And with Uncle Earl, too. Her family sounds interesting.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 13:36 (three years ago) link
Is this widely available (in the UK) yet? CD seems to have been on order for an age ...
― djh, Saturday, 6 March 2021 12:09 (three years ago) link
I think it’s come and gone (I’ve missed it too) - the place I had it on order from said they’ve been told “they’ll be front of the queue if there’s a re-press”. Al though the ba da bing bandcamp is still selling them if you’re prepared to stump up postage from the US.
― Tim, Thursday, 11 March 2021 11:24 (three years ago) link
Ah, yes. We may have ordered from the same shop!
― djh, Thursday, 11 March 2021 12:31 (three years ago) link
I've ordered it twice - once from Sister Ray and once from Reflex in Newcastle. Haven't heard back from the latter but I would be surprised if it arrived now.
Actually it turns out the total cost of ordering it direct from the ba da bing Bandcamp, even with postage from the US, is roughly the same so I might give that a go.
― Tim, Thursday, 11 March 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link
Just received the CD copy of EP which I ordered via Bandcamp (with little handwritten note from her) - very happy to have it
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 21:49 (three years ago) link
It's showing as a "pre-order" at Norman Records now though still just "unavailable" at Sister Ray.
Did Ba Da Bing just under estimate the demand for this, I wonder?
I'm still at the "play at least once everyday" phase ... though, sadly, via Spotify. (I have the CD on order).
― djh, Monday, 29 March 2021 20:06 (three years ago) link
FYI I ordered the CD (to the UK) through the Ba Da Bing bandcamp and it arrived the other day - the order seems to have been sent from Melodic records (the label) in Manchester so maybe they still have a few? Wish I’d known, there are a couple of things I want from Melodic and it would have been good to save on postage!
― Tim, Monday, 29 March 2021 21:57 (three years ago) link
I think the PR is associated to Melodic.
― djh, Monday, 29 March 2021 22:20 (three years ago) link
This is very pretty music
― Indexed, Monday, 5 April 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
Did anyone actually receive this from Sister Ray? Only just occurred to me to check and it is showing as "In Stock" there.
― djh, Friday, 21 May 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
Anyhow. This remains my favourite album of 2021, so far. I don't have a good sense of what I want to say about it, though.
― djh, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 20:42 (two years ago) link
This is really great! FYI if you are in the US and still looking, I was able to get a CD copy from Midheaven.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 20:48 (two years ago) link
Still my favorite album of 2021, too. Some of it ("Ambiguous Norway") reminds me a lot of Bon Iver's self-titled album, albeit more restrained.
― Indexed, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link
certainly a contender for my favourite this year
― ufo, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 22:49 (two years ago) link
Liking this - Live on KEXP at home - a lot (Have just skipped to the songs so far):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg_ijQmHVPo
― djh, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 10:44 (two years ago) link
^I was watching this last nite; nice performances for sure.
― search term: buttrock (morrisp), Thursday, 24 June 2021 17:57 (two years ago) link
(she also seems like a cool person, for whatever that's worth)
― search term: buttrock (morrisp), Thursday, 24 June 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
Yeah, yeah she does.
― djh, Thursday, 24 June 2021 19:36 (two years ago) link
She's an interesting artist: has been recording a while, but has only released one full-length LP, plus various EPs and singles. It feels like she sort of focuses on "minor statements" instead of grand gestures, and records when inspiration strikes (maybe approaching music-making similar to how a visual artist works?).
― search term: buttrock (morrisp), Friday, 25 June 2021 01:11 (two years ago) link
Then again, I guess multiple EPs & singles are pretty common these days (on every level of the biz).
― search term: buttrock (morrisp), Friday, 25 June 2021 01:12 (two years ago) link
i've listened to this album while on sunset walks a dozen times since spring -- i'm not sure it would make sense to me in any other context now -- and it's easily my favorite new record in a long while
― Clay, Friday, 25 June 2021 01:35 (two years ago) link
this year's album was her second full-length though?
― ufo, Friday, 25 June 2021 03:03 (two years ago) link
I guess you’re right, it is being referred to as an album (I’ve been thinking of it as an EP; it doesn’t quite feel album-y to me).
