Only found Broadcast - America’s Boy sound design question - #14 by maymind_trax on here for possibly the greatest electronic music act, and it’s the 20th anniversary of Haha Sound so here’s my favourite song.
Still probably not felt as sad about someone famous dying than when Trish Keenan died but listening to things like this and it’s the best argument for music making one immortal. It genuinely feels like she’s there singing right at us going “listen, I’m still here”.
I could have written the same post. One of the most important bands to me and Trish’s death still haunts me. I skipped out on seeing them (I think with Atlas Sound?) about a year before as well because I was broke at the time.
I also really like the Focus Group solo records although it took me awhile (maybe a decade) to get into them.
i binge broadcast now and then. love their stuff. so sad we lost her too soon. fckn SARS.
anyway, great band.
Tears in the Typing Pool is the tear jerker for me. Broadcast forever! Huge influence on me.
One of the best bands of the 1990s imho. Could listen Work and Non Work, The Noise Made by People, Haha Sound, and Tender Buttons an infinite amount of times. I was fortunate enough to see them twice as they toured San Francisco and they were mind-blowing live, with equal parts sing-along audience participation and acid noise freakout.
I am really happy to see new generation of fans discover their genius, and somewhat saddened that the story of Broadcast came with such a tragic end.
There will never be another band like them. They created such a unique and gorgeous sound-world that I still find myself getting lost in for days. The looped sample on “Echo’s Answer,” the crunch of the organ on “Papercuts,” the drum groove of “Man Is Not a Bird”… I could go on forever about how much I love this band.
One of my greatest inspirations and role models. Trish’s death was devastating when you start to think too much about the weird, wild directions they were going right before she passed. And the spooky irony of all these songs about ghosts and echoes from a singer who died early and unjustly…
a true great, every release evolves into some new awesome direction, seen from above their discography is so vast, exciting and gratifying
the raw chunky square wave gated vca sound all over “tender buttons” is one of my favorite sounds ever
A favourite
Bringing back this thread as there are two new demo collections (the last ever releases from the band). The first is out already:
Lots of little magical vocal bits that your brain can colour in to make full songs.
There’s another collection of demos from the earlier period (2000-2006) coming out in July:
Though it’s hard not to be emotional about this because of Trish Keenan’s death leading to some of these demos never being completed it’s also magical to have them, and art is the best kind of immortality we have. These sorts of posthumous demo releases usually feel icky, barrel scraping or both but these seem well thought through, respectful and worth having.
Thank you very much for your thoughtful post. I too have been looking forward to these new releases.
A reminder that Distant Call - Collected Demos 2000-2006, the last ever Broadcast release, came out today and is well worth checking out.