asp's classic albums # 55: lovesliescrushing - glissceule

atsonicpark · 12.04.2008, 08:29 PM

LOVESLIESCRUSHING "GLISSCEULE"
Sonic Syrup, 2002

Even though this band is pretty flawless, all things considered, and have yet to release anything that isn't of the utmost highest quality, I think this is definitely their masterpiece thus far. Pure 4-track analog guitar sounds (with a couple glitchy digital manipulations thrown in for good measure) and wordless ethereal vocals, it's almost 80 minutes long and never gets boring or wandering in the least. The purest definition of the sound shoegaze and also its logical extreme. Amongst the best stuff you'll ever hear.

Sonic Youth 37 · 12.04.2008, 08:33 PM

AC pretty much summed this one up. It's composed 119% of win.

atsonicpark · 12.04.2008, 08:35 PM

Thank you. There's just something about this record.. and the band in general. Really brilliant stuff.

alteredcourse · 12.05.2008, 02:38 AM

I would like to know how you experience this kind of music. Thanks to Sonic Youth 37 taking the time to upload Chorus for me this morning, I listened to it on the way to work, and I couldnt get into it. I can accept some music just not being accessable enough for me, but I would just like to understand what you hear when you not just listen to it, but really really seem to enjoy it.

pbradley · 12.05.2008, 02:50 AM

Are you trying to tell us you're an aspie, asp?

atsonicpark · 12.05.2008, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by alteredcourse

I would like to know how you experience this kind of music. Thanks to Sonic Youth 37 taking the time to upload Chorus for me this morning, I listened to it on the way to work, and I couldnt get into it. I can accept some music just not being accessable enough for me, but I would just like to understand what you hear when you not just listen to it, but really really seem to enjoy it.

Well, "Chorus" is a bit different than the other albums, granted, and it may not be the best introduction to their music... but... I mean, you can sleep to the music, be .. uh .. medicated while listening to the music, have sex while listening to it... I dunno. Driving's probably the worst conditions to experience their music in, though I do it all the time. I think it's extremely accessible music.. it's just beautiful shoegaze drones. Nothing more.

atsonicpark · 01.25.2009, 05:57 PM

Bumped... so Derek can offer an opinion!

Derek · 01.25.2009, 06:13 PM

What is there to say? It's great.

My favourite lovesliescrushing so far though is Bloweyelashwish... this is superb too.

atsonicpark · 01.25.2009, 06:14 PM

I dunno, I just wanted to bump this thread and was looking for any excuse. Seems better than another thread on Animal Collective.

greedrex · 01.25.2009, 06:16 PM

Adam, you have the same initials as Animal Collective; how does that make you FEEL?

Derek · 01.25.2009, 06:18 PM

and Anal Cunt...

I don't get it, why are this band so obscure?

atsonicpark · 01.25.2009, 06:24 PM

Forward-thinking, inventive, intelligent, well-made music usually is obscure.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.25.2009, 06:25 PM

I'll field that one. Because any band with Scott Cortez does not tour hardly at all and the records/cds are notoriously hard to find (I've tried e-mailing him to buy them...no response). Check out Astrobrite too, more hard edge shoegaze than LLC

Derek · 01.25.2009, 06:25 PM

Hah.

But I see no reason why a fan of My Bloody Valentine couldn't like lovesliescrushing or a fan of shoegaze in general. This band should be way bigger.

Derek · 01.25.2009, 06:26 PM

Oh and you replied too soon SY37... hmm yeah that could be the case.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.25.2009, 06:28 PM

I mean, in the world of today, when a 1 of 100 7" on purple marbled vinyl with hand-screened cover goes for $6 on ebay....(I paid $6 for 1 of 1,000), the band isn't really going to get bigger.

atsonicpark · 01.25.2009, 06:29 PM

I don't think they're that obscure, certainly. 7000 listeners on last.fm. I hear 'em mentioned occasionally. They're way better than MBV, of course (most shoegaze bands are), but SY37 pointed something important out.. I have emailed them about buying some albums (notably "chorus", which I emailed them about 3 times and my friend Cory emailed them about probably 5 fucking times!) and they never responded.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.25.2009, 06:31 PM

I tried at least three times plus messages on myspace, a friend of mine got through after 1 e-mail, but it simply said something to the effect of "tell me what you want to buy and I'll send prices"

atsonicpark · 01.25.2009, 06:37 PM

Haha.

