Bye Trish, Again

Now, more than a month has passed since Trish's tragic death. She was only 42. Even though I didn't know her and have never met her, I feel as if a part of me has vanished. I know, the music still remains, but being conscious that she s not present in this world is saddening. The fear of death is omnipresent. The closest person who died were my dog Lora and my childhood friend Bojan. I fear of death of my loved ones, who doesn't after all?

The beginning of zeroes when VIVA2 was an abundant fountain of new and remarkable bands, rise of Ladytron, peak of Placebo, Goldfrapp's arrival, discovery of Towa Tei, Stereolab, Pavement, Queens of the stone age...I remember, Ivan lent me the yellow CD "Noise Made By People". It seduced me with the tender crystal voice, tedious analogue synths, Antionioni's Blow Up feeling of presence of death, 60's women clothes and 60s TV shows, dreams from which you wake up with tears but you forget what you dreamed of.

This is the song from their first record, the collection of singles before 2000. I only discovered it now after her death.



Retro pop style they never actually changed, they developed it. In fact, Trish sings of the memories from the past world, the music is reminiscent of 60s TV show music.
"This phenomenon of carefully enunciating strange narratives over a psychedelic background can perhaps be viewed as a relic or a lost art form in itself, recalling the tendency in 60s British children's TV to combine whacked-out ideas with cheery, polite delivery. Trish emphasized that these memories of a pre-lapsarian, futuristic education through media were not her own (she was born in 1968), but that they were part of her imaginative heritage, like dated paperbacks that could be plundered for inspiration."
source: http://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/trish-keenan-broadcast-1995-2011



The following video is Papercuts, taken from their most praised LP The noise made by people.





Somewhat darker world comes from their LP Haha Sound from 2003. this song is my favorite from the album



Tender Buttons came out in 2005, with only Tish and her partner James Cargill. It nourished the true pop gem Michael a Grammar.




Although I was more concentrated on paying attention to her melodies and music, the texts are really amazing. Jessica Monk's marvelous post encourages me to observe Trish's lyrics more carefully.

We are mankind
We are manikin
With and without mind
With or without Darwin

Classify me
The strings of my autonomy
Classify me
The strings of my autonomy
Corporeal corporeal





The band's fourth proper album was expected this year and they announced the tour, if the band will still exist without Trish, that is still unknown.


Trish, you ll never be forgotten...