Disc one needs more Simple Pleasure.
― dorsalstop, Thursday, 24 January 2019 13:32 (five years ago) link
Good call.
― djh, Thursday, 24 January 2019 14:44 (five years ago) link
No love for 'Chocolate'? Ideal accompaniment to red wine surely.
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 24 January 2019 14:55 (five years ago) link
That's a really mundane story and the twist at the end is just silly.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Thursday, 24 January 2019 15:03 (five years ago) link
I think there's quite a lot of warmth and decency in "Chocolate" ... but I'd rarely put it on a compilation.
― djh, Thursday, 24 January 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link
"Sometimes It Hurts" has to be on there somewhere. Probably my favourite Tindersticks song.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Thursday, 24 January 2019 17:24 (five years ago) link
Right, this is the version I'm going to save and come back to:
Bottle 1:Hey Lucinda(You Take) This Heart of MineCan Our Love?City SicknessMarblesCan We Start Again?This Fire of AutumnHelp YourselfRented RoomsTravelling LightHow He EnteredTalk To MePaco de Renaldo's Dream
Bottle 2:MistakesTrouble Every DayPiano SongDick's Slow SongWaiting for the MoonFactory GirlsTyedDon't Look Down If She's TornPiano MusicThe Other Side of the WorldDancingThe Waiting RoomSeaweedSleepy SongTea StainThe Organist EntertainsRaindropsCherry Blossoms
(It currently fits on two CDs but not equally; haven't really captured "first bottle", I don't think).
― djh, Saturday, 26 January 2019 21:25 (five years ago) link
uh the "Robert Pattinson fronting Tindersticks" song I've been hearing about since High Life premiered at TIFF is finally out and it's fucking beautiful, even though it's clearly R-Patz imitating Stuart as closely as possible
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 28 February 2019 20:07 (five years ago) link
link?
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Thursday, 28 February 2019 20:15 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xNSN6Kd8rI
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 28 February 2019 20:16 (five years ago) link
It's on Spotify too: https://open.spotify.com/track/4CYvguDQISEhomCtNkfPCj?si=7CVdReU4SHyk30Csjy79bg
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Thursday, 28 February 2019 20:17 (five years ago) link
was just looking at pattinson's upcoming projects and holy shit this guy (and/or his agent) knows how to pick 'em
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Thursday, 28 February 2019 20:20 (five years ago) link
he really did turn out to be improbably cool
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 28 February 2019 20:37 (five years ago) link
The Twilight movie franchise gave us two of the best actors of our current generation imo
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Thursday, 28 February 2019 20:40 (five years ago) link
i haven't seen the last of stewart's acclaimed performances, but she still seems to me to be basically hesitant expression + halting speech + running hand through hair.
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Thursday, 28 February 2019 20:44 (five years ago) link
oh wait, did you mean taylor lautner?
Kristen Stewart was magnificent in the two most recent Olivier Assayas films.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Thursday, 28 February 2019 20:45 (five years ago) link
also great in Kelly Reichardt's Certain Women
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Thursday, 28 February 2019 20:47 (five years ago) link
she's good but there's something depressing about her.
is Pattinson singing that track? or only playing the guitar?
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 18:56 (five years ago) link
depressing about her performances, i'm sure she's not depressing irl.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 18:57 (five years ago) link
that's Pattinson singing, "in character" apparently
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 19:08 (five years ago) link
as stuart staples?
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 19:09 (five years ago) link
New album No Treasure But Hope out November 15.Apparently laid down in just 5 weeks, as per this interview with Stuart at the Aquarium Drunkard. "The Amputees" sounds lovely.
― willem, Sunday, 10 November 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
There's a second track, "Pinky In The Daylight":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJlhTVCFedk
Not really doing it for me, at the moment. Perhaps it will grow on me?
― djh, Monday, 11 November 2019 21:00 (four years ago) link
if you water it daily there is hope...
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 14:10 (four years ago) link
Actually, it sounds better when you just ... hear it, listening to the album, doing the washing up ... rather than thinking "I hope this is a good!"
There's one song which should be amazing - "See My Girls" - but which is one of the rare occasions his voice is a bit unlistenable.
― djh, Friday, 22 November 2019 20:56 (four years ago) link
2020/02/29 Nantes, FR, online until 2020/08/28 (don't know if it's geo-limited)
https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/095603-001-A/tindersticks-live-from-nantes/
― StanM, Monday, 2 March 2020 19:09 (four years ago) link
dope, thanks!
