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Title: Know Anything about The Kingsbury Manx
Post by: cabinessence on February 05, 2006, 10:44:05 PM
Just heard a track by this mysterious group called "Hawaii in Ten Seconds", a beautiful distillation of 'Hawaiian' as the title promises but also an echo of Brian Wilson's take on the subject: it sounds like the island tune "You're Welcome" might have been based on as transmitted to the Boys via a Kingston Trio cover.

Maybe I'm overcomplicating this all, but I'm really beguiled by this short track. Is there more by these folks (whoever they are) worth listening to?


Title: Re: Know Anything about The Kingsbury Manx
Post by: MoogDroog on February 06, 2006, 02:14:10 AM
That's from their self-titled 2000 album. A friend of mine had it and i remember listening to it a lot when it came out. Some very good folk-pop. Another good one is Aztec Discipline from a couple of years ago. Again, i haven't listened to it for a while but i used to love it. Gonna dig it out tonight in fact..


Title: Re: Know Anything about The Kingsbury Manx
Post by: James Kemp on February 06, 2006, 01:18:46 PM
I saw them live when their first album came out, and they're a lovely, doodling melodic pop band with a load  of pleasant tunes ( but maybe no real killers), well worth searching out and having a listen too.


Title: Re: Know Anything about The Kingsbury Manx
Post by: b.dfzo on February 06, 2006, 07:45:19 PM
I dig their track "Piss Diary", a song comparable to late 60s Kinks and Beach Boys.