My first question, about Orchestra Luna

Other possible reference points include some of the stuff I've heard by Sailor, like "Glass of Champagne" and "Girls Girls Girls" (produced by Jeffrey Lesser, who worked with Holmes on the Luna LP) and some things by 10CC ("Une Nuit a Paris" from "The Original Soundtrack" is one.)

I like the debut by The United Staes of America, which is not all that similar musically, but is somewhere in the ballpark. A bio of Orchestra Luna inside my promo LP namechecks The Insect Trust, which I've never heard, but want to; may be a little more 60's psychedelia than what I want...

I've got a totally obscure album by a group called A Raincoat, "Digalongamacs."

Maybe there AREN'T many records that fit my parameters!

There are 2 FAST compilations, one on the Bullseye label and a later one on Munster Records. http://www.munster-records.com/novedades/infos/the_fast_ing.htm

Umm...the Brett Smiley CD is recommended, but again, he's more glam...

which isn't such a bad thing, 'cause you'll have more money left over for food and other such stuff!

http://www.marketsquarerecords.co.uk/store/system/store.htm

Bumping this thread, because the record has finally been rereleased, and the label has a sample you can listen to. This cut is not very representative of their overall sound, but enough that some prog-head might be able to recommend anything that sounds like this.

fake

Fake what?

Revive, ten years after the fact. A holy grail of mine has been secured: video of this band! This has made my year.

https://vimeo.com/135193948

had this album on my list for a while thanks to an offhand interaction by dan p and scott on the petty thread and finally listened. i am flabbergasted by this, feels like a transmission from an alternate universe

i think “heart” is the one that stuck with me the most, with that bizarre baseball interlude

that video is incredible. cant imagine going to cbgb to see blondie or whoever and instead seeing these possessed folks casting an incantation on the crowd

I missed this thread revive, so glad you enjoyed the album, vc.

The baseball monologue, with its alliterations and quotes from The Doors (petition the Lord with prayer,) Fred Astaire (pick yourself up, dust yourself off) and Bobby Marchan (look over your left shoulder, hang your head and say...) is as ingrained in my psyche as anything from Firesign Theater or Monty Python. I can do the whole thing verbatim, but don’t make me sing!

"boy scouts" has also been in my head since that first listen. been planning to teach myself that one on the piano

That song is so ridiculous, I can’t believe anyone actually wrote and got others to perform it. It’s a song seemingly tailor made for my bizarre tastes (and whoever else “gets” it.)

The song of my people

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3KLtEiAxe8