Sweet, bright jangle pop/alternative from a great band that never quite broke through. My dad loves this band, and earlier today he sent me links to a pair of songs from this record, without caption or comment. He underwent pretty major surgery last month and is still recovering, both physically and emotionally. Neither of us have ever been good at staying in touch with people we care about, but a mutual love for music keeps us in regular contact. Tomorrow I'm gonna send him this Ben Watt video -- he kinda hates Pink Floyd so David Gilmour's presence might initially be off-putting, but the song is very much up his alley. Really wish I could just give him a hug, but listening to the same songs will have to do for now.
Track listing:
1. The Bells Ring
2. Pull Back My Spring
3. Purple Rivers
4. The Knave
5. Some New Highway
6. Just Property
7. Silver Slippers
8. She's Bringing Down the Poison
9. Celestion
10. Sacrificial Altar
Other stuff my dad got me into:
Thank you for making me discover "Royal Academy of Reality"!
ReplyDeleteAll the <3 to you and your dad.
ReplyDelete"She's screamin' like a phone off the hook too long."
ReplyDeleteYES! My rip of this is way chewed up. This group and especially 'Martha and the Muffins' were some of the best things I raided from my dad's record collection as a kid.
I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom. [Umberto Eco »Foucault's Pendulum« (1988)] - https://lianahelas.blogspot.com/2020/05/bzw-come-unto-these-yellow-sands-for-2.html
ReplyDeleteI must be Ur Dad's age! Would kill for the "Deep End"
ReplyDeleteBest wishes to your father. Thanks for this one.
ReplyDeleteI found another one of theirs here;
http://wilfullyobscure.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-swimming-pool-qs-pow-wow-hour.html
All the best for your dad — anyone who in some way hates Pink Floyd is going to be all right by me — he sounds like a great guy — we may be the same sort of age — hope he gets his mojo back, it becomes easier to lose sight and smell of it as we get older …
ReplyDeleteHave the same rapport with my Old Timer.
ReplyDeleteWe both looked wearily at Beatles and preferred Zappa and Beefheart.
Please send him best wishes from Argentina.