Recent Acquisitions

[sen_no_ongaku]

sigerson picked up Franz Ferdinand's eponymous album, largely on the strength of "Take Me Out", is a rocking track that we encountered in Guitar Hero. I like it a lot, but it's an odd piece of work -- Franz Ferdinand strikes me not so much as a retro-'80s band so much as an '80s band that happens to be active in the '00s.
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I got my bloody valentine's loveless (16 years after the fact) after hearing "sometimes" on yaoobruni's History of Punk. Their music is mostly a wash of heavily distorted guitars, with vocals hidden just underneath a huge wall of slowly changing sound -- an aesthetic for which I have a real weakness.

I wish I'd found it years ago -- it's a gorgeous album, and can't not have inspired some bands I dig; Cocteau Twins, aarktica, and signer in particular.

Oddly enough, loveless itself often strongly reminds me of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album.

Comments

[developer.livejournal.com]

Is the history of punk actually purchasable or just a list? OTOH, I think I have roughly half of it already.

How is the Godin treating you? Last week I became jealous, lost control on ebay, and bought one for myself! Different model, I went with an older LGX.

Anyhow, My Bloody Valentine vexes me. I SHOULD love them. LOVE them, yet I seem confused and annoyed. I think part of it is I've listened mostly on headphones and the swirling wall of sound it just not very good in that environment. I need to try on a real stereo.

[sen-no-ongaku.livejournal.com]

History of Punk is a pair of mix CDs he made for friends; I can burn you a copy no problem.
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The Godin is pretty sweet, although I have nothing to compare it to, really. It's got three pickups (including a Humbucker at the neck) that I don't understand yet, and that the tone knob only makes more complicated.

Basically, I'm still speaking baby talk with it. But I'm having a good time, and I'm learning some neat techniques.

Speaking of which, I'd like to get together this summer (after mid-July) and talk distortion, and maybe other fx. Eh?

[developer.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I agree -- the Franz Ferdinand disc seems to be decidedly earnest rather than ironic.