Do we know if this is getting a physical release at all?
― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 00:28 (ten years ago) link
CD in June, vinyl in July, he says
― Walter Galt, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 06:40 (ten years ago) link
This might spoil it for everybody, but the intro for "Warm in the Winter" is just a synthpop homage to "Where the Streets Have No Name".
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 17:33 (ten years ago) link
Y U BRAKE HERAT JF ;_;
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 19:31 (ten years ago) link
Really looking forward to this btw, not heard it yet
Cherry is such a great pop song, in a just world it'd be a massive hit
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Wednesday, 22 May 2013 18:02 (ten years ago) link
Got the promo in my inbox today, about to give it a spin. Praying for something as perfectly sad as 'Lady Operator' was on the first one.
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 22:16 (ten years ago) link
What are Glass Candy and Chromatics like live?
― MikoMcha, Saturday, 25 May 2013 06:57 (ten years ago) link
Glass Candy are a little more of a fun time party band live than Chromatics, who are a little more too cool for school chill. Glass Candy are keyboard and vocals and a lot of dancing, onsesys and c'mon's and Chromatics are more I'm smoking cigarettes and playing guitar and you can't fuck with this.
That said, they're all ridiculously approachable. Now that they are bigger this may have changed, but last time I saw Glass Candy, afterwards Johnny and Mike Simonetti sat on the stage afterward selling merch and chatting with all comers and last time I saw Chromatics, it was rained out and they traded cigarettes and jokes with the crowd, Johnny quipped that he was afraid of being 'electro-cuted'.
― Popture, Saturday, 25 May 2013 09:32 (ten years ago) link
Music is always on point too. I suppose if you've had a song demo'd since 2005 and only released it last year, you've probably thought about it a bit. But, I don't know. Like, you know how nobody buys music anymore and bands relentless tour and have polished this completely fine but somewhat sterile 45 minute set that they know works and play over and over again? Whereas it used to be a little less important to be on message every night when nobody used to go to live shows and bands live used to be a little looser and they'd play a cover if they felt like it, or something they were working on? Chromatics and Glass Candy feel a little more like that.
― Popture, Saturday, 25 May 2013 09:38 (ten years ago) link
OK, great. I got my tickets for the show in a couple of weeks.
Am definitely interested in how they work the crowd and perform, IDIB style is so sedate and a bit calculated.
― MikoMcha, Saturday, 25 May 2013 10:03 (ten years ago) link
'Cherry' is so gorgeous, not sure if that awooeeooawooaee bit is ripping something off or if it's just an instant classic hook.
― ohmigud (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 25 May 2013 21:55 (ten years ago) link
And then that swirling synth/drum fill bit right at the end of it just seals the deal
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Sunday, 26 May 2013 00:35 (ten years ago) link
"Cherry" in parts reminds me of ... a couple've tracks off the Magnetic Fields' The Wayward Bus? "Candy" & something else.
― etc, Monday, 27 May 2013 11:47 (ten years ago) link
it's definitely ripping off something. Can't put my finger on it though
― Number None, Monday, 27 May 2013 11:51 (ten years ago) link
ya when I try to pinpoint it I keep getting stuck on a bit of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnD_ESwsC94
which is close but not quite right.
― ohmigud (Merdeyeux), Monday, 27 May 2013 13:45 (ten years ago) link
yeah Glass Candy is not like that at all live. when I saw them they played all their party / dance tracks and closed with Iko Iko and Mind Playing Tricks On Me.
― dmr, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 20:37 (ten years ago) link
Last time I saw them (I might even have said this in this thread a couple of years ago), Glass Candy live was like an aerobics class.The show ended with half the club onstage.
― Walter Galt, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 09:04 (ten years ago) link
Hmm. There's another Glass Candy thread somewhere that goes into greater detail. Lex complains about them live because he didn't like the singer's sweater-dress or something.
― Walter Galt, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 09:05 (ten years ago) link
what are your favorite non-marquee songs on the after darks?
on after dark 1 i liked "law of life"
on after dark 2 i like "fill the blanks"
― beetlejuice mane (fennel cartwright), Friday, 31 May 2013 05:54 (ten years ago) link
Reviewed AD2 here:http://t.co/UGIo9kpEHs
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Monday, 10 June 2013 11:34 (ten years ago) link
still haven't listened to this because haven't stayed up late enough to go on a late night walk
― 乒乓, Monday, 10 June 2013 11:39 (ten years ago) link
Sort of agree with that review, but need to spend more time with it. Going to the show tonight!
― MikoMcha, Monday, 10 June 2013 13:01 (ten years ago) link
Here's a long shot - does anyone happen to have a pair of tickets to the London show tomorrow? (12 June) at KOKO?
