That band from the UK called South - anyone remember "Paint The Silence" from 2000?

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I found one thread about them here, but it wasn't descriptive enough, and was about their second album (not that I knew one existed until now). But anyway, what happened was, I awoke to my alarm clock yesterday and the first thing I heard on the radio was South "Paint The Silence" and I had completely forgot about that song, I was amazed. It's a delightful cross of Stone Roses & shoegazing, I think. I assumed I must have sold their first album "From Here On In", upon which this song appears and I didn't have good memories of the album besides that song, but miraculously still found it in my stacks. And the album doesn't sound bad at all now, a damn sight better than all these awful bands that keep coming out of the U.K. now whose names all start with "The".

― Bimble, Saturday, 17 March 2007 20:34 (eighteen years ago)

Seek out their single from last year, "A Place in Displacement." New Order could've jammed it onto Substance and you'd never know the difference.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 17 March 2007 22:26 (eighteen years ago)

Boy, Johnny, you sure know how to get me excited about hearing stuff. You better be careful there with the New Order Substance comparisons...:)

― Bimble, Saturday, 17 March 2007 23:31 (eighteen years ago)

From Here On In is a really good album - I loved their first bunch of lo-fi singles as well. great band. i'm not as excited by the newer stuff as some people - all i can assume is that it's all they've heard as the first album is entirely superior.

― electricsound, Sunday, 18 March 2007 06:27 (eighteen years ago)

Oh, I like the first album a lot too... the second one somewhat less so.

But the latest one is the best they've ever sounded, to me at least.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 18 March 2007 10:09 (eighteen years ago)

Well I checked out the song, Johnny, and although I wouldn't have put it on Substance (too modern for that) it definitely sounded like a possible Get Ready outtake. I was impressed. It's fun to come across things that allow you to think you're hearing New Order when you're not.

― Bimble, Sunday, 18 March 2007 15:58 (eighteen years ago)

"Paint the Silence" was a wonderful single. Alas, South. Sort of a They Could've Been Bigger Than Embrace thing. I don't know if they knew what they wanted to be when they achieved that first fame, and audiences aren't kind to bands that "evolve" as dramatically as they have. I still listen to "Silence" at least five times a year.

― Chris Ott, Sunday, 18 March 2007 16:24 (eighteen years ago)

I think they got sidetracked into being James Lavelle's Mo'Wax house band for a while too -- I think if you search out the Sexy Beast soundtrack they did some stuff there as well.

― mh, Sunday, 18 March 2007 20:49 (eighteen years ago)

Woah ho! I think you're right, Mr. Fever, this 2006 album is sounding so gorgeously lovely right now but I guess I should wait until I've heard more than two songs...still...this is delicious fun and the Verve never got anywhere near this, I know that much.

― Bimble, Monday, 19 March 2007 02:11 (eighteen years ago)

two years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1saNApvPQIs

Got this song lodged in my head. Remembered discussing it with someone on here, but forgot it was Bimble. ;_;

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 October 2009 16:41 (sixteen years ago)

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