Emeralds
 

Been meaning to check out these guys for quite a time.
Any record recommendations?

I've only heard What Happened but it's genius.

what happened
solar bridge
allegory of allergies
forest fires
dirt weed diaries
the self-titled releases

all great.

The s/t and Solar Bridge are both really good. If you get the chance check out some of Mark McGuire's solo guitar noodlings as well, nice stuff.

I've heard Planetarium only so far and was quite dissapointed

What Happened is very good. I wouldn't say genius but very good indeed

Planetarium didn't do much for me, neither did the often-praised "Bullshit Boring Drone Band". They have some noisier releases I don't care for, but I've only heard probably 15 releases by them so I'm no expert; I threw in a couple noisier titles in my list. I tend to lean towards the super droney stuff, so just get "solar bridge" and "What happened" and "Allegory of allergies" and you're good.

Only 15... hahaha. That's tons! More than most people!

I like to hear every release by a band before making judgement calls. I stopped at around 110 with Wolf Eyes, though.

I'm on around 150 with Merzbow! He's still great!

ahh sunday night of no fun fest is gonna kick ass...emeralds, black pus, merzbow..

wish i could go to nff. damn you lucky ass new yorkers.


what happened and solar bridge are the best emeralds to listen to

I'd throw these on cooley's list

no more spirits over the lake
born blacked out
laying under leaves
servant

pretty sure they don't have any self titled stuff out (yet)??

I downloaded a coupled things on soulseek that were called "emeralds" and I got on their discography and they've had 2 or 3 albums called simply "emeralds" on different labels.. hanson being one actually. I've never heard any of the albums you just mentioned actually, need to check those out. Who are you, btw? I don't have my last name in my sig anymore. Haha.

lol

Shrug.

emeralds rule, as do all their solo projects. check out:
mark mcguire
steve hauschildt
lilypad
catnap
etc. etc.

ive never heard of these emeralds....i must be past it.... kidz and their fringes and silly words...

oh right the hanson tape, duh.
yeah I just know of you from scissor shock. my name is wyatt howland and I perform solo electronics under the name skin graft.

your split tape with bee mask rules, just got that in my distro

oh, and you guys should check out the emeralds & dilloway tape "under pressure". that tape is fucking weird and awesome. starts out sounding mostly emeralds but then slowly dilloway creeps in. some creepy vocal stuff in there