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Blir, did you know about this?? Considering you're pratically a member yourself.

http://www.nme.com/news/british-sea-power/42941

Does Blir actually like BSP?

[quote]Originally posted by cubby
[br]Blir, did you know about this??
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Oh yeah...was actually plotting how I might get to the BFI event on business. [:I]

A little taster from Rough Trade. It's "The Great Skua" modified.

Oh, and it represents everything about why these guys have my unquestioned loyalty. Who does glorious shit like this in this day and age!

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"Come Wander With Me"- BSP free download:

http://britishseapower.co.uk/audio/comewanderwithme.mp3




<a href="http://www.djcraig.net/los_angeles_dj">DJ Craig</a>

The NME seem too often to be the British equivalent of our "Alternative" Press, ie. champion to all that is drek. There is a glimmer of hope though...

[quote]British Sea Power
Man of Aran
Tessa Harris - NME

Remember that old 1930s documentary Man of Aran, that follows a family's daily struggle to survive on the forbidding Aran Islands? Nah, me neither, but trust the pioneering nautical juggernaut that is BSP to stumble upon it and think it worthy of a new soundtrack. Stunning black-and-white shots of a foreboding sky, vertiginous cliffs and a treacherous sea are interspersed with that of a heroic yet slightly farcical family (check out their fantastically giant bobble berets) slipping on rocks and being slapped by waves, while tirelessly hunting basking sharks with spears and trying to grow potatoes on bare rock.

Aurally transporting you into this bleak and bizarre netherworld is a predominantly instrumental BSP, who seem to have found their perfect emotional parallel in the stark landscape and crashing waves - strings swirl like a building storm, gentle scraps of white noise hiss like the wind and drums rumble like distant thunder. On standout track 'Come Wander With Me', heart-wrenching violins unfurl to reveal dense, dreamy rhythms, hushed funereal horns and layers of ghostly, choral vocals reminiscent of Grizzly Bear's 'Maria'. There's a palpable vastness and a hushed reverence to the album that allows tracks time to simmer and smoke before they fire. The pace builds slowly like a wave, from the uplifting waltzing rhythms of 'The Currach', through the starry-guitar epic 'Boy Vertiginous', on to the 12-minute My Bloody Valentine-style freak-out of 'Spearing The Fish', before crashing back down to its former languorous pace. This isn't an album you can dip into; instead dive in and sink to the bottom and let it gloriously wash all over you.[/quote]

Magnificent. Thank you.

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Thanks for this share. I can always depend on hearing and learning about new soundZ here.

elektrikblu
"Don't look at the carpet/ I drew something awful on it/ See."

Nuther free BSP mp3:

"Mykonos"- how very CSNY of them.

http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Fleet_Foxes/track/Mykonos


<a href="http://www.djcraig.net/los_angeles_dj">DJ Craig</a>

[quote][i]Originally posted by djcraig[/i]
<br>Nuther free BSP mp3:

"Mykonos"- how very CSNY of them.

http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Fleet_Foxes/track/Mykonos
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Getting the fleet and the sea mixed up??

On another front, there is a cool Twilight Zone and BSP connection of all things. "Come Wander With Me" is not an original, and now I know why it sounded so familiar:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Wander_With_Me

You can hear the original in this very cool HD video demo:

http://vimeo.com/groups/gh1/videos/4441911

[quote][i]Originally posted by Blir[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by djcraig[/i]
<br>Nuther free BSP mp3:

"Mykonos"- how very CSNY of them.

http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Fleet_Foxes/track/Mykonos
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Getting the fleet and the sea mixed up??
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Oh crap. My sleep deprivation and ADD is kicking in. I knew it was a band you liked.



<a href="http://www.djcraig.net/los_angeles_dj">DJ Craig</a>

[quote][i]Originally posted by djcraig[/i]
<br>Oh crap. My sleep deprivation and ADD is kicking in. I knew it was a band you liked.
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Come on, you can't tell the different between "yammering on incessantly about" and merely "periodically harping about"???

[quote][i]Originally posted by Blir[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by djcraig[/i]
<br>Oh crap. My sleep deprivation and ADD is kicking in. I knew it was a band you liked.
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Come on, you can't tell the different between "yammering on incessantly about" and merely "periodically harping about"???
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All I know is, your posts do sometimes leave a sticky residue on my computer.



<a href="http://www.djcraig.net/los_angeles_dj">DJ Craig</a>

Excuse me while I soak my keyboard in a bucket of Purell. Actually I'll just buy a new one. Thanks.

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My bad. Sorry.

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