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The American Analog Set — Hard to Find
Album: Promise of Love
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Released: 2003
Length: 4:14
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We stay hard to find
'Cause it's too hard to take it
And we keep that in mind
That we're older and jaded
We can't shake it

Pacific to Eastern we're bordered and hated
So we stay hard to find
'Cause it's too hard to take it
No, we can't fake it
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i like this
Posted 8 months ago by Shipp    [ Reply ]
If the were still in the vinyl only era, one would think that the nail is spinning in loop at each rotation in the same groove. 
Posted 6 years ago by Chumbawamba-1984    [ Reply ]
 kilroyjoe3 wrote:
Is this a Death Cab for Cutie tribute band?

 
These guys were around and releasing albums before Deathcab was. It does sound like they both have similar influences and similar harmonizing styles though.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Does anyone else hear the similarity to Death Cab for Cutie in this track?
Posted 7 years ago by mjcunningham59    [ Reply ]
Bill - ya know I love ya.

But could you give a little love to Mr. Chilton's "other" band. 
Posted 8 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
 stunix wrote:
Americanisms, ie Mr Webster deciding he is qualified enough to take an established form of communication and change it.... vexes me.    I can't complain, as a Brit, we have to know aloominum from Aluminium, and Fall from Autumn because there is only 70 million on our little island, and 350million in the US, we are out numbered. (other english speaking countries can decide for themselves.) I can do inches and Lbs and gallons, along with Litres and millimeters  but cmon, why change the date around, that's just daft.?   It's spelt Analogue.....   

 
Don't take this the wrong way, ok? its just a date format thing -
when someone mentions "nine, eleven" i have to stop myself from blurting out "why, what happened on the 9th of November?"
Posted 8 years ago by springof63    [ Reply ]
Does it...ever......end?........
 
Posted 9 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
About a year and a half ago I had this song stuck in my head for a week. I couldn't remember the words well enough to google it, so it's been SERIOUSLY bothering me for the last 18 months. Oh, the irony that the song is called "Hard to Find". Wow.

Thanks for ending the mystery at long last. 
Posted 9 years ago by andrewmi    [ Reply ]
 dbreese wrote:
Thank you Bill and Rebecca for putting on good music that I would otherwise never hear. This song qualifies - I have never heard of this band before, and I like this! I am forever recommending this site to friends precisely because you have such a great blend of old and new, favorites and rarities that I am rarely if ever bored.

 
Absolutely 
Posted 9 years ago by Davefeitri    [ Reply ]
Thank you Bill and Rebecca for putting on good music that I would otherwise never hear. This song qualifies - I have never heard of this band before, and I like this! I am forever recommending this site to friends precisely because you have such a great blend of old and new, favorites and rarities that I am rarely if ever bored.
Posted 9 years ago by dbreese    [ Reply ]
 stunix wrote:
Americanisms, ie Mr Webster deciding he is qualified enough to take an established form of communication and change it.... vexes me.    I can't complain, as a Brit, we have to know aloominum from Aluminium, and Fall from Autumn because there is only 70 million on our little island, and 350million in the US, we are out numbered. (other english speaking countries can decide for themselves.) I can do inches and Lbs and gallons, along with Litres and millimeters  but cmon, why change the date around, that's just daft.?   It's spelt Analogue.....   

 

Posted 10 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of the Pacifica song Bill loves
 
Posted 10 years ago by kjf06    [ Reply ]
Americanisms, ie Mr Webster deciding he is qualified enough to take an established form of communication and change it.... vexes me.    I can't complain, as a Brit, we have to know aloominum from Aluminium, and Fall from Autumn because there is only 70 million on our little island, and 350million in the US, we are out numbered. (other english speaking countries can decide for themselves.) I can do inches and Lbs and gallons, along with Litres and millimeters  but cmon, why change the date around, that's just daft.?   It's spelt Analogue.....   
Posted 10 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
I thought this was a repeating intro from a song from The Cardigans...
Posted 10 years ago by Dinges,_the_Dude    [ Reply ]
 oldfart48 wrote:
canned music.....

 
Well then I'll have me a can of that there music...thank you
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 QueenLucia wrote:
repetitive drivel. 
 
Yes, perhaps, but very likable and infectious repetitve drivel.  I vote 7!
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
repetitive drivel. 
Posted 11 years ago by QueenLucia    [ Reply ]
love this song and the band. sadly, i found out about them (and the radar bros. and mysteries of life, and...) after they were no longer a band.
Posted 11 years ago by marcc    [ Reply ]
..this is Kick AAS..
Posted 11 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
Is this a Death Cab for Cutie tribute band?
Posted 11 years ago by kilroyjoe3    [ Reply ]
 Rockit wrote:
Still waiting for the bridge.
 
