When I first heard that Jesu was having immigration problems and would be missing the first week of their US Tour, I got this sick feeling in my stomach and started having flashbacks to the last time that Justin Broadrick was supposed to do a US Tour with his previous band Godflesh and ended up cancelling it at the last minute due to a nervous breakdown. I'd been looking forward to seeing Godflesh for so long and gotten my hopes up so much that it nearly crushed me. Of course that sounds really selfish in retrospect; Justin was having a serious mental crisis and there I was depressed that I wouldn't get to go to a concert. But at the time no one on this side of the ocean really knew what was going on with him. I just knew that my favorite band had left me hanging and then days later officially disbanded to add insult to injury.
Now, years later, Jesu is the new Broadrick project and if it hasn't already, it's at least on the path to replacing Godflesh as my favorite band. There's another highly anticipated US tour and things are starting off badly. So at least part of me is afraid of a repeat performance.
The interviews and articles I've been reading though (like this one) are painting a picture of a happier, more stable Justin Broadrick this time around. So, minus some bad luck with US Immigration, I'm a bit more optimistic now.
My other comfort of course is the new Jesu album Conqueror which you can stream in its entirety. I'm not sure yet if I'd say it's as good as their last album (or the Silver EP which completely blew me away), but it's still an incredible, immersive experience to listen to it.
(In other news, I'm posting this entry from inside Emacs which I think officially makes me King of the Nerds)
A few weeks ago I posted that fabulous Gameboy/Gamegirl track and I kinda mentioned Miami Horror in passing. At the time I want to do a full post, but I was pressed for time and you know how it goes…
Listen to that synth! I keep thinking that if Justice was fun then this is what they’d sound like… no shame.
Miami Horror - “Don’t Be On With Her” (mp3)
“Music Sounds Better” sounds better when Miami Ho’ does it. Like this sounds like how Stardust should’ve done it… and usually I’m not an advocate for messing with classics.
Stardust - “Music Sounds Better” (In Miami Horror Remix) (mp3)
Edit: Nod to Disco Dust.
Oh and this is way too exciting: Miami Horror has teamed up with
Curtis Vodka to form the super group TIGRTRON. I dunno… their two styles are going to explode into something absolutely incredible. Expect supernova type stuff to go down. And this is where I get a little teary eyed, but thank you Internet and thank you MySpace… because even just five years ago collaborations like this would’ve never happened.