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

I get the impression she has to put out things like that EP occasionally to keep Sony happy so they'll let her keep doing her own stuff.

I find it absolutely incredible that she's still on Sony, and able to release such music under their banner

It's a full Cardiacsy rock-opera! Not sure it's quite better than the amazing Bob Music, but wow, what a joyride :)

hah, it just popped up in my RYM feed, deal me in

That is because I added it to RYM lol

my man

just got your friend request...browsing the 5 stars and seeing so many records that I've only heard you talk about :)

I've definitely tried to listen to your five-starred records before. A lot of the YMO-affiliated ones are quite hard to find, but I'll definitely give it another go. My list definitely skews British. Hope you can forgive my 0.5-star album :p

Anyway, some highlights are emerging from this - aside from Isn't It Exciting, we have The Rightful Heir and When I Dream In Technicolor. And probably some others - it's hard to wrap my head around it all so far!

Liar and the chicken calls are legit hilarious too

Sound of Silver 0.5 wow! What did that record ever do to you???

It's a bit of an ILX in-joke tbh

I never worked out that frogbs=JAMOOL ffs

The Art Of Bullying probably has the album's best Cardiacs impression (ending in its best Queen impression, lol)

In fact,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQl3TZUmzYM

I've made her her own thread now too

https://zofff.bandcamp.com/album/zofff-1

Zofff - longform psychedelic jam not really in the spirit of Cardiacs, but many familiar faces here including Jo Spratley and Bic Hayes.

Popped up as a BandCamp advertorial today but their content is often kinda interesting, to me it's strongly reminiscent of Monsoon Bassoon or Thingy/Heavy Veg.

https://palmnewyork.bandcamp.com/album/shadow-expert

*caveat* this track at least

oh I like this! good find :)

it fits nicely with my 2017 year of discovering cheer-accident vibe

how has early oingo boingo not been mentioned in this thread? can't think of anything more "cardiacsy"

Idk, they had zero impact in the UK at the time though.

Scouring their first record on Youtube right now and it sounds like herky jerky new wave, Devo/XTC/Split Enz or Bill Nelson's Red Noise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GrBkJIuKSk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp6NmzOcWjw

there are superficial similarities, especially in instrumentation and tempo, but tim smith's composition is way more mindboggling than this, the key is so fluid, and that's a large part of what i understand by 'cardiacsy'

this isn't bad though! btw neil cicierega is a good example of someone who's equally influenced by oingo boingo and cardiacs :)

That Palm EP's very good. Definite shades of 90s Rob Crow bands with some of Battles' 1st album in there too.

Derial:

Ultros, if you *are* working your way through all the Japan shows? I take my hat off to you sir!

oh yeah glad to hear that palm ep getting some ilx love, they've been getting some well-deserved buzz lately.

This isn't pop but I'm figuring something this good will find some love here. Polish jazz/punk group Kurws:

All That Is Solid Melts Into Air

nice! shades of Deep Turtle, except maybe a bit less pop

Like this thanks! Makes me think a little of NoMeansNo or Laddio Bolocko.

Digging around and found this really cool old track by a Japanese band called the Moonriders, little echoes of Devo, Cardiacs, XTC the usual, not to mention Japan's P Model.

Frogbs do you know these guys?

Had to upload it meself , no trace of it online.

https://soundcloud.com/nowherians/moonriders

that was fun

no trace of it? these guys are apparently super-well-known in japan. track title translates as "alphaville". here's the band doing it live in 2011.

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

yes! I know the Moonriders. That's Keiichi Suzuki's band, I'm sure you've heard of him (he does the music for Earthbound). pretty cool stuff, kind of Zolo mixed with cabaret mixed with New Wave.

fun fact, Andy Partridge has a spoken word cameo on one of their albums (a reunion album called Christ, Who's Gonna Die First?). always wondered how the hell that happened.

their albums are a bit hit and miss for me, but they do have one I really love, called Worst of the Moonriders. it's a live one where they go through the stranger parts of their catalogue and radically rearrange some of their most well-known tunes. good stuff.

I recognise the name Kaiichi Suzuki from Satellite Serenade (famously remixed by The Orb). The original is a lovely ambient fourth-worldy prog enka ballad with that magic steel guitar part. Nothing to do with this thread but it's ace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XIuogHN46U

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https://knifeworld.bandcamp.com/album/buried-alone-tales-of-crushing-defeat

XXXXXP - Yeah I read up about them a bit and it's a shame but a lot of the stuff on Youtube doesn't grab me, but I wanted that studio version of Alphaville, which I couldn't find anywhere.

This track off the new Thumpermonkey EP is an absolute delight IMO:

https://thumpermonkey.bandcamp.com/track/woadscrivened

Zag & The Coloured Beads have their music up on Bandcamp for those seeking some Organ Magazine endorsed, Cardiacs affiliated, late eighties malarkey.

https://zagandthecolouredbeads.bandcamp.com/releases

Oh awesome! I've seen them put on a great show! :)

Heeeeere's something from this year, am currently ascertaining how good it is https://stephenevens.bandcamp.com/album/bonjour-poulet

It's better than Stephen Evens, but the Crayola Lectern album can also be filed under 'Cardiacs fan makes decent fan art'. There's a lovely instrumental in the middle and the closing track + outro are super

I've been banging on about this elsewhere but this is both the most Cardiacsy and best thing I've heard all year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdT1CxS7DEE

lmao @ the airhorny bits, I guess I hear the connection

feels really Bungleish to me

last night we went to a gig that was pure Cardiacsy - aside from Tim's royal presence, we had The Display Team doing their thing (with a great new song), Major Parkinson laying claim to Scandinavia's Cardiacsy crown (and its prog crown full stop tbh) with a dynamic and intense presentation....and then, sandwiched in between, was STERBUS.

https://sterbus.bandcamp.com/album/real-estate-fake-inverno

now, the actual live show was a bit patchy owing to the band not really having the full hang of it - but the songs were there, and this new album, being listened to subsequently, is proving so. that goddamn opening track!

update: that goddamn second track! give this a listen everyone

also Sterbus is a very nice chap, we spoke to him at the end and he was extremely lovely. tbf most people in this scene are but he exuded a sort of wide-eyed innocence and enthusiasm that instantly endears a person. remember, this was a guy who was at first just a Cardiacs fan forum poster. now here he is all growed up

I've listened the new Sterbus a couple of times so far and it is terrific. Some lovely tunes and lots of invention.

Just listened to Baseball by Major Parkinson, fucking wow. Sterbus also sounding good so far!

Yeah I hadn't actually discussed them here yet, which was an oversight - I posted that very track to the prog 3.0 thread instead bit this is more their spiritual home I think. The entire Blackbox album is superb, especially the two long tracks, and worth a listen or ten.