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747:(2011), described by O'Hagan as a "spring album". He said that the band's slowed output was due to low finances, and that he could only sustain a career in music through arrangement commissions. He could not afford commercial studios and recorded in improvised spaces "as much as possible, which allowed the budget to go on strings and brass. But I also wanted to create more space on the records. I was tired of density." In 2013, the group contributed a song, "Living on a Farm", to an episode of the children's television programme
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with our catalog, and I’ve really been wanting to get them remastered and pressed on vinyl, and maybe do an expanded series like
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critic Robert Ham summarized the plot as "extended anecdotes to comment on the rapid changes happening in London, particularly in
Peckham, a region in the southeastern part of the city where O'Hagan has lived for over 20 years." The play originally featured a cast of actors and actresses, but when a
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in the quest for building the perfect orchestrated pop masterpiece." O'Hagan responded to the Beach Boys comparisons that the album had drawn: " has been the biggest influence in my career to date. I was always shy how much I liked him, but this time I decided to be blatant about it." He was also
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as "the beginning of the great pop experiment, rock and roll got hold of the whole thing and stopped it," and intended his new band to carry on in a similar tradition. He continued to make guest appearances on later
Stereolab releases. Visser departed the group and was replaced by guitarist John
641:(2003), collected tracks from their main discography up to this point. Additionally, it included rarities that had been released as B-sides or bonus tracks on Japanese and American editions of their albums, while one song, "Vampo Brazil", was a previously unreleased outtake from the
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The band does not make a living, but my arrangements and collaborations just about do. ... So an unmarketable band does have consequences. Tours have to be underwritten and those days are gone I'm afraid. ... We never get to the U.S. now because it’s too expensive.
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studio album adaptation was released in 2016, the record only featured instrumental performances. O'Hagan explained that this was because the label felt that its promotion "would be difficult as the record would appear to be from a different medium."
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hot-air balloon that he saw in a magazine. Around 1991 or 1992, the name was recycled for a new band formed by Sean O'Hagan, Marcus
Holdaway, Jon Fell and Rob Allum. They could not afford to record a full album, and instead released an EP, titled
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reviewer Eric Harvey wrote that the album "emerge as the most enjoyable High Llamas record in over a decade. ... with a bounce and sway nearly absent from its largely rhythmless predecessor." Another four years went by until their next release,
361:." He also mentioned his frustration with the state of modern rock music, calling it "the most conformist, corporate thing out there." For "years", he said, he "was bored shitless by guitar rock ... From looking at the Beach Boys, I saw the
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hesitant to be associated with the ork-pop movement, saying that the group's "music is a hybrid of stuff from the last 50, 20 or 30 years ... It's definitely about making music for tomorrow."
709:," the High Llamas failed to attract a comparative following and were seen as "a little too esoteric and experimental to threaten a mainstream that had once warmed to the strong melodies of
800:, was released under the High Llamas banner. The album contains elements of R&B and hip-hop, and features vocal contributions from singer Rae Morris and O'Hagan's daughter Livvy.
330:, O'Hagan said, "I was quite happy with what we were doing, there wasn't really anything remarkable about it, and it wasn't really the kind of music that I enjoyed listening to ...
407:. He became their keyboardist, initially as a temporary replacement, but O'Hagan was "allowed to make suggestions and the fun started." His first record appearance was on the EP
419:(1994). Influenced by his time with Gane, O'Hagan decided to revamp his creative aspirations for the High Llamas. In a 1997 article, O'Hagan spoke of the Beach Boys' 1966 album
570:(1996), was released on Alpaca Park, and reached number 62 in the UK, again for a one-week stay. He described the work as a fusion between the music of the "post mid-European
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thing. These people were investigating harmonies in really interesting, nearly orchestral ways, but they were using subversive sounds to do it."
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O'Hagan recalled that "we had everybody knocking the door down saying, 'here take the money and make the record.'" The follow-up to
701:(2003), music critic Nig Hodgkins commented that despite "adventurous breakthroughs by previously obscure American bands such as
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1452:"Painters Paint: The Definitive Career-Spanning Interview (to date) With The High Llamas' Sean O'Hagan (Snowbug and Buzzle Bee)"
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arrangements. The latter marked the arrival of an additional member, Pete Aves, on guitars and banjo. Unterberger referred to
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O'Hagan performing with the High Llamas in Spain, 2011
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variety". It incorporated more electronic sounds than
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234:circa 1991. They were founded by singer-songwriter
1534:. Vol. 30, no. 43. New York Media, LLC.
1214:"A year in song (40 great tracks in 40 sentences)"
326:At this point, the band's style was conventional
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391:performing in London, 1994 (O'Hagan not present)
1268:"The High Llamas: Here Come the Rattling Trees"
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446:, an album that reached 94 on the
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271:(1994), anticipated the mid 1990s
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1811:"Sean O'Hagan: The Highest Llama"
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1524:Smith, Ethan (10 November 1997).
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2450:Drag City (record label) artists
2165:Kyle, Joseph (25 October 2019).
1785:. Liberties Press. p. 124.
1414:Murray, Noel (16 October 2014).
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1809:Lien, James (October 1997).
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1298:Rosen, Craig (25 May 1996).
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794:In March 2024, a new album,
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1711:"Checking in, Checking Out"
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1599:The Rough Guide to Rock
1562:Official Charts Company
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1113:Released: 29 March 2024
699:The Rough Guide to Rock
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