― Walter Galt, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 13:24 (ten years ago) link
I hate to say it, but the show last night was not good. Disappointing, even. The only thing that kept me from leaving earlier than what I did was the impression that Chromatics would be the perfect band to have played the Bronze on Buffy. They shouldn't do "songs" - they are much better at tracky, psychedelic cuts. The New Orderisms on the new record are particularly difficult to swallow.
Anyhow, had to put this on when I got home to remind myself why I liked IDIB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKNd8gpvQz8
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 15:42 (ten years ago) link
Holy cow, people. I am down with this music. Warm In The Winter is a candidate for song of the year.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 31 July 2013 20:19 (ten years ago) link
http://vivaitalians.blogspot.com/2013/08/instrumental-mixes.html
― mizzell, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 01:09 (ten years ago) link
i keep expecting someone to do a grey album or wugazi thing with jonny jewel beats. gimmicky but could work.
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Sunday, 25 August 2013 17:45 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlUHC9Hswtg
this has been around for a while but i hadn't heard it and it's very very nice.
― Waluigi Nono (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 7 September 2013 20:27 (ten years ago) link
Just discovered Warm in the Winter (via Pitchfork list iirc, even though it's a 2011 song) and it's saving my January.
― Deafening silence (DL), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 10:08 (ten years ago) link
It's a great song. Mirage's "Let's Kiss" would be my favourite from After Dark 2 though.
― mums go off when i enter the building (monotony), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 10:56 (ten years ago) link
Got the After Dark 2 triple clear-LP boxset for xmas. nghh.
DL - how incredible is that little motif around....4.25 in?
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 10:56 (ten years ago) link
yeh warm in the winter is so greatif only it had some 2012 love then i would have nommed it three years in a row for the ilm singles
― nathey, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 10:58 (ten years ago) link
lol it was my winter 2012 song
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 02:52 (ten years ago) link
i never knew about this 2009 ep (vocals by Farah): http://www.discogs.com/Garey-Snider-Gspider-Farah/release/2362485
the one track on youtube ("bruise color blue") is way more upbeat and aggro than the IDIB singles, not really into it.
― brimstead, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 02:19 (ten years ago) link
Is this still a record label? Every once in a while Mike Simonetti Tweets something about DJing in Moscow or something like that but they haven't put out any records in about a year, right?
― Walter Galt, Monday, 14 July 2014 13:55 (nine years ago) link
well, it was 5+ years in between Chromatics releases.
― campreverb, Monday, 14 July 2014 17:05 (nine years ago) link
I'm sure I read there's a second Glass Candy album on the way soon.
They seem to repress their records a lot which is nice. Managed to get Kill For Love, After Dark 2 and Beat Box all on coloured vinyls for under $30 last year. Such a great label.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 14 July 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
there's always "something on the way soon", which is the main problem with IDIB
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Monday, 14 July 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link
That's a good point. Kill For Love came out eventually and was worth the wait so I'm just trying to be patient.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 14 July 2014 22:10 (nine years ago) link
Hmm.
Their blog (http://vivaitalians.blogspot.com/) where they would announce stuff gives a "This blog is open to invited readers only. It doesn't look like you have been invited to read this blog. If you think that this is a mistake, you might want to contact the blog author and request an invitation" message.
Their Facebook page says "Sorry, this page isn't available. The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed."
I wonder what's up. I love very nearly everything these guys have put out and was just thinking "I hope there's new stuff on the horizon." But it's been almost a year and a half since they released anything. Anybody know anything?
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 09:19 (nine years ago) link
Hmm I can see their fb page absolutely fine. Albeit they haven't posted anything in 2014.
― nxd, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 09:34 (nine years ago) link
Weird - checked again and see the same thing. Maybe they have two? The one they always used before is https://www.facebook.com/VIVAITALIANS
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 11:19 (nine years ago) link
Hmm very strange, unless they changed their url?
Being hopeful but could be prep for a new project
― nxd, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 13:38 (nine years ago) link
Something old, new: https://soundcloud.com/johnnyjewel/the-last-dance
It's really lovely. Totally goes into the Warm in the Winter progression a minute or two in and makes me wish that IDIB was still putting out records
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Thursday, 6 November 2014 15:25 (nine years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/news/57714-chromatics-announce-new-album-dear-tommy/
http://cdn.pitchfork.com/news/57714/ffb0a893.jpg
17 songs? I'm just going to predict that's a few too many, but I'm looking forward to it.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2014 22:07 (nine years ago) link
but... but BODY WORK...
― J. Sam, Thursday, 4 December 2014 22:44 (nine years ago) link
aka the new low-key chinese democracy
don't mean to sound ungrateful. this looks amazing.
― J. Sam, Thursday, 4 December 2014 22:48 (nine years ago) link
Looking forward to this but yeah, I'd rather have the Glass Candy album first. Beatbox is by far my favourite album put out on the label.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 4 December 2014 23:29 (nine years ago) link