Please Help Me Find More Songs Like These
October 1, 2018 6:23 PM   Subscribe

Slow song mostly carried by the bass line and vocals. Here are the examples I can think of (really it was hearing the NIN song last year that made me realize that I like this kind of song): I'd love to hear more songs like these.
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Einstürzende Neubauten - "Sabrina"
posted by Wobbuffet at 6:42 PM on October 1, 2018


Are you familiar with Morphine? They were a bass, drums, and sax trio.

Also, early Low?
posted by Candleman at 6:58 PM on October 1, 2018 [7 favorites]


Seconding Morphine and firsting Treat Her Right - the band they were before Morphine.
posted by bendy at 7:00 PM on October 1, 2018 [2 favorites]


Q magazine's March 1997 cover story on U2 includes a track-by-track summary of Pop, which memorably describes 'If You Wear That Velvet Dress' thus: "Muted and, frankly, horny ballad with echoes of Chris Isaak's Wicked Game. Something for the weekend. Edge: 'That was a song that basically came out of improvisation with Nellee Hooper'."

I'm not familiar with Chris Isaak or Nellee Hooper, but based on that summary, they might be worth investigating?

Incidentally, the following month's issue features a two-page review of Pop, and here's what the reviewer says about IYWTVD: "But the moon is mistress of their brooding heavy-breather, If You Wear That Velvet Dress, wherein Bono groans, lost in lust."
posted by paleyellowwithorange at 7:05 PM on October 1, 2018


You might try some Soul Coughing.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 7:11 PM on October 1, 2018 [2 favorites]


Following the seam mined by 1995's 'Your Blue Room' and 1997's 'If You Wear That Velvet Dress', the 2000 soundtrack to The Million Dollar Hotel is an album-length exploration of music squarely in that vein.

I think these tracks meet your "Slow song mostly carried by the bass line and vocals" requirements: Most of the rest of the album is comprised of instrumentals which are similar in tone - so no vocals, but worth checking out if you enjoy the tracks with vocals?
posted by paleyellowwithorange at 7:26 PM on October 1, 2018 [1 favorite]


Massive Attack
Portishead
posted by STFUDonnie at 7:38 PM on October 1, 2018


Filter was a NIN spin off that was mostly bass and vocals for their first few albums.
posted by SaltySalticid at 7:39 PM on October 1, 2018


Tricky’s solo work fits the bill too, if you like the Massive Attack/Portishead trip hop stuff.
posted by SaltySalticid at 7:40 PM on October 1, 2018 [2 favorites]


Lana Del Rey - Love
posted by STFUDonnie at 7:41 PM on October 1, 2018


I came here to suggest Portishead too.

What about Bjork, such as All is Full of Love? It has that ethereal feeling of Your Blue Room.
posted by Ostara at 8:04 PM on October 1, 2018


Pretty much anything by Cigarettes After Sex.
posted by danceswithlight at 8:44 PM on October 1, 2018


A lot Radiohead songs have this sort of vibe, I think. Here's one --> All I Need
posted by watrlily at 9:11 PM on October 1, 2018 [2 favorites]


The entire oeuvre of The XX.
posted by matildaben at 9:32 PM on October 1, 2018 [1 favorite]


Arto Lindsay's Mundo Civilizado
posted by hydrophonic at 10:33 PM on October 1, 2018 [1 favorite]


You might like some old Goldfrapp.
posted by heatvision at 4:13 AM on October 2, 2018 [1 favorite]


Check out the album St. Thomas by The Scottish Enlightenment

Also the song Lonely Soul by UNKLE and Midnight in a Perfect World by DJ Shadow.
posted by banjo_and_the_pork at 4:40 AM on October 2, 2018


Jane's Addiction's I Would For You
posted by johngoren at 5:17 AM on October 2, 2018


Maybe Sludge Factory by Alice In Chains? It’s not quite as lovely as some of these other suggestions though.
posted by lyssabee at 5:26 AM on October 2, 2018


Possibly The Flaming Lips' "One More Robot"?
posted by tocts at 6:44 AM on October 2, 2018


Blur, "On the Way to the Club"
Cloakroom, "Time Well"
Mogwai, "Tracy"
Om, "State of Non-Return"
Spacehog, "In the Meantime"
posted by sinfony at 8:17 AM on October 2, 2018


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