Yeah after I posted that last night I listened to STTIMS in its entirety and I'm pretty certain it's just perfect. I do also really like She Hangs Brightly but don't reach for that as often. Never really got into the 3rd album.
― Fennec fox which does grooming (ENBB), Friday, 19 June 2009 15:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah the 3rd album was a huge letdown for me at the time.
― baaderonixx, Friday, 19 June 2009 15:18 (fourteen years ago) link
First album is a stroke of genius, the perfect mix of druggy/hazy psych and folky beauty.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Friday, 19 June 2009 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
The only thing letdown I experienced from Among My Swan was due to the godawful title! I don't see where the big quality dropoff claims are rooted, being that it should have been pretty obvious to anyone who had been listening from the beginning (of MS or, better yet, going back to the band's days as Opal) that Roback et al only had a few tricks up his sleeve, which he just cycled through as needed on his albums. As such, any expectations for an evolutionary step forward from STTIMS would have been sorely misguided.
For the uninitiated, check out Opal's Early Recordings. You will not be disappointed.
― lol? I nearly wtb 1 (Pillbox), Friday, 19 June 2009 19:37 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't see where the big quality dropoff claims are rooted
I know every song on STTIMS, but I can only remember one on AMS despite many listens.
― Jesus Christ, Chiropractor at Law (res), Friday, 19 June 2009 19:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm still in love with Hope Sandoval's voice. They're music being quite simple I've never understood why I get completely immersed when listening to them. It's like the musical equivalent to heroine for me. And it's not nostalgia fueled either... I started listening to them about 5 years ago. Wish I was there when they still existed.
― Moka, Friday, 19 June 2009 20:45 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't really care for their homogeneity, either.
― Moka, Friday, 19 June 2009 20:46 (fourteen years ago) link
hope's warm jets album is way better than the last mazzy record.
― tylerw, Friday, 19 June 2009 20:52 (fourteen years ago) link
I can only remember one on AMS despite many listens
I got 3! 'Flowers in December', 'Disappear' and 'Take Everything'. But yeah, haven't a clue what else was on it.
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Friday, 19 June 2009 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
wow Hope Sandoval announces that a new Mazzy Star will come out.
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 21:11 (fourteen years ago) link
wow! got a link?
― Mike Crandle, Financial Analyst, Bear Stearns, New York, NY 10185 (res), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Didn't see that comin'.
― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 21:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Heard something about this today, forget where. I thought it was just a solo release.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 21:15 (fourteen years ago) link
eh? all i got was this: http://www.mbvmusic.com/new-hope-sandoval-mp3-blanchard/11677
― tylerw, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 21:16 (fourteen years ago) link
(new warm inventions mp3)
I got this in my mail today. Sorry bout the formatting...don't have time to fix:
Since the release of Mazzy Star's debut album She Hangs Brightly, Hope Sandoval has defined the sound and style of California psychedelic dream pop. The world took notice when the breakthrough single "Fade Into You" (from sophomore album So Tonight That I Might See) hit the airwaves and MTV heavy rotation. Sandoval's trademark vocals helped to make her a modern day music icon. Now the revered singer returns along side My Bloody Valentine's Colm O'Ciosoig to deliver her long awaited sophomore album Through The Devil Softly on September 1.Over the past decade, the sought after vocalist has collaborated with artists from across the musical landscape: The Jesus & Mary Chain, Air, Death in Vegas, The Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack and Bert Jansch, to count a few.In 2001, she joined Colm O'Ciosoig to form Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions and release their debut Bavarian Fruit Bread. Now on Through The Devil Softly, the definitive star of the Paisley Underground scene reignites her trademark sound in an epic journey across the 11-song album. The project continues the laid-back, slowcore sound they are renowned for and places Sandoval's sensuous, hypnotic voice in the forefront. Recorded in both Northern California and the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland, the spare, subtle arrangements reinforce Sandoval's gentle vocal style.An extensive North American tour is planned for Fall 09, with dates in the UK and Europe to follow.Grab the lead track 'Blanchard' instantly below:Blanchard Mp3Hope Sandoval MyspaceHope Sandoval Facebook
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 21:20 (fourteen years ago) link
that's about the Warm Inventions, not Mazzy Star though.
