Originally posted by Ivan Basso:
Originally posted by RadioBeach:
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Originally posted by Ivan Basso:
[b] St Etienne "The Sound of Water " La Cracknell , Wiggins and Stanley on top form ,weaving a magical dreamlike soundscape The jewel in the crown is the epic 9 minute "The way we used to live " . stunningly beautiful.
Superb album! Haven't played it in ages, will have to give a listen this week [/b]
Apart from ‘How We Used to Live’ other faves on ‘Sound of…’ were ‘Heart Failed (In the Back of a Taxi)’ and ‘Downey, Ca’ I though they went a bit backwards on Finisterre.
I don’t know if you know, but there was a sister-album to ‘Sound of Water’ released on Sub-Pop called ‘Interlude’ – can’t remember much about it though, so perhaps it wasn’t that good.
Missed Opportunity #4132561423,123875128351;
The cover to ‘Sound of Water’ is by Julian Opie. About 10-12 years ago I was working in Islington at the Business Design Centre and every year they have an Art Fair – quite a prestigious one too. It was at the Art Fair that I saw the original artwork for ‘How We Used To Live’ – Opie was just sat there, behind a trestle table, selling his art. It was on sale for about a grand. I just stopped in my tracks – I thought it was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen, and that week, I’d just been given a yearly bonus of exactly a grand. I thought long hard in a café on Upper St about just blowing the whole grand on this piece of art. I decided against it in the end.
If you want to see it now…ask Tate Modern!
See you in May!
A Deeply Philosophical™ Garry
Thanks Mark. Its one of those cases of looking everywhere