They were at a show I went to last year, LaLa Brooks at a folklore museum in Queens, and it seemed to me that Ira's hearing was pretty bad. Unless the reason that he couldn't hear was that he had his earplugs in.
― Miami Jeeves And The Ties That Bind (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 00:46 (seven years ago) link
hey, new album! http://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-feelies-announce-new-lp-in-between-listen-to-been-replaced/http://www.brooklynvegan.com/files/2016/12/feelies.jpg
― tylerw, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 21:18 (seven years ago) link
Hell yes.
― Austin, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 02:34 (seven years ago) link
Aw, yeah!
― hardcore dilettante, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 02:40 (seven years ago) link
here's Mercer/Million on the record:
"On the new record we did a lot of it at my house in my home studio with extra equipment. It's the same room where we rehearsed. We've been here since we reformed and a little bit prior to taking the hiatus in the 90's. So it's a room we're really familiar with and feel comfortable in. We also did some recording at an engineer's studio, so it was all done very low key. We refer to it as "off the clock" when you're not paying an hourly rate, so in that sense it was a lot more relaxed. I don't think anyone would notice a drastic change in the sound or the vibe of the record. I think it sounds a lot more relaxed and laid back." "I think all of our albums reflect a certain degree of reaction to the work that we previously did and In Between is no exception," continues Bill Million. "We liked the sounds and the feel of the demos for this album and we thought it would be difficult to capture that in a recording studio. So that was our starting point and it evolved in a much more relaxed way that loaned itself to more creative interplay. Time wasn't a component. If you let it, music can take on a life of its own and we wanted to allow the songs to develop with that idea in mind."
― tylerw, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:10 (seven years ago) link
Grew up loving the Feelies, but I'd really rather see a new Yung Wu album at this point. Not sure what's up with Omi Palone (Morrissey probably responsible for their name), but as of 2014 they were doing the Feelies better than the Feelies (while putting a Feelies poster in their video). New Feelies album cover highly reminiscent of Flydaddy reissue of Moles "Untune The Sky."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQcyz1IbThg
― dlp9001, Thursday, 8 December 2016 14:41 (seven years ago) link
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/459/MI0002459819.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
― dlp9001, Thursday, 8 December 2016 14:43 (seven years ago) link
Ran to listen to Omi Palone. Ooooof, just a little too on the nose for enjoyment, IMO.
― hardcore dilettante, Sunday, 11 December 2016 01:30 (seven years ago) link
At first I thought the Omi Palone song was cute (especially the bit with the Feelies poster), but it's grown on me a lot, the way it builds to a too-short climax. I'm not sure what a band like Feelies is supposed to do, actually. They're so painted into a corner (and again, this is a band I seriously love) that the idea of just having other bands take over for them doesn't seem like the worst thing in the world. And again, that's why what I really want is more Yung Wu.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 11 December 2016 21:55 (seven years ago) link
Yung Wu fans might enjoy "Rock And Pillars" from the recent Bats album.
The new Feelies album is really great. I always had a problem with <em>Only Life</em> and <em>Time For A Witness</em> because in the process of trying to beef up their sound they became a bit too generic alt rock and lost some of the magic of the first two albums. This one does.
Jangle Pop: The Feelies, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Real Estate, The Bats, The Black Watch
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 26 February 2017 02:20 (seven years ago) link
Ordered it online yesterday. Really anticipating it's arrival.
― Austin, Sunday, 26 February 2017 06:44 (seven years ago) link
Couple tracks I heard sound good from the new record.
I think the later two albums like 'Only Life' and 'Time for a Witness' really are more a result of being more of a 'live band'. I saw them live and got into them around Time for a Witness and they were really groovy live. Crazy Rhythms was at that point a different band or where they started compared to '91 when they were gigging and touring. The first record is iconic, but I think part of that was the shock of "oh man, we are making a record" and they just did it, but what was there wasn't exactly what they became like as a live band over time. Or at least that would be my guess...
On a personal note, I think it's pretty damn admirable how many of the punk/postpunk/indie musicians from the 80s and on especially some of the cats that didn't cash in on the golden ring are still going for it and applying their musical minds a few decades down the line. And there is a LOT of them doing so. Got to tip the hat for that.
