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October 6, 2017 1:20 AM Subscribe
The British pop band McCarthy published three albums but only one excellent song: From the damned [YT]. If you'd care to recommend similar tunes I'd be "stoked" etc.
I've had the song on repeat while driving and it just gets better and better; The uneven mixing and levels, the dubbed song, the noise. I can't put my ear on why I like this song so much, but the despair and anger are just right - an impassive voice contrasting the instruments. The rest of their discog is pap imho – which is curious in itself – but it's left me hanging. Suggestions for bands or tracks much appreciated!
I've had the song on repeat while driving and it just gets better and better; The uneven mixing and levels, the dubbed song, the noise. I can't put my ear on why I like this song so much, but the despair and anger are just right - an impassive voice contrasting the instruments. The rest of their discog is pap imho – which is curious in itself – but it's left me hanging. Suggestions for bands or tracks much appreciated!
I like Taxi by The Author - afaik it's one of their only song but it's a blinder.
Here's a live gig.
posted by Sebmojo at 3:40 AM on October 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
Here's a live gig.
posted by Sebmojo at 3:40 AM on October 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
The rest of their discog is pap imho
Even *gasps* Red Sleeping Beauty?
posted by mushhushshu at 4:08 AM on October 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
Even *gasps* Red Sleeping Beauty?
posted by mushhushshu at 4:08 AM on October 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Veronica Falls was nice, and The Author is great - hadn't heard those before. The Stereolab tracks veer more towards shoegaze/dreampop – which is fine and dandy – but doesn't have the oomph I'm looking for. I haven't listed to much of them though, so will give them a listen.
Red Sleeping Beauty is ok, I guess, but it's a bit too bland. Like one of those nondescript REM albums. Perhaps better to go at it from the other angle - "softer Melt Banana" rather than "angrier indie"?
How would you describe the McCarthy track btw? band-matching follows their general œuvre rather than this song, so I'm having a hard time "finding similar".
posted by monocultured at 5:52 AM on October 6, 2017
Red Sleeping Beauty is ok, I guess, but it's a bit too bland. Like one of those nondescript REM albums. Perhaps better to go at it from the other angle - "softer Melt Banana" rather than "angrier indie"?
How would you describe the McCarthy track btw? band-matching follows their general œuvre rather than this song, so I'm having a hard time "finding similar".
posted by monocultured at 5:52 AM on October 6, 2017
How would you describe the McCarthy track btw?
It feels like the C90/jangly stuff McCarthy are known for with an added post-punk vibe. In terms of the energy and instrumentation, perhaps some Wedding Present would fit? A touch darker/less melodic, but with that energy, I'd try for Wire's 154 or even Brian Eno's Third Uncle.
The feedback wash at the end is strongly evoking another song, but it's escaped me because I now have Third Uncle on loud.
posted by mushhushshu at 6:55 AM on October 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
It feels like the C90/jangly stuff McCarthy are known for with an added post-punk vibe. In terms of the energy and instrumentation, perhaps some Wedding Present would fit? A touch darker/less melodic, but with that energy, I'd try for Wire's 154 or even Brian Eno's Third Uncle.
The feedback wash at the end is strongly evoking another song, but it's escaped me because I now have Third Uncle on loud.
posted by mushhushshu at 6:55 AM on October 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
I wish I had time to find you specific track recommendations, but the sound reminds me some of songs from The Jesus and Mary Chain or My Bloody Valentine (especially, say, 1987-1989 era). Maybe not enough despair or anger, though.
posted by mean square error at 7:36 AM on October 6, 2017
posted by mean square error at 7:36 AM on October 6, 2017
Maybe some faster / heavier post-rock will scratch the itch? My first thought was Battles. This Reddit thread might have something for you: Fast Postrock? Does such a thing exist?
(And So I Watch You From Afar seem promising.)
posted by D.Billy at 10:06 AM on October 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
(And So I Watch You From Afar seem promising.)
posted by D.Billy at 10:06 AM on October 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
Based solely on the sound of From the Damned, I'm going to recommend Over The Edge by the Wipers. More or less all their songs scratch the same sort of itch.
This was my first thought but it might be too much like Red Sleeping Beauty for your liking: The Lines' Nerve Pylon starts nicely and then just keeps getting better until it achieves magnificence at about 02:10.
posted by ZipRibbons at 10:24 AM on October 6, 2017 [2 favorites]
This was my first thought but it might be too much like Red Sleeping Beauty for your liking: The Lines' Nerve Pylon starts nicely and then just keeps getting better until it achieves magnificence at about 02:10.
posted by ZipRibbons at 10:24 AM on October 6, 2017 [2 favorites]
Oh! And Total Control — Expensive Dog.
posted by ZipRibbons at 11:55 AM on October 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by ZipRibbons at 11:55 AM on October 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
These ones don't have the same atmospheric tone but they could be cousins - Slowly Goes by The Welcome Mat and Take by John Butler Trio.
posted by h00py at 5:50 AM on October 7, 2017
posted by h00py at 5:50 AM on October 7, 2017
You could try a bit of contemporaneous NZ/Dunedin scene stuff, e.g. early Straitjacket Fits. A track like Hail, maybe.
posted by Sonny Jim at 2:49 PM on October 7, 2017
posted by Sonny Jim at 2:49 PM on October 7, 2017
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You might also like Veronica Falls.
posted by rd45 at 2:16 AM on October 6, 2017 [2 favorites]