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So the new album's been floating around on slsk since last November (with no word yet on an official release date), they put out the "Lion Rip" single last month (after a couple others + a 2003 ep), and now they're touring with Mercury Rev in March and showcasing at SXSW too. The hype originates here!

Someone I know elsewhere said the band sounds like Martina Topley-Bird fronting Spiritualized. Yeah, maybe. But Spiritualized can and will be boring, and the Duke Spirit haven't done that yet.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 5 March 2005 08:13 (twenty years ago)

...weird indeed that no release has been announced as of yet for "cuts across the land". 5 or 6 months [i'm sure it has been longer than nov.] for a promo to be floating around seems an awfully long time. if it ever gets released it will be on a lot of end of the year lists.

― william (william), Saturday, 5 March 2005 08:34 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

...streaming video here of the new single from the duke spirit. thanks to johnny fever for pointing this out to me. also,the album finally gets its release in the uk on may 16th.also comes with a limited bonus disc.

apparently interscope has picked them up for north america,don't know a release date though.

― william (william), Saturday, 30 April 2005 02:11 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

...got a notification from amazon that mine is on it's way.

― william (william), Monday, 16 May 2005 22:19 (twenty years ago)

...so do you like it? just got it last week - love this band, the record's not under me skin yet but give it another week or two...

― emsk, Thursday, 19 May 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

Well, it's a bit different from the leaked version. Some songs have been removed and others have been added, but it's still one of the stronger albums I've heard this year.

I'm glad they added "Love Is An Unfamiliar Name" to it. What a great single.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 20 May 2005 05:20 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

fyi for those in toronto and montreal::

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5TH
TORONTO 'BRIGHT LIGHTS FESTIVAL'
The Stone Distillery Fermenting Cellar
The Distillery District
55 Mill Street Toronto ON Canada
15:00 – 01:00
www.ukula.com
Tickets are $25 :: available in Toronto at Soundscapes, Rotate This, CD Replay on Yonge, and online at www.ukula.com

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 8TH
MONTREAL MAIN HALL
(Supporting Tom Vek)
5390, boul St-Laurent, Mtl

― drone/a/saur (william), Monday, 31 October 2005 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

Jesus, talk about being slept on, I just got this album and it's easily the best rock release of 2005.

― Baaderonixx born in Xyxax (baaderonixx), Friday, 6 January 2006 09:05 (nineteen years ago)

two years pass...

Anyone else heard the new one, Neptune, yet? They really sound like The Sounds on much of this, I'm not too impressed after first listen.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 20:53 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

well johnny ....this would be a band thread i jumped on and with you and now wonder what happened after the first album. really can't bring myself to listen to anything else they have done.

― drone/a/sore, Saturday, 7 March 2009 01:05 (sixteen years ago)

i really enjoyed that first record, i should definitely have a listen to the later stuff

i have a single from when they (well, some of them) were called solomon, it's good but it's very different to the duke spirit releases

― w/ sax (electricsound), Saturday, 7 March 2009 03:44 (sixteen years ago)

"Love Is An Unfamiliar Name" is the last really good thing they did, and looking upthread I see that happened in 2005 (wow, time flies).

They worked on the last UNKLE record, but Neptune was a bummer, and now there's some kind of Target-exclusive compilation of tracks from the first and second albums that may or may not make some kind of ripple with the masses (my money's on "may not").

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 7 March 2009 08:56 (sixteen years ago)

three years pass...

Playing in town tonight. Was vaguely interested in going, but am not sure...

― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 3 June 2012 17:23 (thirteen years ago)

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