Shack - Here's Tom With The Weather (New Album)

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Found a couple of tracks off the new Shack album 'Here's Tom With The Weather' on slsk. Reminds me very much of the Michael Head & The Strands album than the britpop of HMS Fable. Quite understated music. So has anyone heard the full album?

― Davie Remmington, Friday, 25 July 2003 23:46 (twenty-two years ago)

no, but i'm dead keen to!!

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Saturday, 26 July 2003 03:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Davie, what songs did you find? I've been searching for it from time to time for awhile, and haven't found a thing. I am very excited about the new album.

― Jonathan, Saturday, 26 July 2003 12:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Found "As Long As Ive Got You" "Soldier man" "Chinatown". All pretty good.

― Davie Remmington, Saturday, 26 July 2003 15:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw the whole album on slsk. Downloaded a few tracks when the guy went offline but another 2 appeared with it. God bless the wishlist!
Also seen new albums by Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket(which is meant to be fab), Cat On Form , Beulah , Melt Banana ,Pretty Girls Make Graves , The Rapture , BRMC. Anyone got these albums? I'm only on lowly dial-up so it would be great to know what to get first.

― Dan Cobley, Saturday, 26 July 2003 21:31 (twenty-two years ago)

If Mick's moving in Strands territory then I'm very interested. I wasn't keen on HMS Fable at all. There should be a glowing piece about Introducing The Strands going up on Stylus in a couple or Fridays' time.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 26 July 2003 21:39 (twenty-two years ago)

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 26 July 2003 21:40 (twenty-two years ago)

The new Enon 'Hocus Pocus' is online and its pretty good. I'd say check that out. And if you dont have it get Enon - High Society. One of my favorite albums of recent years.

― marcus, Saturday, 26 July 2003 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

the two previous shack albums were dreadful, i don't understand the love. a slight upgrade on the oasis franchise but that's not anything i would look forward to. the strands album was charming but then pale fountains were crap. i don't get the michael head legend, is it because he is a junkie? kinda like peter gutteridge i suppose, everyone thinks it's the drugs holding him back when maybe in fact he's just not very good.

― keith (keithmcl), Saturday, 26 July 2003 22:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Nah, that's not fair Keith. HMS Fable might have abeen a little weak and post-Oasis, but Waterpistol is a very good melodic guitar pop album, with some gorgeous tunes. And the Strands album is undoubtedly one of my favourites.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 26 July 2003 22:43 (twenty-two years ago)

How does 'Zilch' compare with 'HMS Fable' and ' Waterpistol'? Is it even available?

― Tam Brown, Sunday, 27 July 2003 01:09 (twenty-two years ago)

HMS Fable is an excellent album. Zilch has some good songs but is utterly ruined by its shoddy Ian Broudie production. it's totally out of print but well easy to find on soulseek.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Sunday, 27 July 2003 08:33 (twenty-two years ago)

The whole album is up. A few people have it. Here's the tracklisting if anyone needs it.

Shack - Heres Tom With The Weather
Track Listing

1. As Long As I've Got You
2. Soldier Man
3. Byrds Turn To Stone
4. The Girl With The Long Brown Hair
5. On The Terrace
6. Miles Apart
7. Meant To Be
8. Carousel
9. On The Streets Tonight
10. Chinatown
11. Camden Road
12. Happy Everafter

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Reviews
hmv.co.uk July 2003
Liverpool's finest return with their first album since 2000's classic 'H.M.S. Fable' (voted by writers of the NME and Uncut as the #2 album of the year, beaten only by The Flaming Lips). So-named after a Bill Hick's sketch about LSD, 'Here's Tom With The Weather' boasts a majestic and fresh form. These are magical, psychedelic folk songs of the finest Head vintage; sleepy-eyed, stoned, wistful and mystical, yet crafted with a cunning and acute dexterity beyond just about anybody you care to think of.
'...Here's Tom...could be their Deserters Songs or Forever Changes and should be similarly savoured. After all, who knows when we'll hear from them again?' - **** Bang

Notes
Release Date: 11-08-2003
Catalogue Number: NCCD002

― Ryan J, Sunday, 27 July 2003 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

As well as the August tour Shack have announced dates for a tour later in the year. October or November.

― Jason McLetchie, Sunday, 27 July 2003 21:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Is Waterpistol as good as its said to be? I heard its very different to HMS Fable which is all i've heard. Whats the best songs off Waterpistol and The Strands albums?

― Mikey, Sunday, 27 July 2003 23:58 (twenty-two years ago)

i found 'here's tom...' for £5 in the Mr CD Basement of Mould a week ago, huzzah (since ebayed for moremoremore). it's closer to 'kitchen table', really. i like.

― rar, Monday, 28 July 2003 08:07 (twenty-two years ago)

from 'waterpistol' - the neighbours, mood of the morning

from 'strands' - queen matilda, and luna

― rar, Monday, 28 July 2003 08:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I now have the whole album , about 6 results in my wishlist popped up this evening. Its a really really good album and it is far more like 'The Strands' than 'HMS Fable'.

― Davie Remington, Monday, 28 July 2003 23:04 (twenty-two years ago)

the doubtless reduced budget would probably be part of the reason. i like the sound of The Strands more anyway.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 28 July 2003 23:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Saw them last night at the ICA and they were very good indeed, but the new stuff didn't really stand out hugely - except one song they played in the encore which sounded HUGE and then they pulled the plug just as it was getting going shame.

I didn't like 'On The Terraces', which was the only new song I could put a name to. There were a couple of Strands-y ones that sounded like they were going to be ace.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 09:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Waterpistol has its great moments (Undecided, Time Machine, Hazy, London Town in particular) but bits of it are a tad dull and plodding and the Stone Roses-esque ones really don't do it for me at all.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 09:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Was it recorded before or after the stone roses album? Wasnt the mastertape lost for years before it actually came out?

― Ryan H, Tuesday, 29 July 2003 23:16 (twenty-two years ago)

it was recorded in '94 or something i think..

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 23:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I think Waterpistol was recorded in 1990-91.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 09:29 (twenty-two years ago)

You might like to have a gander at this.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 1 August 2003 11:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey Nick, excellent article.
I guess because I got into Shack on HMS fable and then went backwards, I will always consider HMSF to be a classic. That's not to say that the Strands album isn't equally classic (if not better), but I still think HMSF is a great album and deserved all of the critical acclaim it got in 1999.
Oh, and for those looking for the Strands album, I'd say that you should check www.gemm.com. I found mine about a month ago for 10 pounds, which made me quite happy.

― Jonathan, Friday, 1 August 2003 14:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Any opinions as yet?

I've got it, and on initial listens I'm disappointed... it's definitely more Magical World than HMS Fable (both of which I think are magnificent). But at the same time it's like Magical World of the Strands divested of the whole sense of wonder and mystery and out-of-time smacked out haziness and so forth, leaving a quite pleasant folky album that occasionally sounds like Nick Drake and Love and so forth. And although the first three songs in particular are nice enough, it feels like everything I really loved about the Heads has gone.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 14:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I still don't think much of On The Terraces, either - it sounds like it could really be building to something and then for no reason they decide to make an abrupt right turn into what is essentially a different song altogether, and then do the same thing towards the end, and it's all a bit of a disjointed mess. The Beatles steals are WAY too obvious for my liking as well.

The one I really like, though, is Chinatown, although that's more like HMS Fable than anything else on the album.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 14:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm afraid I must agree with you there after a handful of listens.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 13 August 2003 14:44 (twenty-two years ago)

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