the fauves

how about a bit of obscuremo to ease you into the weekend. i won't write a whole bunch of junk because there is some info here from someone who knows what they are talking about. i picked up a split 7" they did with herr k quite some time ago, and never tracked down anything else by them. turns out they did a 6 song album (downloadable at the previous link). scanning over the rest of the album, there's nothing on it as good as the song coming up, or the song on the split 7", but hey, maybe you want to check it out.

the interstate ten

here's a band that had slipped my mind, until my good friend j.b. pointed out one of their songs was on youtube. a cursory scan through my mp3mo collection indicated i had both albums in the easily uploadable format. what joy! i've owned "Silverlakecreekbelowforestprimevil" for some time. it's an under-rated slice of emo on wrenched records. would hazard a guess that whoever ran that label still has 100 copies under their bed. it's not the most consistent of records but there are some prime obscuremo cuts on there that you need to have heard. i also appear to have a self titled album, which discogs indicates is a year older. i flicked through a couple of songs and they were not something i recalled, and not particularly great either.

this, "black die no. 5", however, is superb. totally, utterly, superb. the kind of band you wish would suddenly pop up again but probably never will. drifty, dreamy, waltzy, melancholy, thoughtful, delightful, yet with that little bit of heft and drive that stops it from being inconsequential fluff. pretty much my ideal music.

the urchin

this song!

the player piano

don't know much about these guys but i do know they should have sung all the time. they didn't. so much twinkle.



and there's a live version

duster

break up your band unless you sound like this

the 8 bit revival

this is the lead track from a 4 track EP called "up and atom", my favourite song on there. it's bouncy braid / promise ring worship from 2003 or so, back when no-one was going near this style of music. here is my review from the time. the band made a few records post this, but never quite hit the heights that they do here for my money. lovely stuff.

the dying californian

why is there no dying californian on youtube? let's fix that. ex nuzzle. sad cowboys.

hush harbor

someone beat me to the punch here. but what a punch.







there's more than this. if i can track the other bits down in mp3 form, i'll add them.

the brighest comet II

so i was just scrolling through a bunch of old posts on here, and there was a deleted comet made by "andi camp" on a man i fell in love with post. that was odd, i thought. i clicked on it, and it took me to a blog with 2 posts made in 2013, but it definitely was by andi camp who was in ribbon fix, and things. i wondered what andi had wanted to say about man i fell in love with, and then what had prompted her to delete it. and then i wondered about the brightest comet. there was one video on youtube already, winter time, so i uploaded "three".



and then i uploaded "perfect"



and here's "girth" that i found online



hopefully andi is still out there making music.

three minute movie

got one for you. only a year late. three minute movie is a snuffy smile band from ages ago. they had a couple of albums then disappeared. they seem to be about again though, playing shows, probably not sounding a whole lot like they used to. their cd "rhythm of wind and water" was rather braid-esque, whilst "the film reflects a dramatic city" was more superchunk. here's the lead track from "rhythm..." and i hope you agree that it is quite the belter.

notaword

it's been a very very long time since i listened to notaword, but this song is a total winner. clear get up kids / jimmy eat world intentions, but what a perfect emo pop song. no-one does this kind of thing any more.

sea of cortez

some minor obscuremo band that gained minor notoriety with 4 people by being on the same label as ambassador 990 and then that label got sick of emo and the sea of cortez lp disappeared forever. at least, that's how i remember it, it was a long time ago and my mind is clouded. here's a song off some comp cd called "libations unlimited: pheonix 97-99". this is a cool song either way.

uranium 9 volt

what was this band doing on lookout?

made for tv movie

i know some of you like the words that go with the music, but i really have no clue why i even have this cd. i always loved this song though. if you like chune / hum, then this is well up in your zone.

gregor

i know very little about gregor, so i suppose that makes them a fine candidate for this blog. they featured people from current, they released a 2 song 7" (shaolin temple / grafitti fist), and a demo that contained two of the songs on the 7" and two other tracks. the music sounds like calm, with a little of the slow ordination of aaron stuff mixed in. really, really good. here's a song.

bailer

bailer were fucking good.

open letters - perfect pages

open letters were one of the prime bands from the norwichmo days of 2002/2003, along with other greats like long live. open letters played melodic screamo, lots of piercing shrieks and grooving / spazzy melody. two (at least?) vocalists, a lot of falling over. miss those innocent days. thanks dan, gav, james, rob and stewart. 6 songs on here, good memories. they had another cdr i am sure, maybe it's still here.

download here

the lapse - basilico basilica

funky.

emergency! action boys

these guys loved braid. this is a pretty cool song though. 7" was on dead tank. i am not aware of any other releases.

chocolate kiss

now here's an under-rated band. it was 2 or 3 people from car vs driver, and they had quite a few releases, i seem to have 4 different ones. not all of them were great, but they did produce some excellent songs. the les boom boom cdep was probably their best release for me. here's some of their music, it flies about as under the radar as indiemo gets. enjoy.