loop anecdote: saw them support primal scream in 87 at leeds, dying to get home to tell my brother about them, he was dying to tell me about a band he'd heard on peel. same band. loop.
Saw Loop at Brighton Zap club in 1990 and that mesmerising,awesome gig goes down as one of the best I ever saw-over those early 90s I saw Fugazi, Terry Bickers' Levitation,Jesus&MaryChain,My Bloody Valentine and Dinosaur Jr(the latter three being at the "Rollercoaster"Tour 1992)-I don't think my ears ever recovered.But what a wonderful period for British music.Dinosaur were Yanks but anyway(!) The one band I regretfully didn't see were Spacemen 3.
@TheJohneboy Yeah? It was a good venue though - some good memories there. The Loop gig..I'd just been kicked out of my flat and was temporarily homeless..didn't really feel like going out,but had two tickets for the Zap and dragged myself down there,only to be blown away by Loop.
This was a specially made video for a UK programme called SnubTV broadcast 1989, originally included a longer interview and other tracks if memory serves- I've got it on an old VHS recorded from the TV
A Gilded Eternity is huge influence on my music - holy crap I can't believe it's been 19 years since this came out. Someone REMASTER THIS RECORD - PLEASE!!!!
Last I heard, the remaster is due in March. Even if it only sounded half as good as the Fade Out one, it would still be spectacular. Check Hampson's Myspace page.
Personally, I always liked the Peel Session of this one a bit more.
I didn't like this song much for the first year or two after I bought _A Gilded Eternity_ (an excellent album). Over the next several years, it gradually grew on me, and now I really like it. For the kind of music that Loop made, it is quite lovely.
@meinLiebsterFeind I tend to dislike the sugarpop Ride stuff, but I love most of the stuff from the Smile EP, to the first song of Going Blank Again (Leave Them All Behind). I never liked the britpop sounding songs. I tend to prefer stuff like Drive Blind, and Furthest sense, and Kaleidoscope.
True though. Loop is a more solemn, trance band.
Has anybody here ever heard the album "Tweez" by Slint? Not like Loop, but solemn and precise.
I don't find it gloomy at all. Somewhat hectic, with an "impending doom" feel and an amorphous opulence that gives it an almost orchestral texture -- but gloomy, it's not. Brutal, though, yeah, it is slightly that.
Supposedly they are now working on a remastered reissue of Loop's discography. But it's going to take a while. It's annoyingly difficult to get any of their records.
fucking hell really mate? wow, fuck. shit you're kidding right? you've got the first two albums on vinyl? i'm not having it man! mind blowing, fuck me!
loop anecdote: saw them support primal scream in 87 at leeds, dying to get home to tell my brother about them, he was dying to tell me about a band he'd heard on peel. same band. loop.
apesgrapes 7 months ago
fking ace. don't think this is the official vid, i think snub did it.
apesgrapes 7 months ago
saw them at norwich UEA 1989!...mind blowing unbelivable band!!
dacarpking 11 months ago
saw them at norwich UEA 1989!...mind blowing unbelivable band!!
dacarpking 11 months ago
The greatest band of all time.
TheKersey1 1 year ago
Saw Loop at Brighton Zap club in 1990 and that mesmerising,awesome gig goes down as one of the best I ever saw-over those early 90s I saw Fugazi, Terry Bickers' Levitation,Jesus&MaryChain,My Bloody Valentine and Dinosaur Jr(the latter three being at the "Rollercoaster"Tour 1992)-I don't think my ears ever recovered.But what a wonderful period for British music.Dinosaur were Yanks but anyway(!) The one band I regretfully didn't see were Spacemen 3.
MrTulip65 1 year ago
@MrTulip65 I was at the same gig, the Zap was an excellent live venue and Loop was a superb gig
TheJohneboy 1 year ago
@TheJohneboy Yeah? It was a good venue though - some good memories there. The Loop gig..I'd just been kicked out of my flat and was temporarily homeless..didn't really feel like going out,but had two tickets for the Zap and dragged myself down there,only to be blown away by Loop.
MrTulip65 1 year ago
This was a specially made video for a UK programme called SnubTV broadcast 1989, originally included a longer interview and other tracks if memory serves- I've got it on an old VHS recorded from the TV
s0undhead 1 year ago
this is fucking DRUG.
turn off the pc,
stop to do whatever you're doing,
put his vinyl into your turntable,
lie down on bed
& enjoy.
m0o0n0o0c0h0r0o0m0e0 2 years ago
@m0o0n0o0c0h0r0o0m0e0
A bloody GREAT comment.
