The Necks Poll

I just searched the ReR site for "Necks": https://www.rermegacorp.com/
...and noticed they actually also sell the physical boxed set there for 60 pounds (8 CDs, although the product listing incorrectly says 7 CDs). And they sell "Chemist" and "Aether" individually (and "Sex", "Mosquito/See Through" double set, "Aquatic" and "Open") but those aren't on sale. 60 pounds = $80 (USD).

Damnit now the Brisbane set I went to seems positively boring! not really though, great set, don't know if they played the same material in melbs/hobart but the 10-15ish minute mark of the second set took my breath away. playing with those two simply chords on the piano but so beautiful my god.

Cor, that £20 for 4 CDs is a steal - thanks for the heads-up, ernestp.

The Necks are my most comically tragic "miss every time" band. I think I was supposed to see them 3 or 4 different times over the years, twice with actual tickets in hand, but something came up every time (most recently, the thing that "came up" was the pandemic!)

I took the deep dive and got the 8CD set, loving it

(well, a digital version, but still)

Townsville is WAY underrated.

Agreed!

― toby, Wednesday, January 26, 2022 2:48 AM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink

Heard this one for the first time a few days ago and I'm obsessed. It has the mystical sunny ambient vibe of Aether with the sonic purity of the piano/bass/drums live setup. Of course the one I sleep on turns out to be one of their best

open is fucking incredible yoga music lmao. it almost has this really distilled essence of, like, rock music to it in parts, a neu! vibe.

kind of weird but cool seeing transit in rock mag eoy lists this year.