Yeah idkThey put out a record a year which were all great and sometimes masterpieces, the records were readily obtainable, enough critics liked them, they toured like fuck and (I’m surmising from recorded evidence) played hard at every show, seems like they acted like clowns offstage while touring but not unusually so. Am I right that they more or less stopped because of frustration + weariness with their sheer underratedness? It pains me. There could have been more of these songs.
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 22:59 (six years ago) link
It would have been interesting if they'd been able to persist for a couple of years more, with the weird Krautrock edges starting to resurface among newer bands at the time like Stereolab. But people will make their decisions.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 23:04 (six years ago) link
am only semi serious here but they were never buddies with sonic youth unlike dinosaur jr or nirvana or mudhoney or whoever. mind you, the lunachicks were and it's been a long while since i heard them played in asda
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 23:06 (six years ago) link
I guess I forgot one factor Bad band name, not catchy sounding and also pretty gross when you unpack it But that never stopped (lists a zillion terribly formed names of successful bands)
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 23:10 (six years ago) link
Am I right that they more or less stopped because of frustration + weariness with their sheer underratedness? It pains me. There could have been more of these songs.
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, March 14, 2018 10:59 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It's a cycle, though, innit? Like, you get called "underrated" and "overlooked" in enough reviews, that becomes your story, because every review thereafter just parrots the ones from the previous record that talked about how overlooked and underrated you are.
Still, from the looks of it, all's well that ends well. Guy seems to be doing OK, at least, and I bet he's happier where he is than he would be on the road in hellscape 2018
Wish I was around when these records were new, though. Never got to see these guys, had no idea they existed until it was too late
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 23:14 (six years ago) link
if anyone is still short of live stuff, this youtube channel has quite as few shows up of varying quality:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tAnV9M2FKiJF2pDbXU0hw/search?query=thin+white+rope
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 23:17 (six years ago) link
https://preview.ibb.co/ggJoxx/twr.jpg
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 23:19 (six years ago) link
aww, maybe this was the final nail in the coffin for TWR:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUKzXyB_9ZI&feature=youtu.be&t=2720
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 23:31 (six years ago) link
fuck, https://youtu.be/cUKzXyB_9ZI?t=2723
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 23:33 (six years ago) link
...i hate this business of visiting my hometown...
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 23:35 (six years ago) link
Cmon, fess up...you were in Mature Innocence
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 23:41 (six years ago) link
Jesus, maybe the name "Thin White Rope" isn't so bad after all. "Pause and Effect" sounds like a band Gob Bluth would be in
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 23:44 (six years ago) link
Phallucy was a rock/alternative metal band from Sacramento, California. The band's drummer, Abe Cunningham, later became the drummer with the band Deftones, which is now a worldwide success.[citation needed] Phallucy has reunited three times: in 1999, 2001 and finally in 2009 for the Chi Cheng Benefit Show in San Francisco along with Death Angel and other special guests. The band's name is a combination of the words "fallacy" and "phallus".
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 23:45 (six years ago) link
On Some days Puppet Dog is in the top 5 best songs ever list
― Duke, Friday, 16 March 2018 22:15 (six years ago) link
By the way, the lyrics/credits booklet PDFs weren't included in the remastered Bandcamp downloads so I asked Frontier about them. They had been forgotten but have now been added. Redownload to get them.
― StanM, Sunday, 18 March 2018 07:22 (six years ago) link
Remastered Moonhead LP arrived today - sounding great! I still wish they could 'remaster' a new drummer on these recordings but hey
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 22 March 2018 23:04 (six years ago) link
Think I just got asked to pass this on from the guy who's upping the TWR sets to dime
a note to user nicknamed MaresNest over at a twr forumi am absolutely fine with you "wetransfering" the files for forum membersjust keep track with updates like the 1989-07-12 Vienna Austria U4 FM sound-upgrade from 2 days ago as the pool should stay as clean as possible
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 23:01 (six years ago) link
sorry can I delete that last post and repost an edited version.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 23:03 (six years ago) link
Thanks Steveolende, I will grab that next week and put it up for those that desire it.
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 21:07 (six years ago) link
OK I thought I'd posted a name I possibly shouldn't have. So everything's ok then.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link
yes please! xpost :-)
― StanM, Friday, 20 April 2018 07:48 (five years ago) link
Ah, thanks for the nudge Stan, here 'tis...
https://we.tl/koO86us0Fv
― MaresNest, Friday, 20 April 2018 09:56 (five years ago) link
Thanks x 1000 again!
