lol it does feel a bit like they had two ideas for a cool band name and wound up using both
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Thursday, 19 October 2017 00:03 (six years ago) link
I don’t think I’ve been this excited about a guitar band in literally a decade. This is a big deal. They have no business being this good. Are there other Melbourne this good? Because we don’t hear about them in New Jersey. Or at least I don’t.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 19 October 2017 02:22 (six years ago) link
And yes yes yes to the motorik! They have that sound down. Fast and precise. Everyone I’ve played them for have freaked out.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 19 October 2017 02:25 (six years ago) link
XpostIf you're asking if there are other Melbourne bands this good yes they are like my 30th favorite Melbourne band and I think they're really good. That city is a hailstorm of great bands.
There's an Auz/Zealand thread that lists a ton.
Dick DiverTotal ControlTerryStevensStroppiesOcean PartyTim Richmond GroupAusmuteantsHierophantsMilk TeddyChook RaceScott & Charlene's WeddingTwerpsUV RacePregnancyZebras
Shoot - that's not thirty.
― SA, Thursday, 19 October 2017 03:54 (six years ago) link
I like Chook Race a lot, but none of the other bands, like Dick Diver, come close. Their original plan was to have a full-length out by now but I think it won't be until next year. For those of you who only got The French Press, take the Talk Tight EP, with the “Write Back/Career” single, and four free 2013 tracks from their Bandcamp page for a very satisfying 42+ minute album (or 45 if you include "Cat In My Head" from the split EP, probably their slightest tune, but pleasantly shambling).
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 19 October 2017 04:57 (six years ago) link
Aww man Dick Diver is probably my favorite current band. At least top 3. Maybe Total Control too.
― SA, Thursday, 19 October 2017 12:48 (six years ago) link
Yeah I loved the last Dick Diver album
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Thursday, 19 October 2017 12:50 (six years ago) link
That's...a long band name.
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― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Wednesday, October 18, 2017 8:03 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
first release was as Rolling Blackouts, but apparently an american band of the same name objected, so they added CF.
pissed i missed seeing them earlier this year. think i slightly prefer the first ep.
― mizzell, Thursday, 19 October 2017 13:26 (six years ago) link
Oh I don't mean Dick Diver is bad at all. I just didn't think they stood out from the pack quite the same way. I just didn't hear songs that made me want to listen to nothing but them for a week straight like RBCF. I'm relistening to last couple albums and are growing on me. Total Control are good post-punk, look forward to more from them.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 19 October 2017 15:02 (six years ago) link
i'll rep for salad boys! i'm a fan of pretty much everything i've heard from that scene but salad boys come closest to RBCF imo from the few contemporaries i'm actually familiar with
― dynamicinterface, Thursday, 19 October 2017 21:50 (six years ago) link
This is still on constant rotation for me. By far my favorite new band in years and years.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 30 November 2017 17:33 (six years ago) link
dig up just came on shuffle while at work :)
― dynamicinterface, Thursday, 30 November 2017 17:34 (six years ago) link
Nice! Apparently their new album may come out relatively soon, based on this interview from March 2017.
We’ve got this vision for the album which is really taking shape, a lot of the songs we’re writing are fitting within this overall theme. Not that it would be a concept album, but it’s got a vision to it, which is really exciting. So I think that we’ll look to record in the middle of the year, maybe have a song out—or two songs out, I’m not sure— towards the back half of the year. All being well, a release at the end of the year, or early next year.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 30 November 2017 17:54 (six years ago) link
Still fantastic. Still my favorite music I heard in 2017 and it ain't close.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 26 December 2017 00:27 (six years ago) link
They've got a new song out, Mainland. You can hear 30 glorious seconds of it below:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/65e668e9-9cd1-4809-b7e7-26439732e1eb
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 22 January 2018 18:10 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqZPbcJQC2Q
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 02:33 (six years ago) link
It's tough pop/soft punk heaven!
