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The Year Of Driving Languorously - Music
The Year Of Driving Languorously by The Lucksmiths
The Lucksmiths
Artist Biography For The Lucksmiths
The Lucksmiths Were An Influential Indie Pop Band Formed In Melbourne Australia In 1993. The Members Are Martin Donald Guitar Taliesyn 'Tali' White Vocals Drums And Mark Monnone Bass And In 2004 They Acquired Mid State Orange's Guitarist Louis Richter On Second Guitar. Whilst Originating From Beach-Side Melbourne The Original Three Members Of The Lucksmiths Moved To Inner Melbourne And Fell In Love With Its Charms. The Songs Under The Rotunda The Cassingle Revival And Tmrw Vs Y'Day All Demonstrate As Much. In The Early 90's They Met Chris Crouch Who Had Founded Candle Records. Crouch Consequently Began Releasing Their Records And They Began To Play The Melbourne Indie Circuit Most Notably The Punters Club. This Venue Clearly Holds A Special Place In The Lucksmiths' History As Seen In The Song Requiem For The Punters Club Written After Its Conversion To Hipster Bar Bimbos. While The Others Still Reside In Various Inner Melbourne Suburbs Mark Now Lives In Coastal Tasmania. This Has Not Harmed The Quality Of The Lucksmiths' Work Nor Is It A Reflection Of Intra-Band Tension. The Lucksmiths Are Noted For Their Simple Melodies Rich In Humour And Ironic Verse. The Majority Of Songs Are Written By Marty Donald. Although Both Tali White And Mark Monnone Have Written Some Of The Band's Finest Songs. Many Of Their Lyrics Are Based On The Eccentricities Of The Everyday. Several Songs Also Deal With The More Usual Pop-Song Issues Of Romance In Relationships But In A Unique Gentle And Easy-To-Relate-To Way. There Is Also A Persistent Theme Of Melbourne Culture Most Notably That Of The Inner City As Seen In Frequent References To Melburnian Placenames And Themes. For Examples See The Song The Sandringham Line And Many Others. The Lucksmiths Are Also Renowned For Their Creative Use Of Language. English Idioms And Proverbs Are Referred To Played With And Utilised To Create Poetically Spontaneous Verse. The Songs Virtually Define Clever Lyricism. Whilst Many Of The Idioms And References Are Distinctly Australian Their Coupling Of Fantastic Narrative Lyrics With Melody Makes Them So Internationally Accessible. Further Their Songs Almost Always Maintain A Solid Narrative With Sensible And Relevant Choruses. When The Narrative Is Abandoned It Is With Good Cause And In Support Of A More Simple Point See T-Shirt Weather . Marty Donald's Lyrics In Particular Are Filled With Wordplay And Puns In Particular The Device Of Twisting A Common Phrase Or Cliché. In Frisbee He Says "that Was The Winter Of My Discount Tent". "The Chapter In Your Life Entitled San Francisco" Refers To "the Non-Specific Northwest". Untidy Towns Says "I Got Some Mail I Didn't Open / It's An Unread-Letter Day". Sometimes This Can Go A Bit Overboard As In 'Synchronized Sinking' Which Contains The Lines "why Don't You Let Go Of Your Boy And See / You've Lost None Of Your Bouyancy" But That Song Also Contains "Silhouetted In The Smoke / From The Shipwrecks At The Bar / Of The Anchor And Hope" Which Is What Many Would Refer To As Poetic And Skillful Use Of The English Language. Their Musical Setup However Remains Unusual And Refreshing In A World Of Drum Machines Synthesisers And Other Elaborate Gear. Tali Sings And Plays A Minimal Drum Kit Standing Up At The Front Of The Stage With Marty To His Right Mark To His Left And Louis Behind. This Is Often Seen As A Novelty But Nonetheless Works Perfectly With Their Live Performances Being Incredibly Tight. The Lucksmiths Have Been Critically Associated With Indiepop Anti-Folk And Retro-Pop. However The Band And Their Fans Would Consider The Lucksmiths As Simply A Pop Band. This Is A Much Fairer And Accurate Assessment. In 2009 The Band Announced Their Breakup With Their Final Shows Played In August. Discography Albums * First Tape 1993 * The Green Bicycle Case 1995 * What Bird Is That? 1996 * A Good Kind Of Nervous 1997 * Happy Secret 1999 * Why That Doesn't Surprise Me 2001 * Where Were We? 2002 * Naturaliste 2003 * Warmer Corners 2005 * First Frost 2008 EPs * Boondoggle 1994 * Staring At The Sky 1999 * A Little Distraction 2003 * The Chapter In Your Life Entitled San Francisco 2005 * A Hiccup In Your Happiness 2006 Cassingles * Greatest Hits ?
50 Similar Tracks:
The Lucksmiths - Synchronised Sinking
The Lucksmiths - Self-Preservation
Tullycraft - Wild Bikini
Math And Physics Club - A Little Romance
Tullycraft - Dig Up The Graves
Saturday Looks Good To Me - Underwater Heartbeat
Heavenly - Trophy Girlfriend
Belle And Sebastian - TO BE MYSELF COMPLETELY
The Pastels - Mandarin
The Cat's Miaow - Aurora
Allo Darlin' - My Heart Is A Drummer
Let's Whisper - When You Were Eating Ice Cream
Holiday - The Likely End Of Our Best Days
The Guild League - Bookmark
Math And Physics Club - Nothing Really Happened
Tiger Trap - Puzzle Pieces
Hospitality - Betty Wang
The Hidden Cameras - Breathe On It
The Softies - C.K.M.
Marine Girls - Second Sight
Belle And Sebastian - White Collar Boy
Hospitality - All Day Today
Tiger Trap - Super Crush
The Aislers Set - Languor In The Balcony
The Aislers Set - Untitled
The Cat's Miaow - Portland, Oregon
Camera Obscura - The Sweetest Thing
All Girl Summer Fun Band - Grizzly Bear
The Magnetic Fields - Smoke Signals
Dolly Mixture - EVERYTHING AND MORE
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Tender Trap - Love Is Hard Enough
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Cats On Fire - They Produced A Girl
The Clientele - Somebody Changed
Cats On Fire - The Smell Of An Artist
Brittle Stars - Circus
Brittle Stars - Falling Backwards
Eux Autres - What It Is
The Field Mice - This Is Not Here
The Boy Least Likely To - A Balloon On A Broken String
Blueboy - Cosmopolitan
Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh Radio Session Version
The Softies - Charms Around Your Wrist
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Even As We Speak - One Step Forward
Lois - Unattached
Music Tags for The Year of Driving Languorously:
Indie Pop
Twee
Songs That Should Not End
What To Do If Nothing Happens
Songs That Inadvertently Reference Bright Eyes
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