and while the vocalist is undeniably the star, i am not sure this would have worked with a more vigorous or in-any-way-pointed musical backdrop, nor a more ambient one - it's pretty perfect autumn music
― imago, Friday, 27 September 2019 15:07 (four years ago) link
ting ting!
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Friday, 27 September 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
love some of the mini crescendos in these songs, those still kill me after all this time- look back and say that i didn't!- my lips are sealed (mad as a seal?)- looookin in your eeeeeyyyyeeessss! looookin in your eeeeeyyyyeeessss! looookin in your eeeeeyyyyeeessss!
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Friday, 27 September 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
Agreed but it's funny how the vocals put most people off. I think it's all the repetition.
― Evan, Friday, 27 September 2019 16:28 (four years ago) link
imago so otm.
all time album!
I'm hoping Sue did something with Underworld.... she is mentioned in the liner notes of Drift episode 2. One of the guys recently discovered the album and met with her.
― maffew12, Friday, 27 September 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link
did a dj set a few months ago during a happy hour thing I was doing and played Life Without Buildings in a set with Anne Clark, Leslie Winer and Algebra Suicide. One young woman in the audience lost her shit. It was a good set.
― dan selzer, Friday, 27 September 2019 17:05 (four years ago) link
looookin in your eeeeeyyyyeeessss! looookin in your eeeeeyyyyeeessss! looookin in your eeeeeyyyyeeessss!
impossible for me not to hear this as "lookin in your arse", but that somehow doesn't distract from the power of the song.
"if i lose you if i lose you if i lose you, to her to her to her" is a thrilling in media res opening too
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Friday, 27 September 2019 17:08 (four years ago) link
in the loosin the loosin the loos("leaves", really, i guess)
if i lose you *to her*? I only hear "uh huh" -- same on lyrics sites. She then goes on to elaborate, "in the street".
― maffew12, Friday, 27 September 2019 17:14 (four years ago) link
that live album too, right? goddam
― maffew12, Friday, 27 September 2019 17:15 (four years ago) link
i always heard "to her," or i guess in her accent "to huh"
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Friday, 27 September 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
ooh ooo
― maffew12, Friday, 27 September 2019 17:18 (four years ago) link
Love this album and it makes me so happy how it has a mini fan-club on here.
I go back to their Pop Life cover a lot.
― kitchen person, Friday, 27 September 2019 17:19 (four years ago) link
The music is so lush too. Sometimes I want an instrumental version of the album so I can also use it as background jam mood music.
― Evan, Friday, 27 September 2019 17:28 (four years ago) link
it's 'the huh, the huh, the huh', you can hear it pretty clearly here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY5G_jvyDo8
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Friday, 27 September 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
clearly "uh huh" to my ears from that
― Evan, Friday, 27 September 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
uh huh? nuh uh
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Friday, 27 September 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link
Oh weird, now I hear "the huh, uh huh, uh huh" each time she repeats that part.
― Evan, Friday, 27 September 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link
yuh huh
my favorite is the one about Laurel
― maffew12, Friday, 27 September 2019 19:14 (four years ago) link
ok but she's definitely saying, "looking in your arse," right?
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Friday, 27 September 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
i always hear arse too tbh, but that's cos i want to
back at 'the leanover', it took me ages to work out where i'd heard the phrase 'i like you mostly late at night' before ('sea song' by robert wyatt obv)
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Friday, 27 September 2019 19:17 (four years ago) link
mbv mbv mbv mbv mbv more mbv hi fi.
Have embarrassed myself on a least a couple of occasions by drunkenly telling the guitarist of this group how great they were.
