Entertainment For Lively Minds
Adem - Love and Other Planets
Posted by Mat Riches on 30 September 2008 - 10:55am.
The old apple product popped out Adem's "Spirals" today...Possibly the only song I have ever heard to mention "galactic tectonics" as part of a love song. It sent me running back into the arms of the whole album.
I had forgotten what a delicate thing of beauty this album is..
The train journey in was spent in it's warm company, eyes shut and cosy; which is unusual for the 8.55 to Farringdon.
That is all.
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Small-ish world
Never met Adem but I do know one of his ex-collaborators, who helped him with his sound and lyrics in the early days, quite well.
Vastly talented guy called Marc Shearer who made a concerted attempt to become a pop star (his words) with his band 'Octopus' in 1996. Released a charming album called 'From A to B' on Parlophone and got a 3-star review in Q. Full of glistening melody.
Please don't think I'm using this blog to plug him or it. He packed it all in to teach a few years ago.
Not at all...I am intrigued
Not at all...I am intrigued now..
It's still out there
From A to B is still available. On iTunes et al, with some cracking customer reviews. Again I'm not pimping this out but listen to the samples for a flavour. Big, glorious Sgt Pepper type arrangments. Not particularly Adem-like but Marc could/can write and play with astonishing versatility.
And yet miserable faced plodders like the Gallaghers bestrode the '90's instead. Go figure.