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 02:37 (six years ago) link
to the list of bands above want to add the excellent Odd Hope who are yanks not kiwis but I think fit very well and their new album is great, friend of mine put it out on Fruits & Flowers (a label worth checking out for ppl who like Rolling Blackouts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPtdihNCNFE
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
Yes ODD HOPE’s debut LP is finally here bringing an immersive set of anglophile jangle & Midwest gloom. Primarily the work of Oakland’s Tim TInderholt, here aided & abetted by the post punk-ish Edmund Xavier of Horrid Red/Der TPK, this record will feed a Twin Tone/Glass Records mid-80s fix. There’s something incredibly catchy & vaguely ominous about Tim’s songs that is totally now, & crucial. Come on down if you want to.
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:08 (six years ago) link
New song. It’s great. The debut album comes out in June.
https://youtu.be/Zj5tH-6vNKY
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 00:55 (six years ago) link
You can pre-order now! https://rollingblackoutscoastalfever.bandcamp.com/album/hope-downs
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 19:02 (six years ago) link
fuck yeah
― stormzy daniels (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 19:24 (six years ago) link
oh boy
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link
preordered!
― dynamicinterface, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 21:38 (six years ago) link
I like what little I've heard so far!
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 21:40 (six years ago) link
Wiiiiide eeeeeyyyyes
― JoeStork, Thursday, 26 April 2018 17:55 (six years ago) link
great show in Seattle last night
― JoeStork, Thursday, 26 April 2018 17:56 (six years ago) link
good to know, I was thinking about seeing them Monday
― geoffreyess, Thursday, 26 April 2018 20:41 (six years ago) link
Another KCRW show here...
http://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/morning-becomes-eclectic/rolling-blackouts-coastal-fever
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 26 April 2018 20:59 (six years ago) link
Iwantyouiwantyouiwantyouiwant you
― geoffreyess, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 20:52 (six years ago) link
These guys are unfairly good. I hope they never write a slow song.
Saw them tonight. I've mostly seen metal shows the past decade but this was glorious. Three guitars, harmonies and alternating vocals. They were SO into it, nice to see a band that's not worn out or jaded yet. Before first encore the only place for them to go was outside (no backstage), where there were apocalyptic thunderstorms. They said it was "beautiful" but they'll just go ahead and get back to playing.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 3 May 2018 05:28 (six years ago) link
Nice! I'm going next week in Brooklyn. I can't wait.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 3 May 2018 23:11 (six years ago) link
They were so great. This band is ridiculously good.
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 13 May 2018 14:35 (five years ago) link
New track last week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK2usB-nCwc
Seeing them in London tonight, v glad to hear good things about the live shows.
― woof, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 10:52 (five years ago) link
Have fun! I think you'll enjoy the show. Air Conditioned Man is yet another excellent song. It takes a couple listenings to sink in, but if it's any indication, the album will be great.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
I unfortunately missed their DC show. Kinda jaded about rock bands, but like this group
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
"An Air Conditioned Man" is ridiculously compelling for some reason. Not sure I've ever before returned to a Youtube clip so many times in a week.
― Maximum big surprise! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Saturday, 26 May 2018 07:20 (five years ago) link
Yes they are very good.Jnagle pop classic.
great guitarist too.
― nostormo, Friday, 1 June 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
they have three great guitarists
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Friday, 1 June 2018 16:28 (five years ago) link
https://www.subpop.com/news/2018/06/06/rolling_blackouts_coastal_fever_share_the_hammer_and_announce_us_tour_dates_hope_downs_out_next_week_on_sub_pop
So good and unpretentious. The hooks,the melody,the guitars. Perfect.
― nostormo, Friday, 8 June 2018 08:29 (five years ago) link
The record is out and unsuprisingly it's great. AOTY as they say..
― nostormo, Friday, 15 June 2018 06:34 (five years ago) link
how can this band be so good
― alpine static, Friday, 15 June 2018 06:36 (five years ago) link
Yes..
The first e.p sounds like they've alredy been around for ages.
― nostormo, Friday, 15 June 2018 06:39 (five years ago) link
WHOOSH, this album is just so thrillingly fine. I have to see them live in October.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 15 June 2018 08:33 (five years ago) link
The album is good.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 June 2018 10:21 (five years ago) link
Good is this album
― nostormo, Friday, 15 June 2018 11:02 (five years ago) link
Oh man I can't wait!
