Ruins is another which will be on my decade list but missed out on century
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That like is for the second two albums not your opinion on 100BW which I couldn’t disagree more with. But anyway, Hoogy I’ve never in my life heard so much as a second of a Low song. Where do I start?
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For my money, get your ears around this in the first instance:
If you like that then move on to the album Things We Lost In The Fire.
Completely unrelated, but for the record @aboynamedgoo I couldn’t agree more with your assessment of Idlewild.
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Now this is right up my street, cheers Weebs!
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@anon19035908 I’d also have a crack at The Great Destroyer. Probably the most immediate record. But Things We Lost In The Fire is by far my favourite of theirs, and most similar to Teo-Step
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It’s nice to know even Hoogy can be wrong occasionally, eh?
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Captain was so so good.
Thought I was bias against them as I went to see them when Captain came out. Told all my friends, had a lovely little team going and then they went and cancelled at the last minute. Most disappointed.
When I heard their later records I just thought they were complete rubbish.
Tried listening to 1000 Broken Windows more recently and it still leaves me cold (in the wind and rain outside a grimy indie club on a Friday night in 1998)
Captain is still a great listen though.
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I’m of That age where the only albums of Idlewild that I really knew was that one that had what you have the world in your arms on it and I had no idea they sounded like this before that
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Brilliant, thanks. I’m going to delve in when I get home. Seem exactly the kind of band I’ll love.
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Exactly my thoughts on Idewild - well said!
They were so good for the first couple of years - one of the best live bands i saw at that time (when captain came out) but they just gradually lost their edge. Have frequently gone back to re-listen to stuff post Hope Is Important when i read some gushing over them…but it still always leaves me cold.
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I was at this. The Strokes were the only act I didn’t enjoy 
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Perfect description.
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Listening to the playlist - think I’m on record as saying it takes something pretty special for guitar music to grab my attention these days.
Turns out that Songs:Ohia are more than special enough. Not sure how I missed this at the time (I was much more of a guitar-music person back in 2002) - it probably coincided with getting into something completely regrettable instead.
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untrue way down the list at 26 while the national get in the top 10 is a fucking outrage
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Have you met literally any DiSser?
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had a big effort post about untrue but it felt a bit mortifying to share it so here’s the tl;dr:
i read interviews with him and mark fisher years after i found untrue during a really low point of depression/drug abuse in my life, when i was just 18, 19 maybe? working long shifts in shitty indie bars, not getting home until 7 in the morning, middle of winter, rain, cold, etc. my pal gave me his old ipod and told me to check out this burial guy.
anyway, in these interviews, burial talks a lot about how he was trying to send hope and comfort to people who listened…when you look at all the references to archangels and divine intervention on the record, messages sent from above and suchlike…it’s a cliche to say an album changed or saved your life but i think this one maybe legit did. like it felt as if bill bevan had made this record just for me. can only really think of 2 or 3 other records i’ve connected with that deeply. he made it in 2 weeks as well, which is astounding.
so what i’m saying is, put it in the top 10, nerds.
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I liked this but (this part you won’t like) I don’t like Burial (sorry)
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it’s fine, the like makes up for it!
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Great stuff! Really nice to see that influence in your music as well!
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the first thing i did when i learned how to mix was go record loads of rain and crackle and stuff
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