― earlnash, Sunday, 26 February 2017 07:13 (seven years ago) link
this is hitting me much more than Here Before did. really really enjoying it. and the last track was a pleasant surprise
also I highly recommend Rolling Blackouts CF too
― Isi, Sunday, 26 February 2017 10:40 (seven years ago) link
On artistic grounds, it's too bad they didn't release this as the follow up to Good Earth. I'm not sure if it would have helped their career, but it would have been a really satisfying 1-2 punch. Easily the 3rd best Feelies album.
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
ha, i don't know about that (i love only life and witness), but yeah, this album is really solid throughout. glad they are still at it.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 18:50 (seven years ago) link
Kind of want to see them revisit the first album style next, just to see what they can do, as this is generally Good Earth part 2 (though as we now know, Slipping was an early composition...)
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 18:54 (seven years ago) link
yeah interesting that the first album is kind of the outlier in their catalog now, even though it's the "iconic" record.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 18:57 (seven years ago) link
the thing is the first album really was an outlier in that a lot of it's sound is defined by the methods they used in the studio, which was not at all indicative of their live sound...and they've even expressed some regret about those choices. I'm sure they don't think it sounds bad, I think they just feel like at the time they didn't want to sound too punk but in my discussions with them there was a sense that it was too bad they weren't able to release something as powerful as their live sound. As we all know, they did a bunch of recordings, including the stuff recently release by Ork, and felt like they weren't ready to present themselves so they waited then went into the studio without their usual engineer and did something more out of the box and came up with that sound.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:47 (seven years ago) link
Is there a thread for bands whose most iconic record is their first one, but which is also stylistically an outlier in their catalog?
― henry s, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:52 (seven years ago) link
Got the album in the mail today. After one run through I have to say it's predictably excellent. Which is comforting.
10/10. . . Five stars. . . or whatever.
They really are proving to be one of the most consistent bands ever.
― Austin, Thursday, 2 March 2017 04:28 (seven years ago) link
"Gone Gone Gone" does give a nod to the Crazy Rhythms sound. Another fun idea would be for them to record all the other covers they've been known for over the years.
So glad to have the Feelies back in such magical form. And I still like and listen to all the albums. Below are a couple more things I've written about them. The live review of the Lou Reed tour was pre-web, for my school paper. The second time I saw them, 20 years later, was a free show on a shimmering summer evening at the Frank Gehry designed Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. It was even better, as they had the headlining spot with the time to do 18 songs, including a cover of R.E.M.'s "Carnival Of Sorts," and I finally got to hear them do "What Goes On" after they chickened out doing it when opening for Reed.
The Feelies And Lou Reed Make History At The OrpheumFeelies – Crazy Rhythms & The Good Earth
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 2 March 2017 14:27 (seven years ago) link
Was that the Orpheum in Boston? I saw that same show in Detroit, at the State Theater I think. I really liked the Feelies but was pretty drunk by the time Lou Reed played and almost got beaten up for throwing an empty beer cup.
― henry s, Thursday, 2 March 2017 14:45 (seven years ago) link
yeah, now
Bands whose most iconic record is their first one, but which is also stylistically an outlier in their catalog
― frogbs, Thursday, 2 March 2017 17:27 (seven years ago) link
No, Minneapolis.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 2 March 2017 17:27 (seven years ago) link
Good call on Gone Gone Gone. A little more treble and a little faster and it's definitely first album stuff.
― dlp9001, Thursday, 2 March 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
and they've even expressed some regret about those choices. I'm sure they don't think it sounds bad, I think they just feel like at the time they didn't want to sound too punk but in my discussions with them there was a sense that it was too bad they weren't able to release something as powerful as their live sound.
That's crazy talk. Their experiments in plugging unamped guitars directly into the soundboard were brilliant, and one of the big reasons it's such a unique classic. I think an attempt to capture their live power would have failed, like most bands.
Also crazy are all the band's side projects that are such reclusive wallflowers they literally disappear into the wallpaper. Case in point, Speed The Plough. I love their albums, but I had no f-ing idea they released a new album, Now in 2015, until I stumbled upon it on their site - http://www.speedtheplough.com/. It's not on RYM, not on Spotify, not on Bandcamp. Wild Carnation is also very under the radar.
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 4 March 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link
I just bought a ticket for Saturday July 15 Pitchfork. Feelies are playing with PJ Harvey, Angel Olsen and A Tribe Called Quest that day.
