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Treepeople
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last updated January 20th, 2004 and is permanently morphing...
(9 Ik (Wind) / 10 (Muan (Owl)
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2/14/98 - 7:01 PM
i was so fucking into this band when
no one was paying attention.
i think the vocalist went on to Built To Spill. i think he also had his
roots in State Of Confusion. what's funny is that they are from Kent McClard's
home state, which is the only reason why (i think) he played them on his radio
show, the Restless Intellect back in 1988.
the following is excerpted from
my voluminous notes on hundreds of punk
bands from the mid eighties to early nineties:
Treepeople -
3/22/93
they put
out a lot of shit... four 7", four 12", one split 7", and one comp track that
i know of... one loser 12", but other than that, everything about them is incredible...
three ex-State Of Confusion members (pretty hardcore shit), belt out somber,
extremely sad, backwoods post punk... a wave of tears and philosophical observations
permeate the feel... no lyric sheets are required, it's all pure feeling...
interesting leads that don't get too rocky... it can get grungy, but enough
one string guitar structures to give it that spacey feel... a lot of the production
for their stuff is hollow, which detracts but their newer stuff is on the money...
_Time Whore_ 12",
with _Tongues
On Thrones_, _This Point_, _Size Of A Quarter) (with some interesting use of
sampling as a structural centerpiece), their first 7", _Making The D_, and everything
about their newer stuff is innovative art music. live, their tight as
fuck, the drummer kicks ass, and the trade off on vocals is perfect. in
my opinion, one of the great satisfactions of my life...
5/4/93
saw them live last night at Jabberjaw...
i don't know if it was the fact that i was there by myself, with no friends
to talk to, or not (haven't done that in awhile. i mean, to go to a show
to actually experience the music as priority), but their music moved me to tears.
it was that good. the only comparison i could make was seeing Samiam
for the first time, or totally rockin out to Rocket From the Crypt for the first
time (the first show i went to by myself), or Thatcher on Acid at Spanky's.
i was saying to myself that this was SO good... just seeing them move, and the
vocals are cries. they were nerds and dorks in their late 20's singing
about relationships and the human condition. the drummer was again, excellent.
this was a SHOW. not something to hang out at, or meet new people, or
buy vinyl, or anything else. i experienced the MUSIC for the first time
since...well, they played last time.... they played all the good
stuff... Tongues On Thrones, Outside In, a lot of their new material, Handcuffs,
Radio Man...
5/13/93
they have
this wacky method of guitar arranging... they use a lot of one string notes
strung together with no accent but it's almost like the epitome of songwriting...
there's no flash. just notes, but strung together and rearranged in creative
way...
Outside
In - Treepeople/7" and Just Kidding 12"
5/4/93
their 7"
version is grungier, wackier, and more chaotic. excellent. their
LP version is different but just as effective. a lot more pretty, a lot more
sad. one of the greatest longings in the world... clean guitar.
"Trying to lose my sound. I wonder where I'm from."
021694
one of my faves still is Tongues
On Thrones off the 6song 12inch. "Habits break like bombs and shake like
tongues on thrones." their lyrics mixed with music is totally original.
an equal point of sarcasm, angst, poetry, and mood. very disturbing indeed,
almost a subdued effervescent nightmare... it's a trip.
- live at Jabberjaw Coffeehouse 5/3/93
off of split 7"x2 by Treepeople/Archers Of Loaf
& Cat Stevens/PG_
MP3 (vK)
7"
on Battery/Hide
And Find Out_ 7"
on C/Z CZ050 (1992)
on Silence (1989)
on Toxic Shock (1989) |
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_Filter_
MP3_Tongues
On Thrones_ MP3
by Built To Spill
on C/Z (1993)_Cartoon
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