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Cinnamon P.

Sep 18 2009, 05:18 PM

This is absolutely the best album from 2009 I have heard so far. It is extremely layered and dense but poppy too. A really great album through and through. Has anyone had a listen to this yet? I was a fan of the first album, but it was far too fractured and it sounded like the band was reaching beyond their grasp. Ashes Grammar isn't them pulling back but going way further.

Amazing album. Thoughts?

Liffey

Sep 19 2009, 04:09 AM

I've only given it one listen so far, but I dug it. Looking forward to more listens, but Embryonic has stolen my ears for the time being.

solace

Sep 19 2009, 11:03 PM

i prefer the last record by a little bit, but it is an amazing band/record no question.

5:15 Train from the last album was probably my favorite song of 2007

Liffey

Sep 20 2009, 05:45 AM

After 3 thorough listens, I can confirm this to beat the shit out of pretty much anything in the "glo-fi" thread.

idolatry

Oct 9 2009, 02:46 PM

Sweet, fancy Moses...this is one hell of a record! Where is the love?

_______

Oct 9 2009, 04:03 PM

sometimes its all too much

The Luscious Phil

Oct 9 2009, 11:10 PM

Album is both fantastic and too long.

I need about 10 minutes taken off, but I'll be damned if I can figure out where to do that.

monotony

Oct 10 2009, 02:04 AM

"Shy" and "Failure" are fantastic.

All Animal Collective fanboys should listen to this. Too many tracks though.

The Incredible Circles

Oct 10 2009, 07:44 AM

anyone have a link?

shame cock

Oct 10 2009, 10:38 AM

http://www.mediafire.com/?4eqynz2d4xn

google:

ashes grammar mediafire

bada bing

idolatry

Oct 10 2009, 10:40 AM

I'd be inclined to say there're too many tracks, too, if they weren't all but uniformly stunning. School of Seven Bells with heavy doses of MBV. I'm kind of embarrassed by how into this I am.

shame cock

Oct 10 2009, 10:40 AM

i'm excited to listen to this. itunes samples are screaming my name

shame cock

Oct 10 2009, 10:44 AM

school of seven bells and a sunny day in glasgow both have sort of nailed part of what made loveless so great

according to those itunes samples

Beetlebum

Oct 11 2009, 06:37 PM

shit is awesome

solace

Oct 20 2009, 01:12 PM

November 12, 2009 - The Monkey House, Winooski, VT
November 14, 2009 - ArtSpace, New Haven, CT
November 15, 2009 - Wildfire Lounge, Ithaca, NY
November 16, 2009 - Horn Gallery @ Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
November 17, 2009 - The Pike Room, Pontiac, MI
November 18, 2009 - The Bishop, Bloomington, IN
November 19, 2009 - Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL
November 20, 2009 - University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
November 21, 2009 - Eclipse Records, St. Paul, MN
November 22, 2009 - Public Space One, Iowa City, IA
November 23, 2009 - Waiting Room, Omaha, NE
November 24, 2009 - Replay Lounge, Lawrence, KS
November 25, 2009 - The Cavern, Dallas, TX
November 27, 2009 - Ghost Room, Austin, TX
November 29, 2009 - AllWays Lounge, New Oreleans, LA
December 2, 2009 - Basement, Nashville, TN
December 3, 2009 - 529, Atlanta, GA
December 4, 2009 - Secret Squirrel, Athens, GA
December 6, 2009 - Sentient Bean, Savannah, GA
December 7, 2009 - Bobo Gallery, Asheville, NC
December 9, 2009 - Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, Charlottesville, VA
December 10, 2009 - The Red & the Black, Washington, DC
December 11, 2009 - Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD
December 12, 2009 - Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY
December 13, 2009 - Le Poisson Rouge, NYC, NY
December 15, 2009 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA

idolatry

Oct 20 2009, 01:54 PM

I have been looking forward to the Bottom Lounge show enough to buy tickets in advance, just in case. Love the record as I do, though, I'm not sure how well this is going to play out, in a live setting. I hope for the best. We'll see.

Beetlebum

Oct 20 2009, 07:22 PM

bloomington or chicago decisions decisions.

monotony

Nov 7 2009, 10:20 AM

Failure
Curse words
Close chorus
Shy
Lights
Passionate introverts (Dinosaurs).

