My New Band Believe (Cameron Picton of black midi)

another former black midi member releases a solo album that blows everything black midi did out of the water. this one's all-acoustic prog-folk
non-album single "numerology" is song of the year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21zVFKf7vSk

the epic "actress" is the album's centrepiece

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCH6XRry-3s

this composite live version of unreleased track "kick me" is fantastic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl2PNRKaU20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvcUIFSHM8M

i guess i should include debut single "lecture 25" too

exciting, i had no idea it was coming out this week. haven't spent much time with any of the singles but "numberology," but i love that one.

are they gonna have to take out words from the band name with each album? my band believe. band believe. believe.

iirc he said part of the idea is the lineup is going to be constantly evolving hence the band will be 'new' each time

I love this album. It’s almost exactly the sound of the idealised Gabriel-era genesis album that hitherto only existed in my head.

well I guess I oughta pick it up if that's the case

it's good yes

it reminds me a lot of o'rourke's singer-songwriter albums

yeah heavy o’rourke vibes on the first two songs. also thought of streethawk-era destroyer and mysterious production of eggs-era andrew bird

some of it is like if bejar had gotten really into trying to make folk music and the craft of being a 'singer-songwriter', instead of always being ambivalent at best about those, if that makes any sense

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS2Mc1MWWB8

this is really cool. I never heard black midi (or Geordie Greep), but I am into this. I was variously reminded of Colin Blunstone and Olivia Tremor Control (maybe even specifically The Circulatory System? it's been a while), also a similar vibe to Yves Jarvis, who has also reminded me of OTC.

you should also listen to greep! his solo album is kinda like this album except as played by brazilian steely dan

damn that sounds wild lol I will

what yves jarvis reminds you of the olivia tremor control btw, i've never really made a connection there

iirc it was just The Zug

oh i don't think i've heard that one, will have to check it out

it's good! maybe the most psychedelic one? the effect is a little different from OTC as he's a one-man operation, but I just put it on to confirm I wasn't totally misremembering and I stand by it