Seefeel - with Kevin Sheilds on guitar. Touring!

if it materializes

this ^^^^

if so, will it be the L.a. band or the MBV dood?

I'm new here, (inebriated), and god knows share your taste, but why do I get the feeling music died for many of us in 1994?

when did seefeel get back together?

why do I get the feeling music died for many of us in 1994?

Faulty thinking on your part.

Music's fucking ALIVE and firing on ALL cylinders as far as I'm concerned, mate.

when did seefeel get back together?

Yeah, I had no idea either. I'm not sure how successful the Quique reissue was commercially, but maybe the widespread critical acclaim for it along with a growing acknowledgement of their influence on electronic music since its release convinced them to play some more shows.

And Kevin Shields on guitar. That sounds fantastic, especially if I get a chance to see them, but part of me wants to be like "hey Kevin Shields, why don't you get back in the studio and finally finish that fucking MBV album before my balls explode"

someone else told me slowdive were touring which I think is completely untrue. is it possible everyone is just confusing this with the (very real) Swervedriver tour?

I would like it better if it were the band Kevin Shields playing with Seefeel: http://www.myspace.com/kkevinsshields

i don't want swervedriver to reunite. maybe they are mistakingly thinking of mat from revolver's new band the deep cut, they're horrid.

well swervedriver ARE reuiniting, they're playing NY and LA next month

Oh, make it stop. Make it all stop.

The past! It's over!

Im glad that Kev Shields is getting his stuff out there again, though that stuff he did with Thurston Moore wasn't too exciting (though might be $$$ collectors items). While I have a lot of nostalgia for MVB, I'd be fine leaving them in 93. Swervedriver wasn't so hot to begin with. Mark Clifford was doing some interesting stuff up through Disjecta, but then disappeared. Recently he did a split ep with someone else. So, yeah, Im glad those artists are out there doing their thing, but it's not such hallowed ground these days, imo.

MVB

My Van Beethoven

The Mark Clifford collaboration record with Simon Kealoha that came out a couple of years back is very good.

there's been a bunch of stuff on Polyfusia in the last few years (ok, 4 things)

http://www.bleep.com/?label=Polyfusia

Disjecta - Disjecta EP
Seefeel - Spangle (Autechre Remix)
Clifford / Kealoha - Running Taper LP
Clifford / Zavoloka - Split EP

seefeel in the studio, apparently.

in the meantime, the collaboration between mira calix and mark clifford is very lovely indeed.

Seefeel have done one or two new remixes in the past year. One for School of Seven Bells, can't remember the other.

There's a new EP and LP coming out on Warp "late summer". Just Sarah Peacock and Mark Clifford from the original lineup: http://www.warpedrealitymagazine.com/2010/04/the_return_of_seefeel.html

EEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEE!!!!!! OMG OMG YES

holy shit i have dreamed of seeing Seefeel live.

That blog post is 2 weeks old and the Primavera date it mentions them wanting to build more dates around is in 3 weeks. Anyone know of any more? Please post here if you find some out!

(I heard they were doing Primavera already but I couldn't go so I told myself "well, it wouldn't be the same 20 years later, better to imagine you saw them back then" etc etc, but I am encouraged by DJ Scotch Egg on bass, as his other band Drum Eyes gave probably the best live show I saw last year - may not actually mean anything, but hey)

new song here

ooh. artwork by zavoloka as well 8)

only that soundcloud widget isn't loading...

really like that track

Sorry I was very, very sliced.

I'm an idiot

Loving this.

Mildly on-topic: just out of curiosity, how do y'all rate Sneakster? I'm quite close with the vocalist from that particular project, and I think it's lovely but I don't gather that she's much of a fan. P.S. She's doing sketch and improv in Chicago now. Quite the career path.

Absolutely gutted: Seefeel are playing Brighton next Wednesday, and then London the day after - and I'm away in a remote cottage in Scotland!

Hope other people can enjoy it though.

Seefeel are playing Brighton next Wednesday

Oh shit where?

At Jam:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=123525597696970&ref=search

Are you on Facebook by the way Nick?

Here's the proper page:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=145590172139209&ref=search

WTF is Jam? (I feel like I've been living under a rock)

And no, not on Facebook... (I feel like I've been living under a rock)

It used to be called 'Sumo'. It's on Middle Street, next to the Media Centre.

Aha! Thanks for the heads-up btw, this would have just passed me by.

Yeah, I'd completely missed it until a friend handed me the flyer.

Wow, I really hated the first 30 sec of that song but by the end I'm completely loving it.

Did anyone go to any of these gigs? How was it?

Was all set for this, but I had *KILLER TOOTHACHE* which totally incapacitated me (wisdom tooth extraction later today, oh joy)

Saw them play at the ICA. It was awesome, one of my favourite shows of the year so far. New stuff sounded just as good as the old stuff.

Pfork gives a tentative review:

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14646-faults

ep must be out today as it's available on boomkat. sounds good too.

track 4 goes a bit 'music for spiders', mind.

NYC IN JUNE AIIEEE!!!!

like I am going to die.

Oh, so, apparently they've gone and, you know, cancelled their entire fucking US tour.

Well. The album was pretty not ok.

Yeah, I wasn't very happy with the new one.

it's my favourite of the year so far.

The new record grew on me quite a bit. Sad to hear their NYC show is cancelled; I was fully planning to go.

whats the story behind the cancellation?

(not that i recall them having a TX show lined up anyway..)

official statement:

Seefeel and Warp are extremely saddened to announce the cancellation of Seefeel's US tour. Bureaucratic hoop-jumping beyond the band's control is unfortunately to blame, and the fans will have to suffer for it. Again, we're so very sorry to disappoint you all with this news and hopefully fans can bear with the band a while longer before the US tour (which they very much want to happen) can occur without any snags.

Sounds like a Visa issue to me...

seems like that is everyone's excuse

Does this count for Canada as well?

The new record grew on me quite a bit

^ this. Really into it now after having given up on it for months. 'Making' is a fucking monster.

https://vimeo.com/213148633