tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post2998774219333743050..comments2024-01-27T02:14:19.842-08:00Comments on HARDLY BAKED: burning with anxietySIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-15232727100433158242015-12-14T15:19:53.073-08:002015-12-14T15:19:53.073-08:00Yes, because feeble sounding bands often like to p...Yes, because feeble sounding bands often like to project the ambience of being an exclusive club. Belle & Sebastian, Sarah Records, Postcard, Sebadoh, TV Personalities. Felt and Swell Maps, to an extent. St. Etienne, although they were a bit too smooth sounding. The retreat into childhood, and the "we don't want you to play with us" in-crowd vibe. We might look soft, but wePhil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214245608032305452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-57109848863505392862015-12-14T09:37:14.634-08:002015-12-14T09:37:14.634-08:00yeah i thought Buzzcocks was a good sort of edge c...yeah i thought Buzzcocks was a good sort of edge case, cos their whole vibe is wimpy (vocally and lyrically) but the music hits with quite a lot of force.... but they don't seem to bracket with Pistols and Ruts.... perhaps just off on their own unique path. 'spiral scratch' is the ur skinny track, you are right - the one note gtr solo.<br /><br />re. liking out of solidarity, CarducciSIMON REYNOLDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-3827341611018867792015-12-13T03:59:14.382-08:002015-12-13T03:59:14.382-08:00Well, Spiral Scratch = skinny, Post-Devoto is gene...Well, Spiral Scratch = skinny, Post-Devoto is generally thick. Especially something like "Fast Cars".<br /><br />Perhaps "fat" is a better word than thick, and "thin" a better word than skinny. Fat punk vs. thin punk. I suppose early Fall and the Swell Maps are good examples of creative thinness. Early Scritti too. But The Fall accumulated a bit of mass from &Phil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214245608032305452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-49793755100812892662015-12-12T14:13:59.946-08:002015-12-12T14:13:59.946-08:00ha, i knew it could only be a matter of time befor...ha, i knew it could only be a matter of time before you commented Phil.<br /><br />figured you must like them or have something to say<br /><br />totally get the thick versus skinny distinction<br /><br />i remember one review of Never mind the Bollocks described the guitar sound as "fat, abusive" - meant as a positive - which i always liked. <br /><br />perhaps the distinction is SIMON REYNOLDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-68070036201345328722015-12-12T13:08:31.860-08:002015-12-12T13:08:31.860-08:00Great band. Their problem was that the catalogue ...Great band. Their problem was that the catalogue was a bit too thin - they needed a strong second album.<br /><br />Also, I think The Crack was sonically a bit more influential than is generally considered. There's quite a proto-Killing Joke vibe on a lot of tracks - especially "It Was Cold". Also "Savage Circle" anticipates a lot of US hardcore and punk metal - Phil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214245608032305452noreply@blogger.com