Tonight I'll swim from my favourite island shores

[glenatron]

Some of you may recall the phase I went through a couple of years back when I couldn't listen to anything other than The Decline Of British Sea Power, which I still maintain is the best album ever recorded.

Today I finally got to see them live. It was pretty awesome- they played a lot of the first album, less from the more lacklustre second one and a few songs that suggest that the new album may be that much hoped for event; a return to form. Of course, an album can only be judged correctly in completeness ( a reason to pity the children who will only know music as downloads and may never understand the atmosphere, soul and artistic wholeness that result from the right songs in the right order ) and it will need to be potent throughout to match up to the precedent of The Decline of...

The finale was theatrical and hectic with feedback, leaping around and general artsy rocking-out and a cheerful nod goes to the sound engineer who made things crisp and clear and didn't just ramp up the volume until every note vanished into a wash of intense white noise. Most engineers seem to want to do that, so it was good to hear one who didn't.

Also I bought a T-Shirt. It's styled after a horse brass and bears the legend "the less you gamble the more you lose when you win."

Comments

[gemmabowles.livejournal.com]

ive been trying to work out the t-shirt slogan for a good 7 minutes. i dont get it.. and im a seasoned gambler. casino gambling, anyway. im also slightly slow, at times.

i completely agree with the album thing- ive downloaded songs before, thought 'sounds allright, il get the album i guess' then when listening to the songs on the album, in order, at the right levels... all of a sudden these mediocre songs become these fantastic pieces of music that have been completely transformed. ide buy albums anyday over downloading random songs.

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

So if you bet low and you win then you have lost out compared with how much you would have won had you bet high. The less you gamble the more you lose when you win.

[gemmabowles.livejournal.com]

ohhhhhh i see.

[penella22.livejournal.com]

i like that slogan- made me laugh. because its true but...

i am a fan of albums. and mixes. remember 10 years ago when everyone made each other tape mixes or even cd mixes? for some reason that doesn't seem to happen anymore in our soundbyte world. whether its my editing choices or the bands, I like a 'story arc' to my music, not just ipod remix crap...

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

I used to love doing mix tapes and CDs. It was always awesome. I still do it sometimes with songs I think the band should be covering, but mostly as an excuse to put together a good mix...