Oh, this is marvelous.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 9 June 2022 10:50 (one year ago) link
yeah this is stellar
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 9 June 2022 11:38 (one year ago) link
nice! this is unexpected, preview is great. can't wait.
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Thursday, 9 June 2022 13:56 (one year ago) link
I like the first track. It's been interesting to see Prekop evolve as an electronic musician. Each release seems to get more and more focused (and I hear a lot McEntire's stamp on this too).
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 9 June 2022 16:53 (one year ago) link
I thought the year in the title was 2002
― calstars, Thursday, 9 June 2022 17:41 (one year ago) link
time doesn't exist, so yes i see 2002 as well.
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Thursday, 9 June 2022 18:26 (one year ago) link
This sounds great.
TIOJR: Sam Prekop was born in the UK.
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Thursday, 9 June 2022 19:24 (one year ago) link
That’s pretty slick, hope there’s a vinyl release
― frogbs, Thursday, 9 June 2022 21:16 (one year ago) link
no vinyl as yet, tho there was a limited-to-100 cassette that's already gone.
and yeah: this is good. vaguely reminiscent of caverns of anti-matter and other nameless 90s white label downtempo jams. already been bnm'd too. good lookin, phil.
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 23:28 (one year ago) link
the way this turns into a fake 80s r+b song @ ~10mins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHGtJBQya3I
real good, real nice. prob fav moment on the whole thing.
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 23:53 (one year ago) link
hahaha love the album cover
― frogbs, Saturday, 30 July 2022 23:14 (one year ago) link
oh man this is sweet
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 30 July 2022 23:48 (one year ago) link
yeah its good. never in a million years would've guessed who made it
― frogbs, Saturday, 30 July 2022 23:51 (one year ago) link
at some points, it feels like a mixtape of sea and cake demos. like i'm thinking of songs like "new patterns", "inn keeping", "fuller moon", "the invitations" — those songs they sometimes do that morph towards the end into synth vamps. this album is full of just those parts. it's really fun.
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Sunday, 31 July 2022 00:02 (one year ago) link
Just cottoned on to this album, I love it. Sorta Lindstrom vibes on some of it.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 2 September 2022 14:51 (one year ago) link
Weird. Can't find a copy in the UK (well, I've looked online in four shops).
― djh, Saturday, 3 September 2022 09:04 (one year ago) link
I don’t know about LPs, but CDs were apparently limited to …. 100 copies! Yikes. Keeping my fingers crossed for a reissue, eventually.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 4 September 2022 12:31 (one year ago) link
It was the cassette that was limited to 100, the CD is "very limited" but the quantity was never clarified.
― Evan, Sunday, 4 September 2022 13:31 (one year ago) link
Ah, my mistake! Thanks.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 4 September 2022 14:17 (one year ago) link
Every time I play this I hear some new element.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 4 September 2022 14:48 (one year ago) link
I see Prekop has *another* album out https://samprekop.bandcamp.com/album/the-sparrow
― giraffe, Monday, 5 September 2022 10:12 (one year ago) link
The track that you can play is nice.
― djh, Monday, 5 September 2022 15:50 (one year ago) link
yep, he's been especially busy. looking forward to this one too!
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Thursday, 15 September 2022 16:22 (one year ago) link
this record is awesome
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 17 September 2022 04:34 (one year ago) link
It really is
― Tim F, Saturday, 17 September 2022 05:02 (one year ago) link
Weird. Convinced myself that I pre-ordered The Sparrow but can't find any evidence of this, at all! This happens more than it should ...
― djh, Saturday, 17 September 2022 07:44 (one year ago) link
Oh, I did. Boomkat has it in the UK.
― djh, Saturday, 17 September 2022 07:47 (one year ago) link
I just ordered the CD from Amoeba, $19.99, free shipping
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 19 September 2022 19:20 (one year ago) link
Sons Of would make for a neat little 10" imo
― Evan, Monday, 19 September 2022 19:27 (one year ago) link
dunno if you could get a 23 minute track on a 10"
you could do a 10" + 12". wonder how many albums actually get released that way.
― frogbs, Monday, 19 September 2022 19:53 (one year ago) link
Oh right
― Evan, Monday, 19 September 2022 20:19 (one year ago) link
Just realized that (unless something changes between now and year’s end) I’m gonna wind up with two albums featuring members of Tortoise in my top ten album’s list
This probably has happened before, but it’s been a while
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 28 September 2022 11:53 (one year ago) link
Stumbled upon this
http://vishkhanna.com/2022/07/21/ep-704-sam-prekop-and-john-mcentire/
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 7 October 2022 19:46 (one year ago) link
I was very surprised to see that this wasn't nominated for the EOY poll, thought people were really into this record
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 23 January 2023 15:36 (one year ago) link
it was, i voted it
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 23 January 2023 15:40 (one year ago) link
Oh cool
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 23 January 2023 15:45 (one year ago) link
i figured other folks would rep for it. i liked it, but was just into other stuff in the second half of the year.
but ya: it's fun, good, and worthwhile.
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Monday, 23 January 2023 16:02 (one year ago) link
I'll admit it's a while since I've listened to it, but my memory of a golden summer evening with it was enough to win my vote.
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Monday, 23 January 2023 16:24 (one year ago) link
It's on my ballot
― enochroot, Monday, 23 January 2023 16:58 (one year ago) link
So ... what other artists / records sound like this one? Enlighten me, please.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 06:58 (one year ago) link
This?
― enochroot, Friday, 7 April 2023 20:02 (one year ago) link
Loving this
https://samprekop.bandcamp.com/album/a-yellow-robe-remixes
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 6 October 2023 12:53 (six months ago) link
Hey, everyone?
CDs are back in stock!!!
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 27 October 2023 23:06 (five months ago) link
This album still rules.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Sunday, 31 March 2024 18:56 (two weeks ago) link
I just stumbled upon this, from 2019
https://samprekopjohnmcentiremapstation.bandcamp.com/track/kreuzung
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 31 March 2024 19:21 (two weeks ago) link
I didnt realize they made a vinyl pressing of this, might have to grab that
― frogbs, Sunday, 31 March 2024 19:22 (two weeks ago) link
I must check this out. It totally passed me by at the time. I've been listening to Prekop's "Comma" album a lot lately again. That was a lockdown favourite.
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 19:22 (two weeks ago) link
This allbum is so so good
― Davey D, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 19:55 (two weeks ago) link
yeah, it's one of my all-time "not my normal zone but i love this so, so much" albums.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 20:57 (two weeks ago) link
co-sign. I'd normally listen to something like this once or twice, but this one really withstands unlimited repeats. (another album in this sweet spot for me is also a tortoise-adjacent project: Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy)
― enochroot, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 21:31 (two weeks ago) link
thread revive prompted a revisit: yep, still good as heck. so satisfying too ― even for these guys, it's a peak.
cover also has me thinking of a thread idea: album covers that perfectly represent the music.
(maybe it's already been done?)
(also i may be speaking from experience: mute the proper audio + play this album as the soundtrack for a "funny cats" compilation youtube video. it works.)
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 22:31 (two weeks ago) link