šŸŽµ New single released today by PJ Harvey, 'Voyager': https://pjharvey.bandcamp.com/album/voyager

Gorgeous message and, I reckon, in the same thematic universe as @RobertaFidora's BLACK ARROW – https://robertafidora.bandcamp.com/album/black-arrow-2 – and ETHER/ORBIT – https://robertafidora.bandcamp.com/album/ether-orbit

#Music

Voyager, by PJ Harvey

1 track album

PJ Harvey
@miblo Funnily enough, I saw this earlier and have queued it up on my ā€œthings to check outā€ playlist! šŸŒ
@RobertaFidora Aaah, nice one! 
@miblo Got a long list of Operating Theatre songs to get through first though. šŸ™ƒ
@RobertaFidora Oh gosh, I hope you're doing okay. šŸ‘©ā€āš•ļø
Spring Is Coming With A Strawberry In The Mouth / Rapid Eye Movements, by Operating Theatre

9 track album

Operating Theatre

@RobertaFidora Ohhh sheesh! No, it's okay, I'm sorry.

My instinct was to make some joke about Nurse With Wound's "Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table…" or, a bit more tangentially, The Mars Volta's "De-Loused in the Comatorium" (release anniversary of this one today), but then I was like, "hold on just a minute!"

Glad you're fine, and looking forward to checking out this Operating Theatre! šŸ’‰

@miblo Bloody bands with their confusing names! That Bandcamp link will reveal a straight up sonic jewel though - I found it in the comments of a film trailer. 

Gah, I haven't listened to The Mars Volta in ages! Perhaps I should sort that out soon...

@RobertaFidora Haha, ikr! Alright, sweet! Which film? I love discovering music this way. (Incidentally, Heart's 'Barracuda' was the banging closing credits song for an episode of The Boroughs I watched t'other day. Super coincidental as I'd been listening to Heart just the day before.)

Oh yeah, bit of a thrill for me to see "De-Loused…" show up in my daily search. Full on shot of nostalgia. Pretty sure I'm still remembering right 'Drunkship of Lanterns' and 'This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed' as the two tracks a college friend with, let's say, expansive musical tastes recommended I check out first.

@miblo The film trailer was "We Are Pat" and I'd never actually heard of the character before. I just clicked on it because I saw a bunch of people in wigs and thought "this is my kind of scene". šŸ˜‚

When I say "haven't listened in ages", it could well be as long ago as college, although my first introduction to them was a much cooler friend buying the CD for my birthday. I didn't immediately get into it though because I was a diehard NIN fan.

*Ignores Trent to go listen to "Barracuda" now*

@RobertaFidora Oooh cool! Yeah, Pat's a new one to me too. Hope the film… comes soon to a screen near me.

A much cooler friend? Impossible!  Aww, right! Yeah, I had a bit of a mixed reaction to it too. Those electronic ambient sections sadly didn't quite jive with me at the time. Think I was restless for vocals and drums. Could really do with getting to know NIN, myself! Super coincidence, btw, the top image of them at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails is at the venue of my very first (rock) gig, Deftones in the summer of 2003.

Hope you enjoyed Barracuda. Headin' in to the Operating Theatre…

Nine Inch Nails - Wikipedia

@RobertaFidora @miblo
I bought this on 12" when it came out.
"Queen Of No Heart" is on the B side, another banger with some Very Eighties drums.
@dec23k @RobertaFidora Niiice! I'm into it, and definitely looking forward to listening more.
@dec23k @miblo Excellent. It is very 80s, but also extremely weird in a way I wasn't expecting. I read as well that they were briefly on U2's imprint, or is the internet lying to me again?

@RobertaFidora @miblo
Sorry, I meant to say earlier it was on Mother Records. 12MUM4

http://www.irishmusicdb.com/Labels/mother.htm

Mother Records

@dec23k @RobertaFidora Wow, what, 1986?! I've been listening to it under the impression of it being current, with maybe something of a throwback aesthetic. Puts a whole new complexion on it being rooted in the bona fide 80s.

@miblo @dec23k Ooh, quite a lot of Longpigs on there too. Haven’t seen them mentioned anywhere in a while! Must dig out my CD from the cupboard of chaos…

I know, right? Why wasn’t this song absolutely massive in the 80s?!

@RobertaFidora @dec23k Honestly, I'm utterly nonplussed right now! 

@dec23k @RobertaFidora @miblo I did the same double take when I was having a quick nosey listen yesterday - thought it sounded like a very convincing 80s pastiche until I read the blurb and realised I was being very stupid.

Then I went and listened to Single Gun Theory instead.

@MaxCorp @dec23k @RobertaFidora Hehe, yep, I guess skipping the blurb – a rarity for me – was my downfall. Pretty sure I just spotted the "1979" in there, along with the (not backdated) release date of 2023, and assumed the '79 date to be someone's birth year or something!

Nice one on the Single Gun Theory rec. Looking forward to checking them out and… well, glad to confirm that even I managed to swerve misreading their name.