My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes

[Rob S]

What a beautiful song!!!!!! Anyone else a fan of MBV?

[Mr Heathen]

Good grief, haven't heard that for a while! I thought it was pretty good stuff at the time - well ahead of it's time - though I haven't listened to any for a few years & I'm not sure how well some of it's aged.

I really like 'Soon' from that album but I always preferred the rawness of their work on 'Isn't Anything' overall.

MBV always tended a bit towards politeness for my tastes though, I like my music with a few more teeth. If you're interested in something similar but with a darker side, I can strongly recommend listening to Cranes.

[Rob S]

Ill chekc them out, ta!

[Gompo]

I've heard Loveless, and I did like it although listening to the whole album is maybe a bit much. There are a lot of bands coming out influenced by MBV/Shoegaze in general, which I do like..

[minimoog]

Mr Heathen said:

I really like 'Soon' from that album but I always preferred the rawness of their work on 'Isn't Anything' overall.

[CommanderJameson]

Huge fan from way back. Saw them at an amazing gig at Newcastle Poly in 1992. Stunning band, and Loveless is a stunning album.

Oh, and I want to do things to Belinda Butcher. Oh yes.

[CommanderJameson]

Mr Heathen said:

Good grief, haven't heard that for a while! I thought it was pretty good stuff at the time - well ahead of it's time - though I haven't listened to any for a few years & I'm not sure how well some of it's aged.

I really like 'Soon' from that album but I always preferred the rawness of their work on 'Isn't Anything' overall.

MBV always tended a bit towards politeness for my tastes though, I like my music with a few more teeth. If you're interested in something similar but with a darker side, I can strongly recommend listening to Cranes.

Although you'd have to say for a bit of darkness you need to go towards the early Cranes stuff (Self-non-Self, Wings of Joy) rather than the rather breezy music they were putting out by the time Jewel came along.

On those lines (ectophilic music with a darker edge) then the Cocteau Twins up to and including Blue Bell Knoll should fit the bill.

Edited by CommanderJameson on Monday 26th November 22:49

[minimoog]

CommanderJameson said:

Huge fan from way back. Saw them at an amazing gig at Newcastle Poly in 1992.

I was there too

[Rob S]

Been listening to some of their ealrier EP's... pure class

[Mr Heathen]

CommanderJameson said:

Mr Heathen said:

If you're interested in something similar but with a darker side, I can strongly recommend listening to Cranes.

Although you'd have to say for a bit of darkness you need to go towards the early Cranes stuff (Self-non-Self, Wings of Joy) rather than the rather breezy music they were putting out by the time Jewel came along.

Quite right, early Cranes, should've mentioned that. Thanks for the clarification.

Edited by Mr Heathen on Tuesday 27th November 13:30

[koenig999]

New live shows and the promise of a new MBV album too!

Koenig