Second video doesn't sound quite right to me, but I often find that when playing stuff on laptop speakers, I'm not the best judge.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 31 December 2020 21:23 (three years ago) link
it's vampire timehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcI4feezLqc
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:21 (three years ago) link
HTRK released a bandcamp only (?) digital only (?) single in 2020 that was really great
and have heard great things about Jonnine's solo LP - waiting til my vinyl copy arrives
Robert if you dig Conrad's basslines and haven't checked out CS & Kreme it's definitely worth a listen
― the least famous person you were surprised to discover (emsworth), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:26 (three years ago) link
if anyone missed it, there was a great guest appearance from jonnine on this loraine james track that came out earlier in 2020:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_oonJva4ls
― kites aren't fun (NickB), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:35 (three years ago) link
xp yes "Real Headfuck" made it onto my annual mixtape, I love it
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:58 (three years ago) link
This is such a great album - six months in and I'm still uncovering new layers, which is a pretty neat trick given how spartan it feels on first contact. Highly recommended.
― technopolis, Thursday, 31 December 2020 23:16 (three years ago) link
https://htrk.bandcamp.com/album/rhinestones new one is good if a lil wispy
― adam, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 14:58 (two years ago) link
I’ve struggled to connect since they became a duo but not with this one. Love it front to back. One of those records that seems slight but is gathering weight and depth with each pass. Better as a headphone listen.
― Citole Country (bendy), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 04:04 (two years ago) link
It really is great, feel like I am losing my grip on reality when I listen closely. The acoustic guitar parts on "Straight to Hell" are so weird and unsettling.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 05:58 (two years ago) link
Real Headfuck is the standout for me, but I'm not totally sold on the rest of it yet. But it took a while for Venus In Leo to really get its claws into me and now I think it's one of the best albums from the last few years by anyone, so I'm going to be patient and wait for it to reveal itself over time
― primate marmite (NickB), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 12:25 (two years ago) link
Headfuck is brilliant but it’s been a year or so, they really hushed things since then
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 14:11 (two years ago) link
This is a really mesmerizing record. It ends up akin to Grouper at her most song-y.
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Monday, 11 October 2021 03:24 (two years ago) link
New album is SO GOOD and their BEST ONE YET and would have figured highly in my 21 ballot if I'd got round to listening to it in time. I notice that it's on a label called N & J Blueberries - is this a reference to the opening line on CS + Kreme's Snoopy ('where did blueberries go?') or do I just need to get out more?
― paolo, Sunday, 30 January 2022 10:07 (two years ago) link
The CS in CS + Kreme is Conrad Standish, aka Mr Jonnine Standish
― paolo, Sunday, 30 January 2022 10:08 (two years ago) link
But it took a while for Venus In Leo to really get its claws into me and now I think it's one of the best albums from the last few years by anyone, so I'm going to be patient and wait for it to reveal itself over time
Only listened to Venus In Leo a couple of times and was not sold on it, will need to revisit
― paolo, Sunday, 30 January 2022 10:09 (two years ago) link
New album is SO GOOD and their BEST ONE YET and would have figured highly in my 21 ballot if I'd got round to listening to it in time. I notice that it's on a label called N & J Blueberries - is this a reference to the opening line on CS + Kreme's Snoopy ('where did blueberries go?') or do I just need to get out more?― paolo, Sunday, January 30, 2022 6:07 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― paolo, Sunday, January 30, 2022 6:07 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Jonnine Standish: Nigel texted me with an image from a fruit company, which was a logo on a punnet of strawberries. The logo was “N&J Strawberries” and Nigel said “our new label lol” and I texted back “lol I love it.” And we were gonna be called N&J Strawberries and then for legal reasons we had to change it to N&J Blueberries (laughter).
https://toneglow.substack.com/p/tone-glow-079-htrk
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Monday, 31 January 2022 22:57 (two years ago) link
Been listening to this a lot. This is the first album I’ve heard of theirs and intentional or not it sounds like a major touchstone for them is the group Weekend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9WCCHHoepw
― Chris L, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 00:03 (two years ago) link
Aaah love that Weekend song so much and never made the connection but you’re right
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 00:10 (two years ago) link
hey now:
‘Death is a Dream’ new album of rare cuts from the last couple of years out April 29th (digital on Bandcamp)
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 25 April 2022 22:52 (two years ago) link
also you can buy an N&J Blueberry's mug now, just in case you were wondering where did blueberries go?
https://nj-blueberries-store.creator-spring.com/listing/n-j-blueberries-mug
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 25 April 2022 22:56 (two years ago) link
https://mockup-api.teespring.com/v3/image/-O0foEhccwJYvBmgXBwS1RD-xXw/800/800.jpg
(man, my spelling is getting worse by the day wtf)
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 25 April 2022 22:57 (two years ago) link
‘Death is a Dream’ new album of rare cuts from the last couple of years out April 29th (digital on Bandcamp)― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 25 April 2022 23:52 (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
This is amazing! I fucking love it!
― paolo, Monday, 2 May 2022 13:49 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wohWnmdwg6A
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Monday, 12 September 2022 14:28 (two years ago) link
That is gorgeous thank you
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 12 September 2022 17:19 (two years ago) link
Yes.
― bendy, Friday, 16 September 2022 16:15 (two years ago) link
Love that "New Year's Day" bit "I've got a sinking feeling I'm gonna do the wrong thing eventually". Very beautiful.
