sad news
I was futzing around the interwebs yesterday and read something that made me very sad. Trish Keenan from the band Broadcast died in January of complications of pneumonia. She got the H1N1 virus in December 2009, and died two weeks later. I've obviously been out of the loop, musically speaking, but I was shocked to read this yesterday. Deeply saddened, too. Broadcast are one of my favorite bands. I was disappointed when they took a bit of a hiatus after their 2005 album, Tender Buttons, and we didn't hear from Trish again until 2009. Broadcast had, essentially, broken up, but Trish kept going with the band name herself. She collaborated with experimental electronic artist Julian House, who calls himself The Focus Group, and they created an experimental, psychedelic, electronic mood piece, "Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age." It wasn't too dissimilar from Broadcast's spacier moments; maybe more psychedelic and free-form. But sadly, now Trish is gone and we won't hear any more from her. No one could do '60s-inspired electronic pop like she could.
Some memorabilia...
"Echo's Answer" from Broadcast's second album, The Noise Made By People. Fittingly, there are no band members in this clip.
"Come On Let's Go," again from The Noise Made By People.
One of my favorites, "Black Cat," from Tender Buttons. A fan-made video.
Broadcast and the Focus Group, "The Be Colony."
"Valerie (and Her Week of Wonders)," from Broadcast's third album, Haha Sound. The clip is from a 1960s Czech film of the same name, one of Trish's favorite movies.
Some memorabilia...
"Echo's Answer" from Broadcast's second album, The Noise Made By People. Fittingly, there are no band members in this clip.
Click to view"Come On Let's Go," again from The Noise Made By People.
One of my favorites, "Black Cat," from Tender Buttons. A fan-made video.
Broadcast and the Focus Group, "The Be Colony."
"Valerie (and Her Week of Wonders)," from Broadcast's third album, Haha Sound. The clip is from a 1960s Czech film of the same name, one of Trish's favorite movies.