Comments on: iLiKETRAiNS – Elegies to Lessons Learnt http://songbytoad.com/2007/10/iliketrains-elegies-to-lessons-learnt/ Independent music from Edinburgh, Scotland - with added gin and swearing. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2007/10/iliketrains-elegies-to-lessons-learnt/#comment-1547 Matthew Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:23:42 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/10/09/iliketrains-elegies-to-lessons-learnt/#comment-1547 Apart from comparing one of my favourite bands to a bland, flavourless staple food that feeds the masses almost exclusively when they afford no better, that is a brilliant description Marcy. Apart from comparing one of my favourite bands to a bland, flavourless staple food that feeds the masses almost exclusively when they afford no better, that is a brilliant description Marcy.

]]> By: mjrc http://songbytoad.com/2007/10/iliketrains-elegies-to-lessons-learnt/#comment-1548 mjrc Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:01:31 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/10/09/iliketrains-elegies-to-lessons-learnt/#comment-1548 c&b--this may help: imagine a pot of rice on the stove, sometimes boiling over the edges and getting all over the place, other times at a steady, low roil. that's the image that comes to my mind, anyway. a nice hot pot of rice. c&b–this may help: imagine a pot of rice on the stove, sometimes boiling over the edges and getting all over the place, other times at a steady, low roil. that’s the image that comes to my mind, anyway. a nice hot pot of rice.

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2007/10/iliketrains-elegies-to-lessons-learnt/#comment-1551 Matthew Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:30:21 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/10/09/iliketrains-elegies-to-lessons-learnt/#comment-1551 <i>*Rushes off to check dictionary*</i> Well yes it is. Gloomy, morose at times, and very foreboding. But when they go mental and start making a ferocious racket there's little else like them at the moment. It may help that I saw them live first and heard them recorded second - perhaps because I'd seen them rock out already I kind of had that in mind when I was listening to the music. Try some of their videos. Terra Nova might be the easiest one to get into easily - it's a genuinely touching little movie. *Rushes off to check dictionary*

Well yes it is. Gloomy, morose at times, and very foreboding. But when they go mental and start making a ferocious racket there’s little else like them at the moment.

It may help that I saw them live first and heard them recorded second – perhaps because I’d seen them rock out already I kind of had that in mind when I was listening to the music.

Try some of their videos. Terra Nova might be the easiest one to get into easily – it’s a genuinely touching little movie.

]]> By: Campfires & Battlefields http://songbytoad.com/2007/10/iliketrains-elegies-to-lessons-learnt/#comment-1550 Campfires & Battlefields Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:18:45 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/10/09/iliketrains-elegies-to-lessons-learnt/#comment-1550 I'm just not getting this at all. Isn't it a bit lugubrious? I’m just not getting this at all. Isn’t it a bit lugubrious?

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2007/10/iliketrains-elegies-to-lessons-learnt/#comment-1549 Matthew Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:31:48 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/10/09/iliketrains-elegies-to-lessons-learnt/#comment-1549 Nice, eh? They are truly phenomenal live as well. Nice, eh? They are truly phenomenal live as well.

]]> By: China http://songbytoad.com/2007/10/iliketrains-elegies-to-lessons-learnt/#comment-1552 China Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:14:28 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/10/09/iliketrains-elegies-to-lessons-learnt/#comment-1552 This is dreamy! This is dreamy!

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2007/10/iliketrains-elegies-to-lessons-learnt/#comment-1554 Matthew Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:00:52 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/10/09/iliketrains-elegies-to-lessons-learnt/#comment-1554 I do rather agree with you about the post-rock thing. Generally I try and keep my labels as broad and vague as possible, but it seems to kind of fit here. I love the fact that they do it all as well, from the packaging to the videos and all. I have an interview with them waiting to be written up actually, which should be quite good. It's a whore of a week here at Proper Job though, so it may be a while yet. I do rather agree with you about the post-rock thing. Generally I try and keep my labels as broad and vague as possible, but it seems to kind of fit here.

I love the fact that they do it all as well, from the packaging to the videos and all. I have an interview with them waiting to be written up actually, which should be quite good. It’s a whore of a week here at Proper Job though, so it may be a while yet.

]]> By: cowsarejustfood http://songbytoad.com/2007/10/iliketrains-elegies-to-lessons-learnt/#comment-1553 cowsarejustfood Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:41:45 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/10/09/iliketrains-elegies-to-lessons-learnt/#comment-1553 post-rock really is king of the utterly meaningless labels castle. ilike i liketrains. this album really is damnably good in the same way that those slightly quieter neurosis offshoots remind me of dark clouds and beaten dogs and women crying in rainstrewn alleys. it is the old-fashioned completeness of it all that appeals to me - image, packaging, sound, videos, hair. okay not the hair. post-rock really is king of the utterly meaningless labels castle.
ilike i liketrains. this album really is damnably good in the same way that those slightly quieter neurosis offshoots remind me of dark clouds and beaten dogs and women crying in rainstrewn alleys.
it is the old-fashioned completeness of it all that appeals to me – image, packaging, sound, videos, hair. okay not the hair.

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