Cardiacs: Classic or Dud?

except their army of devotee musicians keeping the flame alive :)

blur i can see btw; radiohead gtfo

Tim Smith, whose music inspired international luminaries such as Deep Turtle and Shrubbies...

Seriously though this is some nice news. ty Scotland

Dawson, Dog-Faced Hermans or Stretcheads if they needed token Scottish act rather than LOL Biffy Clyro.

Haha yeah, Buntychunks vs Radiohead

Didn't realize Biffy Clyro were still big.

Hope this links okay because it's unlisted, but here is the live stream for Tim's nomination at the Royal Conservatoire today, accepted on his behalf by Jim.

https://youtu.be/yQYOqUUsAAc?t=39m49s

Jim deserves an award almost as much for his services to bass guitar tbh

that video's lovely, thank you

I thought so too, made me a little teary

Dr Tim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MybDbut1lFQ

And now the whole thing -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr9SZVHjFT0

Just been announced Gong are headlining the Alphabet Business Convention weekender in July. Holy shit.

hardly a holy shit given Kavus' involvement :) but it'll be great, will try to go

Yeah, I guess. It still feels like a big deal for our little fan convention, though. It's growing!

Finished listened to the selftitled Sea Nymphs album. Absolutely loved it, maybe even more than Sing To God, so it might be my favorite Cariacs album so far.

One of the most purely lovely things I've heard in quite some time.

The new Sea Nymphs is pretty much just as good! (It's more conventionally song-y, perhaps - the s/t is all mysterious fragments and snatches)

Cosign, all Sea Nymphs is great, including the Mr & Mrs Smith and Mr Drake recordings, love 'em just as much as Cardiacs.

Also, I was listening to some Ligeti Keyboard Works CD the other day and this struck me as very Sea Nymphs/Bill D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OftWu4HPQI

Bill definitely skews less avant-garde than that but there's definitely a reminiscence in the flourishes! Good spot

Bill once mentioned Debussy as an early influence, and you can definitely hear that from Debussy's Tarantelle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW01NSqOA7M

What is Tim saying at the end of track 2 on Songs For Ships And Irons?

"I'm allowed in here, am I?"

"I'm a loudy here, am I?"

Amused me every time but still couldn't quite make it out.

here's what i can make out

sarah: bill

bill: yes

sarah: have you just had a wash

bill: yes

sarah: you smell lovely

bill: thank...thank you very m-

tim: HELLO, I AM ALLOWED IN HERE AM I

bill/sarah: whoooaaahh

tim: OH DON'T NOB ON YOUR OWN FACE YOU FILTHY DOG

Isnt it just Sarah making the mocking sound?

Extra Special OceanLandWorld is really good but probably my least favorite thing so far. Still to listen to Archives, Mr & Mrs, Spratleys and second Sea Nymphs though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkQSzrQxa4Y

Guy is a monster.

Nice

Very good.

Did you all see this (Gong)? Wait for it...

https://youtu.be/9ke0nLLSWFs

Man, they need a singer.

Wow that dude

That (the T&F cover) is amazing yeah

Some Cardiacs family business streaming live on YouTube right now, Admiral's Hard (Sea Shanty band with some Stars In Battledress and Monsoon Bassoon peeps) plus later on some of Lost Crowns playing 'the songs of Tim Smith'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL9hcWgcsK8

ah nice ty! have put it on, albeit overlaid by the new Kesha album until something actually happens ;)

Maybe this was on the thread years ago but I was searching this site for podcast interviews with fantasy writers and found this
https://kittysneezes.com/painful-threshold-dark-william-d-drake-tells-us-television-organ/

There is, of course, no such thing, It's actually a pretty common analog synth like a Juno or something, wish I could recall the exact name. My band once supported The Sea Nymphs and we asked Bill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4zyJneR_gI

This concert, I was at it.

Finished with Spratleys + those three playing Is This The Life / Leader Of The Starry Skies.

I also happen to have been at the other one you mention but the time span between the two is vertiginous and also this makes me seem like a mental obsessive.

A balmy day at the Falcon IIRC.

I'm hearing that Tim has passed away, I'm crushed, does anyone have any details?

All over Twitter, but can't find the source.

I'm seeing FoaF messages saying similar but nothing concrete.

RIP :(

The great one is gone.

It's in The Mirror now

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-tim-smith-dead-frontman-22395892.amp

RIP :'(

RIP Tim

As you've probably noticed from my Facebook feed. Yes, I got (got back into, actually, just never talked about it here) into Cardiacs in a big, big way recently. Yes, I am devastated. My condolences to his family and friends (and you imago, since you actually met him.)

Best thing gone did ever have

what the actual heck? terrible news