As everyone else on the internet has been pointing out, details are out for a new Pains single and album to be released on Slumberland in the not too distant single. There are also a few new songs available to download from their myspace. While their London shows earlier in the year were impossibly brilliant, I do have to confess to being a touch non-fussed by their EP. I love 'Hey Paul' and 'Orchard Of My Eye', but I found the others a touch "theme songy". I'm not entirely sure what that means, but I'm happy to find I really love all the new songs. My favourite thing about them is they don't show the fear of classic rock you in plenty of indie bands; just because something is delicate and sincere doesn't mean it can't have fat riffs and killer solos.
There are a number of reasons for my recent absence from this blog. One is that I have found myself listening to pretty much no new music recently. Currently stuck on my stereo is Lee Hazlewood's 'Trouble Is A Lonesome Town', Denim's 'Back In Denim' and The Clientele/Relict split 7". I hate when this happens, especially when I hear new stuff by Cause Co-Motion! and Crystal Stilts and hear what I'm depriving myself of. I know the best why to remedy this is to buy a bunch of new releases, but every time I'm about to I spy some record on ebay I should be saving my money for.
In less than two months I'm going to be moving back to New Zealand so I'm trying to make the most of the pop shows on before then. So it's Ballboy tonight, Sunny Day In Glasgow on Saturday and Love Is All / Je Suis Animal on Tuesday - phew. I was deeply disappointed to not be able to make Indietracks last weekend, but am doing my best to be happy to hear it was such a success.
[edit] I meant to post this yesterday, but forgot. So I can now confirm Ballboy were great last night. Although I have to say they were possibly upstaged by their supports: Pocketbooks and The Smittens. I wasn't that interested in Pocketbooks first time I saw them, but they just keep getting better.
Thursday, 31 July 2008
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I'm sorry I did not get to say hi at Indietracks --you did go there, didn't you?-- especially since you'll be going back to NZ soon. Wanted to say that I started in Janet Frame's autobiography, which you had recommended on Anorak --again, if I'm not confusing you with someone else-- but did not get beyond the first 20 or so pages. I suppose one needs to know a bit about Frame (or have a particular interest in her) really to enjoy the book. Or perhaps it's just me. In any case, if there's any of her other books that you think is worth reading, I'd happily hear of it!
Hi Martijn, no I couldn't make it to Indietracks in the end. I'm saving up for my flight home and am pretty much completely broke until I get home. I really wanted to go, but it just wasn't feasible in the end.
As for Janet Frame her first two novels 'Owls Do Cry' and 'Faces In The Water' are usually seen as the best introduction. I would suggest 'Faces In The Water' if you ever see it around. While she stresses it's not autobiographical it reflects on the 10 years she spend institutionalised after her depression was misdiagnosed as schizophrenia. 'Owls Do Cry' is a touch more inaccessible; I don't know if you've ever tried to read Virginia Woolf, but it's a similar kind of style. However, it is probably the most likely to be stocked at your local public library.
I hope this answers your question. I should also mention 'Living In The Maniototo' is usually considered her best novel - but I read it for Uni once and it's bloody impossible.
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