powering through the bizarre availability issues weâll skip to the third part of The Great Comeback of 2012 with THE BEARS FOR LUNCH
PS if anyone finds a good solution for Class Clown soon then weâll go back to it next week
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Iâve got the Class Clown mps on my laptop so I might be able to upload a cheeky zip file for anyone who wants to hear it?
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wonder if thereâs somewhere it can be uploaded and still be playable in browser ⊠also might look around reddit, surprised no one else has found an answer to this
Wonder if I can upload the missing tracks to youtube. Havenât done that in a while
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Feels like a genuinely good song to me, except for the bits where he sings the title and I think completely ruins it
Ah, I just assumed weâd at least be able to stream it from Bandcamp. Would be shame to miss it, though, as itâs probably the best of the reunion records!
IcSmic is gonna fix it all for us (for next week)
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On it now, just having to use my parentsâ slow country broadband
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Nooooo, Class Clown is mostly very good.
Happy to wait a week if necessary, but it needs to be covered IMO.
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Should be able to get the missing tracks on youtube by this evening
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Brief hot take on both albums:
Class Clown cleans things up considerably from Factory, cleaner production but not as glossy as the early 00s albums, more of a mid-fi Under The Bushes sound. A more even and consistent listen than Factory - though imo the highs arenât quite as high.
Bears For Lunch continues in the same vein as Class Clown but with better songs (aside from one stinker). For me itâs easily their best album from either reunion period.
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Spill the beans!
Tree Fly Jet is awful and goes on for far longer than it should!
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I was never sure about âHangover Childâ being one of the singles, itâs a good moody song but not really an obvious choice for a preview track IMO. âThe Challenge Is Much Moreâ wouldâve been a much better pick, I reckon.
The other two singles are two of the absolute best from this era, both of them gems: âWhite Flagâ is beautifully melancholic and features a gorgeous wandering bassline which winds its way through the whole song, whereas âEverywhere Is Miles from Everywhereâ is a triumphant, slightly proggy jangler. Both are genuinely wonderful.
Incidentally, âEverywhere Is Miles from Everywhereâ was nearly my clever-clogs pick for the âSong Title Which Starts & Ends With The Same Letterâ round in DiS ML13.
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Interestingly those seem to be the only two songs from that album theyâve ever played live. Hangover Child before the album was released and Challenge afterwards. I like Challenge but always thought it was an odd choice to be the live staple.
Canât believe theyâve never played King Arthur the Red. Would love to hear the current lineup rip through that one.
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Incidentally, the artwork for the âEverywhere Is Miles from Everywhereâ 7â is really interesting & unique:
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Use soulseek?
this is pretty heavy in parts! The Earful guy said it was like Cobra Verde were backing some of the tracks again and tbh I get that - this is about the hardest the OG line-up have ever kicked
Finger Gang is so fun
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