, Thursday, 11 October 2007 20:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought I raved about their 2005 tour cd somewhere on ilx, but I guess not. it's in the same style as night drive or iv or whatever they're calling the new one, but it's starker and drier. definitely worth tracking down, maybe I should leonardo...
― Edward III, Thursday, 11 October 2007 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
yes please do!
― pretzel walrus, Thursday, 11 October 2007 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link
the 2005 cdr has 2 versions of "healer" on it, I guess they really love that song.
― Edward III, Thursday, 11 October 2007 20:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Is that the 'In Shining Violence' thingy?
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 11 October 2007 20:48 (sixteen years ago) link
In Shining Violence was the 2006 tour cdr.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 11 October 2007 20:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I am totally gay for this band
― I know, right?, Thursday, 11 October 2007 22:19 (sixteen years ago) link
So am I the only one who thinks Plaster Hounds is a swell record? As in Swell Maps. Hadn't spun it since the IDB reincarnation. But it's really good wasteland rock.
― bendy, Thursday, 19 November 2009 17:38 (fourteen years ago) link
i just bought the Dark Days "Hands In The Dark" 7" (the song they covered)
― jaxon, Thursday, 19 November 2009 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
dang, shadow is so good
― nxd, Thursday, 1 June 2017 10:24 (six years ago) link
it really is. hit my right in the heart at the end of twin peaks.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 1 June 2017 10:46 (six years ago) link
https://www.spin.com/2017/05/chromatics-dear-tommy-delayed/
Seems like Johnny is mixed on this record and is endlessly tweaking/revising the record. Or he thinks it's crap. The songs released from this are good ("Shadow" and "I can Never Be Myself When You're Around") to mediocre, but the delay seems related to artistic exhaustion/perfection
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Friday, 29 September 2017 04:26 (six years ago) link
It's coming!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwigmMTsM-Y
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 12:04 (five years ago) link
PSYCHED
I know the synths get all the attention but that guitar sound does it for me every time
― umsworth (emsworth), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 23:42 (five years ago) link
Fucking A!
Been spinning their eps
They’re probably better than the lps
― Depressed and impressed (Ross), Thursday, 17 May 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link