I liked that Will Sergeant yarn Crocodiles a big deal to me in my teens. I don't really think they've bettered those first two albums but I know I'm in the minority there. Had no idea that Kelley Stoltz was an unofficial member at one point. Weird that there was no mention of him recording his own version of Crocodiles. One time when he toured out here he used Eddy Current Suppression Ring as his band. https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,60418,60418#msg-60418 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:52:41 -0500 Phorum 5.2.23 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,60418,60475#msg-60475 Re: I liked that Will Sergeant yarn https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,60418,60475#msg-60475 "Que Aura" from 2017.

Also, as a diehard ska fan, I got a big kick out of the fact that teenage Will liked the music!]]> Familyman Trouser Press Fri, 12 Jun 2020 10:56:29 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,60418,60430#msg-60430 Re: I liked that Will Sergeant yarn https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,60418,60430#msg-60430 Aitch Trouser Press Sat, 06 Jun 2020 00:23:22 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,60418,60427#msg-60427 Re: I liked that Will Sergeant yarn https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,60418,60427#msg-60427
The debut albums by Echo and the Teardrop Explodes were initially lumped together by the press as part of a ‘new psychedelia’ movement. It may have been due to their peculiar names...but neither act sounded particularly ‘psychedelic’ to me. Rescue, all that Jazz, pictures on my wall... these were pretty stark and direct, not spacey.

‘Heaven up here’ gets more dense and I imagine singles were probably less obvious. But it’s an exciting listen. And it has one of my favorite album covers of the era.

Funny, but when I hear something like ‘lips like sugar’ I always think of that as ‘newer Echo’... even though it’s like 35 years old now.

It kinda bummed me out to hear Will say that he doesn’t share his musical ideas with the group because they don’t want to hear them. He IS will freaking sergeant, whose guitar work is etched into our psyche!]]> Bip Trouser Press Fri, 05 Jun 2020 19:43:11 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,60418,60426#msg-60426 Re: I liked that Will Sergeant yarn https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,60418,60426#msg-60426
For me, Heaven Up Here is the only Echo album I need.]]> zoo Trouser Press Fri, 05 Jun 2020 19:39:40 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,60418,60419#msg-60419 Re: I liked that Will Sergeant yarn https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,60418,60419#msg-60419 Porcupine and Ocean Rain both have tremendous high points, but they aren't as consistent. Their subsequent albums offer a few decent songs here & there.]]> Delvin Trouser Press Fri, 05 Jun 2020 00:16:11 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,60418,60418#msg-60418 I liked that Will Sergeant yarn https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,60418,60418#msg-60418 Aitch Trouser Press Thu, 04 Jun 2020 20:33:52 -0500