― Mike Crandle, Financial Analyst, Bear Stearns, New York, NY 10185 (res), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Sorry should have provided the link: http://pitchfork.com/news/35854-mazzy-stars-hope-sandoval-returns-with-new-album
The last paragraph. It does sound a bit vague but yeah this is pretty unexpected.
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 9 July 2009 06:15 (fourteen years ago) link
the definitive star of the Paisley Underground scene
love hope but this is twaddle
― c.c. crabcock (electricsound), Thursday, 9 July 2009 06:18 (fourteen years ago) link
mazzy star should release a split single with mbv
― c.c. crabcock (electricsound), Thursday, 9 July 2009 06:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Of course, it's perfectly safe to make this claim, because Kendra Smith is off the grid.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 9 July 2009 06:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i guess
― c.c. crabcock (electricsound), Thursday, 9 July 2009 06:48 (fourteen years ago) link
i shall take this moment to point out that suki ewers' solo album, derivative of mazzy/galaxie that it is, is completely gorgeous
― c.c. crabcock (electricsound), Thursday, 9 July 2009 06:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Hope Sandoval has collaborated with Massive Attack in the past!? What? When?
― Moka, Thursday, 9 July 2009 07:43 (fourteen years ago) link
tis forthcoming apparently
― c.c. crabcock (electricsound), Thursday, 9 July 2009 07:53 (fourteen years ago) link
hey this Warm Inventions record is pretty good!
― Jack Kirby's Orangutan Surfing Civilization (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 November 2009 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link
actually a good deal more diverse and dreamier than Mazzy Star, not as monotone in its instrumentation and production style
― Jack Kirby's Orangutan Surfing Civilization (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 November 2009 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
The new one or the one from earlier this decade? Haven't heard the new one, but I'd dare to say I like the first Warm Inventions record better than *any* Mazzy Star record. Not that I don't like Mazzy ...
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 November 2009 17:36 (fourteen years ago) link
the new one, Through the Devil Softly
― Jack Kirby's Orangutan Surfing Civilization (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 November 2009 17:43 (fourteen years ago) link
I like the first Warm Inventions record better than *any* Mazzy Star record
Wow, high praise. I should check that out.
― sleeve, Thursday, 19 November 2009 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I guess I just think it's a little less one-note than Mazzy was/is. There's some kinda slinky.sexy stuff, some folkier stuff (w/ Bert Jansch!) and some MBV-dronier stuff (the final track). Not that it's all over the map or anything -- still dreamy/sleepy as hell throughout.
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 November 2009 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
anyhoo, these days, if I'm in the mood for Sandoval I'll usually put that one on. If I'm in the mood for Roback I'll put on Opal.
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 November 2009 20:26 (fourteen years ago) link
I agree - I listen to both Sandoval albums way more than Mazzy Star. The new one is really nice.
The show was awful, though - she walked off after 3 songs, came back in 20 minutes, did two more songs and then left for good. geez.
― derrrick, Friday, 20 November 2009 08:16 (fourteen years ago) link
the two EPs she released around the time of the first album should not be overlooked - the non-LP tracks are very very good too, particularly 'i thought you'd fall for me'
― indie spare (electricsound), Friday, 20 November 2009 08:19 (fourteen years ago) link
So, while we were out for a few days, some rather momentous news so if you'll allow me to link to myself here...
