― jed_ (jed), Saturday, 10 January 2004 00:37 (twenty years ago) link
It's spacious, but focussed. Reminds me of Talk Talk a lot. What should I get next?
― bham (bham), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 08:10 (seventeen years ago) link
as for the Necks, get "Drive-by"...their finest hour (literally speaking)...
― hank (hank s), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 12:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― hank (hank s), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 01:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 01:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― These Robust Cookies (Robust Cookies), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 05:01 (seventeen years ago) link
I didn't know about this one before the Wire's end of year list:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/4b4h/
Has anyone heard it?
― toby, Thursday, 20 December 2007 13:09 (sixteen years ago) link
it's good...totally different from their other stuff, but still unmistakably the Necks...back to the one-long-song format...a little less hypnotic than, say, Drive-By, but it's very twinkly/chiming/glassy...stellar as usual...
― henry s, Thursday, 20 December 2007 14:17 (sixteen years ago) link
so is anyone going to see them at the vortex in london?
― cw, Friday, 9 May 2008 09:29 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm going to see them at the city halls in glasgow.
― jed_, Friday, 9 May 2008 11:17 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm off live music but i have waited a long time to see them.
here's the current tour, starts in glasgow.
May UK Sun 11 GLASGOW, City Halls, Recital Room www.glasgowconcerthalls.com
Box office (+44) 0141 353-8000
Mon 12 NEWCASTLE/GATESHEAD, The Sage Gateshead www.thesagegateshead.org
Box Office (+44) 0191 443 4661
Tues 13 NORWICH, Arts Centre www.norwichartscentre.co.uk
Box Office: (+44) 01603 660352
Thurs 15 BRIGHTON FESTIVAL, Manic Organic at Brighton Dome www.brightonfestival.org
Sat 17 BRISTOL, The Cube cubecinema.com
Sun 18 COLCHESTER, Arts Centre www.colchesterartscentre.com
Box Office: (+44) 01206 500 900
Mon & Tues
19/ 20 LONDON, Vortex Jazz Club
EARLY SHOW - SOLD OUT
FEW TICKETS LEFT - standing only
Monday 19th MIDNIGHT SPECIAL - one set only Tickets: £9.00 Doors from 10.30 pm
Cafe/bar downstairs serving pre-gig espresso and black sambuca shots: or come earlier for dinner. Showing films by Tony Buck
www.vortexjazz.co.uk
Tickets:
Box Office: (+44) 020 7254 4097
Or - www.wegottickets.com and search on "The Necks"
Wed 21 LIVERPOOL, Philharmonic Hall www.liverpoolphil.com
Box Office: (+44) 0151 709 3789
― jed_, Friday, 9 May 2008 11:19 (fifteen years ago) link
sigh...they never seem to play in the States...
― henry s, Friday, 9 May 2008 12:51 (fifteen years ago) link
New Necks is one of my secret band/album names!
― G00blar, Friday, 9 May 2008 13:06 (fifteen years ago) link
hanging gardens is still one of the dopest records ever
― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 03:38 (fifteen years ago) link
speaking of (Tony Buck), anyone heard the new Heaven And rec out on Staubgold? from what I ca tell on myspace it's pretty good. not really Necks-y but still interesting.
― sonderangerbot, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 04:21 (fifteen years ago) link
anyone going to see them in bath? tempted to make the trip...bargain for a tenner too.
― Phelan Nulty (Local Garda), Monday, 16 May 2011 11:31 (twelve years ago) link
I'd love to see them but the location and timing isn't great. This mention here isn't on the website and looks better for me; http://www.allgigs.co.uk/search/tourdates/55463/The_Necks-1.html
― mmmm, Monday, 16 May 2011 13:04 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that is better...would prob have to stay in bath by time gig is over.
― Phelan Nulty (Local Garda), Monday, 16 May 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
anyone seen them live before? seems like it'd be good to have some chemical aid beforehand
― Phelan Nulty (Local Garda), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 14:11 (twelve years ago) link
I've seen them a few times, sober or on a couple of drinks, and you absolutely don't need anything to be swept away in delight or wonderment, or stop thinking at all and enjoy detached brain dancing at drones or rhythms. but if the surrounds are comfortable, seems like it'd be good is probably an entirely accurate estimation.
