so i finally had my bonding moment with th' faith healers this morning on the way in to work after they came up on shuffle. i'd picked up their only two albums a while back after getting into the band quickspace (formed by faith healers vocalist/guitartist tom cullinan) but they never clicked with me till now. rather than try and sum their sound p myself i'll just copy/paste from allmusic.com's overview:
"A hard to classify guitar rock band with none of the fashionable influences of the early '90s -- although their Krautrock fixation would go on to become a badge of hipness in the latter half of the decade -- Th' Faith Healers didn't fit in the U.K. indie scene of their time, but their records hold up much better than those of many of their contemporaries."
i'd say that the krautrock influence was more evident in quickspace but it's still there in th' faith healers for sure. cullinan, and i'm guessing he was the dominant influence in both bands, really masters repetition as a way of building tension, rather than boredom. anyways...
th' faith healers "see-saw" (from the album "imaginary friend")
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th' faith healers "it's easy being you" (from the album "lido") you've got to listen through to the point where the noisy guitar kicks in and battles the vocals for volume dominance. i always appreciate it when a band allows the guitars to fight with the vocals, especially when they hit the distortion. it always sounds "fake" to me when the guitars are both distorted but low in the mix.
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th' faith healers "reptile smile" (from the album "lido")
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just realized in writing this up that quickspace's last album "the death of quickspace" (2000) was apparently their last album and the death of quickspace. i guess they meant it and it took me a long time to figure it out.
quickspace "they shoot horse do they?" (from "the death of quickspace") another title whose meaning i missed. stepf pointed out that it's "horse" singular, as in heroin, not "horses" plural as i'd been reading it, like the movie title (was it a book first? and don't roll your eyes at me if you're a big reader or something). this is one of their longer, building songs, where you can really hear that krautrock influence mentioned above.
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quickspace "the munchers" (from the album "they shoot horse don't they")
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quickspace "happy song 2" (from the album "precious falling") another long builder, with flute.
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quickspace "swisher" (from their self titled album)
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quickspace "do it my own way" (from the singles, b-sides, peel sessions collection "supo spot")
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