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2011/10/mazzy_star_announce_reunion_si.php
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 October 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
the hardest working band in showbiz is BACK! excited. clips sound like mazzy star!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 19 October 2011 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
(But what did happen to Kendra Smith, anyway?)
most important line in article ^^^
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 19 October 2011 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
Too kind.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 October 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
great news, hope they make a new album
― Bee OK, Thursday, 20 October 2011 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
wow! excited
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 20 October 2011 03:01 (twelve years ago) link
Actually quite pleased with the idea of a new Mazzy Star album.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
the hardest working band in showbiz is BACK!
p sure that title belongs to MBV iirc
psyched for this btw
― HOOTERS FOOD AND BEVERAGE (Pillbox), Thursday, 20 October 2011 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
Looking forward to this. The clips are excellent (as is the cover). Opal/Mazzy Star are one of the few groups with explicitly blues elements that I truly like!
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 20 October 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
:D
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Thursday, 20 October 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
p sure that title belongs to MBV iirci dunno, relatively speaking, MBV have worked their asses off in the past few years.
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 October 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
Magick Power is one for the repeat button. Mind Blowing.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Friday, 21 October 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
listened to these guys last night. one thing i was wondering -- i remember having So Tonight That I May See (on cassette!) for like a year before "Fade Into You" hit big. Why did it hit big? Was it in a movie or something? Just seemed like a slow. meandering path to a hit single. maybe that suits this band perfectly.
― tylerw, Friday, 21 October 2011 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
Sez Wikipedia:
The American branch of Rough Trade folded in 1991, but Mazzy Star's contract was picked up by Capitol, who re-issued the first album and put out the follow-up, So Tonight That I Might See in 1993. A year after its release, the album yielded an unexpected hit single, the wispy "Fade into You", a top 50 single in both the US and the UK
Kinda things do happen.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 October 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
still haven't checked out the new songs but I felt so let down by Swans that I'm not sure whether I should
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 21 October 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
needed 4 seconds to fall in love with 'Lay myself down'
― meisenfek, Friday, 21 October 2011 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
Mazzy Star were EVERYTHING to me in the early 90s, and led me to the wonders of Opal too. I'm really shocked.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:27 (four years ago) link
RIP
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:37 (four years ago) link
RIP. She Hangs Brightly is all-time.
― Har Mar Klobuchar (PBKR), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 02:55 (four years ago) link
some of the druggiest music ever made, it hangs in its own special hazy sweet spot and practically makes the walls drip when it's playing
(meant as high praise)
― sleeve, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 03:11 (four years ago) link
The guitar tone of "Ghost Highway".
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 05:57 (four years ago) link
This is horrible news. He meant a lot to the LA scene. RIP
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 06:44 (four years ago) link
https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-02-25/david-roback-mazzy-star-dead
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 07:21 (four years ago) link
No way... This really sucks. Amazing sounds and moods.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 09:56 (four years ago) link
Being quietly destroyed here by Still and Seasons of Your Day - inevitably I spent less time with them than the early records but there's no loss of magic.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 12:14 (four years ago) link
Cause of death is cancer. :-((
― nathom, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 12:53 (four years ago) link
god these records sound SO GOOD, so much space, great sound, everything
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 17:33 (four years ago) link
yeah Among My Swan was sounding fantastic last night — I kind of slotted that one as the weakest of their original three records, but I think I was wrong. Just a totally enveloping soundworld/mood.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 18:25 (four years ago) link
“I wanted to make music that I felt and if people liked it, fine, otherwise the music would be enough reward.”
― Har Mar Klobuchar (PBKR), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 18:39 (four years ago) link
Only just heard this news, fucking hell
― ymo sumac (NickB), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 19:15 (four years ago) link
Extremely good article here, many reflections from friends and collaborators:
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-03-06/david-roback-mazzy-star-susanna-hoffs-opal-cancer
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 6 March 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link
:(https://reverb.com/item/44135848-1968-fender-telecaster-guitar-blonde-w-bigsby-owned-by-david-roback-44566
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 9 September 2021 12:37 (two years ago) link