National Skyline is another band I've turned countless friends on to. Their music is a combination of dark synth pop and Radiohead elements. Their cover art with lonely and isolated photographs of modern transportation structures fits the experience perfectly. Whenever I listen to their records I think of flying the red eye late at night alone. I can't recommend these records enough.
NATIONAL SKYLINE - "This=Everything"
http://www.mediafire.com/?bwjhc9qt1hz
NATIONAL SKYLINE - "s/t ep"
http://www.mediafire.com/?1cnqvyx53zw
NATIONAL SKYLINE - " Exit Now"
http://www.mediafire.com/?2c1xmenfnch
18 comments:
I have the Castor (pre National Skyline) releases, if you want them. Good stuff. National Skyline is pretty amazing.
I would love to get that Castor stuff! Thanks!
I can't tell you how many people I've turned onto National Skyline. Such a great band. Do you know if what the band members are doing now?
The singer went on to play guitar with Year of the Rabbit. Since then, I don't know what he's up to. I need to find my copy of Castor's second (and superior) cd, Tracking Sounds Alone, but here is their first release for Mud records:
http://www.mediafire.com/?52kdkjvmjb4
Thanks gregg! Was Year of the Rabbit any good?
YOTR was not bad, but nothing special. Everything about the album was pretty generic. Andy Mueller (ohiogirl) did the album packaging, and it's another case of a really nice cover design not extending to the rest of the art. Here's the one song I kept off the cd:
Last Defense
I've always been a fan of Andy Muller's eary design stuff. Have you :
http://www.coudal.com/ws1.php
Do you have a site with some of your design work?
I don't have a Coudal movie about me, but I have my portfolio site:
www.geocities.net/~graphical-design/artists/music-packaging/bands-no-one-listens-to/madebygregg.com
I might have typed that in wrong.
I think Andy Mueller has a unique approach to design that works well with his photography aesthetic. He manages to complement his images with the right color palettes and typefaces.
hey gregg - i couldnt get that link to work. i would still love to see some of your work
Same old stuff...
madebygregg
oh damn, excuse me for being so dense. i didn't realize i was talking to gregg hydrafuse :) your work was such a huge inspiration on me. hydrafuse, apt13, and volumeone were the 3 designers from the scene that really made me get into design.
as someone that knows very little of art, i always loved the design of their records.
i'd love to get a re-up of these. your description is really intriguing and their album covers are incredible.
thanks for the awesome blog btw. i love the red light sting, ink and dagger, etc.
do you have their new ep by any chance?
Hello.. would you be kind to reupload these 3 National Skyline olf stuff =)
Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee =)
Blogger monoeits said...
Hello.. would you be kind to reupload these 3 National Skyline olf stuff =)
Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee =)
7:53 PM
agleed!
Could we get a re-upload of these :) Please :)
GOOD JOB MOTHERF_CKER! So hard to find.
Now reupload these!
Year Of The Rabbit was a great band & cd. If you know and like Failure, you won't be disappointed. Last Defense was an awesome song, but Rabbit Hole & Hunted, among others, were also fantastic.
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