Pavement Terror Twilight
Not at all easlern. There's some stuff on your list that I know and enjoy. What's Going On's obviously a classic, I like War on Drugs and Spoon, Caribou are a firm favourite in our house and The Loon is an all round excellent record. For some reason I never bought anything by Tapes n' Tapes after that album by them, but everything about that album's great - production, playing, songwriting, energy all perfect.
My influences won't be anywhere near as obscure as some on this list
What inspires me now:
PFR - Great Lengths
Building 429 - Listen To The Sound
7eventh Time Down - Alive In You
Mercy Me - Undone (couldn't stand Welcome to the New)
Pocket Full of Rocks - More Than Noise
33Miles - Today
Abandon - Searchlights
Doug Wiley - Now I Know Him
Casting Crowns - Thrive
Matthew West - The Story of Your Life
I probably could have written everyone else's lists for them and come pretty close.
Very easy with me. I definitely wear my influences on my sleeve, not just with my cover versions, but my originals too.
Speaking of originals... anything upcoming? I need something to listen to.Very easy with me. I definitely wear my influences on my sleeve, not just with my cover versions, but my originals too.
Speaking of originals... anything upcoming? I need something to listen to.
Yeah, "Anthropocene" is nearly finished. My brother-in-law visited from Cardiff last week and he contributed some pretty awesome sax work. My other collaborator, Adam, provided me with some strings for it on Saturday. It's a big mix!
Just got to get the missus to do her vocals. She's proving to be a bit difficult to motivate.
Cool Rob! Sounds like we have some similar interests. I do see some familiar ones on here now, so I'm not totally clueless I guess.
The only Pavement album I have never heard.. Are the songs really good?
I remember being so disillusioned by Brighten the Corners I stopped buying their stuff.
Hmm, if you didn't like Brighten the Corners, then maybe not. The Sound on Terror Twilight is a little more polished again than BTC, probably in part due to Nigel Godrich producing not long after OK Computer. It's a hard record for me to view objectively because it came out when I was about 16, was my first exposure to Pavement and me and friends were all pretty obsessed with it.
I reckon I could have written the majority of your list too
Seriously, B_H, where do you find this shit? I literally did not recognize a single one of these artists and, not to be smug, but I probably could have written everyone else's lists for them and come pretty close.
Not necessarily influential on my recording or writing, but important to me. Coming to mind, in no order:
1. Elvis Costello, My Aim is True and Imperial Bedroom
2. Boomtown Rats, The Fine Art of Surfacing
3. Pink Floyd, The Wall
4. Pretenders, Learning to Crawl and Last of the Independents
5. Steely Dan, Aja and Katy Lied
6. Allman Brothers, Eat a Peach
8. Van Halen 1
9. Led Zeppelin II
10. Eagles, Hotel California and Their Greatest Hits (1971-75)
11. Magazine, Play
Seriously, B_H, where do you find this shit? I literally did not recognize a single one of these artists and, not to be smug, but I probably could have written everyone else's lists for them and come pretty close.
If you give me a dollar for each of the albums in your top ten list Robus, I'll give you $11 back. Just because I like you.