The best album I've bought in years

Cafe Society
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I just bought Lost Horizons by Lemon Jelly, and I feel the need to spread the message.

I can’t get over how good this is. It’s a fusion of musical styles and samples, combining folk, jazz, easy listening, arabic chanter music, nursery rhymes, all wrapped up in a laid-back dance breakbeat. Above all, it’s happy music (apart from the macabre Experiment no. 6).

The highlight for me so far is the track Nice weather for ducks: beautiful acoustic guitar, and a wonderfully feelgood brass section, and with the chorus “All the ducks are swimming in the water, fal-de-ral-de-ral-do”. Bonkers.

They’ve also got a really cool website, though you need broadband to look at it.

Brilliant!

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jjimm do you have their previous set lemonjelly.ky I bought this as soon as possible after it came out on the strength of hearing The Staunton Lick and was blown away.Strangely I haven’t yet gotten around to buying Lost Horizons but its on my shortlist.

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Lemon Jelly is a favourite of Madonna’s.

I’ve been grooving on Zero 7, as I scrape together the cash to buy Lost Horizons.

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It is excellent, as is lemonjelly.ky. It’s up there with Royksopp’s Melody AM and Air’s Moon Safari as my favourite laid-back albums.

PS confessorknight: I’m guessing that if you like Lemon Jelly and live in Camden, you’re either someone I know or if not you must like Spaced.

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love lemonjelly!

ditto spaced!
“dance colin, dance!”

i esp love the spisode where they all get loved up and go clubbing…
or the paintballing ep…

sorry, lemonjelly rock, back to your regular programming

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That’s the best album you’ve bought in years? Ouch…

Check out Godspeed You! Black Emperor, much better. Though less happy.

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I’m afraid I found GYBE to be a load of droning, pretentious twaddle. That’s just my opinon, though.

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Polyphonic Spree

anybody ?

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Haven’t heard, would like to. On my “to buy” list.

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Since the topic apparently has changed to “name-drop your favorite hipster bands and seem cool” I’d just like to mention The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Buch-Shieber, Liars, Max Tundra, Don Caballero, Themselves and The Books. Thanks, I believe I win.

seriously though, I like both gybe, polyphonic spree and lemon jelly

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ah polyphonic spree.
loved soldier girl, not sure i’d like the album.

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Crusoe I doubt i’m someone you know but , as I have previously stated on this board, I do indeed love Spaced (Might have got eaten in the Winter Of Missed Content).

And of course the scene at the club is excellent as everybody joins up in time for theA-Team theme.

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Boards of Canada - Geogaddi.
The Stooges - Fun House…an oldie but i finally got around to it. now I want it cremated with me

btw doesnt every music thread eventually de-evolve into cats-eye glasses and ragpicker one-upmanship? it seems like people just start making up fucking bands as they go along

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I didn’t think Rag Picker One-Upmanship’s latest album was as good as their first one. Cats-Eye Glasses still rule, though.