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he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
edited May 2013 in Other Music
Anyone a fan of these guys? Can't quite get enough of An Awesome Wave lately.
We were but stones your light made us stars
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  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    they got big hype this year by winning the Mercury. They are described as the New Radiohead. Oddly, the song on there that most sounds like something Thom and company would cook up, the Intro song, seems to be the song no one says "that sounds like Radiohead ala Amnesiac", at least judging from YouTube comments.
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 42,066
    musicismylife78 wrote:
    they got big hype this year by winning the Mercury. They are described as the New Radiohead. Oddly, the song on there that most sounds like something Thom and company would cook up, the Intro song, seems to be the song no one says "that sounds like Radiohead ala Amnesiac", at least judging from YouTube comments.

    yeah i had never heard of them until they were nominated. Only song I really heard was "Fitzpleasure"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npvNPORFXpc
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  • jjflashjjflash Posts: 4,957
    Just stumbled on to them.....I misjudged their sound based on the band name and had skipped right over them. Really digging the album. Other than the electronic foundation of a lot of the songs, I don't yet hear the Radiohead connection.

    They're playing at a small local club in March. Show is sold out and hoping to score tix on the secondary market.
  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    goddamn i love this album
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • iOnlyownMymindiOnlyownMymind Posts: 2,811
    I just started listening to them a couple weeks ago. Pretty good, I like them.
  • donnaruhldonnaruhl Posts: 2,157
    iOnlyownMymind wrote:
    I just started listening to them a couple weeks ago. Pretty good, I like them.

    Fitz Pleasure is Great! I'm glad someone else likes them.They are totally different.
    And that's what I like about them. :D
  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    the video for Breezeblocks is intense
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVeMiVU77wo
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,572
    I'm really late to the party digging this band
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,356
    josevolution wrote: »
    I'm really late to the party digging this band

    Not too late as they are still rather new. Hopefully they keep getting better. :-)
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,572
    tempo_n_groove wrote: »
    josevolution wrote: »
    I'm really late to the party digging this band

    Not too late as they are still rather new. Hopefully they keep getting better. :-)

    I'm thinking of checking them out here at MSG in MARCH ...
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,356
    josevolution wrote: »
    tempo_n_groove wrote: »
    josevolution wrote: »
    I'm really late to the party digging this band

    Not too late as they are still rather new. Hopefully they keep getting better. :-)

    I'm thinking of checking them out here at MSG in MARCH ...

    I thought it sold out? If it's still available I'm going then!
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,572
    Yeah I saw some good seats for decent price
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,572
    Nara is floating in my head niow I'm not sure how this music would translate in live setting but I'm sure as shit curios enough to check them out ,,,,
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,356
    josevolution wrote: »
    Nara is floating in my head niow I'm not sure how this music would translate in live setting but I'm sure as shit curios enough to check them out ,,,,

    They did a live show on FUV in NY and killed it. These guys are the real deal live.

    Maybe I can talk you and bad brains into going with me?
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,572
    I'd be down
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,572
    Just looked at tickets for MSG section 210 row n $ 63.55 not bad at all
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • llessuRllessuR Posts: 195
    Love them, especially the new album. My review you can catch on my blog. Saw them live when they opened for MGMT in Seattle a few years back, they blew the roof off the doors, MGMT couldn't hold a candle compared to them and I ended up walking out of MGMT.
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  • davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
    solid band, hope to see them live one day
  • Indifference71Indifference71 Posts: 14,845
    edited September 2016
    European festival crowds are the best. Really digging these guys lately...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfvAEBArBjg
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  • hauntingfamiliarhauntingfamiliar Posts: 10,217
    Indifference71 said:

    European festival crowds are the best. Really digging these guys lately...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfvAEBArBjg

    Yes Indifferece, they are so good. Both their albums are on steady rotation in my music arsenal. Wow! I love how the crowd just takes over singing the song in this version. Very cool, his smile says it all.
  • RoleModelsinBlood31RoleModelsinBlood31 Posts: 6,160
    I'm going to have to give them another try. I got one of their albums and haven't played it since the first spin months ago. Didn't do much for me then but I'll have to dust it off
    I'm like an opening band for your mom.
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