24 hours ago i had never heard of this band - but since then I stumbled onto The Muslims online and it might have been on your page - or somewhere close.
Either way I have been delighted ever since ... and so I might be indebted for you to the introduction. And that was before I even read anything about them. Just the bandname was enough for me - and possibly other things copped in the nanosecond it took me to go and hear their music: the lack of dayglo clothes; the the studied SXSW-friendly scruffiness; and the promise of something not beholden to Radiohead or Hot Chip; and not something with an irritating name; and the fact that they won't be pals with Lightspeed Champion and and...
And *now* I finally let my eyes take on some words and the delight continues - and this is thanks to your posting the quote that's got me laughing: "We don't know what the fuck we're doing. And that's why it sounds like The Velvet Underground." Why did it never occur to me to say that all these years?
Thanks for sharing.
Ben (comment above) alerted me to this post so I could track down some Muslims songs. Those quotes are superb - no bollocks about them at all, which is such a relief. I'm starting to realise I should be listening to more of their music, I think.
One day i might blog or somesuch on how we are in a dark era for music - but these chaps are a good antedote.
Hello,
i've just discovered The Muslims, and on the mp3 file i've downloaded, it was saying that the composer were Sonic Boom, the guy from Spacemen 3 (song Walking With Jesus). That's a foocking good song, also Parasites, on the same 7'. i've downloaded the whole album. It already sounds different, like more produced or something. I was disappointed. The evidence occured to me that they are just poseurs. I mean that Parasites 7' is something already listened (Velvet Underground, Spacemen 3 obviously, old stuff like that, and the name is really good too), but before listening to the album, it wasn't a problem. I consider you have the right to like old bands (and more generaly old writers, old film directors...). They have bring you something, they have inspired you, so, in return, you want to honor that kind of... relation ? After all, if the song is good, it's good. And Walking With Jesus is foocking good. But in that case, it seems there are, on top, idiots. You had the right expression when you say it's shit, but it's fucking good. I just hope never to listen to them anymore.
Bye and thanks for your good blog i have just discovered today.
See you
Arnaud (from france)
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