Unknown, vaguely Cardiacsy prog-pop that only MaresNest and I actually like

actually the new SIB is probably better than Secrets & Signals, it's that good

Chemical Clock reminding me of Jaga Jazzist slightly, except much, much, much better :)

My band were compared to the Cardiacs the other day, which I was kind of pleased about.

I've been waiting for that second SIB record since I heard Women From The Ministry almost 10 years ago, their crowning achievement.

Yeah I've heard most of these songs live, so great they finally recorded them though

& yeah TWFTM feels like their Homesweet Homestead Hideaway moment. this album is fucking phenomenal btw, threatening my year-end top 2 or 3 alongside Jute Gyte and Owen Pallett

Posted this on the pretty piano thread, where I'm sure it'll pass without comment but I love this track so much, def Tim/Sea Nymphs influence happening.

http://thegasman.bandcamp.com/track/aeons

Same Gasman that did some stuff on Planet Mu?

Indeed

Same Gasman who was a Cardiacs founder member lol ffs

Oh wait, maybe not. Think I'm confusing him with Cawthra

Redbus Noface / Gasman is a helluva mixup, whoops

will check this

Yeah, I'll definitely give it a listen.

lol ffs yerself, buggerlugs :)

The Cardiacs extended family is a giant & knotty thing, worthy of its own discourse, fandom & writing; I make no apologies ;)

played The Exquisite Corpse Game for my sexagenarian parents in the car today and they liked it so much they borrowed it :)

"Pinocchio Falls in Love" off Secrets and Signals is one of the prettiest, most haunting songs I've ever heard. Yeah hyperbole but the echo on the chorus just kills me. Damn, damn, damn

I'm not sure if this is the best place for this but I don't know where else it would go:

Казма-Казма/Kazma Kazma

Ukrainian psychedelic rock band based in Kharkov in 1991.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyJxDUN33qs

that person has lots of interesting videos on their youtube account in an 80s soviet post punk vein, btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG1UFG3bKAo

this is a cover of a xiu xiu song that sounds a bit like a cross between Max Tundra and Prefab Sprout. I was disappointed when I listened to xiu xiu and they didn't sound like Max Tundra or Prefab Sprout
Stuart Maconie played this on his radio show on Sunday 6/1/2013 and I heard it on the iplayer sometime in the following week and was going to say something about it on ilx but I didn't.
(according to the BBC website he played it on two other occasions as well, but it was definitely the 6 Jan 2013 programme that I heard)

haha this Ukranian stuff is fucking amazing

track two is like a bizarro Icing On The World

Thomas one veers more Jaga Jazzist than Max Tundra imo, but it's not bad at all

this Kazma-Kazma shit is SO. FUCKING. INCREDIBLE

http://www.bibbletang.com/funzig/mp3/funzig%20live%20-%20metronomic%20dog%20bark.mp3

kazma kazma is quite a find

seriously. one of the best things i've heard in ages.

will check out that link after finishing with this new HMHB album, MN - what is it?

Something new from this Canadian band Sprïng who I've seen a couple of times.

More on the psych side but definitely "vaguely-Cardiacy prog-pop".

Well they def know Cardiacs because there's a #Pronk at the bottom of the info window.

I like it though, the singer really reminds me of somebody, maybe the girl in No Joy?

For me the vocals are the weak link. Live, it doesn't seem to matter because it's mostly a psych onslaught but I did feel like the album was let down a bit by his weak voice (though I still like it). This new track is the best thing they've done so far. The album is downloadable for free from their bandcamp btw.

this track comes off like if animal collective were any good

http://oninlove.bandcamp.com/track/warz

Just found out about this rather great record tonight and I know nothing about it other than it features the redoubtable Craig Wedren from Shudder To Think and is total catnip to the STT fan I would think.

A very good, very Monsoon Bassoon-y band I got hipped to today, liking it lots.

http://listen.perhapscontraption.co.uk/album/sludge-tripe

:/

First thing to mind: "oh no, not them" - terrible quirky kooky burlesque quirksters more concerned with their matching steampunk-lite costumes than their music, which is almost wonderfully annoying and has made me intensely uncomfortable both times I've seen them live, the second time at a relative's work party where they cycled around trying to entertain children, more circus curio than artistic entity...

...unless of course they've changed ;)

Didn't like the last Knifeworld album much either, tbf - very much leaning to the NSRO side of the Cardiacs fallout rn. Have they got any plans?

Sorry to be so harsh but I really do have a thing against this band and I don't wish to sugar coat my feelings - I'm willing to accept they've sorted out their recorded sound at least.

Listen to their Radiohead 'National Anthem' cover and try not to sydh

Ah welp, I have no context for this lot or any idea about their stage thing and yes they are definitely a bit derivative, what's interesting - after looking at a pic- is there's not much brass/woodwind on the recordings. Agree about Knifeworld too.

I'd def like to know what you think about the link above from 2 weeks ago, start with track 2.

Oh, I liked that track and the one after! I then nominated the album for the EOY poll but didn't vote for it. I need to listen to it all in its entirety, may do by the weekend, cheers (am not at home rn)

Hopefully 2015 is a good year for all things Cardiacsy!

I'm still trying to form an opinion on the new Knifeworld album. The songs are pretty good (especially "Don't Land On Me") and I appreciate Kavus trying to stay away from prog cliches but I think keeping the songs more straightforward in parts kind of exposes what I think is some pretty bad mixing, especially in the drums. On the other hand, I've liked it more each listen.

There were some really weird mixing choices on the last Knifeworld album, considering Bob Drake is no amateur at that sort of thing. Definitely improves with each listen, though.

Family duties seem to've put NSRO on hold for the time being, sadly. At least we had another excellent Arch Garrison release last year, if anyone missed that.

New William D Drake long player out in March, apparently.

"The first incarnation was founded in Bristol, March 2004. We blurted out avant-rock and psychedelic folk detritus ... The device began as a rock quartet; exploring bendy time signatures, maximalism, free improvisation and spontaneous theatrical outbursts. Herein a fascination with discord and harmony, (surprise and comfort) evolved throughout a feverish period of writing, improvising and performing on the Bristol music scene."

I was hopeful from this timeline/hometown + something about the sound of the track bandcamp randomly selected for me that they were something to do with Safetyword but they're not, are they? I'm afraid I stopped listening and listened to Safetyword instead but intend to revisit Perhaps Contraption again... eventually

OH - so the 'good stuff' is OLD! Yeah, they followed a dark, dark path. Will listen to the older stuff soon, even though I know what was to come.

Sorry for confusing midnight post: I think they are a completely different band, who just happened to start at the same year in the same town as a band I quite liked (but not enough to post about here until now), and sound a bit similar during the 40 seconds I listened to before impatiently clicking away

however, if they are in any way related, someone please do let me know

(haven't got round to revisiting PC's music yet, but I am not really one for theatrical burlesque stage shows, that much I know)

Not cardiacs related at-all, just wondering what frogbs and LJ think of this craziness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=128&v=cT8mSZBJzJA

Botched that link somehow, sorry, it starts a ways in.

Not Cardiacsy in the slightest but that's OK cos Hasuinonasa (I think I got that right) fuckin' rule.

that was really cool!

to contribute something, here's a cut from the 1st Birds and Buildings album, which I discovered thanks to this board, anyone who posts in this thread who hasn't heard it should check it out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVZHZ54w36s