It's All True
Apologies to readers of this blog who are sick and tired of music-related posts -- this is, unfortunately, another one of them.
But it's worth every little kilobyte it's using up in cyberspace because TRACEY THORN IS BACK!!!! Not guesting with Massive Attack, Tiefschwarz or some other trendy dance outfit, but WITH AN ENTIRE SOLO ALBUM!!! And to think this momentous moment ALMOST passed me by had J. not mentioned it to me on Thursday and burnt me a digital copy of her new single he bought from the Japan iTunes store.
Of course, "It's All True" is TOTALLY SPLENDIFOROUSLY BRILLIANT... as if there was ever a doubt. There's a mid-80s Jellybean-style synth riff and delicious Yazoo-style chunky electro arpeggios. There are sad Massive Attack strings in the chorus and that voice (that voice!) is as effortlessly emotive as ever. I can't wait for the album "Out Of The Woods" which is out on March 5th. And I will listen only to 1 or 2 tracks at a time, because an overdose of sheer perfection will somehow deduct from sheer perfection itself haha.
Of course, Ben Watt is also off doing his own solo project, setting up some friendly competition between the two of them. Check out what Tracey blogged on MySpace (I, of course, have already read and re-read it several times):
"Meanwhile, back at home, Ben and I have a new game, which should be called Competitive Airplay, or something. His first release on his new alt-rock label, strange feeling, is a track by the Figurines called Silver Ponds. It's going very well so far, so we have these conversations at dinner, which are very polite and mutually supportive, but with a subtle, and hilarious, edge, only detectable to each other.
Ben: So we got 3 plays on Steve Lamacq this week.
Me: Wow, that's fantastic.
(Pause)
Me: My video is going down very well at MTV
Ben : Great news!
(Pause)
Ben :So. Did I tell you? The band are doing a session for xfm?
Me : Fantastic.
(Pause)
Me : Dixon is really playing the Martin Buttrich remix of Its All True apparently!
Ben : That's excellent.
And so on, and so on.....
We need a pencil and paper to keep score really.
You can play too, all you need is a partner or friend who does the same, or similar, job that you do, and you compare recent successes! Good luck to you. May the best man win."
On another note, it's almost coming up to the New Year and I really need to do some spring cleaning, maybe in more ways than one. I think it starts with actually buying, and using, a mop.
But it's worth every little kilobyte it's using up in cyberspace because TRACEY THORN IS BACK!!!! Not guesting with Massive Attack, Tiefschwarz or some other trendy dance outfit, but WITH AN ENTIRE SOLO ALBUM!!! And to think this momentous moment ALMOST passed me by had J. not mentioned it to me on Thursday and burnt me a digital copy of her new single he bought from the Japan iTunes store.
Of course, "It's All True" is TOTALLY SPLENDIFOROUSLY BRILLIANT... as if there was ever a doubt. There's a mid-80s Jellybean-style synth riff and delicious Yazoo-style chunky electro arpeggios. There are sad Massive Attack strings in the chorus and that voice (that voice!) is as effortlessly emotive as ever. I can't wait for the album "Out Of The Woods" which is out on March 5th. And I will listen only to 1 or 2 tracks at a time, because an overdose of sheer perfection will somehow deduct from sheer perfection itself haha.
Of course, Ben Watt is also off doing his own solo project, setting up some friendly competition between the two of them. Check out what Tracey blogged on MySpace (I, of course, have already read and re-read it several times):
"Meanwhile, back at home, Ben and I have a new game, which should be called Competitive Airplay, or something. His first release on his new alt-rock label, strange feeling, is a track by the Figurines called Silver Ponds. It's going very well so far, so we have these conversations at dinner, which are very polite and mutually supportive, but with a subtle, and hilarious, edge, only detectable to each other.
Ben: So we got 3 plays on Steve Lamacq this week.
Me: Wow, that's fantastic.
(Pause)
Me: My video is going down very well at MTV
Ben : Great news!
(Pause)
Ben :So. Did I tell you? The band are doing a session for xfm?
Me : Fantastic.
(Pause)
Me : Dixon is really playing the Martin Buttrich remix of Its All True apparently!
Ben : That's excellent.
And so on, and so on.....
We need a pencil and paper to keep score really.
You can play too, all you need is a partner or friend who does the same, or similar, job that you do, and you compare recent successes! Good luck to you. May the best man win."
On another note, it's almost coming up to the New Year and I really need to do some spring cleaning, maybe in more ways than one. I think it starts with actually buying, and using, a mop.
posted by rookcub at
8:47 PM
4 Comments:
wah lau if you don't start talking about something else more interesting soon i'm going to take your blog off my rss feeds! *threaten threaten*
Hi there - I've been sort of lurking here. I don't remember how I came across your blog awhile back but I know I keep coming back because we have very similar tastes in music and are both EBTG fans.
In case you haven't heard it yet, I have a copy of "Out Of The Woods" and would gladly share a link from which you can download. I'm sure you'll buy the CD when it comes out anyway.
Bam
lambdalevel at gmail dot com
Music was my first love
And it will be my last
Music of the future
And music of the past
To live without my music
Would be impossible to do
In this world of troubles
My music pulls me through
John Miles & the Alan Parsons Project: 1976
...but let's not forget that food, sex and gardening are also quite fun
Hello Bam
welcome to my blog and thanks for reading!! actually a friend is also passing to me a copy of out of the woods this week. but yes i'll be buying the cd too when it comes out
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