North American tour cancelled unfortunately.
It is? Damn, haven't seen anything yet, will check...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 October 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
Yummy fur Tour of United States and Canada update. Unfortunately this tour has been cancelled. The decision was made a few weeks ago to not go ahead but the cancellation process has been convoluted and this news has been slow to surface. We have waited this long to give everyone involved time to put their house in order. We apologise to the many people who may already have made or be in the process of making travel and accommodation plans. The tour will hopefully be rescheduled for next year.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 24 October 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
Ah yes, see it now. Well that sucks.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 October 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
I don't know if it's partially down to seeing one of my favourite bands for the first time ever, or not having been to other gigs in the last decade, but fucking hell they were brilliant and I'm still smiling two days later.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 26 October 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
There is a good new interview here, explaining what they are up to generally
https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interviews/the-yummy-fur-interview-2019
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 26 October 2019 21:28 (four years ago) link
I am tempted to blog their whole discography on this thread, somebody please tell me not to do that.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 26 October 2019 21:31 (four years ago) link
I'm not gonna stop you. was cool to meet you the other night!
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 26 October 2019 22:36 (four years ago) link
well I can't type tonight but I just checked, "This Is Andrew Sinclair"? Just checked and I've randomly got that, some beetroot based single. I got all the late period shit, I'm missing the early stuff and would welcome and potentially contribute to any blog
― Jonathan Hellion Mumble, Saturday, 26 October 2019 22:56 (four years ago) link
(checked twice clearly, is how drunk I am...)
― Jonathan Hellion Mumble, Saturday, 26 October 2019 22:57 (four years ago) link
I've been through my collection and am now only missing
'Questionable Book Shoot' from Shared Stereo 7" compilationThe whole 1995 John Peel session
If anyone has any ideas on where to find these I would be very grateful.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 2 November 2019 22:46 (four years ago) link
I had that years ago but no more. Found it on Soulseek
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 2 November 2019 22:50 (four years ago) link
I will have a look on there again!
Also I still have no idea what was on those first two demo tapes (The Yummy Fur - 17 Tracks, The Edith Massey Eggsplosion, 17 Tracks) but presume that's the other stuff on Kinky Cinema. Someone on bandcamp is trying to sell four (skipping) tracks from the second tape for £2, all are on kinky cinema.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 2 November 2019 22:56 (four years ago) link
I've got Shared Stereo on mp3. Can do Dropbox or something?
Would also like to know what's on those tapes!
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 2 November 2019 23:18 (four years ago) link
Would be brilliant - james at centuriesofsound dot com !
Didn't find either on slsk, but there is a lot more yf on there than there was when i last checked in 2018
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 2 November 2019 23:30 (four years ago) link
> The whole 1995 John Peel session
there were two peel sessions on youtube when i looked (and one for someone else?)
― koogs, Saturday, 2 November 2019 23:32 (four years ago) link
can only find a 1998 session on Slsk
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 2 November 2019 23:36 (four years ago) link
sent you a Dropbox link - I've sent the whole thing - it's at 96 CBR but that's because it's mono, would be 192 in stereo
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 2 November 2019 23:39 (four years ago) link
I just put the 1995 Peel Session on Dropbox, along with scans from a contemporaneous zine interview. I sent the link to Camraderie/James, let me know if anyone else wants it.
― city worker, Sunday, 3 November 2019 15:09 (four years ago) link
Wow CP and city worker, think that is everything!
After listening I'm going to sort them and find something to do with them.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 3 November 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
i've been told that Questionable Book Shoot might be the same track as Shaggy from Kinky Cinema, possibly even the same recording
― PaulTMA, Sunday, 3 November 2019 19:09 (four years ago) link
I have come to the same conclusion, yup.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 3 November 2019 19:26 (four years ago) link
Alrighty then, going to do as threatened and turn this thread into a TYF listening thread. I've set up a Youtube account for the purpose, and tried & failed to get in touch with John / Jackie to get his permission to upload everything there.
If it's only me on this thread and occasional other posters then that should be ok, but should point out that most of the early tracks are less than a minute long anyway, so why not have a listen to (one of) my favourite band(s).
Let's start with some undated early demos later put on the 'Kinky Cinema' compilation, no idea when these are from, so putting them at the start as they sound raw and scratchy.
