Comments on: The Boredoms Are Coming http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2005/05/the-boredoms-are-coming/ yet another audio blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:20:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: sleepingjpb: super bore http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2005/05/the-boredoms-are-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-295347 sleepingjpb: super bore Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:44:12 +0000 http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2005/05/the-boredoms-are-coming/#comment-295347 [...] "The Boredoms are like a moon on a lake. Only there is no moon and no lake. Only Boredoms." —Yamatsuka Eye The Boredoms are coming and playing in Chicago tomorrow night, which, for me at least, is great news: ever since 2001's masterpiece Vision Creation New Sun the Boredoms have topped my list of acts that I've wanted to see live. The Boredoms are especially interesting to me because over the last ten years or so they've managed to enact a transformation from brilliant, juvenile spazz-punks to psychedelic mystics, releasing stunning albums at every step in the process. For my money, this ranks as an artistic development that rivals any in the history of popular music. (The best comparison I can think of would be The Beatles' shift from brilliant, juvenile moptops to, well, psychedelic mystics.)This Friday's MP3, "Super Are," is taken from 1998's Super AE, which I love because it's something of a transition album, fulfilling roughly the same sort of function in their catalog as Revolver does for the Beatles: it's that perfect blend of a developing psychedelic sound (which isn't yet in full bloom) and a pop-mania past (which isn't yet fully behind them). This track is pretty representative: it begins with gentle electronic drones, meditative chants, and a fucking drum-circle jam before lurching into the realm of the death-metal freak-out.Listen: "Super Are"Related: Loads of Boredoms links over at the Boredoms Temple of Worship; MP3 blog the of mirror eye has a good post featuring two tracks from Vision Creation New Sun.(Post a new comment) [...] [...] “The Boredoms are like a moon on a lake. Only there is no moon and no lake. Only Boredoms.” —Yamatsuka Eye The Boredoms are coming and playing in Chicago tomorrow night, which, for me at least, is great news: ever since 2001’s masterpiece Vision Creation New Sun the Boredoms have topped my list of acts that I’ve wanted to see live. The Boredoms are especially interesting to me because over the last ten years or so they’ve managed to enact a transformation from brilliant, juvenile spazz-punks to psychedelic mystics, releasing stunning albums at every step in the process. For my money, this ranks as an artistic development that rivals any in the history of popular music. (The best comparison I can think of would be The Beatles’ shift from brilliant, juvenile moptops to, well, psychedelic mystics.)This Friday’s MP3, “Super Are,” is taken from 1998’s Super AE, which I love because it’s something of a transition album, fulfilling roughly the same sort of function in their catalog as Revolver does for the Beatles: it’s that perfect blend of a developing psychedelic sound (which isn’t yet in full bloom) and a pop-mania past (which isn’t yet fully behind them). This track is pretty representative: it begins with gentle electronic drones, meditative chants, and a fucking drum-circle jam before lurching into the realm of the death-metal freak-out.Listen: “Super Are”Related: Loads of Boredoms links over at the Boredoms Temple of Worship; MP3 blog the of mirror eye has a good post featuring two tracks from Vision Creation New Sun.(Post a new comment) [...]

]]> By: cb http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2005/05/the-boredoms-are-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-2848 cb Fri, 20 May 2005 21:03:27 +0000 http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2005/05/the-boredoms-are-coming/#comment-2848 Cool beans! That's a great track and album. Ooh. I'm so excited for the show. -cb Cool beans! That’s a great track and album. Ooh. I’m so excited for the show.

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]]> By: Jeremy B. http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2005/05/the-boredoms-are-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-2847 Jeremy B. Fri, 20 May 2005 19:58:37 +0000 http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2005/05/the-boredoms-are-coming/#comment-2847 Also in honor of the upcoming show, I've put up a track from <i>Super AE</i> over at <a href="http://www.imaginaryyear.com/raccoon/">my blog</a>. Check it! Also in honor of the upcoming show, I’ve put up a track from Super AE over at my blog. Check it!

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