I've got Mares Nest live already! But yeah :D
― louis do not fuck achewood (acoleuthic), Friday, 12 March 2010 01:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Holy fuck those interview snippets! Sarah's description of what happens when you die is one of the scariest things I've ever heard a musician say!
And oh yeah, THAT'S what it sounds like. FRUGGGGGG
lol his hair
― louis do not fuck achewood (acoleuthic), Friday, 12 March 2010 01:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Alternatively, it could sound like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YtFI6AAZ4U
― everything, Friday, 12 March 2010 02:01 (fourteen years ago) link
FRRRRRUGGGGG
newer version is of course tighter + louder but then this is a band who released the ditzy scene ep a mere 30 years into their existence
― louis do not fuck achewood (acoleuthic), Friday, 12 March 2010 02:12 (fourteen years ago) link
'To Go Off...' was the start of it all for me. Ten years ago, my bandmates at the time were huge Cardiacs fans, and one of handed me a copy of Mare's Nest. Being a huge Monsoon Bassoon fan, I'd heard OF Cardiacs, but never actually heard them, as bizarre as that sounds.
"this is OK," I thought. "not bad. nothing special. don't really see what the fuss is about. oo, hang on. I like this fast one."
AND THUS A SEED WAS PLANTED THAT BECAME A FAIRLY SIZEABLE WILLOW.
― m the g, Friday, 12 March 2010 07:58 (fourteen years ago) link
my face is on fire
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 13 March 2010 02:56 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^drunk posting to the cardiacs thread = behaviour that should be encouraged imo
― oh shit sorry another useless post (acoleuthic), Saturday, 13 March 2010 03:00 (fourteen years ago) link
if you can cure my hiccups then by all means inform me of the brilliance of this band alternatively I can sit here hiccupping my fucking head off
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 13 March 2010 03:06 (fourteen years ago) link
if you play this song very loudly, and dance to it, then you will not have hiccups any more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLoe4DGT3hk
― oh shit sorry another useless post (acoleuthic), Saturday, 13 March 2010 03:08 (fourteen years ago) link
haha it's just struck me, even while sober, how fiery gun hand must sound like literally the greatest thing ever while drunk
― oh shit sorry another useless post (acoleuthic), Saturday, 13 March 2010 03:10 (fourteen years ago) link
at the moment it's all blah blah the clean who cares about them we just saw Broken Bones they're so old
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 13 March 2010 03:12 (fourteen years ago) link
I have:GunsA Little Man..On Land and in the SeaSing to God pts 1 + 2
One of the best bands I've ever heard, of course. What else do I need to hear, from their whole catalogue, or from side-projects/Cardiacs family? Acoulethic?
― Davek (davek_00), Saturday, 13 March 2010 13:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Haha, I'm not the one to ask (re: Cardiacs, we'll get to the family later)! Because I'd basically name everything you have there + the Ditzy Scene single. As a few posters intimate upthread, the Garage Concerts (available on iTunes) are totally worth getting hold of, and I'll be giving them a proper listen in the immediate future.
As for the family, well
um
Unknown, vaguely Cardiacsy prog-pop that only MaresNest and I actually like
― oh shit sorry another useless post (acoleuthic), Saturday, 13 March 2010 13:55 (fourteen years ago) link
The Sea NymphsTim Smith's Extra Special OceanLandWorldThe Monsoon BassoonThe Shrubbies Bill Drake SoloStars In Battledress
For starters anyway.
― You Weaked It! (MaresNest), Saturday, 13 March 2010 13:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Excellente! Thanks, if only I wasn't on ratio watch..
― Davek (davek_00), Saturday, 13 March 2010 14:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Katherine In a CupboardRingZag ANd The Coloured BeadsAd NauseumKnifeWorldAblemeshLevitationLake Of PuppiesSleepy PeopleNorth Sea Radio OrchestraMikrokosmosBuntychunksMad Uncle JaneHayestackBrain Of Morbius
― You Weaked It! (MaresNest), Saturday, 13 March 2010 14:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Send me a PM Davek and I'll post you over some bits.