Now that's just one hell of a fucking great run, right there.

idolatry

Nov 7 2009, 11:40 AM

I'm not sure that there are really any "weak" moments, on the whole record, as I hear it. Less enjoyable ones, yeah, but nothing I don't like. After listening to it quite a bit, for a few weeks, I have come to enjoy how it all bleeds together. Something always sneaks up and surprises me, when I give it another listen. Awesome. Very curious about the live show, because I could see this sounding pretty tame. Hoping for the best.

idolatry

Nov 7 2009, 12:28 PM

Also, the last 4ish minutes of "Close Chorus" are more than likely the greatest music since...well, the last great song I listened to. Either way, brilliant. Especially at punishing volume. Once they come out of that loping bassline and into that open middle 8-type passage, the song just blasts off into space and never looks back.

nagode

Nov 7 2009, 01:23 PM

shy has been on constant repeat

idolatry

Nov 18 2009, 06:21 PM

Going to be at the Bottom Lounge show, tomorrow, and am still very curious as to just how it'll sound and be. Love the record as I do, my expectations for the show are relatively low, as these nu-gaze shows often leave me pretty underwhelmed. We'll see. As long as they play "Hybrid Moments," I'll be happy as a pig in shit.

Dag Nasty

Nov 18 2009, 06:42 PM

QUOTE (idolatry @ Nov 18 2009, 07:21 PM)

"Hybrid Moments"

They cover The Misfits?

idolatry

Nov 18 2009, 06:49 PM

Fuckin' right, you God damned son of a bitch:

http://surfingonsteam.blogspot.com/2009/10...id-moments.html

Dag Nasty

Nov 18 2009, 06:51 PM

Cool!

I ain't no...

QUOTE (idolatry @ Nov 18 2009, 07:49 PM)

...God damned son of a bitch:

solace

Jan 13 2010, 05:28 PM

Nitetime Rainbows EP out March 2nd

A Sunny Day In Glasgow
Nitetime Rainbows EP
(Mis Ojos Discos)
Release Date: March 2, 2010

Side A
1. Nitetime rainbows
2. Daytime rainbows
3. So bloody, so tight
4. Piano lessons
Side B
1. Nitetime rainbows (The Buddy System Remix)
2. Nitetime rainbows (Acid Wash Edit by Benoît Pioulard)
3. Nitetime rainbows (Ezekiel Honig Remix)

2/26 - New York City, NY - Mercury Lounge
2/27 - Pittsburgh, PA - Brillobox
3/01 - Columbus, OH - Cafe Bourbon
3/02 - Champaign, IL - Mike N' Molly's
3/03 - Chicago, IL - Schubas
3/04 - Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
3/05 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
3/08 - Vancouver, BC - The Media Club
3/09 - Seattle, WA - The Vera Project
3/10 - Portland, OR - Holocene
3/11 - San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern
3/13 - Los Angeles, CA - The Mint
3/14 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
3/17 - 3/21 Austin, TX SXSW
3/23 - New Orleans, LA - TBA
3/24 - Oxford, MS - Proud Larry's *
3/25 - Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree *
3/26 - Nashville, TN - The End *
3/27 - Charlotte, NC - Snug Harbor *
3/28 - Washington, DC - DC9
3/29 - Brooklyn, NY - Bell House
3/31 - Boston, MA - Great Scott
4/01 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie
4/02 - Toronto, ON - The Garrison
4/03 - Montreal, QC - The Green Room
4/08 - Paris, Faites Danser Les Garcons @ Point Ephemere
4/24 - Amsterdam, Paradiso
4/29 - Dijon, Kill Your Pop Festival
5/03 - Prague, Klub 007
5/12 - Brussels , Les Nuits Botanique Festival
5/15 - Glasgow, Nice N Sleazys
5/17 - Galway, Roisin Dubh
5/18 - Dublin, Whelans
5/19 - Liverpool, Sound City Festival
5/20 - London, Luminaire

idolatry

Jan 13 2010, 05:52 PM

Record owns, and I'm now eagerly anticipating that EP...but this band was one of the worst, most dumbfoundingly lost live acts I've ever seen. Just dreadful. I will be skipping the Schubas gig.

washing machine

Jan 13 2010, 10:13 PM

So not worth checking out in Toronto?

