Date: Sat, 25 Jun 1994 13:32:25 -0700 From: Heffalump Subject: new swallow ep Got a fax from the import distributor today - looks like there's a new swallow ep out (on Rough Trade) called 'hush'. It's got 3 new swallow songs & one cover... don't remember what the cover is of... anyone else have more info? n9344881@henson.cc.wwu.edu "He who clearly apprehends the scheme of existence does not rejoice over life, nor repine at death; for he knows that external limits are not final." Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 16:26:11 +0200 From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Subject: Re: Swallow - what happened to them? Searlais Mullin writes: > One of the most treasured albums in my collection is "Blow" by Swallow. > But in the five years since the release of it and "Blowback" there seems > to have been nothing. I read on the 4AD-L FAQ that they'd signed to > Rough Trade, but did they release anything? Are they still with us, or > going through a Sundays/MBV style hibernation? They released one ep on Rough Trade in '94 -- _Hush_. ("Recorded and mixed at home.") Haven't heard anything from them since. My guess is that they have been dropped by Rough Trade and haven't been picked up by anybody else. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 23:09:03 -0700 From: phil locke Subject: Re: what happened to swallow according to a recent upcoming releases listing i saw, mike from swallow has a new project called "busy going crazy", and their debut album comes out in the UK next week...quick review had references to chemical brothers, MBV, and third eye foundation. --phil Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 10:38:54 -0400 From: "MacLeod, Robert B." Subject: swallow Um, Swallow? there were a couple of 12"s on a home-grownish label called 'White Lines' by the Swallow guy, Mason? 1994-1995? the band is called 'Busy Going Crazy' i forget the titles, one was 'some-thing summer suns' maybe. Sorta unremarkable take on jungle, a little to contrived for me. The Swallow singer was on one or two tracks which stood out slightly. If you want'em I'll sell'em to you with a pair of my old shoes for $16 ... Bruce Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 02:12:55 -0500 From: dreadnaut Subject: Re: blowback I don't know if I would deem "blowback" more interesting, although it certainly is different. It has a different feel and atmosphere to it than "blow", a little bit more electronica-sounding and much more placid and soothing in nature. On an emotional level, some of the instrumental versions are actually a bit more honestly beautiful and stirring than the original mixes. I particularly like the versions of "sugar your mind" and "follow me down" that are on it. Of course, my favorite Swallow release is by far the "hush" ep. If you haven't heard that one, I strongly recommend you check it out. Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 11:36:59 -0600 From: "Brian C. Williams" Subject: Re: blowback I think Blowback is quite a bit better than Blow, since there's a great deal more variety from track to track. Many of the instrumental bits on Blow which I thought were far too short are extended and foregrounded here, and they often make less of an attempt to fill out a song's space with a full band arrangement (or maybe less effects or whatever). Blowback seems to me to be a more inventive record, and Blow would certainly have been a disappointment had it followed rather than preceeded it. Blow ends up sounding like they took the songs on Blowback and deliberately homogenized them to make a "dreamy pop" record. Hope that helps! brian crandall@csf.edu Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 22:10:14 -0500 From: Jeremy L Orr Subject: Re: blowback ---from Anthony Kyle Monday: > Is Swallow's Blowback significantly more interesting than Blow > (which I only listen to occasionally)? I'm glad you brought this subject up, because I hadn't listened to either of these albums in several months, and I'd forgotten how good they are. If you're not a huge fan of _Blow_, then _Blowback_ probably isn't going to do that much for you, either. When they remixed the album tracks, they didn't introduce many obvious new elements into the songs at all; rather, they just stripped a lot of the original tracks away (usually the percussion) and let the songs drift by on fuzzy clouds of guitars, keyboards and fx. However, _Blowback_ isn't just an easy-listening version of the original album. In fact, parts of it are actually kind of unsettling (especially the guitar solo during "Head in a Cave"). But I still listen to _Blowback_ a lot more than _Blow_, for what that's worth. ---from dreadnaut: > Of course, my favorite Swallow release is by far the "hush" ep. > If you haven't heard that one, I strongly recommend you check it > out. That's like recommending Moonshake's _First_ EP or His Name is Alive's _King of Sweet_ to someone. Where exactly is anyone going to find a copy of the "Hush" EP these days, pray tell? ---Jeremy