!!! (Chk Chk Chk) - Heart of Hearts - WOW

Now that's what I call a catchy as hell tune in 2007 !!

You can keep your Amy Winehouse plastic soul (no offense )

What a cool song - anybody know this group ?

 

yeah, i picked up two vinyls of their's like 2.5 years ago.... good stuff....

I'll have to keep an eye out for this. My favorite is their song "Feel good hit of the fall"

i first heard them on the Ladytron compilation album "Softcore Jukebox"

I highly recommend that compilation if you have not yet heard it....

http://www.amazon.com/Softcore-Jukebox-Ladytron/dp/B0000CA31S

1. Soon (My Bloody Valentine)
2. Hit The North Part 1 (The Fall)
3. What's A Girl To Do (Cristina)
4. Peng (Dondolo)
5. The 15th (Wire)
6. Blue Jeans 2.0 (Ladytron)
7. Savior Piece (Snap Ant)
8. Big (New Fast Automatic Daffodils)
9. Feel Good Hit Of The Fall (!!!)
10. Teenage Daughter (Fat Truckers)
11. Hey Mami - Sharaz Mix (Fanny Pack)
12. Manila - Headman Remix (Seelenluft)
13. You Got The Love (The Source/Candi Staton)
14. Crazy Girls (Codex And Flexor)
15. Oops Oh My (Ladytron)
16. Send Me A Postcard (Shocking Blue)
17. Twins (Pop Levi)
18. Some Velvet Morning (Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazlewood)

 

This thread started me going CRAZY.

I have their album "Louden Up Now", and the new one "Myth Talks"... but I can't find my copy of their first album. I believe I bought it, I remember listening to it, but I just can't find it!!!!!!!!

Believe me when I say this - I have never lost a CD yet - and I have thousands. Maybe I never purchased their first album, yet I believe I did. I know that if I did buy it I didn't listen to it more than once.

When I read this thread I went to find it so I could listen again - and poof- no where to be found. Has me going crazy - since Thursday. I am more than tempted just to purchase it again!!!!! (That is if I actually ever purchased it to begin with?????)

Getting old sucks - can't remember things anymore.

 

Myth Takes is pretty awesome -- "Bend Over Beethoven" is the standout for me.

 

Can't go wrong with "Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard."

 

saw this post earlier today, and it prompted radio play on that track tonite. you're right, this thing cooks!

 

"Take Ecstacy w/ Me" & "Get Up" are my two !!! faves (despite the unfortunate title of the former). Ecstasy is a cover of a Magnetic Fields song.

Still available as a single (or an iTunes download for $1.98 - which can only be found if you type "Chk" in the search field, not "!!!"
Obviously the band were not trying to make their downloaded music easy to find when they titled their band - there's a new DRM for you!

If your into !!!, check out Out Hud - half of them are !!! members - a very similar sound. Saw them live a couple of years ago. They had some technical problems, but there were some moments of pure joy.

 

They've been playing a lot of festivals in europe. I've seen them a couple of times. Good stuff live

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDq8Krv6irE

 

One of, if not the, best yet.

Just got "Myth Takes" - I noticed there is a 1cd version and a 2cd version. Both are only $11.98 list price. If you're really into this band be sure to look for the package with the yellow, not red, sticker, denoting the 2nd bonus cd.

Overall the sound quality is ok. I love some of the bass and drum sounds that sound very physical - although I'm sure much of this is electronic. I don't like the rap-sounding vocals on some tracks. But that's because I just don't like rap.

The first few tracks leave me cold, but by track 4 this cd really takes off and is very strong throughout. The artwork is a big improvement over all previous !!! and Outhud releases.

If I were a music executive, I'd give the band a holiday in Fiji. Superb.

 

So far, this is my favorite album released this year. Terrific music to play going into summertime! Very Talking Heads-y, in my opinion.

 

Yes, this band does indeed rock. Their live performances include all members of the group, and it's all played live. (the electro feel can throw you off)

The vinyl copies sound fantastic on my system, Myth Takes is one of my best sounding.

Robert Mills

 

I can't find my copy of Belle and Sebastian Tigermilk, which I knew I bought. Even worse, I checked, and it's been indexed, so I'm not going crazy

 

A few times when I couldn't find a cd it was because the picture I had in my head of the spine was not really what the spine looked like.
Other times the cat had knocked one or two behind the stereo.

 

I actually purchased the first CHK CHK CHK album, and then realized that I "THOUGHT" I purchased it, which I surely intended to do, but I really hadn't. So I didn't have it, but now I do (since I subsequently purchased it).