This is 'The Walt Disney Murder Club' - a good place to start as it explains what the group are about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-84mgoSjuYY
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 29 February 2020 15:39 (four years ago) link
you might try contacting here? https://www.instagram.com/mckeowntyler/
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 29 February 2020 15:50 (four years ago) link
Ah, there he is. Tyler now?
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 29 February 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link
Gimme Cigarettes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujFDyK5uiew
Pro-cigarette propaganda, not one of their best tbh, good melody on chorus though
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 1 March 2020 12:07 (four years ago) link
180bpm!
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 6 March 2020 00:37 (four years ago) link
Gimmick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poRypC7SIrU
A kind of carnival sound, still ends with "fuck you" - also, that drumming!
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 7 March 2020 22:52 (four years ago) link
Found a Girlfriend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuDes12wq9k
Very low-fi early demo, clearly from a warped tape, some good playing with rhythms, sounds a bit like early The Fall.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 9 March 2020 17:38 (four years ago) link
Oh and thanks Tracer Hand, I have been given the ok!
Nice :)
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 9 March 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link
The Dummy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jki2vNm5B0o
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 21:52 (four years ago) link
Prostitutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zrPBVMCMeE
I got prostitutes, prostitutes, prostitutes on my wallThat cheap Sam Fox from the telephone boxShe's not a barbie dollThese are real hard girls trying to make some cashWe are just dumb punksSteal their calling cards 'cause it makes us laughIt's very hard to grow up, yeah
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 10:02 (four years ago) link
I feel like I must have been assuming some kind of alternate persona when I made this thread. but 16+ years later and I'm still here and I still love this dumb band.
― fffv, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 17:11 (four years ago) link
They're not a joke pop band (yes I do accept that the surface of this band is much like a cartoon)
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 17:19 (four years ago) link
by which I mean yes!
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 17:20 (four years ago) link
Always a pleasure to listen to.
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 17:29 (four years ago) link
Yummy Fur vs The Stooges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0beBwTQoXg
Five seconds of noise, five seconds of silence, that's what yr getting.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 12 March 2020 09:11 (four years ago) link
The Monotony Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny-CICHcS0Q
An admittedly skippable one works well for a day when it's unlikely anyone wants to listen anyway.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 13 March 2020 15:06 (four years ago) link
Discord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UYRB7o4t24
A fast! cover version of the Peel session version of the Fire Engines original, actually great, just wish it were a bit longer.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 16 March 2020 12:16 (four years ago) link
(Still posting these despite everything because got to have some little spark of joy in my day)
Our Peppermint Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKCfxhSXzjQ
This one, I think, is quite Cardiacs.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 11:52 (four years ago) link
Thank you for posting these, Camaraderie. I'm following this and listening...
― city worker, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 14:32 (four years ago) link
Cheers city worker
This is Super-8 Recording
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz47ZyaX2Ys
Sounds cheeky
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 13:53 (four years ago) link
This is the last of the really early demos, however we are not going to move to much higher production values for quite a while.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 13:55 (four years ago) link
On to Music By Walt Disney But Played By Yuri Gagarin Thus A Political Record - their first proper release.
This is 'Goosebump' - bit of a low-key start to the EP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkzl9tVsCx8
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 19 March 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
Always thought it was funny how he nails the anxiety of the subject matter in the 7" version, but sound like he can't be bothered when it appears on Kinky Cinema
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 19 March 2020 22:15 (four years ago) link
I'm still hoping for a comprehensive list of single versions I need to track down.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 19 March 2020 22:21 (four years ago) link
The re-recordings of MBWDBPBYG tracks on Kinky Cinema are some of the weaker bits on there. I'm actually going to post the re-make of Father Ubu Says because of the way he changes the lyrics to ones about how much he hates the song.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 19 March 2020 22:53 (four years ago) link
"I was only 23 when I wrote it..." etc.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 19 March 2020 22:54 (four years ago) link
Shrinky-Dink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-j6e0b8Xgo
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 20 March 2020 12:09 (four years ago) link
Pink Pop Girls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OYXBbsWZjQ
Stuttering rhythms give way to a bit of low-fi power pop, then synthesis
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 09:23 (four years ago) link