Friday April 28 - Rent Party* at The Woodland, Maplewood, NJSaturday April 29 - World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PAFriday May 12 - Rough Trade, Brooklyn, NYSaturday May 13 - Rough Trade, Brooklyn NYSaturday July 15 - Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago, ILSunday July 16 - El Club, Detroit MI
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 11 March 2017 18:24 (seven years ago) link
Cool
― Got Your Money Changes Everything (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 March 2017 18:51 (seven years ago) link
I might see the Philly show. I saw 'em in 2011 at World Cafe Live and 2013 at Union Transfer, both great shows.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 12 March 2017 00:08 (seven years ago) link
Nice piece by Rick Moody and a great interview with Demeski and Weckerman (incl. a Sauter-penned addendum) here: http://therumpus.net/2017/04/swinging-modern-sounds-79-the-rhythm-section-speaks/(Demeski would like to play Europe again, I (and a lot of others) would like them to come over again but I don't think it'll ever happen)
― willem, Friday, 7 April 2017 11:32 (seven years ago) link
boy this record is great.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 17 April 2017 02:48 (seven years ago) link
last track on the new album almost made me feel like I was listening to Stereolab, wtf
― frogbs, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
That's the highlight of the album.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 19 July 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link
They were surprisingly vivid at Pitchfork last weekend.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 July 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
A very comforting album for me. Love it.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Thursday, 20 July 2017 00:50 (six years ago) link
As I indicated on a different thread earlier today, "Slipping (Into Something)" and "Find a Way" are god's, or Wim Wenders', or somebody's idea of the most perfect open-expanse driving music ever.
― clemenza, Thursday, 20 July 2017 00:56 (six years ago) link
oh my GOD @ the last track
it's like they said "hey you kids in Yo La Tengo, we hear you dig us, let us show you how it's done"
once the vocals drop out and everybody relaxes and the guitar squall kicks in it's one of my favorite Feelies moments ever
― sleeve, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 01:25 (six years ago) link
n.b. I love YLT but this track is in some ultra-zoned & rarified "Sunsquashed" type of territory
― sleeve, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 01:27 (six years ago) link
Finally bought the most recent album. (I'd forgotten it was out there till the last few posts.) I've had it in the car for a few days and like most every song--definitely more than the one before this, where I only kept one song on my hard drive. My favourite is "Stay the Course." Still not sure about the last one; doesn't really feel like the Feelies (Stereolab, yes).
I told my fried I'd put together a CD-80 for him. I have all the albums, plus Yung Wu's Shore Leave--any stray B-sides or anything else that absolutely should be on there?
― clemenza, Friday, 18 August 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
Uh, "friend."
the covers from the no one knows EP ("sedan delivery" and "she said she said") are pretty essential (think they were included as digital bonuses to the good earth reissue). The two early tracks from Numero's Ork Records comp are awesome too (though I don't think they're necessarily better than the Crazy Rhythms versions). the trypes stuff is good, but i don't know if it's totally essential if you're just intro-ing someone.
― tylerw, Friday, 18 August 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
WHAT?!?!?
― dan selzer, Friday, 18 August 2017 18:41 (six years ago) link
Just kidding, you know I gotta rep for the Trypes though.
I would've tried to reissue Shore Leave if I was still doing records.
― dan selzer, Friday, 18 August 2017 18:42 (six years ago) link
haha, damn it! i meant to say "the trypes stuff is good, but i don't know if it's totally essential if you're just intro-ing someone.
― tylerw, Friday, 18 August 2017 18:43 (six years ago) link
and yeah, i think i've said it before, but someone should do a Weckerman set that has his early single(s?) + Yung Wu, plus whatever else he's got lying around (that covers record from a few years back that he never really released maybe).
― tylerw, Friday, 18 August 2017 18:44 (six years ago) link
maybe i should just do it. putting out records is a good way to make a lot of money, right?
― tylerw, Friday, 18 August 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link
Oh yeah, totally.
― dan selzer, Friday, 18 August 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link
Thanks. I think I may have something by the Trypes, I'll have to check. When I went online, I found this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypes. Did not look familiar...
― clemenza, Friday, 18 August 2017 19:52 (six years ago) link
http://store.carparkrecords.com/products/568324-acu015-the-trypes-music-for-neighbors
― dan selzer, Friday, 18 August 2017 20:01 (six years ago) link
btw, writing is not my favorite activity but I'm pretty happy with that press release.
― dan selzer, Friday, 18 August 2017 20:16 (six years ago) link