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The Rocky Nest?

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methinks like Felt cross OTC

― winter testing (winter testing), Friday, 10 March 2006 21:45 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...
I saw them in the Adelphi couple of weeks ago as part of the Hull Fire mini-festival thing. Some really good songs in a lo-fi, instrument-swappy kinda way but then again everything sounds lo-fi at the Adelphi, it's that kind of place... Not sure about your Felt reference however there's definite hint of C86 about them (this is a good thing)... definitely worth keeping an eye on, has anything been recorded?

― breakdown!, Wednesday, 3 May 2006 16:37 (twenty years ago)

eleven months pass...
anybody else heard or seen the Rocky Nest? Definitely my favourite local band of the past year ( local being Hull, UK ) Ok they're mates of mine and so I'm probably biased, but I think they're onto something pretty special. Some home recordings are online at http://www.myspace.com/therockynest .

― tom, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 11:35 (nineteen years ago)

I like 'em :)

― fandango, Thursday, 3 May 2007 11:57 (nineteen years ago)

where are you based fandango? get thee to the next Nest gig if you can, I'll buy you a pint...

― tom, Thursday, 3 May 2007 12:35 (nineteen years ago)

hehe.. I emailed you but I think I got various Tom's confused! I 'av a suspicion I probably know you already ;-)

― fandango, Thursday, 3 May 2007 12:44 (nineteen years ago)

too many Toms round our way, but it's Dan, yes? if so then I probably already owe you a pint :-) what do you think to the Apparat album?

― tom, Thursday, 3 May 2007 12:55 (nineteen years ago)

certainly not Duplex pt.2. kind of feels like it lacks a consistent aesthetic to glue it all together a bit, a few vocal tracks but doesn't really feel vocal driven exactly, but not 'ambient' or overly/excessively IDM/Glitch, kinda has that To Rococo Rot feel... Adult-Orientated Electronica?

I'm not sure I dig it that much (on first impressions) but I'm giving it some more listens, it's 'not bad' y'know?

-- fandango, Wednesday, April 18, 2007 4:18 PM (2 weeks ago)


I haven't really changed my mind yet (erm... 'cos I haven't kept it around) but it probably does deserve a few more listens than the two or three I gave it to begin with... there's a thread here too. It wasn't really grabbing me tbh. I have my head far too much into the new Melt-Banana right now for anything so calm unfortunately, that might have something to do with it!

― fandango, Thursday, 3 May 2007 13:11 (nineteen years ago)

oh, and yes it is dan ;)

― fandango, Thursday, 3 May 2007 13:12 (nineteen years ago)

re Walls, currently on 2nd listen - kinda underwhelmed first time on the train, especially by the vocal tracks, but sounds a little better now as background to work. As ever, listening depends on the environment...

Probably shouldn't be derailing the Rocky Nest shameless plug thread to talk about Apparat though!

― tom, Thursday, 3 May 2007 13:24 (nineteen years ago)

who the hell are OTC btw?

― fandango, Thursday, 3 May 2007 13:26 (nineteen years ago)

Olivia Tremor Control ( yes I did write the original post) ;) Not sure if the comparison still holds, but I do think the Nest have something of the Elephant 6 bands about them.

― tom, Thursday, 3 May 2007 13:33 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

Can I shamelessplug properly now I've joined the band please?

Hull Adelphi 12/9/08 see you there! Hi 5!

http://www.myspace.com/therockynest

Ta x

― Thomas, Friday, 29 August 2008 11:58 (eighteen years ago)


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