espers - the weed tree

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i'm new here and saw the post about about the upcoming gary higgins show with espers in philly. pretty excited, as i just moved to new hope.

i love this record!! i just got the first one a few weeks ago and then saw this weed tree one over the weekend and picked it up. i think i like it better than the first! i guess a few more weeks of listening to both will tell. even know its all covers (except of the last one), the thing sounds like a work of its own or at least it does to me. i'm not all that familiar with some of the people they covered. but the feeling and tone on it is so pretty. not like boring pretty that wears out, but really engrossing and sad. i'm really suprised it isn't getting the same amounts of indie press and stuff as the other recent releases.

― peter x (bucksbreeze), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 22:38 (twenty years ago)

i thought it was reviewed on pitchfork?

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 22:43 (twenty years ago)

it might have been! i haven't searched around much, just a few google searches. that's how i ended up here!

― peter x (bucksbreeze), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 22:46 (twenty years ago)

New one is a covers album isn't it?
I liked the 1st album. Not heard the new one yet.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 23:16 (twenty years ago)

what is it with philly bands and covers:

Philly Covering Philly: Songs from the Sixth Borough

sheesh! write your own damn songs!

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 23:17 (twenty years ago)

The version of BOC's " Flaming Telepaths " is great.

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 23:30 (twenty years ago)

flaming telepaths is an epic! i want to hear the original. the espers version sounds so creepy and junkie.

― peter x (bucksbreeze), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 00:25 (twenty years ago)

The original is from the all time great BOC album, their third, Secret Treaties. What can I say? Back when they were a cool band, hanging out with Television, etc etc not too much cowbell.

Big big props to Espers for covering it. And it's a grat cover.

― sympathizer (sympathizer), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 02:41 (twenty years ago)

great cover I mean

― sympathizer (sympathizer), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 02:41 (twenty years ago)

i got a michael hurley cd in the mail yesterday. i was turned onto him via the song on here. it's called "blueberry wine" and it is really odd. real lonely, old sounding folky type of thing with amazing lyrics. i thought he'd sound more like the espers version of "blue mountain" or something. i really like the cd, though, and will probably be playing it on repeat for awhile. woo hoo!

― peter x (bucksbreeze), Friday, 18 November 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

Been waiting on a vinyl pre-order of this forever.

― Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Friday, 18 November 2005 15:42 (twenty years ago)

they are playing with GARY HIGGINS (drag city) and RANDALL OF NAZARETH (mem. of pearls and brass) SATURDAY @ KHYBER IN PHILADELPHIA - NOV 19.

www.thekhyber.com

― stacie george (stacie), Friday, 18 November 2005 16:07 (twenty years ago)

xpost to sympathizer: HI!

also, espers get covered by golden ball on the new PP comp.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 18 November 2005 16:40 (twenty years ago)

peter - yeah, I think Espers really Nico-fied the Hurley song. They made it dark and sober, whereas the Hurley is lonesome. 'Tea Song' is my favorite on that release, and one of my favorites by him period. Those are hurley's 1st recordings, and are bit different than what followed. if you're still interested after that try out 'long Journey' or 'Snockgrass'.

― TRG (TRG), Friday, 18 November 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

i actually just ordered the nico "desert shore" album with afraid on it. i feel like such a rookie - i used to dig deep into music, looking for gems and that sort of thing. i got really lazy over the past few years and just listened to whatever was "around" (indie-popular). it's sort cool to get this espers record and follow the trail. i ordered that blue oyster album, too. seems like the espers people are really music-nerdy or whatever. i did a bunch of googles on them and it's all like stuff i never heard of, weird collaborations and them talking about "theory" type stuff. they seem all serious, but also playful. this is all computer knowledge, though, so they could be like annoying hipsters for all i know. oh well. the music is great and i'm excited for tomorrow.

this board is very good for the unemployed.

― peter x (bucksbreeze), Friday, 18 November 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

this board is also good for the employed

― TRG (TRG), Friday, 18 November 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

this board could even turn some of the employed into the unemployed

― TRG (TRG), Friday, 18 November 2005 18:28 (twenty years ago)

does anybody on this board want to employ me? i can google espers professionally.

― peter x (bucksbreeze), Friday, 18 November 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

update: i think i prerfer the "weed tree" to the first record. and i'm hooked on michael hurley, even though some of his stuff sounds like jimmie buffett.

― peter x (bucksbreeze), Friday, 2 December 2005 17:21 (twenty years ago)

another update - i ordered the vinyl of this to give to a friend for a christmas gift over a month ago and i just got an email saying it should arrive next week. that sort of sucks.

― peter x (bucksbreeze), Thursday, 15 December 2005 19:44 (twenty years ago)

four years pass...

oh the durutti column cover on this is so beautiful

― tacoma chameleon (electricsound), Sunday, 27 December 2009 10:28 (sixteen years ago)

funny old thread.

― Trip Maker, Sunday, 27 December 2009 16:47 (sixteen years ago)

this is my favorite Espers record, easy. I'm a huge Michael Hurley fan.
I got the Mississippi reissue of Armchair Boogie and found a copy of his 87 record WATERTOWER in a library sale.
Then I found six of his records at the community station I work at.
I wrote to him and was prepared to order a few of his oop releases on cdr direct, but then I my car got booted.
He seemed sympathetic about the whole thing.

― Trip Maker, Sunday, 27 December 2009 16:52 (sixteen years ago)

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