― D> D>, Tuesday, 1 March 2005 13:17 (twenty years ago)
'I Am Afraid' is pretty, but again, they try a bit hard with the "... enough for two" bit.
'Cotton Pickers' is good too. I can't remember any other songs.
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 13:19 (twenty years ago)
Take It Easy On Me is the real winner, though.
― Bobby M (bobbym), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 13:37 (twenty years ago)
― Ian Riese-Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 17:55 (twenty years ago)
This is a classic album (full UK tracklisting, please). Did this band even get much notice? I mean, I was a big indie rock fan and these guys were totally off my radar until the mid-90s when a friend into the Irish scene brought them to my attention. But then I live in the US and it's easy to miss a lot.
The entire A House canon is full of great stuff - the last album, _No More Apologies_, is a stunner start to finish. I can't quite explain why they stand out for me - it's the literate, compassionate quality of Dave Couse's lyrics along with the odd instrumentation choices here and there. Couse's last solo album, appropriately titled _The World Won't Listen_, is just about equal to any A House album too.
― Mr. Odd, Monday, 28 January 2008 12:06 (seventeen years ago)
they supposedly re-recorded a female version of "Endless Art", after complaints that they had excluded women artists from the original version's lyrics...
― henry s, Monday, 28 January 2008 14:21 (seventeen years ago)
They did indeed, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyBWXb2b9ho
― Billy Dods, Monday, 28 January 2008 15:13 (seventeen years ago)
Did this band even get much notice?
they were from the same generation of Irish bands as Something Happens!, and while they threatened to occasionally establish a following in the UK their appeal ultimately failed to cross the Irish Sea. They were pretty big here, but so are many things.
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Monday, 28 January 2008 22:04 (seventeen years ago)
really like this album, never heard anything else by them.
― tipsy mothra, Monday, 28 January 2008 22:08 (seventeen years ago)
What the hell, Dave Couse released a new album (Alonewalk) in the spring and no one told me?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 16 July 2010 03:19 (fifteen years ago)
Man, Creatures of Craze, what a great piece of music...
― MaresNest, Saturday, 17 February 2018 17:58 (seven years ago)
Someone's been releasing bunches of A House demos and outtakes on Spotify, there's 4 albums from the last couple of years. Lots of good stuff!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 22 April 2022 01:59 (three years ago)