https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x13lIPL1ffI
― Pheeel, Sunday, 31 January 2016 09:44 (eight years ago) link
It'll be 20 years gone this April, I still miss his musical presence.
Listened to "Last Days Of The Rain Machine" for the first time since, probably, it came out, which was the year following his death. It was too hard to listen to this and the other posthumous work at the time. Now it just sounds glorious with its stripped down voice and guitar demos.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 11 January 2019 00:34 (five years ago) link
Gerald, the only post-Sound stuff of Adrian's I have is Alexandria and Cinematic — what else would you recommend?
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 11 January 2019 17:33 (five years ago) link
"Beautiful Ammunition" and "5:00 AM" are fantastic, the former is devastating at times as Adrian can be, but the latter is quite hopeful and uplifting.
You also need the first two White Rose Transmission albums he did with Carlo Van Putten of The Convent ("White Rose Transmission" and "700 Miles Of Desert"). Adrian wrote most of the music and added backing vocals while Carlo handled the main vocals but it's all in the same vein as the rest of his work.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 11 January 2019 19:44 (five years ago) link
Brilliant. Thank you.👍🏽
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 11 January 2019 20:43 (five years ago) link
I'll plug the three Honolulu Mountain Daffodils albums - some of Adrian's best feedlback/blasting guitar.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 18 January 2019 04:55 (five years ago) link
Adrian's famously bootlegged Lovefield demos from 1993 got a proper release this year on Record Store day! It's on Amazon and other places, well worth hearing.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 29 December 2019 21:57 (four years ago) link
somehow i'd made it this long without ever listening to the sound's peel sessions. oh my
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 25 September 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link
So urgent sounding, just crackling with the electricity of being alive
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Friday, 25 September 2020 20:16 (three years ago) link
Btw the Borland documentary is now available to rent online:
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/adrianborland
Haven't quite plucked up the courage to see it yet, have heard its quite a hard watch
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Friday, 25 September 2020 20:21 (three years ago) link
I will watch it one day when I'm ready to be devastated. So maybe 2022?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 26 September 2020 01:16 (three years ago) link
yo how did I not know until now that dude produced Felt‘s last album and almost produced their first album?!?!? mind kinda blown
― brimstead, Saturday, 10 September 2022 21:10 (one year ago) link