2 posts tagged “you are being lied to”

The last time I was here I blogged about one of the few bands I've really liked and never purchased an album off - Kinesis. That wasn't wholely my own fault; their final and greatest album - You Are Being Lied To - was only ever available via their own website, and as they split up on the day of it's release that wasn't gonna be around for long.

Anyway, since my last blog on them I've scoured the streets, picked through online stores, and even had eBay auto-notify me of any appearences there. Other than a few extortianately priced and potentially non-existent (you know what Amazon's like) listings in various stores, I found nothing. Even eBay hasn't seen the thing for months. Until today... Google let me to the Captains Of Industry lable stie. It rung a bell, and yes, it was the original indie lable the CD was released on. And yes, they seemingly had it in stock for £4 shipped! (For you non-brits, that's less than we pay for some singles...). Except, the mirriad of php errors thrown up by the site, and another quick Google revealed the lable actually shut it's doors but 10 days ago. Damn.

Never fear though, music lovers. One email later and I've confirmed with the lable owner (incidentally a Crimea and Crocketts fan *g*) that any orders made in the very near future will be honoured! So, in summary, if you want the greatest album you've never owned, click here: captainsof.com/release_capt018.php. The album itself is £3, and shipping is £1 UK, £1.50 EU and £2 World. That's still hella cheap people! Check the original blog post for more music if you still need convincing; the featured track is an old unreleased demo which came up on my MP3 player's shuffle the other day and it's not left my head since...

There's also a few releases by other bands still available, notably Gay For Johnny Depp, many of which can also still be had for £3.00. WHMers, there's bargains to be had, and you're seriously missing out if you don't buy right now!

http://captainsof.com/releases.php

- Christopher

I promised something from these guys towards the end of last year. Sorry it's taken a while, but you'll be glad for it.

Kinesis were a criminaly overlooked, young English grungy rock band from the early 2000s, whom I was tipped off to by a friend along with other lesser known teen britrock greats such as the Llama Farmers, Murry The Hump et al. Anyway, these guys played politically charged tracks ala Manics while managing to sound like a cross between Muse and Keane. But don't hold that against them...

Around 2002, before Midasuno and while I still had friends, they were as close to metal as I got and I liked their Billboard Beauty single release so much I picked one up with a spare HMV voucher and shipped it off to the best looking girl I knew. Just for the lols, like. But I kept the MP3s and had been listening to the 3 included tracks ever since. The first track included with this post is the third track from the single, Killing With Ease; and I'm crap at writing descriptions of this kinda thing but lets just say it shows their softer side. "So freeeeee.... And it's ok, it's ok, it's okkkk... And it's feeels... So beautiful, so beautiful, so beautifuulll..." You get the point.

And then they released You Are Being Lied To - their second and final album, on the day they broke up, as a free online download (albeit only the title track was at a listenable bitrate, so they don't impede on The Crimea's groundbreaking moves... Charlawho?...). Anyway, said t une was added to collection and with it's message of govermental misleading and anti war theming it became a much listened favourite along with the other three.

Four years later and the internet floodgates have opened up many a tune from many a band, an d Kinesis aren't left out. Much of the ...Lied To album is available to stream in full from interadio giants Last.fm, and I was originally gonna rip The Question Has Changed off as it's the only one that came accross semi-decent on the original ~56 Kbps album MP3s I have, but I forgot the name, mistook it for another, and hit Everything You Thought You Knew To Be.

And fuck me, is it ever a bit epic. Bound to become my favourite Kinesis track; I've been putting off picking up the album off ebay for £0.pence but no more... come free listing weekend, you shall be mine. Rest of you, do yourself a favour, hit play, and check out the other tacks on Last.fm. Overlooked no more, Kinesis rocks it.

- Christopher