The Notwist
 

A german band that formed about 89 who began as a melodic punk/hardcore band swam through Jazz-electro and ended up at the shore of Electronic guitar pop. Throughout their ever changing sound there has only been one line up change and a distinct whiff of Dinosaur Jr on a lot of their output which is hardly a crime is it?

Begin with the self titled debut then the latest release 'The Devil, You & Me', then have fun listening to the join the dots albums in the middle. Something for everyone I think and they seem accomplished to whatever sound they go for.

Early years (not much available on utube):



Electro-Jazz era:



From the new album:

MySpace.com - The Notwist - Ambient / Indie / Punk - www.myspace.com/thenotwistnow

PM if you want help.

love neon golden . . .not too big on the earlier stuff but its not bad.

any recommended albums?

Maybe try something from their crossover phase such as 'Shrink'. I like it all to be honest.

Neon Golden is classic. 12 is pretty good too. I've still never heard Shrink, for some reason it's kind of a hard album to find.

Does anyone fancy a comp by these guys? I so appreciate their evolution and the fact that it ALL sounds good.

What do you care, you're gonna make one anyways, and me and Lucy and PMo will all down load it just to name a few.

That i will :) Liked the first vid, very Dinosaur Jr and Silversun Pickups who i believe you like too Lee.

I was listening to Silversun Pickups again today. The vocals are so college rock whiny but they are just growing on me so much. I know I will do a comp but justification and appreciation is food for the soul ;)

Yeah they're definitely boring out of the Pumpkin's book, and i have to admit i thought it was a girl singing at first :s Solid album though.
Well you're guaranteed a listen if you put the track in the first video on man.

Notwist 12 track sampler. I have taken two tracks off each album and tried to show the musical progression through the chronological order.

Tracklisting:

1. Is It Fear?
2. Winter
3. Unsaid, Undone
4. The Incredible Change Of Our Alien
5. Torture Day
6. The String
7. Day 7
8. Another Planet
9. Trashing Days
10. This Room
11. Where In This World
12. Alphabeat.

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I've only heard Neon Golden. It was quite cool. I'm a sucker for guitar pop.

Ta very much!

Well this was interesting. It was cool to hear how they developed as time went by, proper grungey band at the start then dabbling in electro and world music by the end.
The early stuff is pretty immediate and i like it already, it'll be a few more listens before the later stuff settles in, though This Room in particular is great.

Surprisingly the link is still up for the comp. I am only bumping as I am having a Notwist thread at the mo and still loving 'em.

Man, seeing this thread make me miss Minstrel.

You know what... I don't think I've ever once mentioned this band in any thread on this site. Quite bizarre, considering I think Neon Golden alone marks them out as a great band.

Yeah, that's a great album. "Pilot" alone is easily in my top 10 songs of the 00s.