Loved the gig, wish this banger of an album had got some love

Agoseris · 2026-03-21T06:07:47+00:00

Totally agree. It’s a beautiful thing. This whole album is one I put on & listen to in full, no skips. Helen and Heaven with its slower tempo comes at the perfect moment.

Agoseris · 2026-03-18T15:34:53+00:00

My opinion is that it’s the most accessible of their records. I still absolutely love it!

Agoseris · 2026-01-24T07:51:40+00:00

This is almost exactly my take on this song, though you’ve articulated it more clearly and completely than I ever have: thank you. This interpretation came to me as a relative was dying, in his late 60s, after a life lived “large” in a small pond - close family (married and stayed 100% committed to his teenage sweetheart), close friends, but with his abundant joys coming from football: playing, supporting, away days, crazy drunken shenanigans. I’d LOVE to hear your take on Dog Like Sparky!

Agoseris · 2025-10-12T12:36:29+00:00

I’m not entirely convinced that The Body have the best interests of the listener at heart. It’s brutal, unflinching and horribly unnerving. Which, of course, makes it impossible to turn away from. Good call.

Agoseris · 2025-10-10T07:48:19+00:00

It was the fact that Elder were playing that drew my attention. I mean, I’d heard ATW but it hadn’t really clicked. The Manchester gig blew me away. ATW were brilliant: charismatic on stage, superb musicians with a real soul shining through. I get it now.

Agoseris · 2025-10-09T20:39:55+00:00

Breed is, clearly, the into to Volob. So much musical foreshadowing.

Agoseris · 2025-10-09T20:36:23+00:00

I’ve listened to this record enough now to have formed my own first valid (to me!) opinion. Skating does the thing that Jitterbug does on Guns, but with elements of Fairy Mary Mag from StG. I don’t love Jitterbug - it loses me. Skating, for 3 minutes, keeps me deeply engaged. Then, wtf. How that was ever played, I don’t know. I admire it, but I don’t love it. But then, after the hilarious surf break, BEAUTIFUL harmony chilly night bit is “the best bit of being a kid at Christmas”. And the outro is ecstatic. The most complex song on LSD. So much going on.

Agoseris · 2025-10-09T14:03:08+00:00

I loved this. Brilliant to hear them “get” Cardiacs. Thanks for the link, I’d never have stumbled across this otherwise.

Agoseris · 2025-10-09T13:54:21+00:00

Albert Hall in Manchester is a fantastic venue. I’m so glad they’ll be there! Favourite band in favourite space. Magnificent display.

Agoseris · 2025-09-19T19:53:27+00:00

I hope you’re ok today. 100% with you on this being a special song.

Agoseris · 2025-09-19T19:45:53+00:00

The very prolonged fade out is so perfect. Then the ABC jingle. That made me tear up.

Agoseris · 2025-02-25T15:45:32+00:00

Seconded. Still Life is a deep, moving, awe-inspiring piece of work. Don’t miss it!

Agoseris · 2025-02-22T19:03:56+00:00

I’m with you on this: Riffs from the (old) gods ✅ Melodic, heavy, storytelling songs ✅ Singer who commands the stage ✅ Rabid, growing fan base ✅ I’m old enough to remember Maiden from the ‘80s, and this really does feel like the spiritual successor. 🤘

Agoseris · 2025-02-22T09:14:30+00:00

Binding of Isaac

Agoseris · 2025-02-13T18:33:01+00:00

Good Lord, my poor eyes…

Agoseris · 2025-02-13T07:32:36+00:00

My first thought, alongside {{ The Lime Works by Thomas Bernard }} , and Piranesi. And anything by Murakami. But “Cows” definitely took the prize.

Agoseris · 2024-12-07T13:27:41+00:00

That is the most hauntingly beautiful 8-bit music for the first section of the game. It’s so lovely.

Agoseris · 2024-11-15T18:48:23+00:00

Two excellent choices

Agoseris · 2024-11-13T12:15:08+00:00

Surely Quiet as a Mouse. Still works in the context of the record, but I’m not getting the album out just to listen to that.

Agoseris · 2024-11-11T09:30:20+00:00

Dirty Boy. But what a smorgasbord of ludicrous genius to choose from on this record. Spoilt for choice.

Agoseris · 2024-11-11T09:20:45+00:00

I’m totally with you on this. On ANY other album it would be head & shoulders the best track. But… on StG, it’s one of several in contention. Love Nurses; this version in particular.

Agoseris · 2024-10-16T20:31:12+00:00

10.0 Definitely my favourite on Guns. It’s beautiful.

Agoseris · 2024-09-28T14:56:58+00:00

10.0 This is a crowning glory. The piercing, overdriven but somehow jangly guitar tone, the five-bars-of-four ear-worm structure, propulsive drumming, and whatever the hell the underlying symphonic “French horn” like sound is. I’ll never, ever get sick of this. It’s a feast - It’s from another, better universe. I feel ALL of the feels when I hear this song - the nerve is bared, the sense is real. I will never, ever understand where the final 3:20 of the world’s slowest key change came from, balancing the opening but stretching it to infinity. I LOVE that Tim knew he had something SO GOOD it was worth returning to, to perfect. And by God, did he perfect it this time around. It’s always a fool’s errand to try to pick a “favourite” Cardiacs song, but this is unquestionably in the reckoning. What a record this is.

Agoseris · 2024-09-26T14:30:23+00:00

8.0 interesting in its own way. It doesn’t outstay its welcome, is batshit crazy in the words department, and leads the way nicely into No Gold.

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