Artist: Disco Inferno
Album: Summer's Last Sound
Release: 1992
Label: Cheree
Tracklist:
1. Summer's Last Sound
2. Love Stepping Out
Rarely has there been a band with a more ironic name than Disco Inferno. DI were posthumously slapped with the label of post-rock (before the genre became formulaic and trite), and while there is no real way to classify this band, one thing is for sure: it is not disco and it is not pop. They started as a generic post-punk band, but after the departure of Daniel Gish (who went on to join labelmates Bark Psychosis), the band began incorporating samples and, to the untrained ear, became less "musical." The band's golden-era is comprised of their masterpiece D.I. Go Pop, as well as five 12" singles: Summer's Last Sound, The Last Dance, A Rock To Cling To, It's A Kid's World, and Second Language. Personally, I'm a fan of the singles more than D.I. Go Pop, with Summer's Last Stand and The Last Dance being my two favorites.
On this particular release, Disco Inferno have crafted their most beautiful and accessible work. The lyrics are also important to note, as they are at complete odds with the music, creating an interesting juxtaposition. The title track utilizes bird and water samples to create an odd, but moving melody, all while bandleader Ian Crause laments on the violence against immigrants in London. On "Love Stepping Out" (one of my favorite DI songs), Crause and co. create a mini, Durutti Column-esque guitar symphony that is coupled with church bells and the sounds of distant crowds. On top of this, the song includes one of my favorite set of lyrics, which alternate between being both beautiful and ugly. It is absolutely gorgeous and stands as one of the best moments of the early post-rock era.
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-Adam
Album: Summer's Last Sound
Release: 1992
Label: Cheree
Tracklist:
1. Summer's Last Sound
2. Love Stepping Out
Rarely has there been a band with a more ironic name than Disco Inferno. DI were posthumously slapped with the label of post-rock (before the genre became formulaic and trite), and while there is no real way to classify this band, one thing is for sure: it is not disco and it is not pop. They started as a generic post-punk band, but after the departure of Daniel Gish (who went on to join labelmates Bark Psychosis), the band began incorporating samples and, to the untrained ear, became less "musical." The band's golden-era is comprised of their masterpiece D.I. Go Pop, as well as five 12" singles: Summer's Last Sound, The Last Dance, A Rock To Cling To, It's A Kid's World, and Second Language. Personally, I'm a fan of the singles more than D.I. Go Pop, with Summer's Last Stand and The Last Dance being my two favorites.
"And any fool would know
That smashing people's hearts
Can be so much more fun
Than breaking people's bones"
That smashing people's hearts
Can be so much more fun
Than breaking people's bones"
On this particular release, Disco Inferno have crafted their most beautiful and accessible work. The lyrics are also important to note, as they are at complete odds with the music, creating an interesting juxtaposition. The title track utilizes bird and water samples to create an odd, but moving melody, all while bandleader Ian Crause laments on the violence against immigrants in London. On "Love Stepping Out" (one of my favorite DI songs), Crause and co. create a mini, Durutti Column-esque guitar symphony that is coupled with church bells and the sounds of distant crowds. On top of this, the song includes one of my favorite set of lyrics, which alternate between being both beautiful and ugly. It is absolutely gorgeous and stands as one of the best moments of the early post-rock era.
Download Here
-Adam
7 comments:
there it is
"to the untrained ear"
Thank you thank you thank you! I've been trying to find stuff from this band forever. ICDT always comes through with the hot shit
carl - i will actually be upping more of the singles over the next month or two. get pumped!
-adam
Wow, where'd you find these? It had never occurred to me there were singles I'd not listened too. I too have been obsessed with this band having first found, at the time, an out of print copy of D.I. Go Pop years ago. The album is so great that I've always wanted more of it. I could never get into Techicolour but I enjoy most of In Debt. Thanks for this!
I'm pretty much on the same page as you: I'm not super into Technicolour, but do very much enjoy In Debt. Still, D.I. Go Pop and these 5 singles are all I need.
Personally I think "In Debt" is wonderful, and considering the era in which it was recorded and contextually the music that surrounded it...it's untouchable. Few bands attempting such references (Factory, analogue delay, post punk, etc) in the late 80s/early 90s were produced in such a way so as to remain fresh and relevant almost 20 years later; I mean really, when was the last time anyone intentionally assessed ANY of the hundreds of grunge, emo, pop punk, lo-fi indie rock/indie pop from 1990-1994? It's a laughable nightmare...) I find their later work quite moving just the same (they always mined their own territory) though it's "In Debt" that I know by heart. Thanks for posting them and inspiring this dialogue...
JG
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