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 2 March 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link
New album Distractions on the way, two songs from it out already:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uQ7CDO4_GA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCOM30iRd7k
Not feeling either of these at the moment, I have to say. And I never thought I'd hear my favourite band go electronic :(
Album only has seven tracks of which three are covers. This is shaping up to be an inessential release, but let's see.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 18 January 2021 14:19 (three years ago) link
Stuart's voice seems uniquely ill-suited to the sort of thing he's going for on "Man Alone"
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Monday, 18 January 2021 14:40 (three years ago) link
Agreed.
Looking upthread I realise I never said anything about No Treasure but Hope. It seems to have slipped under the radar somewhat. Anyway I'm listening to it now and it sounds lovely.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 18 January 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
Man Alone is really quite bad, Simon otm. It's hard to judge whether it could be a successful song with another singer because I haven't managed to make it to the half way point so far. I rather like the other one, though.
― Pie face (jed_), Sunday, 24 January 2021 22:04 (three years ago) link
From those two songs ... I might not buy the album ... and anyone who knows me will know that feels quite weird!
― djh, Sunday, 24 January 2021 23:46 (three years ago) link
this is kind of rad imo
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 25 January 2021 16:48 (three years ago) link
referring to "man alone"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 25 January 2021 16:55 (three years ago) link
especially when the rain starts
idk i love hearing a voice like this in atmosphere of techno so minimal it's eroding into electro, it's very dissociated
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 25 January 2021 16:58 (three years ago) link
I do love when the rain comes in...idk maybe it's just because I've been listening to them since I was in junior high, I can't not hear the degradation of Stuart's voice and it bugs me hearing it so prominently. it almost makes me wish he'd go full Lambchop and dive into vocal manipulation. "You'll Have to Scream Louder" is really nice though and No Treasure But Hope was rock solid. I'm glad they're branching out and I'm sure good things will come of it.
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Monday, 25 January 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
"And I never thought I'd hear my favourite band go electronic."
I do love this from a few years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo7i_pHEWNg
― djh, Monday, 25 January 2021 17:51 (three years ago) link
i guess no one's bumped this thread since the record came out but it's really fantastic imo
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 14:28 (three years ago) link
I meant to post here! it's better than I was fearing and "man alone" does make more sense in context, and I love how "lady with the braid" blooms so gradually. I need to spend more time with this and the previous album too.
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 14:34 (three years ago) link
that bit where the bass and strings play in unison >>>>
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 14:37 (three years ago) link
the "man needs a maid" cover is revelatory
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 14:47 (three years ago) link
Lady with the Braid is one of my favourite songs. I'm not sure I'd like any cover of it but I really don't like this one.
― Cocteau Twinks (jed_), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
I've not got the new album at all (it's the first album by them I've not bought but it has sounded ignorable when I have played online) but I accidentally played the last Stuart A Staples album (I was playing something alphabetically before on my MP3 player) and it sounded incredible/just right.
― djh, Sunday, 30 May 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
i guess no one's bumped this thread since the record came out but it's really fantastic imo― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, March 16, 2021 3:28 PM
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, March 16, 2021 3:28 PM
Oh man, it really is! Haven't kept up with their releases in the last decade or so (except for The Waiting Room, of which a cutout was handed to me) but this is gorgeous. I agree that the Staples' vocal loop in the opening track doesn't work (for me) but it turns out there's a Charles Webster (!) Mix that doesn't use the loop and is vastly superior. So I created an album playlist that swaps the original Man Alone with the CW Mix and ends with the CW Dub Mix and that's about perfect
― willem, Monday, 31 May 2021 09:21 (two years ago) link
Solo album
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/187737-david-boulter-lovers-walk
― djh, Thursday, 17 June 2021 20:38 (two years ago) link
^ Liking this a lot on a couple of plays.
Bleak but nice.
― djh, Friday, 18 June 2021 19:03 (two years ago) link
It's captured me more than "Yarmouth". That might be words sucking me in a bit.
Tindersticks "Across Six Leap Years" included a couple of re-recordings from Staples' albums and ... some of the tracks here could as happily sit on their albums. That said, its very conceptual (by which I mean there is an over-arching narrative) and personal. It's beautiful.
― djh, Sunday, 20 June 2021 20:14 (two years ago) link
Found a random compilation I'd made and put it on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7kSYlZUZL66QSicP4dVPeB
I'm not sure if there was any criteria/rhyme/reason.
A CD-R worth rather than the "Bottle 1, Bottle 2" extravaganza posted further up. I do spend a lot of time on this thread talking to myself, drunk, don't I?
― djh, Thursday, 24 June 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
Seems amazing that 1000 copies of the Boulter album haven't just flown out of the shops.
― djh, Monday, 5 July 2021 20:37 (two years ago) link