― Stevie T, Friday, 27 September 2019 19:17 (four years ago) link
correct protocol imo
― the creator has a mazda van (NickB), Friday, 27 September 2019 19:21 (four years ago) link
if i lose you *to her*? I only hear "uh huh"
Am I missing something here? It's clearly "if I lose, If I lose, If I lose you in the street"
― What a ridiculous clusterfuck of totally uncool jokers (jed_), Friday, 27 September 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
yeah "if I lose"
― Evan, Friday, 27 September 2019 19:55 (four years ago) link
the many ways the many w-w-ways
― hot dog go to bathroom (cajunsunday), Friday, 27 September 2019 21:06 (four years ago) link
dddddddays like television
― flopson, Friday, 27 September 2019 21:55 (four years ago) link
'leanover' lyrics would be a good poll
― flopson, Friday, 27 September 2019 21:56 (four years ago) link
guys ffs it's "a Fallujan street". it takes place in Iraq.
― maffew12, Friday, 27 September 2019 23:10 (four years ago) link
the album was released two years before the war in Iraq started
― Clay, Friday, 27 September 2019 23:54 (four years ago) link
I..um..... think about that and post back?
― maffew12, Saturday, 28 September 2019 01:26 (four years ago) link
Haven't listened to this stuff yet but just found a yt user who's uploaded an australian radio session...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnZItwxx_jg
(that's track 1 of 5)
― Defund the indefensible (NickB), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 11:12 (three years ago) link
...and also a live show at the cavern in exeter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fyeX1vAQOU
(track 1 of 9)
― Defund the indefensible (NickB), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 11:13 (three years ago) link
i <3 lwb
― Defund the indefensible (NickB), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 11:15 (three years ago) link
We don't drive. We walk everywhere,
― krankymusic (cajunsunday), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 12:22 (three years ago) link
'Liberty Feel-Up' always reminds me of the Blue Aeroplanes circa 1986 when they really had that beatnik poetry meets Tom Verlaine guitar thing dialled like a fine-tuned engine. '14 Days' hits that spot too
― Defund the indefensible (NickB), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 12:38 (three years ago) link
not sure about this new direction
Presidential spiritual adviser Paula White is currently leading an impassioned prayer service in an effort to secure Trump's reelection. pic.twitter.com/hCSRh84d6g— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) November 5, 2020
― ||||||||, Thursday, 5 November 2020 10:14 (three years ago) link
Bwahahaha
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 5 November 2020 10:31 (three years ago) link
Trump is the shaky baby amirite
― imago, Thursday, 5 November 2020 10:33 (three years ago) link
https://crossfade.io/#!/5lpkxvpdnk
― ufo, Thursday, 5 November 2020 10:54 (three years ago) link
yesssss
― imago, Thursday, 5 November 2020 12:26 (three years ago) link
this kind of thing has a 100% success rate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSIrQBGfUtw
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Thursday, 5 November 2020 18:59 (three years ago) link
they're coming herethey're coming herethey're coming herefrom africa right nowfrom south americaangelic reinforcementangelic reinforcementi hear the sound of victoryi hear the sound of victoryi hear the sound of victory
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 5 November 2020 20:13 (three years ago) link
I see they're a meme now
― marg bar āmrikā (||||||||), Monday, 11 January 2021 13:35 (three years ago) link
no fucking way is life without buildings being used on 19k tiktok’s like this hahahaha pic.twitter.com/BqeWFY5zuu— LaurenN🦷 (@1aurenmoose) January 11, 2021
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Monday, 11 January 2021 13:38 (three years ago) link
Wow! Its so cool to see a new generation discovering them.
― cajunsunday, Monday, 11 January 2021 13:46 (three years ago) link
It's weird how seeing someone else copy something can make it diminish or disappear; with Tompkins, it somehow makes her more unique.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 11 January 2021 13:55 (three years ago) link
this is amazing
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Monday, 11 January 2021 14:15 (three years ago) link
that compilation definitely peaks with the hair dyeing one though
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Monday, 11 January 2021 14:23 (three years ago) link
life without buildings has gone from 30k monthly listeners on spotify to 210k lol— basic charnel 2021 (@basic_charnel) January 10, 2021
― cajunsunday, Monday, 11 January 2021 14:25 (three years ago) link