ryoanji

His new vinyl is ridiculously expensive, and his days of good songwriting are behind him now. Wasn't aware of the Harvest Moon/Silver & Gold bootlegs. I wish that all of his 90s stuff was more affordable on vinyl. I'd love to have Ragged Glory, Harvest Moon, Sleeps with Angels, and Broken Arrow in my collection.

Seeing them live four times (in two days, heh) on the Wondershow tour realllly made those songs hit home. They took those songs into some amazing places.

For me a lot of that record followed the (sort of... sacred? cloistered? I keep wanting to say spiritual) sound that they tried out on Wondershow to an even more esoteric place. It's powerful, but it's really hard to access for me. This kind of reached down there and brought the material up into the light (so it could lie down?) and revealed some beautiful straightforward songs. I'm with you, I think.

Where'd you hear about the upcoming 7"? Thanks for the video link!

Heh... I meant my own characterization of 'Brothers' as adult-contempo was harsh. :-P Spinning 'Barely Regal' again now -- the vinyl sounds way better than the iTunes files, surprise.

That was perhaps a bit harsh. I didn't like the arrangements/production—I thought it a bit overly polished. Anyway, really loved Singer's Grave on first listen, although I am so curious as to what the motivation was to do this. My name was chosen as a reference to the John Cage piece, which clearly must reference the temple. Here's my mini blog of articles about Oldham/BPB/Palace if anyone's curious. A live review, a couple individual track reviews, and other minutiae which I haven't added any entries to in a long time. I was actually working on one about the iTunes singles, which now will have to be adapted. I guessed right that they added up to an EP in the lineage of More Revery, Ask Forgiveness (and maybe even Now Here's My Plan). http://themajesticplural.blogspot.com

I picked up the deluxe today (Reckless Records in Chicago), spinning it now for the first time. The revisions aren't as drastic as Greatest Palace Music. Indeed, they fit the mood of the original songs very nicely, with just a bit more comfy instrumental parts. Not nearly as adult-contemporary as What the Brothers Sang, which was my fear. There are a couple other variations on earlier tracks (An incredible version of "Whipped" from that 10-inch... "Old Match" is "No Match" and the title track is "Black Captain" with new lyrics) and a few new songs. The deluxe 2LP came with a poster too. The 12" ''Barely Regal" EP has two songs not on the iTunes singles also: Drake/Rihanna's "Take Care" and the Everly Brothers' "I'm On My Way Again." First post here, I hope to check it out. Breeze, I refer to your BPB album guide often.