Stars of the Lid

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 10:59 am

Can't help man - my laptop has no 'record what you hear' facility

bleak. · Post by **bleak.** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 6:18 pm

gosh...this live recording really is quite beautiful. i sure hope 2014 sees a new release from SOTL. and indeed some live performances in the UK to support it.

thedisavowed · Post by **thedisavowed** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 1:18 am

Amo Bishop Roden wrote:
Mexicola wrote:So I here they didn't disappoint?

Also, Lichens too?!? You lucky people...
And Pan-American! I couldn't find anybody to accompany me to Chicago that weekend, but by Thursday I was seriously considering going by myself.

Kinda wish I had now.

Sorry - such a late response here. I had a great time. A great deal of the material I didn't recognize but they did play Requiem and December Hunting to great effect. Sadly, something was wrong with Adam's guitar and there was some unintended distortion during the set.

Was still awesome though. Stopped and chatted (and got my Kranky poster signed) with Adam and Brian. Got a pic with Adam too which I ought to share. They both couldn't have been more friendly or available. I love this 'band'.

The new material sounded excellent by the way. Loscil was good too - though I admit I don't follow him as closely and couldn't/didn't recognize the material. Mr Kranky was there too - didn't get a chance to chat with him but all in all it was worth it.

thedisavowed · Post by **thedisavowed** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 1:20 am

For some reason that Stars of the Lid link is getting redirected. Can anyone provide a different link? I assume the recording is sanctioned/legal?

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 1:41 am

thedisavowed wrote:For some reason that Stars of the Lid link is getting redirected. Can anyone provide a different link? I assume the recording is sanctioned/legal?

Yeah, that URL does work, but you need to cut/paste the whole thing manually.

Doesn't like the [URL] function for some reason? Go figure..

energywarning · Post by **energywarning** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 5:30 am

(opener for NYC show)

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 12:26 pm

Giving up trying to get my bloody soundcard to perform the simple task of recording 'What you Hear'. Suspect it's a driver issue as reading rumours that it's been disabled to stop piracy!

Gone old school and recording onto cassette instead

bored_of_canada · Post by **bored_of_canada** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 2:10 pm

Mexicola wrote: Gone old school and recording onto cassette instead

sounds better that way anyhow!

jcnporter · Post by **jcnporter** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 3:48 pm

bleak. wrote:gosh...this live recording really is quite beautiful. i sure hope 2014 sees a new release from SOTL. and indeed some live performances in the UK to support it.

Listening to it now. Agree with all of this.

Earlier this year, a friend from work that i'd introduced SotL to was getting a massage (part of a wedding present, all very innocent, or so he told me) and recognised the music playing...turns out the masseuse plays SotL regularly and the customers love it, anyway her husband is trying to get them to play at the Sonic Arts Research Centre in Belfast, presumably in its auditorium that has 360 degree surround sound... it would be a dream come true indeed.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 4:10 pm

Well I've had a 'fun' afternoon. Finally managed to rip it down to C90 cassette and then back onto my hard drive as two WAV files (side A and side B). Then after some buggering about to get the levels at least similar, dropped into MP3.

Seems almost shameful to fart around with this music in such a way, but there you go.

Might not be amazing quality (EDIT: just checked it - quite noisy/hissy, first track overly bassy, gets better after that, but points docked for (a) my mobile interfering at least once and my PC bleeping it's impatience during December Hunting, FFS!) but anyone interested, here it is.
I've enclosed a photo of the setlist, including the new song titles (I'm guessing they're provisional at this stage).

Amo Bishop Roden · Post by **Amo Bishop Roden** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:45 pm

You're the bestest, Mexi

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:47 pm

No need to flaunt that Tired Sounds LP mate, but thanks all the same for this sweet rip

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:50 pm

fujee wrote:No need to flaunt that Tired Sounds LP mate, but thanks all the same for this sweet rip

Hey! Ain't my copy man! The photo is from Last.FM.
I wish mine was signed by Brian McBride

Scyye · Post by **Scyye** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:33 pm

Hell yes, downloading this now!
Cheers man

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:49 pm

Don't go getting too excited. As I said, the quality isn't the greatest. If I get time, I'll do it again and tidy it up a bit. Still, better than nothing I guess? Just..

Scyye · Post by **Scyye** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:37 am

Mexicola wrote:Don't go getting too excited.

Oh don't worry, still enough time for me to get pissed at you for the quality after I listened

Logan71 · Post by **Logan71** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 11:13 am

Mexicola wrote:Don't go getting too excited. As I said, the quality isn't the greatest. If I get time, I'll do it again and tidy it up a bit. Still, better than nothing I guess? Just..

Many thanks for your efforts, greatly appreciated.

Rikkiebags · Post by **Rikkiebags** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 10:48 am

Truly lovely.

Rikkiebags · Post by **Rikkiebags** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 10:54 am

Whilst not quite as sexy as Mexi's lo-fi cassette version, I did a bit of digging and you can download the MP3 directly here: http://audio.wnyc.org/qtwo/qtwo131230stars.mp3

Magnifico.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:52 pm

Rikkiebags wrote:Whilst not quite as sexy as Mexi's lo-fi cassette version, I did a bit of digging and you can download the MP3 directly here: http://audio.wnyc.org/qtwo/qtwo131230stars.mp3

Magnifico.

Cheers! Saves me re-recording the damn thing

EDIT: some vids appearing on YouTube now too. Pretty killer version of 'December Hunting...' starts around 7 mins in.