I don't mind DD/LY as their swan song. HV would have been an awful way to go out (weirdly, not least because of the awful cover art, but also because as good as it is it seemed like a retread somehow, while DD/LY brought the fun back a bit and added new kraut elements to their sound). I'd be overjoyed to hear of a new album, but I'd be OK if they called it quits, too; they had a wonderfully productive, long run. Bless them.
― A sort of "Sister Ray" for the mentally handicapped (staggerlee), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 14:50 (ten years ago) link
Was humming this very song this morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFfAzjDEY4c
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:13 (ten years ago) link
Dark Days/Light Years would be a very good last album. Not quite as good as SFA at their peak, but I like it a lot more than the two albums that precede it.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:20 (ten years ago) link
I love DD/LY, so I'm not too concerned about it being their last album. I don't think it will be their last, though. More than half the band is recording their own stuff out of the same studio, and Gruff has been preoccupied with releasing another film. I know that Gruff has emphasized the band aren't broken up and that a tenth album will come in due time.
I'm pretty much in agreement the solo/side stuff is nowhere near the same quality as SFA's releases, but it's still mostly nice enough and I believe I've listened to it all. Truthfully, I didn't enjoy Cian's new one as much as his first.
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:38 (ten years ago) link
http://www.amazon.com/American-Interior-Rhys-Gruff-ebook/dp/B00GED8DUG
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Xa%2Bg6xRQL.jpg
Book, album, film project. Probably set SFA back a couple years. I hope it's more worthwhile than the last subpar Neon Neon release.
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:40 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHdEnNcXC-w
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 28 November 2013 17:49 (ten years ago) link
Man, I really don't like any of this year's SFA-related releases. Just had to dump Neon Neon and The Earth from iTunes...and I paid for both. Can't imagine listening to either one again. I'm reluctant to do the same to Cian's latest, but I don't rate that one too highly either. I don't know if I've gotten sick of SFA or if these side/solo projects just aren't very good. I definitely don't listen to SFA as much as I used to...
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 3 December 2013 16:14 (ten years ago) link
Cian Ciaran selling his vinyl collection: https://twitter.com/cianciaran/status/415455146533867520
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 15:31 (ten years ago) link
Of library music/sounds, that is.
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link