― special midget status (sic), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
Saw them last year at Big Ears 2 -- the trio, and also the three of them plus Ned Rothenberg. There was another concert involving an ad hoc group of players doing a Necks-like set, Tony Buck on drums. Highly recommended. I'd skip the chemicals, but that's just me.
― Stomp! in the name of love (WmC), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 14:25 (twelve years ago) link
xpost: and the "two sets with an intermission" duration of their shows would suit that, if you did try.
check the venue though. last time I saw them, this year, was in a jazz club where 80% of the couple of hundred capacity stand behind a railing by the bar, while a few dozen sit at dinner tables in 80% of the floorspace = prob not conducive. a few years back at ATP, they played in the afternoon sun, a meter from the harbour, where the entire audience bar 8 people* lay down on the trimmed lawn and let the piano roll through the ground = potential zomg.
*halfway through, one of these 8 hugging the stage turned around and saw the rest of us, tugged his mate's sleeve, and promptly sat cross-legged.
― special midget status (sic), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i mostly wouldn't bother with chems either these days, once a year maybe, but seems like you could have a bit of a transcendental experience with this band!
― Phelan Nulty (Local Garda), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
Played Drive By at our record club last night; went down very well. Just bought Mosquito / See Through too; every time I play a Necks album for the first time in a while, I end up buying another one.
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 07:03 (twelve years ago) link
http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/the-necks-–-drive-by-–-round-10-nick’s-choice/
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 13:26 (twelve years ago) link
anyone going to the gig next month at THE BISHOPSGATE INSTITUTE, whatever that is
― When a German communicates, you listen (LocalGarda), Sunday, 9 October 2011 11:41 (twelve years ago) link
I opted for the date in Oxford at "The oldest custom-built concert hall in Europe" http://bit.ly/qH8mcm
― Super Receptor (Barnaby, Hardly), Sunday, 9 October 2011 11:55 (twelve years ago) link
Anybody fancy Leeds on November 25th?
― Dios mio! This kid is FUN to hit! (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 9 October 2011 12:40 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I'm going to both the London dates.
― toby, Sunday, 9 October 2011 12:47 (twelve years ago) link
Harold Budd and Werner Dafeldecker should be great at those non-London shows, wish i could catch this tour.
― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Sunday, 9 October 2011 13:36 (twelve years ago) link
Probably will go to the Bishopsgate Institute one, just making sure I am in town for the date.
― mmmm, Sunday, 9 October 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
How is Mindset? Been on a serious kick but I think I prefer the more 'live' sounding, less overdubbed stuff, like Sex and Piano Bass Drum, though I've yet to hear an album by this group I dislike. Still, wondering if the new one is worth a plunge, given that I find Drive By a little too maximalist and Aether a little too sleepy. Their records are expensive in the States.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Sunday, 1 April 2012 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
these dudes are nothing if not consistent -- the new one is totally gorgeous.
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 September 2013 15:10 (ten years ago) link
yes! they might be my favorite band going.
has anyone heard any of these side projects? http://www.thenecks.com/shop/other
― ryan, Thursday, 26 September 2013 15:35 (ten years ago) link
Don't know any of those but I can highly recommend Buck's project with Martin Siewert and Steve Heather, Heaven And (not listed there).
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 26 September 2013 15:38 (ten years ago) link
Can't wait to hear the new one.
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Thursday, 26 September 2013 16:26 (ten years ago) link
Yeah thanks for the heads-up
― Brakhage, Thursday, 26 September 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link
What is the name of the new album?
― crowhurst, Thursday, 26 September 2013 19:04 (ten years ago) link
Open
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 September 2013 19:06 (ten years ago) link
The Wire seemed to really like it. I'm just glad it's on a US label so I don't have to pay like $28 for this one.
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Thursday, 26 September 2013 21:29 (ten years ago) link
Open is out today and let me repeat myself: it is totally gorgeous.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 17:45 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I listened to that a bunch of times when it was streaming. It is a cool journey for sure, gotta track down more by this band. My kinda thing.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:07 (ten years ago) link
yeah it's really good. I think it's important to listen loud. playing softly in the background you might thing it just passed on by and nothing happened.
― ryan, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:27 (ten years ago) link
Loud, this thing is amazing. On headphones, another experience entirely.
