I had an Isis T shirt until very recently
It was always a rather ugly piece , with a big jellyfish adorned across the front.
I finally binned it due to events in the middle east!
I was pretty with Oceanic, when I first heard it. From memory, they were pushing boundaries whilst retain a sense of melody.
Again, from memory, I saw them in Leeds with Keelhaul. Isis were good enough for a middle aged man to buy a T shirt, but I preferred Keelhaul
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Monday, 3 November 2014 09:27 (nine years ago) link
IMHO, it's the same as the Japanese remaster that came out in 2010 (as was last year's Panopticon) except for Hym, that sounds slightly different.
― StanM, Sunday, 9 November 2014 15:54 (nine years ago) link
Celestial turned 20 less than a couple of weeks ago.
― pomenitul, Monday, 27 July 2020 15:24 (three years ago) link
wow it's been 20 years since aaron turner pre-invented cultural appropriation
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Monday, 27 July 2020 15:30 (three years ago) link
idgi but lol.
― pomenitul, Monday, 27 July 2020 15:31 (three years ago) link
Oh nm. lol x2.
― pomenitul, Monday, 27 July 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
The two Old Man Gloom albums from this year are superb.
― Oor Neechy, Monday, 27 July 2020 18:34 (three years ago) link
I saw Isis at the very beginning (99/00, opening for Botch) and very end (their final NYC gig, with the Melvins) of their run. I wrote up that final NYC show for the Voice. I used to like Celestial and Oceanic the best out of their catalog, and Panopticon the least; that was the only one of their albums that I found genuinely boring. But these days I like the last two, In the Absence of Truth and Wavering Radiant, the best, because they sound like songs rather than endlessly cycling slow riffs.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 27 July 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link
I wrote about the 20th anniversary of Oceanic for Stereogum.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 15 September 2022 18:21 (one year ago) link
I liked reading that.
― StanM, Thursday, 15 September 2022 18:41 (one year ago) link
nice piece. i went to their release show for oceanic in cambridge at a tiny club, i think 27 opened that show. you could certainly tell they needed to be playing bigger places and were on their way to doing so.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 15 September 2022 18:48 (one year ago) link
ta for the reminder that i picked up the 2cd remix set last year.need to dig it out and give it some time.
― mark e, Thursday, 15 September 2022 18:49 (one year ago) link