it's really striking/eerie how much "see you in the next one" sounds like it could be on Lazer Guided Melodies...
― brimstead, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 22:53 (four years ago) link
Not normally my style of music, but I really like A Storm in Heaven. I only own it as an advance promo cassette, it soundtracked a number of great driving trips back then.
― confusementalism (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 17:53 (four years ago) link
I listened to Storm in Heaven and A Northern Soul really loud in the car the other day. I have no idea what Nick McCabe is up to. He's astonishing.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 18:59 (four years ago) link
There's something about NIck McCabe's guitar sound that always reminds me of Richard Thompson. I need to get hold of that expanded box set of the first lp.Still not got around to it.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 19:25 (four years ago) link
the drop in quality from Storm in Heaven to A Northern Soul was so disappointing at the time
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 19:25 (four years ago) link
lol wrong
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 19:28 (four years ago) link
all the songs (except for the last one, which as pointed out sounds more like an early Spiritualized song) blur together for me, the similarity is just a wash. A Northern Soul is the transitional album, but it has more variety, actual songs qua songs etc.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 19:29 (four years ago) link
A Northern Soul is wonderful too, albeit not quite for the same reasons. They all are, frankly – even Forth isn't half bad..
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 19:29 (four years ago) link
That said, the s/t EP is the one I've played the most.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 19:30 (four years ago) link
I just realized R Ashcroft is married to Kate Radley! and she is very tall.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 19:32 (four years ago) link
I've just 'found' the Voyager 1 live album which I'd not previously been aware of. It sounds fantastic and McCabe is on one.
I think A Northern Soul sounds like a 'younger' album in a number of ways. It might just be that Ashcroft's weird mix of saying thank you to girls and misplaced messianic fervour is more pronounced. Either way, it's still magnificent.
Didn't he, ah, pinch KR off Jason Pierce?
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 19:38 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I know they toured together in 92. Not sure if that's when it happened.Spiritualised and Verve, like
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link
Yep, that was the start of it. RA and KR were together by A Northern Soul. Which I happened to listen to on Tuesday, and which is still awesome. Obsessed with dying alone and being grateful for sex. So adolescent. But so powerful. And the guitar, holy fuck. No one since.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 21:39 (four years ago) link
pierce and ashcroft have a similar way with cliched/meaningless song titles
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:17 (four years ago) link
I wonder if Ashcroft wrote the So It Goes 'I'm just a poor little wifeless fella' coda for JP?
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Thursday, 8 August 2019 09:57 (four years ago) link
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Wednesday, August 7, 2019 9:38 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Yes, and I'm glad he did, because it lead to Pierce writing 'Broken Heart'
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 8 August 2019 11:46 (four years ago) link