― You Weaked It! (MaresNest), Saturday, 13 March 2010 14:03 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah even I haven't heard most of those - the ones I have heard tend to be the ones that didn't originate as Cardiacs side-projects, mostly because I have a slight suspicion of side-projects
everyone assures me that The Sea Nymphs are great though so yeah I need to get hold
The Monsoon Bassoon and Stars In Battledress are of course awesome, the former more so, although the latter have some stellar moments (as it were)
oh look some more bands - have only heard Zag & TCB (GREAT TRULY GREAT live) and Levitation (groovy psych-prog-shoegaze)
― oh shit sorry another useless post (acoleuthic), Saturday, 13 March 2010 14:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Sea Nymphs albums are truly great, like mind fuckingly great.
― You Weaked It! (MaresNest), Saturday, 13 March 2010 14:04 (fourteen years ago) link
ah, ok
i guess there's not much chance of me disagreeing either, is there
― oh shit sorry another useless post (acoleuthic), Saturday, 13 March 2010 14:04 (fourteen years ago) link
None more up your alley LJ. :)
― You Weaked It! (MaresNest), Saturday, 13 March 2010 14:05 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbxzUhk7R5c
― You Weaked It! (MaresNest), Saturday, 13 March 2010 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link
i dunno to be truly up my alley it needs a bit of mindmelting distortion or grandstanding darkness here and there ;)
ooh ok let's give this a go
― oh shit sorry another useless post (acoleuthic), Saturday, 13 March 2010 14:09 (fourteen years ago) link
(and by 'distortion' i mean 'sonic fuckery', at which point it becomes a serious statement and not a joke)
― oh shit sorry another useless post (acoleuthic), Saturday, 13 March 2010 14:10 (fourteen years ago) link
wow @ the piano in the midsection
this seems to be music of small treasures, falling somehow together in an organic and bizarre way
― oh shit sorry another useless post (acoleuthic), Saturday, 13 March 2010 14:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Ha, that's basically everyone even vaguely connected to the band, isn't it? I think you'd struggle to find material from most of these, particularly Katherine In A Cupboard, who only had one song ever officially released on a compilation.
Add these ones to the list:Stars In Battledress, aka the brothers Larcombe, who produced one incredible album of psychedelic whimsy-pop and have been rather quiet sincePonce - possibly the most obscure of all the Cardiacs family bands - lasted the duration of one fantastic single, "Runny". Arch Garrison - North Sea Radio minus the Orchestra.The Trudy - One of the few bands from the early-eighties Richmond scene to've been around as long as Cardiacs(the band their original drummer left to join, in fact).
Then there's Mr & Mrs Smith and Drake - the prototype Sea Nymphs, basically their psych-folk album recorded on four-track.
― Pheeel, Saturday, 13 March 2010 15:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Oops, now I see Stars In Battledress have already been mentioned. Carry on.
― Pheeel, Saturday, 13 March 2010 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Let's not forget the fantastic Silver Ginger Five. The album Black Leather Mojo is two or three Wildheart, Jon Poole on bass PLUS William D Drake on keyboards and is produced by Tim Smith. Doesn't sound anything like Cardiacs though. More like a Cheap Trick/Slade vibe and it rocks.
― everything, Saturday, 13 March 2010 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
i nearly bought that from an HMV once but chose something else
then it was gone
regrets, i've had a few
― oh shit sorry another useless post (acoleuthic), Saturday, 13 March 2010 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
It's always been difficult to find. It was one of the most expensive CDs I ever bought. Originally it was a Japanese import which sat in the Virgin Megastore untouched because of it's nearly $100 price tag. Eventually it got reduced to half price and I took the plunge. What a relief when it turned out to be good.
― everything, Saturday, 13 March 2010 19:57 (fourteen years ago) link
wdve been 12 quid, right there
― oh shit sorry another useless post (acoleuthic), Saturday, 13 March 2010 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Then there's The Trudy. Formed by early Cardiacs defectors, they are still around and recorded some stuff pretty recently with Tim Smith at the controls. The songs in question are on their myspace page.
― everything, Saturday, 13 March 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
btw am listening to the Garage RES right now...
