Beth Gibbons & Rustin' Man - Out Of Season

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To be honest that was a gaffe and a haffe.

Dingbod Gaffney's Gaffes.

The James Yorkston/Rustin Man album of a year or two ago is pretty good too. Again, a similar Talk Talk-ish feel.

I love this record but, for me, it's not a Spring or Summer record. It's a bit out of season for this. This is a classic late Autumn record. A chill in the air, a sweater, some crunchy leaves, etc.

exactly, I first heard this in November, in London, and nothing could be more perfect

I love this record. Anybody knows where to find a vinyl copy of it? Or has a spare copy I could get you rid of?

what a great album.
genuine shiver-up-the-spine moments throughout.

New solo album forthcoming:

http://pitchfork.com/news/51147-portisheads-beth-gibbons-to-release-new-solo-album-on-domino/

let's hope for harris/webb involvement!

psyyyyched

Great news! Probably means the Portishead album is still another five years away but hey, she hasn't an album that's less than great so hopefully this one will be too.

Apparently Billy Gibbons is taking her place in Rustin Man.

Could be challops but 'Out of Season' has more replay value for me than any Portishead album.

i agree, and i'm v much looking forward to the new one

i'm with moka re 'out of season'

Found this on a vinyl bin for two dollars and bought it. Mint condition. Damn philistines it was barely played. Their loss, my win. This is a perfect album for this season (some pun could be done there but I'm too lazy to work it out).

It's been more than a decade. What say you ILM? Also what happened to that followup that was mentioned a couple of years ago?

this is probably one of my favourite albums ever

I love Portishead but I said it two years ago; this one is the Beth Gibbons related record I keep coming back to. It received mixed reviews and it might have had low sales I suppose but I really want a followup. The best song on P3 is 'the rip' by far and it's indebted to this record... at least it sounds closer to this sound than the first two Portishead albums. I hope it's not the closest thing we ever get to out of season pt2.

I love you Beth Gibbons but you are incredibly effete. 4 albums in 20+ years!? If I had that voice I wouldn't stop collaborating everywhere.

No way. Honestly I think the single most undervalued commodity in modern pop music is MYSTIQUE and Beth has it in spades. I don't want her diluting that by turning up on Father John Misty albums or whatever.

Did this come at some point with a live bonus disc pretty much playing the whole album or was that a boot? I want that.

No way. Honestly I think the single most undervalued commodity in modern pop music is MYSTIQUE and Beth has it in spades. I don't want her diluting that by turning up on Father John Misty albums or whatever.

^^^^cosign x a million

Hah why did you have to do such a nefarious pairing? I meant collabs like out of season or that black sabbath cover she did. They work because they are leftfield collabs with out of the spotlight artists, I'm not saying she collabs with father john misty, or gorillaz, or big boi. She could keep her mystique by releasing every now and then music with relatively unknown bands or artists with an inclination towards the avant garde.

Specially with that voice of hers. At this rate of release she only has two more albums before she is too old to tune the same way she does.

yeah I love this album. bought it when it came out when I was in London for a few weeks and listened to it nonstop.

thus, it is in the quintessential english fall album for me

classic all the way

this is probably one of my favourite albums ever

― lex pretend, Friday, 30 October 2015 08:56 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I never expected a member of portishead and a member of talk talk to be snappy with a follow-up tho tbh

What are the other Talk Talk guys up to, Hollis aside?

I can't find any signs of activity from any of them. Is Webb definitely involved with new gibbons album?

Not new but new to me (and not mentioned here):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-mc7D6hs5U

relistened to this tonight. i still remembered most songs as if they had been engraved in my brain though i hadn't listened to them for maybe ten years. i was a little disappointed, in my memory the music was stronger, the tunes were less obvious. sometimes it would be better not to revisit old albums, as it is almost impossible to relive the original enthusiasm.

The only song I remember from the list of songs is "Tom the Model," which is the only one with a strong melody, iirc. I did see Gibbons and Webb and band live, but remember nil.

Not new but new to me (and not mentioned here):

― djh, Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:16 PM (Yesterday)

Hah why did you have to do such a nefarious pairing? I meant collabs like out of season or that black sabbath cover she did.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, October 30, 2015 5:51 PM (2 days ago)

Nobody ever reads me :(

Oh yes. I blame alcohol.

yeah what happened to this new solo album

Who knew? An actual standalone Rustin Man album due next year, first single here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyrGv1d8gFk

!!!

Brand new Twitter account for Beth

pic.twitter.com/lJiqSZyxMN

— Beth Gibbons (@realbethgibbons) January 28, 2019

Presumably that photo is tied to the release of this:

http://www.resident-music.com/image/cache/data/advance/feb19/beth-500x500.jpg

Looking forward to hearing this. I highly doubt it will be as good as the definitive Dawn Upshaw recording, but we shall see.

Eh, I much prefer the Soviet-era recordings – the first one, with Stefania Woytowicz and Ernest Bour in particular.

Looking forward to this.

Speaking of that recording, the French label Erato re-released it in 1986 as the soundtrack to Maurice Pialat's Police, with Gérard Depardieu and Sophie Marceau, heh:

https://img.discogs.com/E8gAfbYUv7ANkUqNIomWRrPBTGU=/fit-in/600x593/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2603833-1502194195-9231.jpeg.jpg

Details here

‘Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs)’ will be released on heavyweight deluxe vinyl with a mounted 16page booklet insert, bonus concert film DVD and a limited edition photo print signed by Beth.

Order: https://t.co/mxpVYRYzdZ pic.twitter.com/icCuYMmYvA

— Beth Gibbons (@realbethgibbons) January 31, 2019

Also I believe Rustin Man has a new album out tomorrow?

^^^that's the one I'm excited about

Yes! I preordered it and the pre-release downloads are all very nice.

I highly doubt it will be as good as the definitive Dawn Upshaw recording, but we shall see.

― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram)

I agree that the Dawn Upshaw recording is probably the definitive one, but I don't think that surpassing it was the goal here. Gibbons has a vocal style that's miles away from classically trained sopranos, so I'm very curious to hear her version. The performance got very good reviews when it took place here back in 2014, so I'm excited it's finally being released. I think in general the 3rd Symphony lends itself well to modern reinterpretations (loved Colin Stetson's take on it, too, especially live).

Yeah, the Stetson is great

also "night in evening city" is absolutely perfect.

oh yeah, definitely. I've read he was in a "reggae band" before Talk Talk - you can almost hear it here.

I've never heard an artist sound more like another artist (Robert Wyatt, voice obviously, but even melodic approach and overall aesthetic) and yet be SO FANTASTIC. I mean--I think even Mr. Wyatt would have to tip his hat.

I just found out he already has a second album out, so that's the listening docket for the evening. Very excited.

agreed. you'll love clockdust. i like it even more than the first one.

New album on the way, and a lovely first track has already appeared.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldrx0eSqV-E

reminds me of sandy denny.

Good song.