I'd heard some other weird things too... Melissa of LLC is married (not to Scott) and there was supposedly some weird myspace comments drama on the LLC page and Melissa's page from her and her husband... this was around the time when "Chorus" was originally supposed to come out, in late 2005-ish. All the comments were deleted, but I remember reading a few that Cory showed me, they were really obscure and vague but obviously kinda dramatic too. It was bizarre. I remember all pictures of Melissa were taken down from the LLC myspace and she wasn't listed as a band member anymore. then "chorus" finally came out and LLC said it was their last album. So who knows.............

Everyneurotic · 01.25.2009, 08:17 PM

funny, i heard of a friend who trades with "the guy from llc".

12.04.2008, 08:29 PM	#1
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	LOVESLIESCRUSHING "GLISSCEULE" Sonic Syrup, 2002 Even though this band is pretty flawless, all things considered, and have yet to release anything that isn't of the utmost highest quality, I think this is definitely their masterpiece thus far. Pure 4-track analog guitar sounds (with a couple glitchy digital manipulations thrown in for good measure) and wordless ethereal vocals, it's almost 80 minutes long and never gets boring or wandering in the least. The purest definition of the sound shoegaze and also its logical extreme. Amongst the best stuff you'll ever hear. __________________
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12.04.2008, 08:33 PM	#2
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	AC pretty much summed this one up. It's composed 119% of win. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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12.04.2008, 08:35 PM	#3
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Thank you. There's just something about this record.. and the band in general. Really brilliant stuff. __________________
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12.05.2008, 02:38 AM	#4
alteredcourse expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,503	I would like to know how you experience this kind of music. Thanks to Sonic Youth 37 taking the time to upload Chorus for me this morning, I listened to it on the way to work, and I couldnt get into it. I can accept some music just not being accessable enough for me, but I would just like to understand what you hear when you not just listen to it, but really really seem to enjoy it.
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12.05.2008, 02:50 AM	#5
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Are you trying to tell us you're an aspie, asp?
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01.25.2009, 05:57 PM	#7
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Bumped... so Derek can offer an opinion! __________________
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01.25.2009, 06:13 PM	#8
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	What is there to say? It's great. My favourite lovesliescrushing so far though is Bloweyelashwish... this is superb too.
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01.25.2009, 06:14 PM	#9
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I dunno, I just wanted to bump this thread and was looking for any excuse. Seems better than another thread on Animal Collective. __________________
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01.25.2009, 06:16 PM	#10
greedrex invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: in yr fotobukit Posts: 6,588	Adam, you have the same initials as Animal Collective; how does that make you FEEL? __________________ Greed Recordings bandcamp ~The Rex~, stalkin' yr shit since 2008.
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01.25.2009, 06:18 PM	#11
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	and Anal Cunt... I don't get it, why are this band so obscure?
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01.25.2009, 06:24 PM	#12
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Forward-thinking, inventive, intelligent, well-made music usually is obscure. __________________
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01.25.2009, 06:25 PM	#13
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	I'll field that one. Because any band with Scott Cortez does not tour hardly at all and the records/cds are notoriously hard to find (I've tried e-mailing him to buy them...no response). Check out Astrobrite too, more hard edge shoegaze than LLC __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.25.2009, 06:26 PM	#15
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	Oh and you replied too soon SY37... hmm yeah that could be the case.
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01.25.2009, 06:28 PM	#16
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	I mean, in the world of today, when a 1 of 100 7" on purple marbled vinyl with hand-screened cover goes for $6 on ebay....(I paid $6 for 1 of 1,000), the band isn't really going to get bigger. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.25.2009, 06:29 PM	#17
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I don't think they're that obscure, certainly. 7000 listeners on last.fm. I hear 'em mentioned occasionally. They're way better than MBV, of course (most shoegaze bands are), but SY37 pointed something important out.. I have emailed them about buying some albums (notably "chorus", which I emailed them about 3 times and my friend Cory emailed them about probably 5 fucking times!) and they never responded. __________________
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01.25.2009, 06:31 PM	#18
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	I tried at least three times plus messages on myspace, a friend of mine got through after 1 e-mail, but it simply said something to the effect of "tell me what you want to buy and I'll send prices" __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.25.2009, 06:37 PM	#19
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Haha. I'd heard some other weird things too... Melissa of LLC is married (not to Scott) and there was supposedly some weird myspace comments drama on the LLC page and Melissa's page from her and her husband... this was around the time when "Chorus" was originally supposed to come out, in late 2005-ish. All the comments were deleted, but I remember reading a few that Cory showed me, they were really obscure and vague but obviously kinda dramatic too. It was bizarre. I remember all pictures of Melissa were taken down from the LLC myspace and she wasn't listed as a band member anymore. then "chorus" finally came out and LLC said it was their last album. So who knows............. __________________
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01.25.2009, 08:17 PM	#20
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	funny, i heard of a friend who trades with "the guy from llc". __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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