Oh don't worry, I have already had the pleasure of Broadcast live this year, at ULU in, uh, June or something. And they were fucking splendid. I've just decided, big-hearted fool that I am, to forfeit my place this evening for the benefit of someone who hasn't seen 'em yet. And for the benefit of my ailing liver, natch.
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 17:08 (twenty years ago) link
― ArfArf, Wednesday, 10 December 2003 17:24 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 17:29 (twenty years ago) link
i assume you mean 'Hammer Without A Master' - on record there are no vocals but Keenan took to doing some extremely brittle banshee-style wailing at the start of it when played live. this is probably the furthest she goes in evoking real emotion on stage but her 'jilted science girl' style is still kinda appealing elsewhere.
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 17:32 (twenty years ago) link
― ArfArf, Wednesday, 10 December 2003 17:49 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 18:01 (twenty years ago) link
Of course she's not remotely in the same league as Alison Goldrapp as a singer, technically. Even, say, the girls in Ladytron, whose voices sound a little weak on their records, are much more convincing live (although that is no doubt partly because they know their limitations and are more determined to stay within them. Trish was attempting a lot of lower-register stuff that probably took a number of takes to get right on the record, and she struggled badly).
― ArfArf, Wednesday, 10 December 2003 18:22 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 18:37 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 18:40 (twenty years ago) link
That said, for those who were there, what gear did they have on stage? I've been trying to figure out what equipment was used on Haha Sound but sometimes I draw a blank when it comes to figuring out what made a particular noise.
― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 18:42 (twenty years ago) link
All I can say is they were absolutely fine the one time I heard them, earlier this year - much better than I expected from hearing the records. Not naturally gifted singers, but they'd obviously put in the rehearsal hours and as a result - intonation good, harmonies tight, no timing problems. I attended the concert with a female singer who, with the exception of Alison Goldfrapp, is substantially more gifted than any of the singers we've been discussing and she was surprised and impressed.
― ArfArf, Wednesday, 10 December 2003 19:09 (twenty years ago) link
― neil simpson (neil simpson), Thursday, 11 December 2003 09:38 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2003 11:27 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2003 11:29 (twenty years ago) link
― neil simpson (neil simpson), Thursday, 11 December 2003 13:50 (twenty years ago) link
??? isn't ATP always at Camber? and aren't Broadcast ALWAYS there?
also i doubt Trish is a raging coke fiend, more a Vimto girl
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2003 13:52 (twenty years ago) link
I enjoyed them on Monday (in Cardiff), especially when they got a bit gnarly and cranked up, but they were probably better when I saw them three and a half years ago, and I'm not sure what *that* says.
Did anyone pick up the 3" CD they were selling? It's 11 short tracks of mostly instrumental kinda link music, and very nice, especially if you liked the collaborations that were on that EP from earlier this year.
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 11 December 2003 14:31 (twenty years ago) link
i thought about buying 'Microtronics' but i'm not too keen on the noizak stuff the band do.
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2003 14:52 (twenty years ago) link
Yeah, if you don't go for the "sound" based stuff, as I think someone said up there, you prolly won't get much out of Microtronics to be honest.
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 11 December 2003 15:09 (twenty years ago) link
I have absolutely no idea if Trish is TECHNICALLY better/worse vocalist than the Ladytron gels, agree that they probably make a point of not trying to do stuff that's beyond their vocal means wheras she does NOT, but they did sound pretty much flawless when I saw them earlier in the year. The Broadcast live experience is maybe fractionally more hard work overall than the Ladytron one, but not in negative sense at all.
― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Thursday, 11 December 2003 15:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Thursday, 11 December 2003 15:12 (twenty years ago) link
and..surely its possible to like broadcast and yoko ono? and sarah cracknell, for that matter..
they're playing the first atp weekend? arse. i wanted to go to the second one.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Thursday, 11 December 2003 15:28 (twenty years ago) link
Proof: Michelle Branch - A Drop in the Ocean (small mp3 sample)
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Thursday, 11 December 2003 17:09 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2003 17:41 (twenty years ago) link
― keith m (keithmcl), Friday, 12 December 2003 04:08 (twenty years ago) link
Trish is dope as hell but could stand to wear sexier clothes. Arf Arf, I think you got lucky, because at my Ladytron experience I walked the fuck out after four songs cuz it sounded like bad karaoke.
― DarrensCoq, Friday, 12 December 2003 04:39 (twenty years ago) link
― DarrensCoq, Friday, 12 December 2003 04:51 (twenty years ago) link
my voice is on it, i am the idiot who thinks they should've covered 'Black Hole Sun', hahaha
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 18 December 2003 18:38 (twenty years ago) link
-- Melissa W (MelCarame...), December 11th, 2003.
goddamn you work filters for not letting me hear this.
― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Thursday, 18 December 2003 18:55 (twenty years ago) link
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 11:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 7 March 2005 21:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dude, are you a 15 year old asian chick? (jingleberries), Monday, 7 March 2005 21:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Monday, 7 March 2005 23:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 7 March 2005 23:23 (nineteen years ago) link
An Update
Dear All,Sorry for not posting recently but it's been a little quiet in the world of Broadcast.Since the end of the last tour the band have just been busily working away on the new LP, the tracks that I've heard so far sound fantastic - Trish's vocals sound sublime and the songs are spot on.We hope to have the LP out in Summer 2005 with shows to follow.Cheerio,Martin
― keith m (keithmcl), Tuesday, 8 March 2005 04:36 (nineteen years ago) link
new compilation in about a month,
Future Crayon: 1 Illumination 2 Still Feels Like Tears 3 Small Song IV 4 Where Youth and Laughter Go 5 One Hour Empire 6 Distant Call 7 Poem of a Dead Song 8 Hammer Without a Master 9 Locusts 10 Chord Simple 11 Dave's Dream 12 DDL 13 Test Area 14 Test Area 15 Unchanging Window / Chord Simple 16 A Man For Atlantis 17 Minus Two 18 Violent Playground 19 Belly Dance
― koogy wonderland (koogs), Monday, 17 July 2006 13:48 (eighteen years ago) link
Future Crayon: 1 Illumination (EP2) 2 Still Feels Like Tears (P) 3 Small Song IV (P) 4 Where Youth and Laughter Go (EP) 5 One Hour Empire (P) 6 Distant Call (?) 7 Poem of a Dead Song (EP2) 8 Hammer Without a Master (?) 9 Locusts (COLG) 10 Chord Simple (COLG) 11 Dave's Dream (EP) 12 DDL (?) 13 Test Area (EA) 14 Test Area (?) 15 Unchanging Window / Chord Simple (EP2) 16 A Man For Atlantis (EP2) 17 Minus Two (P) 18 Violent Playground 19 Belly Dance (EP)
quick look at back catalogue suggests it's the eps minus the lp tracks:(COLG = Come on Let's Go, missing title track)(EP = Extended Play EP, missing Papercuts)(EP2 = Extended Play 2 EP, missing Drums On Fire)(P = Pendulum, missing title track)
don't know where the ? tracks are from. think 14 may be a typo. (http://angryape.com/news/2006/05/broadcast-the-future-crayon has only 18 tracks)
― koogy wonderland (koogs), Monday, 17 July 2006 14:01 (eighteen years ago) link
from Broadcast site:
On August 21st 2006 Warp records will be releasing a collection of EPs and rarities. Entitled The Future Crayon the compact disk and limited edition double vinyl will comprise the following tracks:
IlluminationStill Feels Like TearsSmall Song IVWhere Youth And Laughter GoOne Hour EmpireDistant CallPoem Of A Dead SongHammer Without A MasterLocustsChord SimpleDaves DreamDDLTest AreaUnchanging Window / Chord SimpleA Man For AtlantisMinus TwoViolent PlaygroundBelly Dance
Broadcast will also be playing a handful of UK shows towards the end of July - we are hoping within the week to confirm shows in Bristol, London and Manchester along with the already announced show at the Supersonic festival in Birmingham on July 22nd.
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 17 July 2006 14:04 (eighteen years ago) link
Hammer Without A Master was an exclusive for the We Are Reasonable People/WAP 100 compilation.
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 17 July 2006 14:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 17 July 2006 14:07 (eighteen years ago) link
(and only have the broadcast cds with me (ie not the various artists things or the 7" singles). and didn't know about 'DDL'. and 'Misc' still missing...)
― koogy wonderland (koogs), Monday, 17 July 2006 14:37 (eighteen years ago) link
'my' list doesn't have Test Area twice int. also it was a xpost to your first one.
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 17 July 2006 15:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Run Ruud Run (Ken L), Friday, 15 September 2006 18:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Run Ruud Run (Ken L), Friday, 15 September 2006 18:30 (eighteen years ago) link
There's a new song here: http://www.warprecords.com/?news=1359
Haven't heard it myself so I've no idea what sort of line-up/sound they're in these days.
― Bocken Social Scene, Friday, 16 November 2007 11:27 (sixteen years ago) link
OMG YAY.
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 16 November 2007 11:29 (sixteen years ago) link
The track is not taken from any forthcoming Broadcast release
Oh. :(
It's not bad, sounds like something off of Microphonics.
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 16 November 2007 11:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Microtonics*
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 16 November 2007 11:35 (sixteen years ago) link
What's the deal? Any word on a new release?
― Cunga, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 06:16 (fifteen years ago) link
A member seems to disappear each time there's a new album, so I'm expecting the next one to be Trish all by her lonesome.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 08:49 (fifteen years ago) link