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October 25, 2005
who said the world is a wedding
I love that so many of the ex-Black Eyes dudes are involved in electronic/ambient/soundscape type projects now: Hugh's got Hand Fed Babies (think of a more melodic Excepter), Jacob's got his (very awesome) Earthen Sea, and Sean, who runs Ruffian Records with Hugh, has FFFFs. 'Kissed' is a fantastic little piece, reminiscent of some of the instrumental cuts that Sufjan sometimes does (compare this with 'Tahquamenon Falls'), very light and graceful. This is chimes and gurgling rain, condensed, sort of the audio version of one of those time-lapse nature films. 'Kissed' also features what sounds like a low, nasal hum buried in the background, and the occasional slow static dissolve (it's quite an elegant track). Definitely check out some of the other FFFFs songs- and if you dig 'Kissed', you can purchase the Audio Zine CDR from Sockets CDR right here.
Well. Since Molars has surpassed 200-entry mark, I'm now eligible for syndication, according to the rules and regulations of the MBANA (mp3-blogging association of north america). So here's a re-run of a Liars song from about a year ago. Dreams of Horses has the scoop on the band's new single, due out at the end of next month ('It Fit When I Was A Kid'). Also, don't forget that Liars and Blood Brothers are putting out that split EP of Doors covers soon, on Hand Held Heart.
Liars - Peel Session - Catchy Like Brains on Gangs
This song is from the halcyon days of early-era Liars, when Pat Noecker and Ron Albertson were still with the band. Both tracks are from a 4-song Peel Session that they did in April of 2002, and neither was ever studio-recorded and released. 'Catchy Like Brains on Gangs' was widely regarded, during the first nationwide tour Liars did (when they played it out), as the best thing they had ever done, so it's a shame that it'll never see a hi-fidelity release. Let me know if I'm crazy, but I swear that the initial bass harmonics that Pat (or maybe it's just regular old guitar harmonics, via Aaron) plays in this song bear a pretty strong resemblance to the main riff in the Cars' 'Let's Go'. Aaron Hemphill's guitar alternately whines like a ______ (screaming celtic ghost), and grinds as hard as an oilless engine. It has the sweet-and-heavy feel that so many of their early songs had, and features what is possibly the first instance of Angus and Aaron's irredeemable love for looped vocals (see also: Radiohead's 'Everything in its right place', or 'Scatterbrain'). Classic.
Posted by Kevin at October 25, 2005 12:17 AM