Interesting choice to follow it up with a track called "New Year's Eve", I need to listen closely.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 15 January 2023 18:37 (one year ago) link
i don't think there's any explicit narrative connecting the songs, but yeah, what an amazing ending to an album those two songs make
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Sunday, 15 January 2023 20:49 (one year ago) link
new jonnine album is out:https://jonnine.bandcamp.com/album/maritz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3IXuzBvwTc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSBPwhPJkIE
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 23:27 (one year ago) link
Speaking of Jonnine, I stumbled on her talking about Rowland S Howard etc on this 4AD-focused podcast a couple of days ago:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ZLRXG5ecAZlx3dRXu8atn
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 16 February 2023 00:35 (one year ago) link
i adore this band and have binged their back catalog so hard over the past year. i love the more stripped-down warmth of the last few albums but i think my fave thing they've done is 'work (work, work)', that decadent gauzy narcotized quality of it is so intoxicating to me. exquisite 'walking around the seedy part of the city late at night' music. very excited for whatever they do next
― donna rouge, Friday, 1 December 2023 19:32 (nine months ago) link
yeah totally agree re work - i was vaguely aware of them prior but when that LP came out i was out-of-nowhere obsessed in a way I hadn’t been since Disintegration cane out - listened to it relentlessly for months - like, totally surprised to be crushing so hard on a band/album at a stage of my life when i thought i was past that kind of intense teenaged relationship with music
and i think i remember Jonnine talked about it as somewhat directed at teenage girls / her teenage self perhaps - but that disaffected anhedonic quality also resonated really deep for me drifting aimlessly through corporate life and trying to remember how to feel human emotions
(was also really impressed by the way they actually addressed the fact of work in their work - like, i think they explained the title as referring to the effort to earn a living - and the effort of having a creative project - and the effort of maintaining a relationship/s - and that each of these 3 was a full-time commitment yet we are expected to cram them all into the same 7-day week)
i saw the album launch at an incredibly hot and sweaty sold out show in a basement bar in sydney - i have seen them play a literal dozen times since but that show is in my top 10 ever, just that combo of seeing the band you love at the exact moment they are stepping into their power - they opened with Fascinator (omg what a song) and then played most of the album and it was hypnotic
this video is from a few days later and captures some of that vibe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkF3xO3z3Cw
anyway didn’t mean to write an essay! but enjoyed thinking about loving this album - so thank you for the prompt
― meat and two vdgg (emsworth), Friday, 1 December 2023 21:09 (nine months ago) link
really cool to hear Jonnine on the new actress album
― brimstead, Friday, 1 December 2023 21:32 (nine months ago) link
missed that. thanks for the heads-up
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Friday, 1 December 2023 21:39 (nine months ago) link
htrk weather here now, thanks all for the reminder that i should be listening to them more
― blazin' squab (NickB), Friday, 1 December 2023 21:42 (nine months ago) link
listened to it relentlessly for months - like, totally surprised to be crushing so hard on a band/album at a stage of my life when i thought i was past that kind of intense teenaged relationship with music
this is basically my relationship to this record, too.
that explanation of the title is interesting, lends another dimension to the proceedings. they were living in berlin at the time they were writing the album, right? based on interviews i've read with them it seemed like they were all kind of miserable there, even leaving sean's death aside.
that concert sounds amazing. i've watched bits of that church performance before, the sound quality of the recording isn't the best but the video still conveys how immense those songs are, would've loved to see their shows from this era. the part time punks radio version of "fascinator" is my favorite one and that live version sounds even more enveloping/abrasive, damn
― donna rouge, Saturday, 2 December 2023 01:33 (nine months ago) link
yeah pretty much the only ‘band’ that matters now. tapped in to the beyond-the-veil
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Saturday, 2 December 2023 17:30 (nine months ago) link
Man, where has this band been all my life, only discovering them now. Loving Rhinestones and pretty sure will end up adoring the electronic stuff
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Saturday, 10 February 2024 10:36 (seven months ago) link
For me, Psychic 9-5 Club is the smoky heart. They’re such unassuming people but the comment about crossing beyond the veil nails it exactly.
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 10 February 2024 12:48 (seven months ago) link
Listening to “Give it Up” with the speakers cranked so the electronic sizzle of the drum machine background noise hangs in the air like a malevolent entity
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 10 February 2024 12:51 (seven months ago) link
glitchy remix of "dream symbol" by loraine james
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzT8c_FZfk8
― donna rouge, Thursday, 2 May 2024 17:01 (four months ago) link
Debating whether to go see them live. Doesn’t sound like it would be much fun
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 2 May 2024 18:07 (four months ago) link
i've seen them a couple of times and would recommend going. i definitely had fun.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 2 May 2024 18:31 (four months ago) link
I’ve seen them 3 or 4 times - it’s both what you would expect, and also a lot more compelling. Jonnine’s voice is remarkably powerful given how lowkey it sounds on the records.
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 2 May 2024 21:35 (four months ago) link
still haven't seen them, would love to though. playing at oto in london this month but that sold out pretty quick i think
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Thursday, 2 May 2024 22:01 (four months ago) link
think I'm on record somewhere above re the first time I saw them being a top 5 gig for me
having caught them multiple times since then they are always worth seeing I think, bring a great deal of vibe, one of the few bands that I would regularly check out touring their new record or whatever
the show supporting Rhinestones was really special, realised it was the first time I'd seen them in a seated venue, different feel with lots of hush and focus
― Kraal Disorientation Chamber (emsworth), Thursday, 2 May 2024 23:26 (four months ago) link
That clip is something. Fast Friend in particular sounds precious.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 3 May 2024 09:50 (four months ago) link
Never got into this group but I'm into this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4xoc3O2g7w
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Friday, 26 July 2024 15:23 (two months ago) link