+ i don't love you to death, but i'd die if you left

it's funny how random ideas and words thrown into the ether can bring up long buried memories. this morning, i was listening to the debut record from seattle band telekinesis, which itself is quite terrific - power pop at its shining best and due out on merge records in the next week. i mentioned on m+n that in the song 'great lakes', i may have a found a worthy successor to beulah. someone else followed up by saying 'that's a big call'. as i do always, i started to second guess myself, and thought hmm i better listen to some beulah just to make sure and yes, i maintain my claim. but now, i'm sucked into the 5-album-and-countless-bsides vortex of beulah and i started to reminisce about the documentary 'a good band is easy to kill' about the band which came out in 2005.

"i don't love you to death, but i'd die if you left". in their own words, the band might just have foretold their own successes and failures. FOR SHAME, for beulah was a fantastic band that i am holding out might still make a comeback (as long as miles is good for it, kidneys working and all). a wonderful (and timely) feature-length documentary, just about my favourite musical one perhaps because of the level of fangirl-dom i reserve for this band.

mostly a tour diary with a multitude of clips collated from their last US tour (and props go to filmmaker charles norris for getting so much out of just one camera. i have learnt a lot from his skillz), there's an air of resignation as the band nears the end of its tour - not necessarily of defeat but a tacit acknowledgement of doomed inevitability. whatevz, it's just great to see what the band would've been like since i never had that opportunity. i'm just wishing analog set had one done before they petered out (though it was certainly not for lack of effort. lord knows i spammed kenny multiple times when set free was released).

as for telekinesis, the whole album can be streamed here.