New Echoboy album

i loved most of "volume two", and "giraffe" really grew on me. haven't listened to any of his stuff for years, mind. i went off him slightly after seeing him live: he just stood there rocking out embarrassingly.

i've hunted around the office for promos of the new one, but no sign. i got the last two for free, so it's probably time i handed over some cash for this one. actionjackson: if it sucks, i'm blaming YOU :)

Even so I am loathe to pay full price for his new one given the fact I didn't really like anything other than the 1st...

Comes out today on Earworm -

EARWORM is still active???

They're still knocking around, released some stuff by the Earlies recently, and I think they might have re-released some old Spacemen3 stuff a few months ago, although I'm buggered if I can remember what

i have, however, spoken too soon many times in the past.

anyone know what echoboy is/are up to now?

Perhaps worth following up?

Whereas the one time I saw Echoboy live, supporting Six By Seven - my God, it was fantastic. Heavy lengthy droney proggy trippy Krautrocky Hawkwindy shoegazey stuff.

The former manager of the Hybirds now DJs regularly in Nottingham, as The Reverend Car Bootleg.

Echoboy mainman Richard Warren used to front a dire Who- soundalike band called The Hybirds. Then, so the legend goes, he heard a Can record and gave himself up to the power of the groove. Tonight he and his band walk on and launch into new single Automatic Eyes, and it is godlike: a motorik, hypnotic, two-chord beast.

Too hypnotic, perhaps: it plays tricks with Warren's mind, erasing the past four glorious years of experimentalism. He straps on his guitar and he's a Hybird again, with the attendant embarrassment of licks, shapes and turgid tunes. He conjures up a stomping, disco- flavoured closer, but I'm not going to forgive him that easily.

that said: i'm now wondering if, given the way my tastes have altered in the past few years, i might like them. fuck.

Giraffe is pretty good....anyone wanna add?

He produced the I Want To Be The President single by Electrelane.

I have, and quite like, Volume 1; Kit & Holly is a great piece of odd pop, and Constantinople is a fantastic piece of dub. Other than that it was OK - bit too meandering, perhaps. Another slice of pop, or two, would have been worthwhile. Jot heard anything since.

the Flashlegs Suite 12" is pretty much all you need by this guy.

I think I still marginally prefer Vol. 1 but it's a tough call as to whether Kit & Holly is better than Automatic Eyes. Model 352 is my favourite Vol. 1 track, I think.

First three and last three tracks on Giraffe are all cool, Fun In You not bad either, the other three, nicely positioned in the middle, are a bit tedious tho. And good as "Wasted Spaces" is, it DOES remind me far too much of "aggro"-era Primal Scream.

giraffe is probably the best album overall.. although nothing on it is quite at a kit & holly level..

"Wasted Spaces" is miles better than anything on XTRMNTR or Evil Heat.

i recently checked out the "43" single, and it's probably my best liked track of his since kit & holly.. i might just bother getting hold of ESS after all..

Send me Wasted Spaces, Louis. 256vbr AAC.

Why u not 320?

ah just seen this, cool cool

Because there's standards and there's wastefulness.

Hang on, can you translate 256vbr AAC plz?

Have you got iTunes?

Yes, I'm uploading the file to email as I type!

And what size / quality is it?

an m4a file, about 8 or 9 MB

oh 7

anyway sent now, have a listen, let me know if I'm batshit or not

Louis that's 128. Shame on you. At least it's AAC though.

i actually feel quite ashamed

Good.

This is alright. Probably need to listen not at work. What year is this?

I have the CD so I cd upload it again at a different speed/quality, thing is you've got it now so might as well, also I gtg in a bit

It's 2002 IIRC.