I'm into a lot of them right now.
Mine are:
1. Youthmovies & Adam Gnade - Honey Slides
2. Jonquil - Lions (best record of last year maybe)
3. Blanket - Blankit (stupid band name, great band, sooooo great)
4. Blood red Shoes - ADHD (I don't like their new stuff or their live show but this 7" was wonderous.)
5. Foals - try this on your piano (I have a cd burn of the 7". I wish antidotes was this good.)
The ones I don't really like are the new Tired Irie EP (Sumerian's great, but the rest is kind of derivative and dated for like 2001 Faint-ish new wave), jonquil's sunny casinos (too abstract), and the Redjetson CD.
anybody know what they're putting out next? I know there's going to be an adam gnade full-length and something by jonquil, but that's all I know.
I'd love to see a homeless music boxset--though maybe without the saul williams
pee ess
Oh, and I liked that first tired irie 7" for about 30 days and then I was done. Those other ones, my top five, are timeless
Yeah
the Foals 7" is fantastic.
*Check-me-out-I'm-Indier-than-thou fact*
I bought that Foals vinyl off the drummer after seeing them playing live (with Andrew Mears) at the Buffalo Bar.
even though they are long gone on ebay now...
id have to say ADHD followed by dont try this...
Id agree with Tired Irie, somehow they sound like they should be better than they are
Jonquil 'Lions'
Hands down.
Jonquil - Lions
hands down on everything ever.
They really are a great label, I don't think they have released anything I don't like...
tee hee
i know some upcoming 'plans', BUT I'M NOT TELLING ANYONE.
gooooooooood
here's Jonquil and Blanket going a session with Huw on BBC
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=29279944&blogID=381801903
oh
oh, i mean, it's a Try Harder-themed session, which is why I posted it here.
both bands play live and interview a bit.
would've loved to have heard more
please?!
do tell, do tell!
er
that was in response to: 'tee hee
i know some upcoming 'plans', BUT I'M NOT TELLING ANYONE.'
Upcoming Try Harder...
...releases. We have a busy year ahead! Thanks for the kind words by the way.
May:
Tired Irie - Hexagon CD Single
July:
Playdoe - It's That Beat 12" EP
Rest of the year:
Jonquil - Whistle Low CD EP
Larsen B - Madeline CD EP
Sweat.X - 12" EP & CD album
Tired Irie - New EP
Adam Gnade - Trailerparks CD Album
The Edmund Fitzgerald - Collected Works 2CD (yup, really)
Links to the new stuff...
www.myspace.com/fuckplaydoe
www.myspace.com/sweatx
www.myspace.com/wearelarsenb
www.myspace.com/edfitzofficial
well good
Holy shit! Nice! I'm so excited for all of that. AND Ed Fitz, on two CDs no less! Mint. Well good. I want to see a massive Try Harder tour with all those bands together--maybe even a Edmund Fitzgerald reunion?
I don't know Playdoe, Larsen B, or Sweat.X but I plan on checking them out.
The Edmund Fitzgerald - Collected Works 2CD (yup, really)
oh god
oh god oh god
hmmm
I was just over at the EdFitz myspace and saw that the first song "Horses" (haha) was from a split with Youthmovies. anybody know where to get that one?
it was out on vacuous pop
on CD / 7", but i think both formats are sold out now.
yips
I guess it doesn't matter since it's all be re-released. Well good.
Anybody ever see them live?
Yup
This one lingered round for years and has *just* sold out and started to go for silly money on eBay. The Youthmovies side is on one of the Homeless Musics CDRs anyhow and you'll obviously be able to get the Ed Fitz song soon enough.
There'll be an Ed Fitz tracklisting coming soon, we're just trying to track down an elusive final recording. They recorded so much stuff that just never saw the light of day; The track Horses came from a 6 song session and there's also a 40 minute 3 song album...
that sounds awesome.
The best Try Harder release is definitely "lions" by Jonquil. Fantastic album.
bastards!
yep
but maybe i should do a re-press! cat on form too!
now, if only all releases sold as well...
:-(
boo, hiss, etc!
stupid fucking messageboard format - change it, please !!!!
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wow, that array of posts was kind of dizzying!
been listening to the top song in jonquil's myspazz player. too good for words