hiponion said about 1 year ago or at 1:34PM on Thursday, January 4 2007.
My thread on this was deleted as well? This is really getting fucking annoying, having to re-make threads that easily could have been altered to edit out the links, that contained a great discussion on a band/album/whatever.
But yes. "Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?", their new one, is absolutely fabulous. All of their previous work has been amazing. One of the most consistently excellent bands around.
This album hasn't really caught me as much as some of their previous ones have. I might have to give it another listen or two.
Come disconnect the dots with me, poppet.
they certainly are super. and id never heard of them before your other thread and now im totally obsessed with them
It's certainly quite a bit different sounding, Wonky. :)
Tell ya what, just got me copy of this one.
It's fucken awesome. So much pop goodness. And then the epic krautrocker The Past Is a Grotesque Animal right in the middle. Excellent. Makes me happy.
If anyone's interested, and ya fucken should be, use the gmail.
God, 'Grotesque Animal' might just be the best thing they've ever done. And that's saying a LOT.
I haven't heard much of the rest (except Disconnect the Dots) but if it's anywhere near as good, I'm there.
Oh, you are so there. My christ. It's his masterpiece.
overrated band
Do you like any E6 bands blake
NMH of course and a tiny bit of OTC
I have an Elf Power CD i've never listened too.
I've had a brief listen to your fave circ system album and it's ok.
I think Of Montreal are decent, but far from great.
Circ system didn't click for me 'til about the fifth listen. It's such an organic album.
Albums like that don't grow on trees.
Here's the artwork for 'Hissing Fauna':
gave fauna a listen last night
was a bit meh but the second half was spectacular !
i do like this new album, i thought i might grow out of it after a couple of listens, but it's still very good. btw, does anyone know if any of the elephant 6 groups ever toured in australia?
jeff magnum played in NZ ... think that's the closest 'they've' ventured.
best album of 07!
"i cant just hit her"
some bits are quite dark and bitter on the album. it's a strange sort of break up album, but i like that there is always a sense of hope.
it would be nice if they came to australia or if jeff magnum magically appeared at a local pub.
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I picked up the new one recently. It's IMHO not as solid as Hissing Fauna; musically, it starts somewhat more weakly. Also, in places it sounds like Barnes has started parodying himself and his trademark sexual neuroses and appropriations of otherness.
Where Hissing Fauna had pathos, Skeletal Lamping is mostly just camp. Having said that, it does have a few good tracks, like Id Engager and Gallery Piece.
Their, uh, ''live show'', has become even more absurd:
i just got back from NYC and met some people who had just seen these guys play that night. they said it was amazing!
more pics here. fuxn lalz.
Oh wow...
the new album is pants, but I'd still give my right arm to see OM live.
Live show looks laaaaaame.
They should just go to the UK and do Pantomimes.
Realisation: Kevin Barnes is to gay guys what ''wiggers'' are to black guys.
BACKLASH!
playing meredith...sideshow please
awesome perth show for $35, thank you government arts subsidies.
oooh, sideshows!!!!
Sat 28th Feb - Perth International Arts Festival
Wed 4th March - Manning Bar, Sydney
Thurs 5th March - The Zoo, Brisbane
Fri 6th March - Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Sat 7th March - Golden Plains!!!
The Corner? yuck.
Oh but hooray for this band coming out! It's going to be amazing!
oh.
fuck.
yes.
THANK YOU GOLDEN PLAINS
Golden Plains, awesome. And there's no way I'm missing that sideshow. VERY excited.
got my tickets, hope they play twice in perth. that's very unlikely, it's always so awkward when a band plays in australia for the first time. their back catalogue is so vast, though i imagine they don't play much of the early stuff.
Mogwai, Of Montreal and Black Mountain all on the same night in Sydney = Mega Fail Sydney for Of Montreal, Melbourne for Mogwai
when are sideshow tickets up?
I really wish these guys were playing at the Forum in Melbourne instead, such a better venue for them