"Where's that confounded bridge?"  I like this song a lot.  Or maybe even alot. 
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
LOVELY SONG!
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Seems like a paleo-influence to The Whitest Boy Alive, Nice nice song
Posted 12 years ago by Euskadita    [ Reply ]
 DigitalJer wrote:
What a great follow up from Radiohead — Supercollider

As usual, more evidence of Bill's brilliance. 

PS this is a hypno song - it's /supposed/ to be repetitive.
 

and so you can stare at the wall and think of your life or one of the first songs to play while making love!
Posted 12 years ago by goodgroove    [ Reply ]
 Rockit wrote:
Still waiting for the bridge.
 
Funny!
Posted 12 years ago by gvan    [ Reply ]
you were on the bridge - all the time!
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Still waiting for the bridge.
Posted 12 years ago by Rockit    [ Reply ]

like it - lots!

GROOVY!


Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Hmmm interesting - the first I've heard of these people.Thought I was hearing the enigmatic touch of another RP introductee Kaki King.
Posted 12 years ago by daedalus    [ Reply ]
What a great follow up from Radiohead — Supercollider

As usual, more evidence of Bill's brilliance. 

PS this is a hypno song - it's /supposed/ to be repetitive.
Posted 12 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
 MJdub wrote:
Really liking this one....simple and repetitive, but I'd give it a 7 anyway.  Sometimes a really good groove is enough to make a song out of.  The vibes are a nice touch.

 
Apparently, a lot of people do not agree with that, or just don't get it; sometimes a groove is a song.  This song is the way it is by design - the groove is the whole point.  I'm not sure why people expect every song to have the exact same components.
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Wow!  This yanked me out of my edit/proofread trance ... very nice, very smooooooooth.
Posted 12 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
The first and only place I have heard this fantastic tune, HERE! Thanks for all the groovy tunes, this one makes me dance.
Posted 13 years ago by Mar-tay    [ Reply ]
Some days the music seems to slide into the background—and then something like this starts to play and I wander over to the stereo, feeling the need to crank it up.

Posted 13 years ago by run4more    [ Reply ]
Like a heartbeat only groovier..for someone..
Posted 13 years ago by Kimberly8    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
something about the sound of this bass reminds me of that tune by the Alpinestars.
No? 
 
Yeah, I get that too. 

Posted 13 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
something about the sound of this bass reminds me of that tune by the Alpinestars.
No? 
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Very catchy bass line...
Posted 13 years ago by tphord    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:
Unimaginative  and a bit repetitive; I really like it!{#Clap}
 
Agreed, much like a lot of "pop" music. All it takes is a good hook.
Posted 13 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
me like
Posted 13 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
Really liking this one....simple and repetitive, but I'd give it a 7 anyway.  Sometimes a really good groove is enough to make a song out of.  The vibes are a nice touch.

Posted 13 years ago by MJdub    [ Reply ]
good!!!
Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]

Posted 13 years ago by camatcba    [ Reply ]

good write @ Dickthespic's Blog {#High-five}


Posted 13 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
Very nice. Downloaded via iTunes. Just keep on truckin'.
Posted 14 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
Not sure who came first, the American Analog Set or Pinback, but I do like this kind of sound. I've heard similar bands referred to as math rock. Definitely appeals to the nerd in me.
Posted 14 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
FTW! (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ftw)
 listen_n_sf wrote:

Just like sex!
 


Posted 14 years ago by adamdbenson    [ Reply ]
I have the same problem
 snowcat wrote:
Hear on RP > Click > Buy.  I see a pattern here...
 


Posted 14 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
I like this — reminds me a bit of Boards of Canada, but better
Posted 14 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:
Unimaginative and a bit repetitive; I really like it!{#Clap}
 
Yes; it works rather well I think - a good groove.


Posted 14 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]

...did someone leave a turgid and unfinished backing track laying around in the RP studio?


Posted 14 years ago by garycha    [ Reply ]
So nice. Zzzzz.
Posted 14 years ago by nerakdon    [ Reply ]
Hear on RP > Click > Buy.  I see a pattern here...
Posted 14 years ago by snowcat    [ Reply ]
 listen_n_sf wrote:

Just like sex!
 

Perfect!{#Lol}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:
Unimaginative  and a bit repetitive; I really like it!{#Clap}
 
Just like sex!
Posted 14 years ago by listen_n_sf    [ Reply ]
Pretty groovy to chill to after a long night of {#Bounce}work...
Posted 14 years ago by Kimberly8    [ Reply ]
Yea, just checking, I still like it!{#Yes}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]

so easy to do the moment by! like it!