― oh shit sorry another useless post (acoleuthic), Saturday, 13 March 2010 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
...much punkier than the 80's version! Cardiacs are a band who got punkier and yet more epic at the same time
― oh shit sorry another useless post (acoleuthic), Saturday, 13 March 2010 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Theres a third version of RES? I much prefer the version on The Seaside to the Little Man one. I think it's because I've watched the video so many times.
The Seaside is the latest one i managed to find at a decent price (is 20 pounds decent?) RES followed by To Go Off and Things, I can't think of many better ways to end an album.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 13 March 2010 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Would say it doesn't quite have the same miraculous momentum of the ALM version (and hey, I DID vote for it in the ALM poll), but it's a darn good live rendering. Little is lost, and it's a fresh perspective.
RES into Whole World Window is pretty damn spectacular. My favourite end to any Cardiacs album is actually Snakes A-Sleeping, because much as Will Bleed Amen is amazing and Secret Like Swans lovely, they need to be indexed as separate tracks, dammit
― oh shit sorry another useless post (acoleuthic), Saturday, 13 March 2010 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Haha, The Obvious Identity is straight-up punk! And really good straight-up punk at that. Nice.
(Obviously The Everso Closely Guarded Line is right up there with S A-S, but I prefer the latter for some reason)
― oh shit sorry another useless post (acoleuthic), Saturday, 13 March 2010 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Versions of RES:
The Seaside (both versions)A Little Man and A House And The Whole World WindowNighttracks (Janice Long session that came out on vinyl)Mares Nest Live CDSpecial Garage Concerts
And there's a video for it on the Seaside Treats thing, which if memory serves is slightly different to the version on The Seaside.
― everything, Saturday, 13 March 2010 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
btw I'm still annoyed 'Is This The Life' won the ALM poll. all 4 people who voted for it, I reckon, have heard VERY little other Cardiacs, let alone the whole album
― oh shit sorry another useless post (acoleuthic), Saturday, 13 March 2010 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
oh hey a cardiacs thread
a little man and a house and the whole world window is probably one of my favorite albums ever. however!, i can't get any of their other albums to click in that same way for me. i'm still trying though, i'm willing to give them as many chances as it takes...
― ciderpress, Saturday, 13 March 2010 20:38 (fourteen years ago) link
INFINITY TIMES A BILLION CHANCES
― oh shit sorry another useless post (acoleuthic), Saturday, 13 March 2010 20:38 (fourteen years ago) link
"Lost Summer Of Love" is one of the great overlooked singles of the last few years, I reckon. Must get around to buying their CD, actually...
― Pheeel, Saturday, 13 March 2010 20:50 (fourteen years ago) link
my wee girl went nuts to 'tarred and feathered' this morning. this makes me a happy dad.
― m the g, Sunday, 14 March 2010 09:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Some details are coming to light about the forthcoming Cardiacs gathering...Looks like it's going to be a full-on benefit gig for Tim, with special guest vocalists and bands to be announced! And it'll be at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the 25th of September.
― Pheeel, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 22:24 (fourteen years ago) link
am sooooooo gonna be there
― ilxor lookin' boy (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 22:25 (fourteen years ago) link
same
― Davek (davek_00), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 22:26 (fourteen years ago) link
toldja!
and yes, I'll be there too. a friend of mine is playing this. should be ace!
― m the g, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 22:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Patton's on board, so I've heard
― You Weaked It! (MaresNest), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 23:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I 'eard that rumour. most exciting.
― m the g, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 23:37 (fourteen years ago) link
So I managed to track down a copy of Sing to God, it's amazingly consistent for a double album. Dirty Boy is just incredible it might just edge out RES as my favourite song of theirs. I remember my brother having the Bellyeye single and playing it to death, I think the B-side No Gold was the first song I really like of theirs.
My collection now consists of...A Little Man & a House Cardiacs LiveOn Land & In the SeaThe SeasideSing to God (Parts 1 & 2)
All great albums, I think Songs For Ships & Irons is next on my list.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 9 April 2010 10:21 (fourteen years ago) link