― StanM, Friday, 20 April 2018 10:14 (five years ago) link
http://frontierrecords-thinwhiterope.bandcamp.com/album/sack-full-of-silver-2018-remastered-edition
http://frontierrecords-thinwhiterope.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-spanish-cave-2018-remastered-edition
― StanM, Friday, 7 September 2018 23:51 (five years ago) link
Shame they don't have soundfiles on the website.Don't think I've really seen that on bandcamp before. Since i thought that was one of the main purposes of bandcamp.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 8 September 2018 09:13 (five years ago) link
they'll probably enable them on the release date, next Friday
― StanM, Saturday, 8 September 2018 10:12 (five years ago) link
and they're out - Mr. Limpet & Hidden Lands are the sample tracks on bandcamp.
― StanM, Friday, 14 September 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
oh wait, all the tracks are playable
― StanM, Friday, 14 September 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
Tempted to get the cds. I've all the original vinyl, but I'm playing more and more cds now
― Duke, Saturday, 15 September 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
yeah played through all the lps on there yesterday and this morning.Am tempted to get the cds again. I think i got most of them before. Don't think I got Ruby Sea though.What's in the booklets?
― Stevolende, Saturday, 15 September 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
The Ruby Sea hasn't yet been remastered, right?
― Duke, Saturday, 15 September 2018 19:31 (five years ago) link
Oh, thought it might be coming. Wasn't up as such when I listened to it last night. But thought they were doing them all in batches.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 15 September 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
Yes I imagine you're right.
― Duke, Saturday, 15 September 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
I may wait until Ruby Sea appears then buy them all....
the pdfs are just the lyrics sheets/booklets as they were before
― StanM, Saturday, 15 September 2018 20:07 (five years ago) link
they were going to do the first 5 albums this year, so I suppose The Ruby Sea is still coming up
― StanM, Saturday, 15 September 2018 20:08 (five years ago) link
The digital version of Moonhead has four extra tracks compared with the original vinyl. As you can see I'm getting tempted here...
― Duke, Sunday, 16 September 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
Seemed like they shuffled around what was on as extra tracks from previous editions. I think I had a coupl eo fthose tracks on In The Spanish cave but not sure where Roger's Tongue came from.Some of that stuff is off the Bottom feeders e.p. isn't it? Not sure about chronology of tracks recording so where they fit.I saw taht In The Spanish cave had Munich Eunuch again
― Stevolende, Sunday, 16 September 2018 14:50 (five years ago) link
Can’t wait to compare the sound quality of the new Triangle Song mastering. I don’t want to go into detail rn but there are things about that recording that have really bugged me
― cheese is the teacher, ham is the preacher (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 16 September 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
One of my favourite songs
― Duke, Sunday, 16 September 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
Do tell us what bugs you!
― Duke, Sunday, 16 September 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
Then again, maybe it'll start bugging us all....
do you mean the way someone is fiddling with various instrument volumes all the time and how some of it sounds like liquid stereo (I always imagined they reconstructed that track from tapes they had thrown away initially)? yeah, it's still like that.
― StanM, Sunday, 16 September 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
Yes. That.
― cheese is the teacher, ham is the preacher (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 16 September 2018 23:46 (five years ago) link
there's probably some clever reason they mixed it like this, but I can't figure it out.
― StanM, Monday, 17 September 2018 02:24 (five years ago) link
do mixing desks have randomisation buttons with a triangle on and it felt lol funny to use it for this song? (triangle = D = delta = difference in math writing)
― StanM, Monday, 17 September 2018 03:08 (five years ago) link
That almost sounds like a thing someone would do
― cheese is the teacher, ham is the preacher (Jon not Jon), Monday, 17 September 2018 04:57 (five years ago) link
Late realization, but watching live videos it's so obvious that Guy Kyser started life as a banjo player. His thumb pick and hand posture are typical Scruggs style.
― Duke, Friday, 21 September 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
http://blurtonline.com/feature/story-behind-album-ruby-sea-thin-white-rope/The Ruby Sea remaster is still coming up + Lisa/Frontier might do an odds and ends compilation and a remaster of The One That Got Away
― StanM, Friday, 21 September 2018 21:14 (five years ago) link
Thanks for this!
― Duke, Saturday, 22 September 2018 11:31 (five years ago) link