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 15 June 2018 12:44 (five years ago) link
Saw them in Camden last month and had been really excited but it really put me off them tbh. Dunno whether it was a heaving venue full of aussie blokes, but they felt a bit boorish, there was no space in the music, they almost felt like a jam band, patiently taking turns for their solos. Was hoping for something elliptical, cryptic to them, but the Go Betweens influence seems pretty superficial.
― Stevie T, Friday, 15 June 2018 12:50 (five years ago) link
The album makes me think War on Drugs way more than Go Betweens and that wasn't the case with the earlier stuff.
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 15 June 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
Not really. The Hammer (last song) is great.
― nostormo, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
+1
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
It's good, yeah.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
Also, Fran Keaney is the best songwriter out of the three
― nostormo, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 20:49 (five years ago) link
which is which?
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 20:53 (five years ago) link
they don't use credits, right?
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 20:55 (five years ago) link
Yeah they don't use credits. Just based on youtube videos
― nostormo, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 21:03 (five years ago) link
..assuming the singer is also the songwriter
― nostormo, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link
To the best of my knowledge:Fran Keany sings Wither Where You, and sort of sounds like Robert Forster. On new one he sings Time in Common and Air Conditioned ManJoe Russo sings my alltime favorite, Heard You’re Moving. On new one he sings Mainland and Sisters Jeans.Joe White sings Wide Eyes. On new one he sings Talking Straight and Bellarine.This is the first band since The White Stripes where I’ve even bothered learning the band members names
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 12 July 2018 04:28 (five years ago) link
band's publicist sent me this:
An Air Conditioned Man – FranTalking Straight - Joe WMainland – TomTime in Common – FranSister’s Jeans – FranBellarine – Joe WCappuccino City - TomExclusive Grave – TomHow Long? – Joe WThe Hammer – Tom
― alpine static, Thursday, 12 July 2018 04:30 (five years ago) link
that's lead vocals, not songwriters
― alpine static, Thursday, 12 July 2018 04:37 (five years ago) link
Damn, they tricked me on the Sister's Jeans. And I confused the Russo brothers. White Stripes is easier to remember.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 12 July 2018 12:49 (five years ago) link
I think i read somewhere The Hammer is a Fran tune?!
― nostormo, Thursday, 12 July 2018 13:00 (five years ago) link
there is a lot of consistency in style, i wonder if that's just the group dynamic homogenizing or whether one of them does the bulk of the composition and maybe gives tunes to the others for lyrics/vocals
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 12 July 2018 13:08 (five years ago) link
No-one told me they dig Orange Juice! Bless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBFhBK3vzBQ
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 31 August 2018 13:39 (five years ago) link
hey that's sweet
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 31 August 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link
Took me a few listens to finally click with the album which is unusual as I've always took an instant shine to their songs. The album feels a tad overproduced imo
― . (Michael B), Friday, 31 August 2018 23:50 (five years ago) link
New single (In The Capital) is great
― nostormo, Saturday, 2 March 2019 07:18 (five years ago) link
It's a grower. 'Watery' was certainly my impression way before reading this:
“I first had the idea for the melody and some of the lyrics when I was swimming. It’s taken a while to finish the song, to make it feel like the initial feeling. I can’t neatly describe it, but something like connection despite distance. I was thinking about transience and water and death and big cities and fishing towns and moon river.” - Fran Keaney
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 8 March 2019 03:45 (five years ago) link
The other side of the single, just released, maintains a similar mood.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 28 April 2019 05:15 (five years ago) link
I sense that ILM has cooled a little on RBCF post-LP, but there's a new song! With trumpet (?) and choreography. Not sure what to make of it, but it took me months to decide I really liked both sides of that last single, so...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G93J8FKmrn0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 13 February 2020 00:30 (four years ago) link
Not bad
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 13 February 2020 03:51 (four years ago) link
..at all
― nostormo, Sunday, 23 February 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
new album announced and another trackhttps://rollingblackoutscoastalfever.bandcamp.com/album/sideways-to-new-italy
― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 07:38 (four years ago) link
It's about time for a Joe W song.
