― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 27 February 2006 18:08 (twenty years ago)
― All the robots-UH descend from the bus-UH (Bimble...), Monday, 27 February 2006 19:00 (twenty years ago)
http://www.ltmpub.freeserve.co.uk/lowlifecat.html
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 27 February 2006 19:26 (twenty years ago)
1. Eternity Road [Reflections of Lowlife 85-95] ~ Lowlife -- (Audio CD - February 13, 2006)2. Diminuendo [+ Singles] ~ Lowlife -- (Audio CD - April 17, 2006]3. Permanent Sleep/Rain ~ Lowlife -- (Audio CD - March 27, 2006)
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 27 February 2006 19:30 (twenty years ago)
Why have I never heard of them though? Just asked round a few mates none of them remember them either
― actionjackson, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 13:18 (twenty years ago)
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 13:27 (twenty years ago)
oh well ..
― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 15:29 (twenty years ago)
Lowlife are wonderful. I first heard "Permanent Sleep" when it came out in the late 80s, but never owned my own copy and lost the casette I'd made.
Fast forward to now, and I have my hands on it again. Moody, gloomy, icy, beautiful shades of melancholy. Singer's voice is brilliant: it makes the whole thing like a dark, Garlands-era Cocteaus with better, more sweeping production and this glorious male tenor.
Relistening to them now is making me feel all nostalgic and nice.
― Trayce, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 03:47 (eighteen years ago)
Hell yeah, Lowlife still taps into my inner-teen-angst. Just last year I replaced my CDRd vinyl rips with minty LTM reissues and it was quite an eye-opener! I do love hearing new things in old favorites.
― Mr. Odd, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 03:55 (eighteen years ago)
Sigh. I still haven't heard these guys in a long, long time. Time to order some LTM CD's I think.
― Bimble, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 04:10 (eighteen years ago)
Bimble you will pee your pants, srsly.
― Trayce, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 04:21 (eighteen years ago)
I was going to say Trayce was right in keeping on mentioning Lowlife. I haven't heard their records in 20 years but "Big Uncle Ugliness" is pretty damn cool.
― Bimble, Monday, 10 September 2007 04:50 (eighteen years ago)
i still need to give this guy a listen. i know i'd enjoy it.
― andi, Monday, 10 September 2007 04:55 (eighteen years ago)
...guy?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 September 2007 05:01 (eighteen years ago)
No, no no. Not a guy. A former bassist of the Cocteau Twins with at least 3 other guys.
― Bimble, Monday, 10 September 2007 05:07 (eighteen years ago)
And I never ended up getting the entirety of "Rain" off Curtis either. Oh well. Permanent Sleep is awesome :D
― Trayce, Monday, 10 September 2007 05:09 (eighteen years ago)
agh. see. i know i'll probably like it, but, i thought it was just will heggie's thing. am i wrong? people tell me i'll like it. i just keep forgetting to check out an album of it.
― andi, Monday, 10 September 2007 05:10 (eighteen years ago)
well, ltm re-issued some of it's output, right? that way, i won't forget to check it out, eventually.
― andi, Monday, 10 September 2007 05:12 (eighteen years ago)
Yeah, I used to have Permanent Sleep on vinyl, you see, and Rain, and Dimminuendo. This was fucking eons ago.
― Bimble, Monday, 10 September 2007 05:45 (eighteen years ago)
It seems you had everything on vinyl at one point.
But Lowlife is something you should get on CD post haste. Such intelligent, depressing comraderie.
― Mr. Odd, Monday, 10 September 2007 12:19 (eighteen years ago)
Apparently Craig Lorentson has passed away :( I am utterly shattered.
http://www.permanentsleep.com/
(no details, so I dont know what the story is)
― property-disrespecting Moroccan handjob (Trayce), Tuesday, 15 June 2010 11:27 (fifteen years ago)
From http://www.headphonesoff.com/bspforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9222
"Craig Lorentson, frontman of popular alternative rockers Lowlife, passed away in hospital at the age of 44 last Friday [04-Jun-10] after a period of liver and kidney problems. Born in Grangemouth, his rise to fame began in the mid-1980s, amid the demise of local psychobilly outfit Dead Neighbours. Springing from the ashes of that band, Lowlife went on to record a string of critically acclaimed albums including Permanent Sleep (1986), Diminuendo (1987), Godhead (1989), San Antorium (1991), and Gush (1995) [No mention of 1985's Rain]. They played gigs all over the world before splitting in 1997."
― ======<() bzbzbzbzbzzbzbzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzbzbzzbzbzbzb (onimo), Tuesday, 15 June 2010 12:52 (fifteen years ago)
So sad :(
― property-disrespecting Moroccan handjob (Trayce), Tuesday, 15 June 2010 13:56 (fifteen years ago)
Saw this on Slicing Up Eyeballs this morning:http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2013/01/02/eternity-road-story-of-lowlife/
Very interested to see if it comes to fruition.
All I've got is Permanent Sleep on vinyl and, I have to say, the hyperbole that preceded me actually hearing the band set me up for a letdown, because I thought it was just alright.
― Austin, Friday, 4 January 2013 02:45 (thirteen years ago)
Whatever happened to Will Heggie?
And is the documentary still happening?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 23 March 2015 03:13 (eleven years ago)