[kj] eagulls

[Nick Scott]

Must admit, they had no stage presence at all when I saw them, there again
a band like that in the Royal Albert Hall was always going to struggle.

On 21 January 2015 at 15:20, Rheinhold Squeegee <kjlist at live.com> wrote:

> Saw them in Mpls last fall. The (granted small) venue was full, based on
> buzz, but the band wore out their welcome after half a set. They have a
> KJ-esque vibe and guitar sound, but so do a lot of bands, and they are in
> need of a much more compelling front man, IMO. Glad I went, first album is
> good, but I subsequently lost interest.
>
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> From: vassifer at earthlink.net
> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:57:07 -0500
> To: gathering at misera.net
> Subject: Re: [kj] eagulls
>
>
> Fair enough — there isn’t a great deal of diversity to their sound
> (everything kinda sounds like Robert Smith filling in for Peter Murphy on a
> forty-minute version of “Lagartija Nick”), but look at Motorhead, The
> Wedding Present, The Ramones, AC/DC — all their songs sounded the same too!
>
> Alex in NYC
>
>
>
> On Jan 21, 2015, at 9:54 AM, Nick Scott <npscott at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> The wife and I listened to their album on the way to the Suede gig in the
> car, and seriously it was difficult working out which song was
> which....would be interesting to hear them in a different venue, they did
> also admittedly look a little bit lost and out of place in the RAH that was
> only 1/8th full at the time they were on stage.
>
> On 21 January 2015 at 14:47, fatpotanga <fatpotanga at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I only stumbled onto them today through Deezer and have played them quite
> a bit during the day
>
> Nick: ‘noise in a Spinal Tap sense’ made me chuckle.
>
>
>
>
> On 21 Jan 2015, at 14:30, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> I quite like the debut album. I resisted listening to them for MONTHS
> given the abject stupidity of their name, but I’m now hooked.
>
> Alex in NYC
>
>
>
> On Jan 21, 2015, at 8:39 AM, Nick Scott <npscott at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I heard a track by them on 6Music and thought they sounded pretty
> good...then heard them as support at the Teenage Cancer Trust gig at the
> Royal Albert Hall in support of Suede....
>
> Could have been bad mixing or the fact we were right up in the gallery,
> but seriously could barely make out one tune from the next..literally was
> just noise boom.  Now this is coming from someone that actually loves their
> wall of noise shoegaze era stuff like Kitchens Of Distinction, Slowdive,
> Curve etc.
>
> This was noise in the Spinal Tap sense, seems all the dials were cranked
> to 11 and you couldn't make out a thing, sounded like we were the ones
> outside of the venue listening in.
>
> On 21 January 2015 at 13:32, fatpotanga <fatpotanga at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> … don’t half remind me of killing joke.
> vocals could be off Pssyche and I wonder where oh where the inspiration
> for the riff to Tough Luck came from?
> it must be one of the most used/adapted/cribbed riffs in history!
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVcGkU2b5Ak
>
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