Dry Cleaning

I am totally nicking "sturm und drang und sprechgesang" as old-mind scan-a-like substitute for "sex and drugs and rock'n'roll". Thanks matttkkkk, I promise I'll try to give credit.

i have a feeling that if they were the sorts to mug for the cameras they'd be a different and less good band

xp I am honoured to be quoted

Florence did have a funny little speech about how she thought the White House had a dome before they visited.

Live, it was very pleasurable to hear the band play loud, after being somewhat buried in the mix on the current album. They sound great!

i have a feeling that if they were the sorts to mug for the cameras they'd be a different and less good band

― imago,

otm -- she does mug, though! When I saw them at Pitchfork last summer, Shaw widened her eyes, looked histrionically left to right, etc.

she thought the White House had a dome before they visited.

future Walsh lyric

subtle mugging is good!

it gave us batman

The guitarist moved a lot at the Minneapolis show and made power rock fists at the audience after songs when people applauded his playing. Shaw made a comment about being unprofessional for an encore, bringing out a music stand with an iPad to read a lyric from, and seemed rather bashful when an audience member commented on her beautiful hair. Two audience members, one earnestly and the other repeating with not-quite irony, said "you guys are really good" at different points in the show. Just before departing the stage, Shaw went back to the mic and said "see you next time," as if some special bond had been achieved. A good time was had by all! (Actually I never saw the bassist or drummer smile, but maybe they just don't.)

I was lucky enough to stand near the abstract spot that Flo stares at to achieve dramatic distance, so it was oddly engaging.

distillation music

They were great in Austin last week, she was very animated during the show! We thought the opening guy Nourished by Time was pretty amazing, I'd definitely go see him again.

Liberty Log is haunting me

It’s a weird premise for a show, but I like it

Liberty Log is some world-class tension and release, many many post-rock bands should listen and learn

gary ashbyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
have you seen
garyyyyyyyyyyyyy
family tortoise

it was a bad surprise

"gary ashbyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
have you seen
garyyyyyyyyyyyyy
family tortoise"

it seems that hey aren't only ripping off the fall sound but also the lyrical content. i don't see any especial abour dc, one more from that current post punk lot

on the vocals, the main problem i find isn't that half spoken style but how mediocre her technique is in comparison with mes, lou reed or captain beefheart

i see

they're all dead though

chastened to be enjoying mediocre music

but glad to finally see some critical rigour on this internet board

Do not hear The Fall one little bit in them.

There is a current London group whose female singer I'd give generous and enthusiastic MES comparisons to, thing is it's Audiobooks not Dry Cleaning

Doesn't matter if they sound like them or not, the poster in question compares everything to the Fall and finds everything wanting.

"the poster in question compares everything to the Fall"

just like most of the dry cleaning reviews (not that i need them)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVo9CeuS9lY

I could go for an entire Florence + the producer guy from Sleaford Mods album

i love the concept but there's not enough florence. though it is funny how it's kind of like a guest verse on a rap song.

she should have had a guest verse at the state of the union

let's hope an american shooting not happening though

#trenchantsocialcommentary

Hot Penny Day (Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul Remix)

omg go OFF

She is a bit under-deployed on that, isn't she? I do like her faces in the video, though.

I like papal hotwife's suggestion.

Was there any build up to them playing various South American dates or is that a recognised part of a tour itinerary for a band these days. Really had no idea bands toured there until the recording of their Argentinan date turned up this morning.
I am seeing that Siouxsie played there in teh mid 80s but really wasn't aware of it as a destination for tours.
I guess there is going to be an audience for a popular band and the network of people talking about them will be worldwide since they are quite good. But logistics of affording to play and travel around the continent must be somewhat high, not just like jumping in a transit and going to Dover for the ferry to tie in with an existing tour network. or is it?

Apparently they played Mar Del plata and Buenos Aires, Chile and have 2 dates in Brazil.

I think I've heard of stadium gigs and festivals but not a smaller single date per town tour . Don't think I'd even been aware of US bands touring the various countries much either.

So there's audio on Dime for teh set in Mar del plata and a separate one for teh soundcheck and i saw that a video had been upped to youtube but the account that upped it had been closed.

I'm also aware that there is a Soul jazz compi of some post-punk bands from Brazil and may have seen posters for hardcore/metal bands from South America playing Galway but I think that would be part of a longer European tour and that would be more dates in a much smaller amount of space.
Just striking me that there are almost always going to be alternative scenes to the mainstream. But I just wasn't really aware of things in South America beyond the Tropicalia and post that individual recordings from brazil and taht Soul Jazz cd which I have somewhere cos it turned up in a sale somewhere.
If it is a more widespread thing now for bands from teh UK to be playing South American tours before they're stadium sized it is news to me.

Probably easier to get visas in South America than it is in the US!

bands play here all the time. it's 2020. get a grip.

^ play there. xpost

wasn't what the person who upped the recording was saying re UK bands at least