― search term: buttrock (morrisp), Friday, 25 June 2021 03:23 (two years ago) link
Taken me a while to get round to this but damn it's beautiful. Perfect as the evenings draw in and the year wheels into autumn.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 4 September 2021 18:35 (two years ago) link
I've returned to this after a bit of a break and ... it's utterly magical.
― djh, Saturday, 2 October 2021 19:31 (two years ago) link
I think the record this reminds me of most is Stina Nordenstam's Memories of a Color. It's warmer overall, but has a similar coherence of vision and emotional tone.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 4 October 2021 20:41 (two years ago) link
She’s got a new EP out that seems to contain demos and other stuff related to the last album.
― apparent beef squash (morrisp), Sunday, 21 November 2021 02:32 (two years ago) link
Great alt lyric (from the demo):Call me MichelangeloI’m a Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtleMy DNA looks pretty strangeMust be something in the water
― apparent beef squash (morrisp), Sunday, 21 November 2021 02:35 (two years ago) link
Is that the real lyrics?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 21 November 2021 04:10 (two years ago) link
Yes!
― apparent beef squash (morrisp), Sunday, 21 November 2021 04:28 (two years ago) link
I think I may actually prefer this to the album itself (...which still feels more like an EP to me, although it does squeak over the 30 min. mark). Obviously it's more "for fans," though, not a starting point.
― apparent beef squash (morrisp), Sunday, 21 November 2021 19:05 (two years ago) link
Buying this tee immediately!
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0240/6114/9236/products/turtleshirt_720x.png?v=1634748579
― katebishopfan616 (morrisp), Friday, 3 December 2021 17:39 (two years ago) link
The alternate version of the album is very good.
― djh, Friday, 3 December 2021 19:03 (two years ago) link
Aware of this?
https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/cassandra-jenkins/the-ramble-morning-and-night-ep
― djh, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 20:03 (two years ago) link
I wasn't!
― Rockin’, and rollin’, and whatnot (morrisp), Wednesday, 19 January 2022 20:14 (two years ago) link
Is the alternate version actually available (in the UK)? Website I've ordered from says the CD was available in November ... but it hasn't arrived.
― djh, Thursday, 27 January 2022 21:01 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkGu3F5gAX4
new track for a label comp
― ufo, Friday, 25 March 2022 08:05 (two years ago) link
Did anyone hear The Ramble (Morning and Night)?
― djh, Thursday, 31 March 2022 21:22 (one year ago) link
Strange, I've not even seen a link to it.
― djh, Thursday, 7 April 2022 20:16 (one year ago) link
It's not even on her Bandcamp (I do see it at Rough Trade).
― ass time permits (morrisp), Thursday, 7 April 2022 20:49 (one year ago) link
Ta. Yeah, I can see it at Rough Trade in the US and UK but there don't appear to be clips from it. I'm intrigued but would like to hear some of it before shelling out £20.
― djh, Thursday, 7 April 2022 20:58 (one year ago) link
Weird - still haven't managed to hear it. It's seven quid off at Rough Trade (UK), by the way.
― djh, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 20:48 (one year ago) link
Eventually ordered this despite not having a working record player and Ba Da Bing were decent enough to send me a download when I explained this! Haven't really been in the space to absorb it properly despite having played "An Overview ..." and "(An Overview on) An Overview ..." a lot this week.
― djh, Wednesday, 1 June 2022 21:50 (one year ago) link
Just saw her live at End of the Road festival. I love this album - my favourite of the last year or two - & was a little worried that it wouldn't really translate (particularly to a festival stage) but, no, she was amazing, easily the best thing I saw. Captured that soundworld and she really finds the songs, if that makes sense, emotional, charismatic, cathartic - ok it was the Sunday of a hard weekend but I was near tears.
― woof, Monday, 5 September 2022 18:19 (one year ago) link
https://cassandrajenkins.bandcamp.com/album/chale-jaana-cassandra-jenkins-suhail-yusuf-khan-live
(Would be £16.35 postage to the UK, which I can't really justify.)
― djh, Friday, 2 December 2022 08:12 (one year ago) link