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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: amok on 08 Dec 2007, 05:35
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NB: this is not mine. I had nothing to do with this. Just spreading the word.
Just saw this posted on the somethingawful forum, given the album a listen and it sounds amazing. I'll copy the guy's description:
My buddies here in NYC are in this awesome band called The Deprecation Guild. They make really beautiful shoegaze/indie-pop with the harsh electronics of the Nintendo Famicom (Japanese edition of the NES) and guitars/vocals. Today, they have just released their latest album, In Her Gentle Jaws. Normally this would just be a kind of useless post with nowhere to go from, but they have decided (a la Radiohead) to put their entire album up for FREE on a supercool website (http://www.inhergentlejaws.com). It was mastered by Bill Racine who's credits include work with Mercury Rev & The Flaming Lips, so it sounds pretty awesome.
Go here (http://www.inhergentlejaws.com/) and click the second bar from the left to download :)
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maybe my computer sucks but nothing came up when I checked that out, just a white page.
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Website displayed just fine for me, downloading now.
At first blush, this is a really bad idea....shoegaze being, at least in my mind, layers upon layers of reverb....and they're doing it with a Famicom...? If these dudes are good, I will be SO IMPRESSED.
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Listened to a track (3rd bar from the right), they're pretty nice. Downloading the album now!
(a la Radiohead)
Not exactly, Radiohead put up a low quality album which you could either pay for or download it for free. Then they released a higher quality album with extra tracks on it, essentially a big fuck you to people who downloaded it, especially those who paid for it.
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Website displayed just fine for me, downloading now.
At first blush, this is a really bad idea....shoegaze being, at least in my mind, layers upon layers of reverb....and they're doing it with a Famicom...? If these dudes are good, I will be SO IMPRESSED.
The title is kind of misleading I'm afraid, they have a guitarist who makes fuzzy noises as well. It's just that one of the more prominent instruments is a Famicom.
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Misleading indeed!
This is actually so excellent, thanks for the link.
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Not bad at all for a free album (I'm only two tracks in at the moment though).
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... guess my computer sucks. Dang.
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Guys if you see a crappy white page update your flash. This seems to have worked for most people. It's not a browser/computer specific thing. The website is just awfully designed.
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The dudes in The Depreciation Guild are also in another band called Anamanaguchi that plays instrumental Nintendo power pop kinda stuff. They have a free EP called Power Supply. And it is also free (http://www.8bitpeoples.com/discography_gfx.php?artist=Anamanaguchi).
There's also a song from the upcoming expanded LP version of the thing on their myspace (http://www.myspace.com/anamanaguchi), plus a couple remixes.
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Whoa, that's surprisingly good.
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downloading now, captain!
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I'm listening to Power Supply on their Myspace. Fucking sweet track.
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Oh man, really great stuff from both of those. Thanks for those links!
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Oooo ooo free stuff. I might have to check it out.
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Awesome. Thanks!
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Enjoying it. Thanks.
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blah blah blah grr in rainbows
Not exactly dude, you set your own price for the downloads, the diskbox comes with extra tracks because it's eighty goddamn dollars and self-released, and my understanding is the proper release of the album in the new year won't have those extra tracks.
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I'd say the way this was done was more along the lines of Quote Unquote Records' (http://www.quoteunquoterecords.com) modus operandi, which is free music with no strings attached, save for a humble request for donations if you like their stuff. Also, sometimes they get their albums pressed on reasonably-priced vinyl or CDs if demand is high enough.