Stars of the Lid

[Mexicola]

I cant afford it at all but, hey, life is not a dress rehearsal right?

The only band I'd make more effort to see are BOC.

[jcnporter]

This is true.

[jcnporter]

Fuck it, I'm going. Flights and hotel are cheap as chips. Barbican ticket bought.

[Mexicola]

Lol - good lad. I'll PM you details of a good hotel that's cheap and walking distance

[Logan71]

I'd appreciate any cheap hotel advice too, currently looking at around £100 for somewhere near and half decent.

Also noticed there's a dedicated Belgian beerhaus called 'The Dovetail' just 5 mins from The Barbican...

[Mexicola]

I'd appreciate any cheap hotel advice too, currently looking at around £100 for somewhere near and half decent.

Also noticed there's a dedicated Belgian beerhaus called 'The Dovetail' just 5 mins from The Barbican...

Check your PMs

[Logan71]

Oh Wow. Glasgow date added


https://www.ents24.com/glasgow-events/o ... id/4678632

[jcnporter]

Nice, that's a great venue as well.

Looks like it's turning into a tour -

http://www.songkick.com/artists/361115-stars-of-the-lid

Come on lads, Saturday 8th in Belfast please.........

[Logan71]

Cool. Hopefully these dates are to coincide with a new release..?

[Mexicola]

Hope springs eternal.

[fujee]

Certainly appears to be some studio activity..

https://www.instagram.com/p/BDkvuyQwH5H ... atWTKaNw0/

[Mexicola]

That's one of the guys from Labradford I believe. There were a couple of photo with them and this monster modular synth they're using in the live shows.

[Rikkiebags]

A full tour announced for us lucky, lucky people:

10/01 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Nord
10/02 London, UK @ Barbican
10/03 Bristol, UK @ Colston Hall
10/04 Nottingham, UK @ Nottingham Contemporary
10/05 Manchester, UK @ Methodist Central Hall
10/06 Glasgow, UK @ Oran Mor Auditorium
10/07 Newcastle, UK @ Sage Gateshead
10/08 Cork, IE @ Christchurch
10/09 Dublin, IE @ TBC
10/10 Brighton, UK @ St Mary’s Church
10/11 Brussels, BE @ Special location project presented by AB

http://www.factmag.com/2016/04/05/stars ... our-dates/

[fujee]

Oh fuck, a Brighton date too! Oh go on then, you've twisted my arm..

edit: Shit, it's at St. Mary's as well, that is a SMALL venue for SOTL to play..

[maxd98]

I've got this playing on the big tv. The visuals make this amazing.

[Logan71]

Gorgeous 30 min Brian McBride solo show from 2005 here...

http://dublab.com/from-the-vaults-brian ... -12-21-05/

[frank chipboard]

Nice

[Mexicola]

The Black Dog are hosting a 1 hour SOTL mixtape. Not listened yet, but guessing this could be a nice way to introduce yourself to the band if you've not yet taken the plunge. Get on it.

http://www.theblackdogma.com/tbd/2016/0 ... f-the-lid/

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[Nottoolate]

I finally listened to Tired Sounds a few months ago and I think it's become my all time favorite ambient record, if not tied with Tim Hecker's Harmony in Ultraviolet.

[Logan71]

Hey Guys. Bit of a weird post coming up but hey ho.

I have a ticket to sell for the Glasgow date at Oran Mor on Thursday 6th October. The face price is £20, I'm looking to recoup whatever I can. It's currently on Ebay for £18 and open to offers. I'm not able to make the gig as I have left my home in Edinurgh and am the proceess of returning to Bristol. My 6 year relationship has failed, or rather my girlfriend has - I made terrible discoveries a few weeks ago that she has been living a double life for over a year and a half. It's been a deeply distressing time. And I know this isn't really the right thread fot this. But I am currently homeless, jobless and heartbroken.

I'm currently with my mother in the Lake District as I look to secure accommodation in Briz. Yesterday I borrowed her car and drove out to Ullswater, I put on '...And their Refinement of the Decline'. LOUD. As loud as the speakers could bear. I love this band so much. The music moves me and chimes with my inner self so powerfully, like hardly any other, perhaps only Low. Tippy's Demise was a revelation, once again. It was like a cool balm on my troubled mind. Reaching and comforting a place only music can reach. It was fleeting, but I know better times lie ahead. It's extremely tough right now. Forward steps, backwards steps, side steps. I'm reeling, punchdrunk.

However. A positive. I can now most definately make the Barbican show. My train is booked, my hotel is booked (thanks Mexi) and goddamit I am going to do all I can to be there. I have waited a year for this gig. I believe I will be in a better place when it comes around. I hope a few of us can meet up before, or after, or both. And have a pint in the sun. I'm looking forward to it.

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