idolatry

Jan 13 2010, 10:25 PM

I mean, maybe it was an aberration...? They were fucking SHIT, though, man. Most of the show was just a series of pre-programmed backing tracks with weak vocals and random instrumentation delivered (poorly) on top. Maybe they've improved by leaps and bounds, since then, but like I said...I'm gladly skipping the next Chicago show. No reservations whatsoever. People were leaving in droves. Probably only like 25 to 35 people left, by the time it was all over and done. And most of them were just chatting, in the back.

monotony

Jan 29 2010, 06:54 AM

QUOTE (solace @ Jan 14 2010, 09:28 AM)

hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?zzzyje03mfy

The Greatest Cape

Mar 14 2010, 08:31 PM

Still loving Ashes Grammar. My favourite tracks change with every listen; right now I think it's Ashes Maths and Starting At A Disadvantage. It's such a warm, beatific pleasure throughout though.

The 3 new tracks on that EP are superb as well; So Bloody, So Tight is just demented.

idolatry

Aug 20 2010, 07:14 PM

QUOTE

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are having a lovely summer (or winter for any other antipodeans out there). Wanted to let you all know that we will be releasing a new full length record this Fall called, Autumn, Again. The cover art actually has lots of things written on and you might even want to call it Autumn, Again: Pop Songs 2010, or maybe even Sigh? Whatever you call it, we will be giving it away completely free as a digital download from our website from October 19 until Autumn ends. We've also pressed the record on to 500 maroon vinyl 12"s which will be for sale from October 19.

The songs that make up Autumn were all written for our album from last year, Ashes Grammar. We wrote (and started to record) so many songs for that album, and while we were keen to move on to whatever comes next, these songs just wouldn't let go. "Fall in Love" and "Drink drank drunk" were actually the first two songs we started recording during those sessions (and "Drink drank drunk" goes back to a VERY early demo from 2004). These songs are also interesting in that all of the vocals and a bit of the music for them was recorded while we were on tour in Europe this Spring. In hotel rooms or folks' apartments...the vocals for "Fall in Love" were actually recorded in this crazy 18th century manor house/mansion in Germany that now serves as a community art/performance center.

During the past year we played something like 150 shows, put out a LP, and an EP and really, just had an incredible year. Autumn, Again is our big "thank you" to our fans and everyone who helped make our year so incredible. It also closes the book on a chapter for us. We're not sure what comes next, but we really want to make something totally and completely different. Easier written than done, but we'll see....

Anyway, check out the artwork and download "Drink drank drunk" from pitchfork: http://pitchfork.com/news/39824-a-sunny-da...free-digitally/
And you can hear somewhat rougher version of "Sigh, Inhibitionist" on our tour blog: http://sittingcontest.tumblr.com/post/452627311

Track list below! Thanks everybody!

xoxo
asdig

1. Autumn, again
2. Fall in love
3. Petition to refrain from repetition
4. Sigh, inhibitionist (Come all day with me)
5. Moments on the lawn
6. Drink drank drunk
7. Violet Mary haunts me OR Loss of forgetfulness on Renfrew Street
8. How does somebody say when they like you?
9. Calling it love isn't love (Don't fall in love)
10. This assclown eats ambien OR Nobody likes you (No Art)
11. 100/0 (Snowdays forever)

monotony

Aug 20 2010, 08:52 PM

Good news!!!

Still a big fan of Ashes Grammar.

Cinnamon P.

Jul 18 2011, 09:41 AM

I would like to take a moment to look back on this album with everyone. This is truly a masterwork and it's a bit of a shame that it is almost destined to be forgotten at this point.

I don't have anything constructive to add to the conversation, I've just gone back and listened through again and the album has retained every ounce of its spellbinding wonder two years later.

idolatry

Jul 18 2011, 09:45 AM

Yeah, I still listen to this and parts of Scribble Mural Comic Journal with regularity. But I also still remember A Sunny Day in Glasgow as one of the most excruciatingly awful live bands I've ever seen. Unspeakable horrors were witnessed, that night, as I guess I've already over-explained.

idolatry

Jul 18 2011, 09:46 AM

This band should record a cover LP of Static Age.

Cinnamon P.

Jul 18 2011, 09:59 AM

QUOTE (idolatry @ Jul 18 2011, 10:45 AM)

I actually avoided seeing this band live based mostly on your experience and I'm quite happy about it. I haven't soiled my love of their albums by seeing the live experience.

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