I like how they make 'strayah look ever more like a parched wasteland with each new video.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 08:19 (four years ago) link
The first single was great. The 2nd and 3rd... :(
― nostormo, Thursday, 7 May 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link
first song one the album is great. the 2nd one not so bad so far . . .
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 5 June 2020 11:31 (three years ago) link
4-5 good songs, the rest didn't really click yet.i like them when they are less mellow/mid tempo
― nostormo, Friday, 5 June 2020 11:46 (three years ago) link
Had no idea the album was out
― groovypanda, Friday, 5 June 2020 12:46 (three years ago) link
They seem to get more tidy and 'pop' without necessarily bringing many actual hooks. Though all four of the previewed tracks (plus that opener) suddenly sound pretty good bundled together like this, so there's certainly hope for the remainder.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 5 June 2020 22:47 (three years ago) link
New album is a grower. They did better stuff before, yes, but this one is pretty good too
― nostormo, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I've been enjoying it.
Not sure why everyone is so down on it
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
I like it too. There's no song as singular as "French Press", but I think it's really strong.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
I think because it is more mellow and mid tempo. And rhey are known for the opposite
Xpost
― nostormo, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link
I resisted listening to this because it sounded like they were going in a direction I wouldn't like, but I checked out today and really liked it. It maybe has fewer hooks than the last one, but all the cool guitar layers and band interaction is absolutely there, and sounds great.
I tend to think of these guys as jangle shoegaze.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:27 (three years ago) link
It's a disappointment. To my ears they've peaked already.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:28 (three years ago) link
"She's There" has been running through my head most of the summer, such a great song.
― geoffreyess, Wednesday, 19 August 2020 13:32 (three years ago) link
New vid! Today! LP in May! etc, etc.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 3 February 2022 03:38 (two years ago) link
Not sure what I think of the second and third preview tracks
Tidal RiverMy Echo
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 8 April 2022 12:13 (two years ago) link
If ILM has lost interest in this band then I sense, three listens in, that Endless Rooms will not be the LP to win folks back.
The second half remains an undifferentiated cloud of reverberating guitars and mostly moderate tempos. It's not unpleasant, at least. Admittedly their records rarely make much of an impression on me till 4 months later anyway. I mean, they'd largely unveiled the first half already and I've only just come around to "The Way it Shatters". Though having typed that, "Caught Low" and "Blue Eye Lake" are suddenly feeling like pretty immediate earworms, if hazy ones. I guess I'll try to decipher the lyrics in the fullness of time. Lucky they've virtually the only current guitar band I'm this persistent with lol!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 6 May 2022 01:04 (two years ago) link
This is quite illuminating:
https://www.stereogum.com/2185502/rolling-blackouts-coastal-fever-endless-rooms/interviews/footnotes-interview/
It's becoming one of my favourite sorts of the records. Ones where I have no idea whether I actually like it, but feel compelled to keep listening repeatedly in order definitively settle it. Maybe I'll arrive at an answer and then won't need to listen any more, either way lol. The haziness of the second half is kinda sorta appealing now, at least.
The Spotify algorithm keeps choosing "Julie's Place" and then the Twerps, when the album concludes, as if to illustrate that they don't actually sound especially like that song these days, nor terribly much like old-school Melb dole-wave etc.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 7 May 2022 03:25 (two years ago) link
I'm digging this one quite a bit. I can see what you are saying about the second half, but the first half sucks me in so thoroughly that I'm enjoying the ride.
Thanks for the link, I really want to hear the 8-minute version of "Open Up Your Window" though, that's one of my favorites.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 9 June 2022 20:02 (one year ago) link
these guys should really take up the art of the 10 minute jam
― ufo, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 10:49 (one year ago) link
they have a number of songs that remind me of shoegaze with less volume and more jangle, they could totally lean into that
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 14:30 (one year ago) link