https://www.npr.org/2021/05/06/993931617/new-wave-post-punk-brexit-squid-dry-cleaning-black-country-new-road
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1waonK4xk9LtxR73hdcelV?si=a0d59b4c7cec45cc
― alpine static, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 19:43 (two years ago) link
Post-Brexit is unsatisfying. ILX can do better.
All of these albums just make me want to listen to this song by Ought:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-KdrAVh52I
― Indexed, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 21:48 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I get the impulse but tying it directly to "post-Brexit" seems like a good way to ensure this whole scene is dated in amber and subject to an expiration date and I think some of this stuff deserves better.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
I think it goes well beyond London and the UK even. There's definitely a big upsurge in post-punk revivalism at the moment and I'm not quite sure what's spurred it. Some of the bands have been around a while, yeah, but it feels more like a "thing" now
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 22:16 (two years ago) link
squid are good but the others are largely not
― ufo, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 22:37 (two years ago) link
good to know, thanks
― alpine static, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 23:24 (two years ago) link
dry cleaning are also good
more discussion here best out of the current-ish crop of post-punk bands people and algorithms keep telling you to listen to
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 23:29 (two years ago) link
the moment in Paddling where they shift to double time for the rest of the song is so good
― frogbs, Thursday, 9 September 2021 03:21 (two years ago) link
the guy totally is doing a MES / Byrne / Hell / ?mashup thing… or maybe just James Murphy, lol. The music sounds good, but the vox are a big impediment for me (even though I like some of those other singers).Like ufo, I hear plenty of Talking Heads in the gtr – but yeah the grooves are stiffer
― tumblin’ dice outro (morrisp), Thursday, 9 September 2021 04:23 (two years ago) link
my first impression was that he was doing both XTC vocalists circa-White Music at once.
can definitely see why some people might not be able to get past that but I think he's good for this group. plus the decision to make his voice so crisp & up front is pretty interesting. usually they try to bury singers like that a little
― frogbs, Thursday, 9 September 2021 12:14 (two years ago) link
or maybe just James Murphy, lol.― tumblin’ dice outro (morrisp), Wednesday, September 8, 2021 11:23 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― tumblin’ dice outro (morrisp), Wednesday, September 8, 2021 11:23 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
See: "Peel St"
― Indexed, Thursday, 9 September 2021 14:09 (two years ago) link
what's the deal with the cover art and inserts? are they AI generated?
― frogbs, Friday, 10 September 2021 13:10 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RooBTIwG13c
still good at their thing
― ufo, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 20:16 (one year ago) link
i find it very annoying, the vocals
― CerebralCaustic, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 23:56 (one year ago) link
really love the video - as soon as that first guy walked across I was like "hmm that looks kinda green screened, some crazy stuff's probably gonna happen"
― frogbs, Thursday, 9 February 2023 15:13 (one year ago) link
new album is more of the same but they're still great at what they do so i'm happy with it
― ufo, Friday, 9 June 2023 01:47 (ten months ago) link
My favourite of the three new albums I've heard tonight (Boos and um McFly the others). Weirdly I didn't even know this was being released until two days ago whereas the first album I interviewed Ollie about four months in advance. I feel a bit dizzy now I'm out from under this rock.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 9 June 2023 02:10 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sohyi1AjieE
new song, an outtake from the last album. wish it'd been on the album though, that being on the short side is one of the few issues i had with it
― ufo, Thursday, 25 January 2024 07:16 (three months ago) link
being short was good, imo the issue was a lot of it was unmemorable. RYM likes it as much as the first though so maybe I'll give it another go
― frogbs, Thursday, 25 January 2024 14:30 (three months ago) link
it wasn't quite as great as the first but i still really liked it
― ufo, Thursday, 25 January 2024 14:39 (three months ago) link
squid are the only windmill band i follow. and the 20 something rock band i have the most goodwill towards (knew em before they wuz big, interviewed ollie in early 2021 - lovely guy, etc.) so it's probably quite bad i still haven't seen them live.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 25 January 2024 15:54 (three months ago) link