On Thu, 23 Nov 1995, Dave Ross wrote:
quoted 3 lines Well I am below Swervedriver's level of musical sophistication, too but> > Well I am below Swervedriver's level of musical sophistication, too but
> > that doesn't make Ejector Seat Reservation anything else but a crap album.
> > Autechre win my tentative vote for second biggest disappointment of 1996.quoted 1 line Behind what??> Behind what??
Sorry, I thought it would be clear what I meant. Behind the mentioned
Swervedriver record. Swervedriver are a sort of indie-rokk band off
Creation which never got the attention they deserved and now sadly no
longer deserve it. For a while though I considered them one of the few
remaining great rock bands. Lots and lots of nice guitar texture, melodic
interplay, neat songwriting that goes all over the place. Really really
intelligent stuff...but they got too intelligent to the point of
intellectual or elitist. The album is almost unlistenable. For a while
though they were as good as just about anyone working in any style. One
might check out Mezcal Head or Raise, if one is interested. Tracks three
or four on either are the shit.
I figured this message was fair balance for all the Autechre traffic at
the 4AD list. ;)
One thing I can forgive about Tri Repetae is that *lots* of people are
disappointing this year. Ultramarine. Nitzer Ebb. Low. Cocteau Twins.
Verve. Richard Kirk, TWICE. Belly. From Within. Dreamfish. (I know I'll
take heat for that...) At least Autechre released two ass kicking eps
before this mess, and Tri does have a few nice bits.
einexile
Can someone fwd me a review of Woob 2 please? Thanks. :)