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I chanced across Múm quite by chance, late one night when I switched on to the once great MTV2 in the hope of not seeing Zane Lowe's leering hack face. Luckily, the great 120 minutes was on, and I just caught the start of the track and was mesmerised. The video is strange and quite whimsical, but exceedingly moving and in tune with the band's strange blend of post rock, pop and electronica.
I think I was a tad tipsy at the time, but had the sense of mind to write the name of the track down. I got the album Finally We Are No One shortly shortly after. It was good, but didn't quite manage to live up to the power of this track. I've not seen the video again since there, so I went and had a look, and of course could think of no finer place to share it than here.
I had my first listen to the Yo La Tengo's newish LP today, I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass. I thought it was time to take a trip back to the first stuff of theirs I knew, for they've not been mentioned around these parts. I initially had a look at the video for Tom Courtenay - still one of my favourite tracks of theirs. It was the first time I'd seen the video, and it was a touch disappointing, the mood of the video was at odds with the mood of the song. I have great love for that track as it was the first of theirs I knowingly heard. It's a shame it was the perfect example of a great song spoilt by its video - so I skipped it and went for the this noisy little beast instead. I'll post a nice live version of Tom Courtenay at a future point, having heard it once I didn't want it again straight away.
I saw them live last year in Cardiff and they were pretty awesome. Here's them doing a wee bit of a truncated version of Deeper Into Movies live from London this year, another one of their tracks I really love. It was my first listen of the new LP and it was promising - it sounded like it had walked up a few different avenues. A Yo La Tengo LP is never far from the shortlist, but until I know this new one - I had a craving for some of their classic material. The sound's a bit tinny buy enjoy.
I'm afraid I have to admit to not being much of a Nick Cave fan. I wasn't a Birthday Party fan either, until recently when I rediscovered their Junkyard LP. Now, this is one of them funny stories that will no doubt make me sound like a dick. I have a few of them, but this one's priceless. Basically, back when I was young, I listened to the LP maybe 3 or 4 times, on the wrong speed. I don't know how - it wasn't marked on the label, and must have been a 45rpm LP - that I insisted on playing at 33rpm (as you do with proper LPs). As a result, it sounded shit and I gave up on it. I don't think I even knew Nick Cave was in them at that time.
I picked up another LP in the last five years, I thought what the heck - by that point I'd heard so many people name-check them I thought there had to be something there. So I got Prayers On Fire on CD and liked it a lot. So recently, I had the chance to get Junkyard on CDs and gave it another shot. Holy heck - it blew me away. Such a grinding and intense album. Even Nick Cave sounds good on it. So, from way back when, here's the man and the band doing the track Hamlet (Pow Pow Pow) live. It's the second track in, following a few minutes of Fears Of Gun. When I saw Nick Cave live in the 90s, he was smoking a fag and sat at a piano. Compare and contrast with this slighlty more energetic performance!
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