CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Very good on first listen. If the last album was minimalist R&B, then this has more than a hint of Burial. Turn the bass up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 how do you rate the 1st single? i liked the last album a lot but couldnt get in to the new song at all, just seemed something of nothing not going anywhere or doing anything if that makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturdaygig Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Get stoned, attend Stiff Little Fingers gig, wait for to be played. I recommend this course of action Got me listening to Inflamable Device all over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 The single 'Angels' is grand but by no means the stand out track on the album. I can see why people don't like it, though. It is very much stepped in electronic music, whereas the previous album was really R&B. So, a lot of the criticisms of 'not going anywhere' that would apply to a fair chunk of 21st electronic music are levelled at the album, which I can understand but disagree with. I think the songs do go places. It is more subtle an album than the last (yes, somehow they managed it) and will take a few listens to really appreciate it, but on my first listen i thought it was really rather good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 12, 2012 Moderator Share Posted September 12, 2012 I'm reserving my judgement on Coexist, haven't given it enough plays yet. Listening to it right now for the third time. In my mind they are primarily an album band. You have to listen to the whole album as an entity. Judging them on single output is rather futile as the majority of the time the singles are remixed and reworked by other artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 17, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2012 This Birmingham group consisted of core members Jeff Daw, James Langston, and Nigel Phillips with this line-up being supplemented by additional musicians as required. They were managed by Jim Simpson whose "Big Bear" agency included a number of other local groups such as Locomotive and later, Black Sabbath. Jim's bands used to be known locally as 'Jim Simpson's Big Bear Follies'. The original Tea & Symphony were basically an acoustic-based group similar to Marc Bolan's 'Tyrannosaurus Rex'. Tea & Symphony gained a reputation early on, for their strange stage-shows and presentation which included as much theatrical as musical content. They were probably the first local group to perform at Erdington's legendary Mothers club that opened in August of 1968. This internationally famous venue that specialized in booking the top "progressive" groups, was previously known as the Carlton Ballroom where a number of local acts including The Moody Blues had got their start in the early 1960's. In 1969, Tea & Symphony toured with progressive blues outfit Bakerloo who were from nearby Tamworth in Staffordshire. Both groups were signed to the Harvest Records label in 1969 and Tea & Symphony were able to record under the direction of producer Gus Dudgeon who had previously worked with the famous Nottingham group Ten Years After and would later produce records by Elton John. The resulting Tea & Symphony album, brilliantly and appropriately titled An Asylum For The Musically Insane certainly lived up to its name and was made up of nine original songs all composed by the group themselves. To describe the recordings as eccentric would be an extreme understatement and reviews in the music press ranged from "brilliant" to "self-indulgent" although the latter is probably a more accurate description. The album cast aside all commercial considerations with most of the tracks featuring weird vocal arrangements and a largely acoustic backing. Drums on the album were played by Bakerloo member Dave "Clem" Clempson with additional percussion and noises by producer Gus Dudgeon. Most of the songs were composed by Jeff Daw and one of them Armchair Theatre (a reference to the popular U.K. television series) was even put out as a single. The only almost "conventional" song on the album was The Come On which displayed a strong blues influence as well as some brilliant lead guitar. Brumbeat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted September 18, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 18, 2012 Just got the NFL Films box set... I know what I'll be listening to for the next month or so. And I'll be listening to it tonight in memory of the great Steve Sabol... Forearm Shiver Pony Soldiers 75 Seasons Suite (if I'm not mistaken a few cues from this suite were used in the Villa season ticket holders DVD about 5 or so years ago) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 19, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 19, 2012 Autumn always puts me in a progressive rock mood, so it's The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Kool Keith, Roc Marciano, AG & OC From DITC, Kurious and Dave Dar. The only Hip Hop record I've bought this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 20, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 20, 2012 Continuing my 'Prog Week'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Roy Budd - 'The Black Windmill' OST Michael Caine & together again a couple of years after 'Get Carter'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted September 24, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 24, 2012 Muse will be streaming their latest album, The 2nd Law, from tonight. The songs are already making their way onto Youtube, so I'm listening to a few now, having already heard 'Madness' and 'Unsustainable' (the latter of which I like very much; I think it's an interesting direction for the band to go in). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Grizzly Bear - Shields Calexico - Algiers Both very very good indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 'Shields' is fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Can now add... Thee Oh Sees - Putrifiers II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted September 24, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 24, 2012 Cracking band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 24, 2012 Moderator Share Posted September 24, 2012 Agreed Si, a real musos band too, never really given the credit they deserved partly because Andy Partridge has the worst case of stage fright known to man,so they were never really promoted properly You have inspired me to play English Settlement Whilst I build record shelves from that Swedish furniture shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Muse will be streaming their latest album, The 2nd Law, from tonight. The songs are already making their way onto Youtube, so I'm listening to a few now, having already heard 'Madness' and 'Unsustainable' (the latter of which I like very much; I think it's an interesting direction for the band to go in). Am loving the track 'Supremacy'. An electro-rock thumping track with hints of Zepellin, Bond themes and a nod to ELO. And Survival, which I thought a poor effort when I first heard it, actually sounds good and a grower when heard in the context of the album. And the boy Wolstenholme gets to warble on 'Save Me' and 'Liquid State'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I thought this thread was for c d/ vinyl, not downloads or streams? Anyhoo, I got this on vinyl today... It's rather good considering Mike Love is involved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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