S/D & C/D : The Wolfhounds (and Moonshake)

Both bands are classic.

Search: Moonshake Big Good Angel and The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow; Wolfhounds Essential, Bright & Guilty and Attitude.

Destroy: Moonshake Remixes, which I don't think he had very much to do with anyway.

excellent.
his voice is funny, people either love it or are immediately turned off by it but funny as it became less difficult as moonshake progressed i became less of a fan.

Yeah, I saw those pix of him in NYC, and couldn't believe he was playing a guitar. It seemed kinda wrong.

sound your eyes can follow was th ebeginning of the end, except for the amazing 'shadows of tall buildings'.

While I agree that "Shadows" is the highlight of the record, I do think that album was the high point of his creative output with both bands. It certainly holds up better than the Laika album that got all the positive press at the time.

Moonshake seemed, in hindsight, like a natural progression for Dave Callahan. Merging some of the Wolfhounds' chaotic sensibilities with the dubbier, sample-laden underpinnings. The contrast between his and Margaret Fiedler's songwriting styles certainly couldn't be ignored, either! Although I appreciate all their releases, I have to agree that the original line-up yielded their finest releases. "Secondhand Clothes" (single), "Eva Luna" and "Big Good Angel" are all testament to this.

Wolfhounds:
http://66.40.206.13/index2.htm

The $urp!u$ (Callahan's current project):
http://www.thesurplus.com/

Tell 'em I sent ya!

If anyone can help me out finding a copy of The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow on vinyl, please shoot an e-mail my way to unborn_umbrella_birds@yahoo.com. If you have one you want to sell, know of a dealer I can e-mail, etc. I live in the USA. I tried google, gemm, ebay -- got nuttin'. The album must be on VINYL. I'm not a stickler about mint condition or newness. A used copy in good shape is A-OK.

I hope no one minds if I post a "Want to Buy" message here.

THANKS. You're all very nice people.

Some *extremely* kind soul recently did me a DVD of the Wolfhounds live circa 1986. Quite messy and shambolic, and you sort of realize that Callahan's voice must have been *really* honed in the studio on those records, it even more wayward and abrasive than usual. But seeing them rip through 'Me' and the like is fantastic. Wot a wonderful band.

Question: was the Matador re-issue of Big Good Angel re-mastered? 'Cause I have the version on Too Pure, and the volume is a little low, and I was wondering if it's worth buying the Matador version. I mean, we need maximum volume for "Two Trains"!

Wolfhounds I've only recently gotten exposed to (the last year or so) but that Lost But Happy comp has seen a ton of play from me over the last 12 months.

I'd forgotten how fine their best melodies are, even in the later 'sonic architecture' stuff. They are very fine.

They seemed to be having more fun last night than they did eighteen years ago.

Starry & I spent the tube journey to Elephant and then the bus journey to Peckham (about 50 minutes in total) hobbled by our collective inability to remember what "Rule Of Thumb" is called.

"Rule of Thumb" was a particular highlight for me.

I was hoping that the very drunk man next to me, wobbly filming long tracts of the set with his mobile telephone, was you Nick.

More great Brit Pop.

Rent Act
Rite of passage

saw these truckers supporting butthole surfers or was it big black at some dump in london?

Sorry kids - did not do them justice.Wolfhounds were s f a

seriously flooping able

only moonshake album ive ever heard was Eva Luna...which is killer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kjTVg38Af0

^ had no idea but hey, looks like a new wolfhounds record is out

More sample-spotting! (Previous installment here: S/D & C/D : The Wolfhounds (and Moonshake) )

Just now, I was listening to a Recommended Records compilation, and I had a music-geek-religious experience when this song came on:
http://youtu.be/AtTT1ompIkY?t=1m26s

(Start listening at 1:26)

"The Wedding" by Iva Bittova and Pavel Fajt.

We fans know that snippet from this song: http://youtu.be/tRVc3dnSQZs

actual new wolfhounds album came out a few weeks back

'divide & fall' is far and away the standout track but it's a decent record overall, melodically not miles away from their 80s work

Wow, didn't know about the new Wolfhounds album - thanks!

Even more Moonshake sample-spotting...
I knew that "Bleach and Salt Water" used a Moondog sample, but just now I sat down and tried to figure out which track...I am pretty sure it is a sped-up sample from Moondog's "Why Spend the Dark Night With You?"

"Bleach and Salt Water": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhYTJBnK4zY
"Why Spend the Dark Night With You?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTplT2bmlYw

Have to admit I was a little resistant about the new one, but good god, Divide & Fall is excellent. Cut from the same electrified cloth as Magic Triggers.

Actually it does kind of sound a lot like Stunt Girl by AC Acoustics, but the Wolfhounds got there first so cobblers to that

Some of the lyrics on the rest of it are a bit close to home though, think someone's been hacking my interior monologue

btw a CD reissue of Unseen Ripples snuck out at the end of last year and has got loads of great early era bonus stuff on it:

http://opticnerverecordings.com/unseen-ripples-from-pebble-p-49.html

Yes, and the whole lot are on Spotify btw. Have yet to check out the new one but will do so ASAP.

21st century Wolfhounds is well worth seeking out. "Middle Aged Freaks", a collection of new singles, is fantastic, full of cool sounds and lyrics like "Cheer up, fucking cheer up". "Untied Kingdom", their proper reunion LP, is a little less daring but still very good.

But the best thing Dave Callahan has done recently is the 3 guest vocals on Manyfingers "The Spectacular Nowhere" including a brilliant spam email turned lyrics.

New album "Electric Music" is out, full of warped guitars, razor-sharp lyrics and the occasional beautiful harmony. More great stuff from the reformed Hounds!