Oliver Cherer - I Feel Nothing Most Days (DuruttiThornWyattWattWeekendEnoFurniture)
Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 6:35 am
I thought I'd share this lovely elpee. Apparently Oliver found some portastudio tapes he'd made in the 80's and decided to reapproach the songs and I love the results that conjure images of the desolate sodium light melancholy of the very early 80's when i used to sit on a secret bench with my friend and on/off girlfriend and listen to A Distant Shore on a crappy mono tape recorder (we were too poor for a Walkman or Ghetto Blaster ).
There's something in the guitar chime, gaseous sax and maudlin vocals that takes me back to that time. It's a compliment that it could be a long lost record. I've played it 4 times in a row and Lady S has chosen this as her record this week.
Oliver Cherer - I Feel Nothing Most DaysOliver Cherer - I Feel Nothing Most Days
Tasting notes; Durutti Column*, Robert Wyatt, Maximum joy, Weekend and (YMG), Radio Dept., Once, mid 80's Eyeless in Gaza, Deux Filles, Furniture, Tracey Thorn's A Distant Shore (which was the first thing I ever played on guitar), Solo Ben Watt, Brian Eno (AGW), Felt (and Maurice Deebank ), Cherry Red.
If you like this go check out his other pen names; Australian Testing Labs, Gilroy Mere, Dollboy etc.
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*Oliver had a loan of the Stratocaster Vini used around The Guitar and Other Machines (sounds like the wonderbar equipped cover guitar which according to Oliver has Dimarzio fat strat pickups and wiring that allows neck and bridge paired; source). Apparently it has a series of girls names and early 90's dates written on the back of the trem cavity cover )
There's something in the guitar chime, gaseous sax and maudlin vocals that takes me back to that time. It's a compliment that it could be a long lost record. I've played it 4 times in a row and Lady S has chosen this as her record this week.
Oliver Cherer - I Feel Nothing Most DaysOliver Cherer - I Feel Nothing Most Days
Tasting notes; Durutti Column*, Robert Wyatt, Maximum joy, Weekend and (YMG), Radio Dept., Once, mid 80's Eyeless in Gaza, Deux Filles, Furniture, Tracey Thorn's A Distant Shore (which was the first thing I ever played on guitar), Solo Ben Watt, Brian Eno (AGW), Felt (and Maurice Deebank ), Cherry Red.
If you like this go check out his other pen names; Australian Testing Labs, Gilroy Mere, Dollboy etc.
D
*Oliver had a loan of the Stratocaster Vini used around The Guitar and Other Machines (sounds like the wonderbar equipped cover guitar which according to Oliver has Dimarzio fat strat pickups and wiring that allows neck and bridge paired; source). Apparently it has a series of girls names and early 90's dates written on the back of the trem cavity cover )