Life Without Buildings

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)

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.

correct protocol imo

in the loos
in the loos
in the loos
("leaves", really, i guess)

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"

yeah "if I lose"

the many ways the many w-w-ways

dddddddays like television

'leanover' lyrics would be a good poll

guys ffs it's "a Fallujan street". it takes place in Iraq.

the album was released two years before the war in Iraq started

I..um..... think about that and post back?

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)

...and also a live show at the cavern in exeter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fyeX1vAQOU

(track 1 of 9)

i <3 lwb

We don't drive. We walk everywhere,

'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

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

Bwahahaha

Trump is the shaky baby amirite

https://crossfade.io/#!/5lpkxvpdnk

yesssss

this kind of thing has a 100% success rate:

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

they're coming here
they're coming here
they're coming here
from africa right now
from south america
angelic reinforcement
angelic reinforcement
i hear the sound of victory
i hear the sound of victory
i hear the sound of victory

I see they're a meme now

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

Wow! Its so cool to see a new generation discovering them.

It's weird how seeing someone else copy something can make it diminish or disappear; with Tompkins, it somehow makes her more unique.

this is amazing

that compilation definitely peaks with the hair dyeing one though

life without buildings has gone from 30k monthly listeners on spotify to 210k lol

— basic charnel 2021 (@basic_charnel) January 10, 2021

a lot of that does seem to be going to "The Leanover" but I'm sure some people are exploring

lots of sue tompkins activity recently. have seen her twice in the last week in my neighbourhood and she followed me on twitter today. must be preparing for a comeback. ;-)

hope she knows about the uptick in young fans!

squeeeeeeee

She will surely notice the massive surge in streaming revenue. I bet next time i spot her she is being chauffered around.

From 12 cents to $1.28! Good for them!

ker-ching!

Getting ready for their performance on Top of the Pops.

This is awesome. Kinda warms my heart. I actually first heard about LWB from this board about 16 years ago thanks to an early 00's album poll at the time.

sea shanties also v big on tiktok right now pmsl

2021 is the year of the sea shanty pic.twitter.com/ohOAGvkbtC

— Tim - Poster of Hugo Pics (@Beertheist) January 11, 2021

here's what Sue and Robert from the band think about all of this

Aw. I'm hoping Sue did or will do something with Underworld... In some notes to do with their year long "Drift" series one of the guys talks about discovering the album and meeting with Sue. There's apparently more Drift coming sometime.

Aw bless! Is that your piece GM?

Interesting (though not shocking) detail about not seeing a dime from the original US release of the CD. They must've gotten a little from the 2014 vinyl release? Should be able to do another run now.

Aw bless! Is that your piece GM?

Yes! Sorry for the self-promotion!

Not at all - good job getting in touch with them and thanks for sharing! <3

From the Guardian:

Life Without Buildings: in praise of the cult Glasgow band revived on TikTok
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/19/life-without-buildings-cult-glasgow-band-revived-on-tiktok-sue-tompkins

i have no idea why that piece mentions math rock and post hardcore. i don't see them in that lineage at all?

I always thought there was something mathy about LWB, FWIW (NB: not W very much), if I think about the airy chug of, say, "Daylighting" it's a comparison that makes sense to me. I don't think I know what "post-hardcore" is so I can't really comment on that but I do know that Jennifer Hodgson knows what's what.

Rhythmically I always heard some post-rock and math-y stuff in there.