Lou Barlow / Sebadoh / Folk Implosion / Sentridoh

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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,788
    So… this happened last night…





    Phoenix Central Park is a pretty cool performance space in Sydney. It only holds about 120 people and tickets are free, but you have to sign up for a ballot to have a chance. Lou played 2 shows but I missed the post about the ballot last week so I thought I was going to miss out. 

    Luckily Lou posted that there were 5 or 6 spots open for both of his shows and I was lucky enough to get in for the 8.15 show  =) 
    It all happened so fast that the evening was a bit of a blur! I didn’t take any photos and can’t remember much of the set list - it was a real ‘in the moment’ experience. Just another reason why Lou is one of my favourite musicians on the planet. He was funny as always in between songs, and played some pretty deep cuts from his catalogue.

    It more than makes up for the fact that I couldn’t get to either Dinosaur Jr show tonight or J’s solo show.
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,788
    New Folk Implosion album ‘Walk Thru Me’ will be released on June 28th  =)



    “How the fuck are we going to turn this into a song?” That’s the question Lou Barlow and John Davis have asked themselves since co-founding the Folk Implosion in the early 1990s. Beginning with improvised jams featuring Barlow on bass and Davis on drums, the duo develop their beat-driven pop collages from the ground up. It’s the process they used on their debut cassette, Walk Through This World with the Folk Implosion, and one they’ve returned to 30 years later on their spellbinding, self-referencing reunion, Walk Thru Me.  

    Separated from their homes in Massachusetts and North Carolina, Barlow and Davis collaborated remotely, flashing back to their early friendship as penpals. A sweaty bass and drums session went down in Barlow’s attic, before they booked studio time with producer Scott Salter (St. Vincent, Spoon, The Mountain Goats). 

    Contrasts and comparisons are the keys to unlocking Walk Thru Me, and the Folk Implosion as a whole. Beyond the audible differences between Barlow’s soft voice and Davis’s urgent, reedy proclamations, their approaches to songwriting are strikingly distinct. While Barlow approached his lyrics from a protective paternal perspective (“My Little Lamb”), Davis paid tribute to his late father, shining a light on their complicated relationship (“The Day You Died”). 

    Finally, Davis’s Persian music studies in weekly Zoom lessons inspired him to integrate traditional Middle Eastern instruments such as the setar, oud, saz, and tombak. 

    “Because we’re so separate, part of this album is me desperately trying to telepathically communicate to John and Scott, who are 700 miles away from me,” Barlow concludes. “A big part of what I consider to be the Folk Implosion is taking disparate things and turning them into pop.”

    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,788
    New single, Moonlit Kind, also dropped today

    https://youtu.be/5dDOoDkXJXU?si=86l8WQ_kAy43fQVx
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,661
    goldrush said:
    New single, Moonlit Kind, also dropped today

    https://youtu.be/5dDOoDkXJXU?si=86l8WQ_kAy43fQVx

    Ooooh!  Nice, I like it!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,788
    This finally arrived today  =)

    Limited Edition (# 394 of 400) black and white marbled vinyl of Walk Thru Me, including a flexi disc with 2 non-album tracks 









    I’ve been listening digitally for a few weeks now, and I have to say it was hard to get used to John’s voice at first, but the album as a whole is fantastic. So good to have them back!
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)

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