Just played it again. That ending of Dandy doesn't know is really of extreme pastoral beauty.
Indeed totally badass. I need to see this life.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
I'm one of the 212.
Just gave this a listen and y'all are right on!!! Great LP that will be on a few year end lists.
The Prog Corner
I have nothing clever to say, but bloody excellent this is indeed, though hardly suprising given the persons involved. I'll have to grab a physical copy, along with this 'new' NSRO rarities thing that i've just found out about.
Now I need the damn tooth pulled! Too much decay.
Truly a lost crown.
Excellent album. Definitely a strong candidate for 2019's end year list.
I often wonder how intentional some of that is - I've heard passages that are so similar to something else that its freaky... but maybe it was something never even thought about from Richard's perspective... just deep seeded influences pushing out. I agree though - its all Lost Crowns and I tell everyone about Lost Crowns.
New video:
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Late to the Lost Crowns discovery, but after the first several listens, it is awesome. It sound vaguely familiar yet not like anything being released right now. Truly stands on its own.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
They played at the ABC Convention - even Cardiacs fans find them hard to get into... the built up lunacy doesnt have enough space to breath - is the main comment I heard. I think being a Henry Cow, 5uus, and Thinking Plague fan gives me advantage to opening this up and loving it.
I've found them harder to get into than some of the other bands associated with this scene but its certainly dense and interesting & I'll probaly end up loving it.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
I'm one of the 212.
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Surprisingly, it reminded me a little bit of 5uus circa Hunger's Teeth, but with a completely different style of singing.
I liked it!
Steve F.
www.waysidemusic.com
www.cuneiformrecords.com
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"the masses have spoken, and this has appropriately vanished into the great Prog boner pile in the sky."
“Remember, if it doesn't say "Cuneiform," it's not prog!” - THE Jed Levin
"Death to false 'support the scene' prog!"
please add 'imo' wherever you like, to avoid offending those easily offended.
Strangely enough I never had trouble getting into Lost crowns. Liked it at first listen, loved it after a couple more.
Now (most) Henry Cow, UZ and especially ART Zoyd; those I find hard to get into.
One of my favorite band is/was Aranis so probably not. I find Cow to be very difficult and UZ and Zoyd so damn dark. I have less troubles with UZ then with Zoyd though. It is probably just being able to 'relate' more to a certain type of sound which makes you more receptive.
I loved that colourful psydelelic sound and vocals of Lost Crowns instantly. When you do it gets easy to deal with the density.
I hear 5uus all over this - especially some bass line passages - I wanted to press Bob on this at the show but decided it wasnt a good idea. haha. He isnt too fond of comparison talking - at least I get that impression. They do have their own sound though - absolutely my favorite album this year and probably will stay that way. Talking with Larcombe is an experience in itself. Lovely guy - and a serious thinker in my estimation.
Steve F.
www.waysidemusic.com
www.cuneiformrecords.com
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"the masses have spoken, and this has appropriately vanished into the great Prog boner pile in the sky."
“Remember, if it doesn't say "Cuneiform," it's not prog!” - THE Jed Levin
"Death to false 'support the scene' prog!"
please add 'imo' wherever you like, to avoid offending those easily offended.
^ There are snippets from the Stars In Battledress-album (In Droplet Form) that also have a faint GG-imprint to them, but overall I hear a more harsh and unforgiving style of density to Lost Crown's music.
The above mentioning of 5UU's are spot-on; while there's certainly some element of known tradition (GG, a tad KC or even Yes), the most defining factor is that of fairly radical acts like Art Bears or more recent stuff like Extra Life etc. I suppose some would deem this too "jarring" or deliberately uncompromising in tone, but I myself find that this sort of meticulously challenging endeavour is becoming all the more rare in contemporary rock. And that's precisely what this is, I think - contemporary rock.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
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