― I can still taste the Taboo in my mouth when I hear those songs (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
Have only listened on headphones, and dug it a lot. Not sure when I will get to listen to it in any other context ....
― grandavis, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 21:56 (ten years ago) link
I did turn it up loud though.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 21:57 (ten years ago) link
I found Open instantly gratifying. The last one - Mindset was a tougher nut to crack, still great though.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 23:14 (ten years ago) link
this cd only thing is ludicrous. might as well have a darts player amputating his right hand.
― Legitimate space tale (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 23:24 (ten years ago) link
good thing the necks are left-handed!!
― I have a friend who works at Kroger (Matt P), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 23:29 (ten years ago) link
I enjoyed Body quite a lot, actually, it felt like something genuinely different for them. That said, I've not listened to it anywhere near as intensely as my favourites by them over a similar length of time, perhaps because it lent itself far less to ambient / atmospheric 'use'.
Got Three yesterday, and gave it a half listen last night. Chemist is probably my second favourite thing they've done, so I'm looking forward to exploring what they do with a similar format again.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 3 April 2020 07:57 (four years ago) link
I liked Vertigo quite a bit, but never ended up connecting with Unfold or Body. I think they are back on track with this one, though. Glad they've ditched the guitar
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 3 April 2020 13:56 (four years ago) link
'Unfold' seems to get a bit ignored, but I thought was the some of best music they've recorded in years, esp 'Blue Mountain'. New one is great, though, isn't it!
― Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Friday, 3 April 2020 14:31 (four years ago) link
It really is. This and Alabaster DePlume have been the soundtrack to my quarantine!
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 3 April 2020 14:36 (four years ago) link
God this last track sounds like an unreleased late Talk Talk jam.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 3 April 2020 18:56 (four years ago) link
Enjoying this a lot. First track is really clattery - almost gamelan; second is eerie as hell - piano led and pure atmosphere, like the desert at night.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 5 April 2020 19:02 (four years ago) link
Wrote a review of this that will go up on Tuesday. Second track sounds like a cross between Miles Davis's "He Loved Him Madly" and Tangerine Dream's Zeit. I like it a lot.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 5 April 2020 19:10 (four years ago) link
it's weird. you always make me listen again and again to this band. talk talk and tangerine dream's zeit, some of my favourite music. but though i understand the comparisons, there is a feel of late talk talk in the last piece and there is a hint to zeit in the second i don't think the necks have anything to do with those bands and their music. they take little snippets and repeat them for 20 minutes and more, they turn around and around, their music negates progression, it just circles around itself. it does not point anywhere. there is no horizon in it, just self-centeredness. like minimal music which was so hip in the second half of the seventies. but in the end it was just what the name says, it was music with very little creative input which was then inflated by repetition. not my cup of tea at all. though this has been the time i was the closest ever to like the necks.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Sunday, 12 April 2020 20:38 (four years ago) link
disagree but very good post
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 12 April 2020 20:51 (four years ago) link
They were supposed to play in town this weekend :( Last time I saw them I was surprised to see so many people I never see out at shows. They have a solid fan base!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 12 April 2020 23:49 (four years ago) link
'Bloom' is a stunner
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 15:27 (four years ago) link
Yeah, "Bloom" and "Further" are outstanding. I've had a hard time connecting with "Lovelock," however. It's nice and I like it when it's playing, but it's the only one where when it's on I feel like I can safely leave the room for a minute to check the mail or grab a snack and not really miss much.
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 16:33 (four years ago) link
I've been taking a walk everyday, and each day I listen to a different bootleg of a live Necks show (mostly from Soulseek, and some ripped from videos on youtube). It's a really great way to zone out.
― Pataphysician, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 16:42 (four years ago) link
Oohhhhh, did not expect 'Further' to be Alice Coltrane/Pharoah Sanders-esque spiritual hat jazz in 5/4. This album owns.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 19:21 (four years ago) link
The clattery percussion is mind bending, I wonder if it's just free or even recorded without listening to the main track
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 19:32 (four years ago) link
Never before have I looked at the track time and thought 'thank god there are still seven minutes left in this track'
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 19:33 (four years ago) link
If you want to read my review, here it is.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
Very, very sweet new record. (Also, great review, Phil.)