Wonderfully stated ... love it.
Sums up listening to LOOP.
Cheers!
trollcrusher242
:D
trollcrusher242 1 year ago
A Gilded Eternity has been remastered comes out at the end of this month!
Copshootcop74 2 years ago
Loop was one of the most overlooked bands in postpunk history.
skipbreakfast 2 years ago
A Gilded Eternity is huge influence on my music - holy crap I can't believe it's been 19 years since this came out. Someone REMASTER THIS RECORD - PLEASE!!!!
MarsHottentot 3 years ago
Last I heard, the remaster is due in March. Even if it only sounded half as good as the Fade Out one, it would still be spectacular. Check Hampson's Myspace page.
Personally, I always liked the Peel Session of this one a bit more.
troumer 3 years ago
@troumer I totally agree with you about the Peel sessions-they were where I first heard Loop-amazing.
MrTulip65 1 year ago
love LOOP - they meant so much to me as a 16 year old in 'lil old Canberra Australia!
EYEmusique 3 years ago
simply AWESEOME
btnikk 3 years ago
incredibly awesome
btnikk 3 years ago
I still cannot find ANY bad LOOP's song.
And this is one of the best 10.
skeggia66 3 years ago
I didn't like this song much for the first year or two after I bought _A Gilded Eternity_ (an excellent album). Over the next several years, it gradually grew on me, and now I really like it. For the kind of music that Loop made, it is quite lovely.
MiloDC 3 years ago
ride wer an uneducated mans loop...
badmev 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
ride are better.
funerallimosine1 3 years ago
leave them all behind is an amazing song...but overall i much prefer loop...but they're completely different bands it's hard to compare them
Rockstafar 3 years ago 2
Thats hilarious. Loop never has an awkward moment on any of their albums whereas ride comes of sounding goofy more than occasionally.
meinLiebsterFeind 3 years ago 6
@meinLiebsterFeind I tend to dislike the sugarpop Ride stuff, but I love most of the stuff from the Smile EP, to the first song of Going Blank Again (Leave Them All Behind). I never liked the britpop sounding songs. I tend to prefer stuff like Drive Blind, and Furthest sense, and Kaleidoscope.
True though. Loop is a more solemn, trance band.
Has anybody here ever heard the album "Tweez" by Slint? Not like Loop, but solemn and precise.
Polyfusia 1 year ago
Us Loop fans use the music of Loop as mental-condoms against corporate music mind control. And because of their existence we are forever grateful.
blacklightposter 4 years ago 8
This track is wonderfully gloomy, pretty much brutal with the drone and all.
rekluziv 4 years ago
I don't find it gloomy at all. Somewhat hectic, with an "impending doom" feel and an amorphous opulence that gives it an almost orchestral texture -- but gloomy, it's not. Brutal, though, yeah, it is slightly that.
MiloDC 3 years ago
Supposedly they are now working on a remastered reissue of Loop's discography. But it's going to take a while. It's annoyingly difficult to get any of their records.
leilapev 4 years ago
talking serious ?
A Loop reunion ?
Any rumour about tours ?
Theofish 4 years ago
I have first 2 albums on vinyl
jimbob1969 4 years ago
fucking hell really mate? wow, fuck. shit you're kidding right? you've got the first two albums on vinyl? i'm not having it man! mind blowing, fuck me!
boring cunt.
robduende75 3 years ago
Did they do any interviews at all? I've never seen/read any.
FinalProgram 4 years ago
Wow, never seen this! Awesome! Source?
hutlock 4 years ago
the only ones? what about spacemen3?
leilapev 4 years ago
Cool stuff, anyone hear any news on the reissues?
BurningSpear213 5 years ago
They were the only ones back then to really dig that hypnotic, psychedelic sound.
aylastarsaphire 5 years ago
Robert Hampson, you bastard. Why must your work be so difficult to track?
lovelyludwig 5 years ago
I just bought A Gilded Eternity. Eh! Eh! Eh! Eh!
natty1977 4 years ago
No, this is apparently the official video for the song
quartzcity 5 years ago
Looks nice! Is this your work?
coverdale76 5 years ago
COOL! Thanks!
borealico 5 years ago