Laddio Bolocko & The Psychic Paramount

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Yeah, I understand why someone would recommend you TPP based on liking COF, because aesthetically they're undoubtably similar. But based on my brief listen, COF immediately triggers a strong hard blues/classic rock vibe based on the scales they're using, the swagger/looseness they jam on, and a bit of the structure of their riffs.

When I listen to the TPP I don't get that vibe. To my ears TPP is primarily concerned with rhythm, like its pervasive to the point where you could hypothetically say Steve Reich informed their writing. I didn't get that vibe from COF & that's one if the most interesting things about TPP to me.

& the blues influence is not nearly as overt aa COF. I personally am biased against new-to-me music that's heavy on the blues vibe; unless it's stellar as fuck or combined with other contrasting elements it just feels so old hat at this point.

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*The following is totally tainted by the fact that I was recommended TPP based on digging CoF so the idea that you wouldn't love Comets is foreign to me.*

Go listen to Field Recordings from the Sun and then realize it came out nearly a decade before TPP's II.

the first Laddio Bolocko album came out in '97...but i don't really see much musical similarity, besides long songs & an affinity for blown-out recordings.

i think ALL of these bands owe a huge debt to the Japanese bands on the PSF label & (much earlier) Les Rallizes Denudes (as well as a big dose of Krautrock).

example, originally released in '96:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm8xZRVXFgk[/youtube]

and TWENtY YEARS EARLIER(!!!!):
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYteF-C4S_o[/youtube]

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Totes agreed, Voer. I hadn't actually listened to LB before today -- my discussion is all based around TPP. That Mainliner record is fucking killer

Yeah, I understand why someone would recommend you TPP based on liking COF, because aesthetically they're undoubtably similar. But based on my brief listen, COF immediately triggers a strong hard blues/classic rock vibe based on the scales they're using, the swagger/looseness they jam on, and a bit of the structure of their riffs.

When I listen to the TPP I don't get that vibe. To my ears TPP is primarily concerned with rhythm, like its pervasive to the point where you could hypothetically say Steve Reich informed their writing. I didn't get that vibe from COF & that's one if the most interesting things about TPP to me.

& the blues influence is not nearly as overt aa COF. I personally am biased against new-to-me music that's heavy on the blues vibe; unless it's stellar as fuck or combined with other contrasting elements it just feels so old hat at this point.

Heresy.


Also listen to Cave.

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another current band i get a somewhat similar vibe from is Aluk Todolo.
They're coming from more of a Black Metal world, but they occupy a similar sonic area often...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtfPFWMH-qc[/youtube]