― Skateboard R Deluxe Throwback Edition (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 02:02 (four years ago) link
"Further" definitely the standout of the three for me
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 15:18 (four years ago) link
also looool i just looked to see where i was in the song and it was just about 7 min left -- the 13-something minute point must be really good!!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 15:30 (four years ago) link
haha
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 15:32 (four years ago) link
New Necks! Travel, out February 24th.
https://thenecksau.bandcamp.com/album/travel
Really wish they'd re-release Unfold, even if just on CD.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 16:52 (one year ago) link
'imprinting' sounds like a caravan through purgatory i'm feeling it
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 17:17 (one year ago) link
Listening to the album now. Each track is surprising and yet utterly The Necks.
― raven, Sunday, 11 December 2022 12:35 (one year ago) link
loving this new one
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Friday, 24 February 2023 17:27 (one year ago) link
Not done yet, but so far I like the first two soooooo much better than "Imprinting" (but maybe it will be better in context).
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Friday, 24 February 2023 20:02 (one year ago) link
Oh this is where people talked about Three! Thought that one was their strongest since Open.
― meat and two vdgg (emsworth), Friday, 24 February 2023 23:03 (one year ago) link
So I'm basically listening to Travel every day now, especially in the morning. I like this so much better than the last two, but I've been meaning to revisit Three, which I don't think I gave a fair chance after being so utterly disappointed by Body. I'm nuts about this new one, though.
Weird to read people don't like "Imprinting." That might be my favorite!
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 26 March 2023 14:08 (one year ago) link
Love this album. It feels like it touches on a lot of different great aspects of their previous work. First two tracks very Drive By, then “Imprinting” kind of reminds me of Silverwater, and then “Bloodstream” is like Aether if they had decided to cut straight to the noisy ending. It’s all very pretty.
― Tim F, Monday, 27 March 2023 06:58 (one year ago) link
feel like "Signal" is a hard act to follow
magical track
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 27 March 2023 07:45 (one year ago) link
like their previous release
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 27 March 2023 18:32 (one year ago) link
whoops
like their previous release that came out on vinyl, it's one track per side with no given order. So feel free to play the CD's first track last.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 27 March 2023 18:34 (one year ago) link
It's a good one for sure, bless The Necks <3
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 27 March 2023 18:52 (one year ago) link
i've been going back to aether and open lately. so beautiful. hmm maybe today is the day i get the new one.
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 7 September 2023 18:30 (seven months ago) link
i need to remember about this band the next time i reach for something new too
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Thursday, 7 September 2023 21:10 (seven months ago) link
i got the new one! it's great. travel if you're traveling through purgatory? very evocative.
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 8 September 2023 20:45 (seven months ago) link
Turns out this new album is incredible (who would have thought otherwise?)Tossing up making the 3hr return trip to see them tonight but honestly what a small price to pay.
― H.P, Thursday, 29 February 2024 01:05 (one month ago) link
is Travel the new one or is there a newer one? I can't actually remember if I have it / have heard it - but I absolutely loved Three
was thinking it was time to see them again but didn't get around to their Sydney shows
― Kraal Disorientation Chamber (emsworth), Thursday, 29 February 2024 01:41 (one month ago) link
(you should go!)
― Kraal Disorientation Chamber (emsworth), Thursday, 29 February 2024 01:44 (one month ago) link
Travel! I'm just late to the party.
I'm on my way there now. Brissy's putting on a good show these three weeks. Necks, boris, Tim hecker back to back!
― H.P, Thursday, 29 February 2024 07:13 (one month ago) link
I think Necks heads would dig Activator by Gerycz Powers Rolin, which appeared last month.
― fetter, Thursday, 29 February 2024 07:48 (one month ago) link
I saw them in Melbourne a few weeks back - brilliant as ever.
― Tim F, Thursday, 29 February 2024 07:52 (one month ago) link
It truly is something how many layers they produce from three people playing live
― H.P, Thursday, 29 February 2024 12:04 (one month ago) link
never sure seeing this thread title if this thread is about The Necks or if there's some band I haven't heard of called New Necks
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 29 February 2024 13:55 (one month ago) link
They will always be nummy num krautjazz goodness
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 29 February 2024 14:08 (one month ago) link