Adventures in Sound and Spaces: personal ramblings on Alternative Underground Culture / Politics / Freedoms / Gender / Experimentation / Gurdjieff / Fourth Way / Situationism / Sneering at Music Production
"It’s vast, dark and incredibly catchy throughout. We’ve got so much time for this band."
Thanks to everyone who ordered a copy or downloaded. Life in Liverpool is pretty good. Been here for 3 months now. Should probably get out a bit more. We
were going to have a bit of a break and do some exploring but were galvanized into action
following an unexpectedly funny bit of confusion over at our Facebook Group.
It seems like Post-Punk and Shoegaze sounds have inevitably become 'in' with the tedious hipster / trustafarian crowd. Bandwagoning hipsters are winning praise for shamelessy ripping off the sounds, themes and lyrics of Joy Division, Siouxsie and The Banshees and The Sisters of Mercy. Song titles ripped from the lyrics of the songs they're ripping off. Poses, shoes and production values pilfered.
It's fine - vital even - to represent your influences, but when you only have the one, the least you can do is move it forward rather than simply replicating it. Otherwise you're just a tribute act. You'll probably earn more adoration and money as a result.
We've been fairly criticized in the past for being too eclectic in our influences. But we're just too restless and frankly too fucking creative to be that narrow minded.
We also have enough outside / inside mixes (something that we've really started to enjoy working on recently) to do something with. We want to try and recreate one or two of them live: the big reverbs, the minimalism.
And now, on a more positive note, a date for your diary: Saturday 16th November we play The Giffard Arms in Wolverhampton. The place is a bit of a legend: a real Rock and Roll establishment and home to the West Mid's finest Alternative / Post-Punk / Goth / Shoegaze music night. Expect everything from The Soft Moon to Curve:
I'm currently in the process of relocating instruments, equipment, studio and life to Liverpool.
Why Milk Why?!
Brighton is a great place to hide. It's a great place to do nothing. But not a great place if you want to get stuff done.
So... what we're planning to do next is to try to make something a bit more special than another batch of bandcamp / iTunes / Spotify releases. Once the songs are mixed and mastered, we want to put out a high quality digipak CD package of songs that won't just be available online.
Something with a seriously lush inlay / sleeve / booklet / gate-fold digipak etc.
I've
always said I don't want to do another 'album'. But after putting
Behind The Sins together I feel that there's something that we can do
with a full-length CD that can still be experimental and fun. I'm
thinking of segments of 3 / 4 songs that work well together, then a pure
location / drone track then another 3 songs...
As well
as the noise-scapes we've put out and about via Viinyl.com, leaving USB
Juju sticks on trains and park benches etc. we do have some new songs
that are pretty much completed. I just need to finish the mixes - I
mean, I just have to STOP mixing them.
Photography c/o Dark Waters Festival, Mel Butler Photography, David McKnight @ Davefish Photography.
We're getting ready to play London on Friday night. It's a full-on Alternative Gothic Post-Punk Electro Deathrock night which is a bit very exciting. Cavey Nik's Dead and Buried promises to be an eclectic and colourful night of noises where they play everything from Cardiacs to The Cramps, Joy Division to Generation X, Sparks to The Smiths.
UPDATE: Please try and arrive before 23.30 as after that time all
monies taken on the door go straight to the venue and NOT Dead and
Buried - please help us to continue to bring quality live bands and Djs
to London at thsi great venue if you can [none of which is free!] Plus
the earlier you get tehre the more frun you will have! ;^)
You may hear music from bands such as: Opera de Nuit, Christian Death, The Cure, Gorgonas, Gertrud Stein,
Bauhaus, Euroshima, The Unkindness of Ravens, Sisters of Mercy, Ideal,
CCCP, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Specimen, ALien Sex Fiend, The Cramps,
Frustration, La Femme, The Adicts, Cinema Strange, Defectors, Fangs on
Fur.. etc.
Friday 6th April, we're back in London for a night in Kentish Town. If you're very good, we're going to do something a bit special. Unexpect the Expected.
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