I had assumed that there was already a thread about this, but extensive searches revealed nothing.
I guess I can't really call them classic OR dud, since I never got really into them enough to have really strong feelings, but they seem pretty interesting, and certainly deserving of a wider audience than they seem to have. Like a beat-crazy Cranes or something, and they remind me of late-period Swans in ways that I can't really describe. Maybe I'm missing some historical context but I don't know of many American bands who so thoroughly accepted the influence of rave music/"philosophy," certainly none who ever wrote an acrostic paean to Ecstacy ("Moon Dream Meadow Allegory").
― Gendou Ikari, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 18:18 (eighteen years ago)
No takers on this one, eh? I liked the EP that MDMA is on, the full-length after that prattled on FAR too long, never heard a thing since. I would pick up a copy of "Until The Grinders Cease" if I found it cheap, though.
― Dan Peterson, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 17:39 (eighteen years ago)
Interviewed 'em once, saw them back in the midnineties for something, I forget once. Good enough band, friendly folks.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 17:40 (eighteen years ago)
I had a post I thought I'd made here... guess I didn't.
This Timeless Turning was great but I didn't like anything else I heard by them.
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 17:58 (eighteen years ago)
They had one great tune that is still in my head "The Elephant Song" or something.
― Mr. Odd, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 21:23 (eighteen years ago)
Yeah, "Elephant Song" is on that first EP with MDMA; cool song. I need to dig that out.
― Dan Peterson, Thursday, 19 July 2007 14:34 (eighteen years ago)
"Rain" is such a jam.
― fear mongrels (Abbott), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 03:10 (fifteen years ago)
this band is due for a revival, 1st 3 records are all very solid.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 19:37 (fifteen years ago)
That would be nice. I only have "Return to the Inner Experience," which I really dig...I don't know if thee others are out of print or what, but they're hard to track down. Maybe I will have to resort to ordering them on Amazon.
― fear mongrels (Abbott), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 21:16 (fifteen years ago)
This Timeless Turning is still a lot of fun IMO
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 7 August 2015 16:37 (ten years ago)
"Vuh" is gorgeous, probably my favorite song of theirs
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 7 August 2015 16:41 (ten years ago)
did you ever get to hear A Return To The Inner Experience? also very worthwhile imo
― sleeve, Friday, 7 August 2015 16:47 (ten years ago)
I couldn't get into that one. Granted, I think I only listened to it once.
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 7 August 2015 16:49 (ten years ago)
I think i got pretty much everything by them from Demonoid a couple months back. Not sure they'd still be up might be able to help seed though.Had Timeless Turning on cd after finding it in a sale mid 90s.Apparently they formed as Neubauten fans.They also elected to cover We Will Fall on a Stooges tribute which is an interesting choice.
― Stevolende, Friday, 7 August 2015 17:02 (ten years ago)
yes, that cover is also on Return..., I love it
― sleeve, Friday, 7 August 2015 17:12 (ten years ago)