There are a lot of bands that I wouldn't necessarily have listened to if wasn't for Fallnet, Prolapse included. I stll
enjoy their records. I think I probably have Fallnet to thank for Guided By Voices as well, and doubtless many
others.
Back in the early/mid 90s my only other reliable source of new music were the fantastic Volume comps as mentioned
below. I had a complete run until they started buggering around with the format, which made it far less attractive
?a proposition. i heard Disco Inferno and Goldfrapp for the first time via Volume cds.
Al
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On Friday, 3 September 2021, 02:53:44 BST, John Norris <norrisjr@...> wrote:
yes, Prolapse, I listened to The Italian Flag a week ago, plus others, was on a roll
I LIKE Prolapse (music) and not minded if others have actual Prolapses (I've even watched videos of uncommon (?) eroticisms with people with prolapsed parts, tho not my 'bag')
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Ah, Prolapse.? I haven't thought about them in years.? A friend and I
spent a very enjoyable drunken evening in Berlin helping a local translate
the lyrics to Surreal Madrid.
Toby
On 1 Sep 2021, at 18:49, David Bivins <dabivins@...> wrote:
The vocals are the clincher on this album. She's outstanding. An urgent but playful style without much yelling. The music reminds me a lot of some 90s indie rock, like the post-Slint, more gentle sounds of The For Carnation and the like, or predating that, some Go-Betweens. A couple of songs would've sounded spot-on late Weddoes if David Gedge had started singing. Very consistent instrumentation throughout, not a lot of fucking around with different sounds or styles. The songs are fairly pop-structured but can have stretches of that repetition we so love. There's not a lot of grit in here - not a complaint given the overall tone. It works. I don't know that I'll have it in heavy rotation, but I'll definitely be listening to it more. I have to admit I tainted my palate in a good way this morning by listening to both sides of Entertainment! by GO4 and this one brought my blood pressure down.
Again, the singer makes it - thanks, Scott for mentioning her spoken word work. I'll check it out.
Speaking of Glaswegians, I still listen to Prolapse all the time. I think their apex was the version of "Visa for Violet and Van" that was on one of the Volume compilations, but the earlier, darker stuff is always a good, lurking evil and I still like the brighter, poppier later stuff. Another band that did its thing then dispersed to get on with life.
Rich Kidd, are you here? I think I ask you every 10 years if I remembered to send you that Prolapse/Ears go FFF split 7" so let me know - my head's in a better place now and I have the ability to remember to put it in the mail to you.
