Modern Qualifier 53 – Made Out Of Babies, Hidden Masters, MICH, Trips And Falls

From the Brooklyn sludge rockers’ 2008 set The Ruiner. Nominated by Martijn tH.
Taken from the Glaswegian psychedelicists’ 2013 LP Of This And Other Worlds. Also nominated by Martijn tH! (Sorry)
From the Dutch band’s 2022 LP Nuts – nominated by Job De W.
From the Montreal band’s 2012 LP He Was Such A Quiet Boy. Nominated by Matt.

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wmterhaar

26 May 2023 14:33

Post-metal/hardcore is usually not really my cup of tea, but ‘How to Get Bigger’ appeals to me with its directness and full frontal assault on the capitalist rat race. The band no longer exists, but classically trained singer Julie Christmas is still a big name in the genre.

Hidden Masters had quite a lot of buzz when they released Of This & Other Worlds among fans of psychedelic and classic rock on Rise Above. The album appeared in quite some yearlists among The Obelisk readers. Unfortunately the band seems to have split up shortly after the release, but maybe somebody with more knowledge of the Glasgow scene knows more about that. Still, ‘Fall in Line’ is an absolute gem of track, one for with the label ‘Beatleseque’ is completely justified.

Last edited 1 year ago by wmterhaar

Matt

26 May 2023 22:09

This is the second time one of mine has ended up in a group where everything else is on my shortlist. That Hidden Masters one is a Golden Beat for me and while I’m not sure Made Out Of Babies would ordinarily be my thing, that’s pretty close to my GB list as well.
Anyway, I know precious little about Trips and Falls. I downloaded this from somewhere back in the day, loved it, bought the album, loved that and then entirely forgot about it for 10 years until I was looking for acts that hadn’t been in the polls before to nominate. It’s been strange to revisit it; I’m writing this while watching a particularly excellent sunset out of my window and the the song seems to complement what I’m looking at perfectly.

Katie Crewel??

27 May 2023 00:08

Mich is so fun and really good! And the album art is really cute.

Job

29 May 2023 16:00

Reply to Katie Crewel??

I can recommend the whole album! The album art is done by Piet Parra, who co-founded the band as a guitarist and songwriter. He never plays live with the band, only on the records. He’s more famous as an artist than as a musician.

Helene Hoffman

28 May 2023 17:34

The Hidden Masters album is on my shortlist of favorites/most played of the 2010s; glad someone else knows it

wmterhaar

2 June 2023 09:48

Reply to Helene Hoffman

It’s one of those albums not a lot of people know about (it nothing being on Spotify doesn’t help), but everybody who does, thinks highly of it.

Jeff Worrell

29 May 2023 08:42

A group a long way outside my wheelhouse but all tracks are decent with the Hidden Masters one the pick.

Pop-o-matic

30 May 2023 14:41

Easy vote and GB longlisting for Mich, but this is a great group!

Steffen Rayburn-Maarup ?

1 June 2023 07:30

[FYI, Tom, I still regularly (always?) have the option of voting again some time after my first vote. I haven’t logged out at any point.]

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