The Liftmen - Luftwaffe Pond (CD, Vinyl LP)

Luftwaffe Pond by The Liftmen
Vinyl LP £15.29
LP on Twisted Nerve (TN091)
Label: Twisted Nerve
Estimated shipping times »
CD £10.89
CD on Twisted Nerve (TN091CD)
Label: Twisted Nerve
Estimated shipping times »

4...according to our on Fri 20 Apr, 2012.

I've just written 'Life Without Buildings' on the skin of my banana. Breakthroughs come only once in a while in this reviewing lark and my brain is so scattershot that if fleeting thoughts are not noted they will be forgotten by the time I've typed out the album title. Anyway, there is something of the missing-in-action Life Without Buildings in the slightly jazzy, slightly jagged, brittle pop produced by this Bristol trio. It's not every band who can say they formed in an industrial lift and the therefore aptly named The Liftmen (though at least one of them is female) do have something quite different about them. They recall the oddball sideways guitar playing of the likes of Jozef K but also the circular noodliness of the '90s Chicago post rock brigade. It is however shot through with what are (relatively) concise pop-like structures. Sometimes a lady sings, sometime it's a man and the whole thing is kind of loose and freeform recalling the lopsided structures of The Raincoats or The Slits. It's not harsh though or really particularly angular, they have a soft-ish sound which at times is quite pastoral and occasionally recalls the ace Aussie strum of the likes of Ashtray Boy and Small World Experience. An impressive, varied album.

We calculate your shipping costs by taking the heaviest item in your order and calculating that at the 'Heaviest Item' price. Each additional item in your order is then charged at the 'Additional Item' price.

So, because you currently don't have anything in your cart the shipping cost for Luftwaffe Pond by The Liftmen will be the 'Heaviest Item' price for the format you choose:

Format 'Heaviest Item' Price 'Additional Item' Price
Vinyl LP £2.70 £1.00
CD £1.50 £0.50

Please note:

CD (TN091CD)

Items from this distributor are currently shipping in approx. 2-5 days. However, this particular item may be shipping sooner. Please contact us for more details.

Vinyl LP (TN091)

Items from this distributor are currently shipping in approx. 2-5 days. However, this particular item may be shipping sooner. Please contact us for more details.

Be the first to review this record.

You don't have to provide your email address, but without it we can't give you a prize if this is the month's best review!

Keep it civil, please!

CAPTCHA security code

Latest from this label »

Badly Drawn Boy, About A Boy OST (Vinyl LP £14.09)

About A Boy OST
Badly Drawn Boy
Vinyl LP £14.09
Jean Claude Vannier, Roses Rouge Sang (CD £10.89, Vinyl LP £15.19)

Roses Rouge Sang
Jean Claude Vannier
CD £10.89, Vinyl LP £15.19
Dakota Oak/ Sirconical, J'Adore Le Batterie (7" vinyl £2.59)

J'Adore Le Batterie
Dakota Oak/ Sirconical
7" vinyl £2.59

View all on Twisted Nerve »

Latest Indie Rock »

Dirty Beaches , Badlands ()

Badlands
Dirty Beaches
Warm Brains, Old Volcanoes ()

Old Volcanoes
Warm Brains

View all Indie Rock »