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[Larsen B]

What's the price?

[free tibet]

Originally Posted by Larsen B

What's the price?

........

oh and it's gonna be £6 on the door. Bargain of the year, folks.

[chilli]

Originally Posted by stuartmaxwell

album is awesome

well the IMP crew & the stalwarts free tibet & maxi think this is yet another special release, here is a very early preview reviews of the very wonderful NEW Thee More Shallows release from the ever relable ORGAN online Magazine


ALBUM OF THE WEEK
THEE MORE SHALLOWS – Book Of Bad Breaks (Anticon) - Forecasters of delight and no disasters ever, every twinkle of every light, they have such an instantly recognisable sound, a finger print all of their own these Thee More Shallows. And you know we’re going to gush about them again, like turkeys with the gift of flight. What are they going to pull out of their red case this time? How are things in that warm twilight world, no, in that 2am world of deserted streets and quiet crashes, that peaceful world where street lights hum and electric flickers with so much beautiful colour? The warm San Francisco band were always going to have a tough task coming up with something better than 2005’s vitally wonderful More Deep Cuts – they wisely haven’t tried, they’ve taken their fingerprints over to different scapes, to explore different shades and moods - away from depression and towards mania (so they say). Far less dark and inward this time, still that gloriously prog edge and that richly detailed orchestrated post-pop, still those whispered words and French horns and Casio warmth and subtle beats - lyrical one liners that paint whole pictures. Another film of an album, another set of Hopper paintings and hints of Wire, Granddaddy, early Bowie and graceful Tortoise, and yes as pointed out elsewhere, hints of Vaughn Williams. Delicate white noise and shorting neon signs in the rain-light, that and white masks and a mosquito haze of delicate detail – so much detail, something new with every listen and it clearly needs weeks before we get in to all the corners and lift all the layers and find it all. How do they make so much sound so minimal? Ah look, they could never better More Deep Cuts, they managed to equal it though, another stunning masterpiece of a film, another set of warm reward songs and more of their wonderfully rewarding and very unique sound (warned you we were going to gush again).

One of the very best bands out there in a world of far far too many very fine bands.

http://www.organart.demon.co.uk/neworgan199.htm

come & see the RED CASE this Sunday night

[offramp]

None of the IMP team want to work the door tomorrow night. That's how excited we are about seeing this band.

Any volunteers?

[chilli]

& the reviews are starting to roll-in


Edinburgh/Glasgow Scene Listings & Review ZINE
http://www.skinnymag.co.uk/content/view/4534/

These tunes are universal.

To some at least, “Anticon does indie rock” might make for an attractive proposition on paper - but mightn’t such a delicious gambit go horribly wrong? After all, this lot are more notorious for the production of innovative hip-hop, are they not? Don’t concern yourself. Not if (forgive them the daft name for a second) Thee More Shallows are a large part of that proposal, especially when considering this LP which is a slight advance beyond 2005’s foray into psychedelia, More Deep Cuts. Using Modest Mouse, Eels and Anticon’s own Why? as touchstones while mucker Odd Nosdam interjects with a few breaks here and a French horn segue there; the brittle, fuzzy-headed style of Book of Bad Breaks is sublime at best throughout its numerous euphoric peaks, easing up only for a few brief interludes and a chin stroking duo of ambient closing ditties.

Otherwise, this is a full on sonic safari; a predominantly sharp and inspiring release which boasts an array of inventive instrumentation which frames the calming delivery of vocalist Dee Kesler. Despite the haunting, downtrodden poetry in these lyrics, optimism and vitality shines brightly throughout the Shallows’ sound. The pace sways between a crawl and a juggernaut with the trio appearing at their most dangerous when they muster a tempo for the eloquent two fingered salute of Night at the Knight School and break out into the rumbling dysfunction of Fly Paper. A heavy release for heavy times and, as the self mocking name suggests, you needn’t worry about whether you subscribe to Plan B or the NME in order to take some enjoyment away from this INCREDIBLE LP.

These tunes are universal.

Edinburgh/Glasgow Scene Listings & Review ZINE
http://www.skinnymag.co.uk/content/view/4534/

[KarmaTsunami]

i am working til 9.30pm. what time will thee more shallows be on?

[chilli]

Originally Posted by KarmaTsunami

i am working til 9.30pm. what time will thee more shallows be on?

approx 9.50pm to 10.00pm

[KarmaTsunami]

if i get out on time then i may come along. chances are though i probably won't get out til 10pm shitsticks.

[chilli]

Originally Posted by KarmaTsunami

if i get out on time then i may come along. chances are though i probably won't get out til 10pm shitsticks.

Tell Neil Stevenson its an IMP event & he'll give you time off for good behaviour????


anyhow here's a wee review of TMS 1st European show of this tour in London

THEE MORE SHALLOWS - The Social, London, 2/4/07

Thee More Shallows’ new album, ‘Book of Bad Breaks’, is more electronic, harsher and perhaps (interestingly) a little more disjointed than More Deep Cuts. The familiar ingredients remain – the delicate, minimal passages and 2am whispered laments – but they are less central and instead fight for space with buzzing moogs and a more obvious aggression. Even the odd Vaughan Williams moment is glitched and fraught with a sense of the sinister.

So the intriguing question was how they would translate this harder-edge to the stage. Odd to relate, then, that Thee More Shallows were positively playful tonight. Dee Kesler grappled jokingly with a rebellious mike stand throughout, in keeping with the let’s-see-how-this-goes air to proceedings. But aside from the effects of first-night uncertainties and jet-lag, Thee More Shallows premiered a number of songs from the new album with the élan we’ve come to expect, and still replete with the slow-burning melody that makes them such a delight to listen to.

Now just a three-piece (I assume I’m not the only one to miss Odessa’s singing?), Thee More Shallows bring a real inventiveness with various effects. Kesler is fond of the sustained loop to paint a background, and the set sees all band members at various points playing the keys, still housed in the red box, with Messrs Fraser and Gonzales exchanging drums and red box duties.

It’s therefore a real team effort to create that full, lush Thee More Shallows sound, and it’s rather intriguing to see them at work and more of a spectacle than you might imagine. As they have always done, the band expertly managed the process, and the set was carefully chosen to balance the competing tendencies. ‘Night at the Knight School’ hinted at things to come, its gentle, insistent vocal line both soothing and unsettling, while ‘Eagle Rock’ and ‘White Mask’ raised the volume levels, the latter with a terrific, radio-friendly chorus. That new sense of urgency was most apparent with ‘Oh Yes, Another Mother’, whose initial serenity gave way to an epic finale, more frenzied and all-out than ‘Freshman Thesis’, its earlier counterpart.

But even though this more abrasive, harder-edged aspect of the new album was unmistakably there, the earlier material still fitted in well alongside. The more experimental Bowie-esque electronica that ends the new album wasn’t prioritised, while ‘2am’ sounded as refreshing as ever, and the magnificent, brooding ‘Cloisterphobia’ received perhaps the warmest reception of the night from a crowd clearly well-versed in ‘More Deep Cuts’.

So the initial impressions are much the same as those that greet the first hearing of the album – it’s a compelling evolution of sound and perspective, essentials in place, but with a more combative attitude, and with a nod in the direction of those seeking innovative ways of embracing electronica with their guitars still strapped on. Thee More Shallows return to London on 27th April, where you can see them at the Buffalo Bar. Go on, treat yourself.



With first-night uncertainties and jet-lag, by the time they get here tonight they should be even more awesome.........

[french_disko]

Originally Posted by chilli

approx 9.50pm to 10.00pm

does that 10 min set include an encore?