Posted 15 years ago by buzmaggie    [ Reply ]
Unimaginative  and a bit repetitive; I really like it!{#Clap}
Posted 15 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Except that each of my four can be overdone. I never want your two to end.  

liveinthewire wrote:
5. breathing
6. posting my deep insights

 BobSteinVisiBone wrote:
I do like the repetitiveness in this song quite a bit.  I'd like to point out that some good things, repetitive the right amount, can be great:
  1. chewing food
  2. turn signals
  3. washing machine agitation
  4. coitus
 

Posted 15 years ago by BobSteinVisiBone    [ Reply ]
Hard to Find: any other TAAS song that is even marginally interesting.  

Posted 15 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
This song makes me dive for the mute button every time... drives me batty if it plays for more than 30 seconds.
Posted 15 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
 BobSteinVisiBone wrote:

Hi-larious. 

I do like the repetitiveness in this song quite a bit.  I'd like to point out that some good things, repeated the right amount, can become great:
  1. chewing food
  2. turn signals
  3. washing machine cycles
  4. coitus


 

5. breathing
6. posting my deep insights

Posted 15 years ago by liveinthewire    [ Reply ]
 MrGreg wrote:
How To Make This Song:
1) Open sequencer application
2) Spend 5 minutes making stupid song
3) Select the four measures
4) Copy
5) Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste...
 
Hi-larious. 

I do like the repetitiveness in this song quite a bit.  I'd like to point out that some good things, repetitive the right amount, can become great:
  1. chewing food
  2. turn signals
  3. washing machine agitation
  4. coitus


Posted 15 years ago by BobSteinVisiBone    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
quite likable!
 
I agree with you!
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
I actually thought I had an extra web browser for some biotech company open and that this song was the main webpage intro music.

Posted 15 years ago by DungEye    [ Reply ]
 MrGreg wrote:
How To Make This Song:
1) Open sequencer application
2) Spend 5 minutes making stupid song
3) Select the four measures
4) Copy
5) Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste...
 

hahaha!  the guitar is good, but....agreed.
Posted 15 years ago by hollylavida    [ Reply ]
Wir fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der Autobahn...

Oh, wait — you played that last week. This is shorter.

Posted 15 years ago by radiojunkie    [ Reply ]
Right about them being uneven, but when they get it right, it's good. I downloaded a couple of tunes of theirs from Epitonic.com. I keep hoping they'll mature and break out.
Posted 15 years ago by denbear    [ Reply ]
govna wrote:

oh come on, it's gotta be way more than that.


At least, it sure SEEMS like it.  I thought this song would never end.

Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
 poprocker1 wrote:
fyi, i counted. it repeats 16x. just seems like forever because each time is 4 measures of 4 beats each. and yes, i'm that bored.
 
oh come on, it's gotta be way more than that. 

Posted 16 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
I like this song a lot.  After hearing AAS on SOMAFM I bought a couple of their CDs and it's uniformly strong work.
Posted 16 years ago by ROSSinDETROIT    [ Reply ]
quite likable!
Posted 16 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
This would be a much better song if this band had not fallen in so love with their kickin' bass line. Less is more, people.

Posted 16 years ago by Jedzz    [ Reply ]
groovy bass
Posted 16 years ago by stewliscious    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by Welly    [ Reply ]
A nice way to slowly get in the 'Monday morning work day after a holiday' groove.
Posted 16 years ago by theanniewithin    [ Reply ]
another song i very like, perfect sounds!!!!
Posted 16 years ago by Manu31    [ Reply ]
Frater_Kork wrote:
My, a distinct 4.
Oh, you're being far too generous. 3. Yawn.
Posted 16 years ago by smehan55    [ Reply ]
Love hypnotic :)
Posted 16 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
she's makin it all come true this time...
Posted 16 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill for introducing this band to me. I so often return to the band's myspace page to listen to this one. It's not in the german iTunes store ... Lovely Bassline....
Posted 16 years ago by undo_silence    [ Reply ]
My, a distinct 4.
Posted 16 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
fyi, i counted. it repeats 16x. just seems like forever because each time is 4 measures of 4 beats each. and yes, i'm that bored.
Posted 16 years ago by poprocker1    [ Reply ]
How To Make This Song:
1) Open sequencer application
2) Spend 5 minutes making stupid song
3) Select the four measures
4) Copy
5) Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste, Paste...

Posted 16 years ago by MrGreg    [ Reply ]
drtjdel wrote:
Me too. If I were in a coma.
Give it a few more seconds and I will be in a coma ...
Posted 16 years ago by smehan55    [ Reply ]
i think they should loop that riff a few dozen more times. ...says captain sarcasm.
Posted 16 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
This sounds like something a fifth-place American Idol contestant would record in the middle of the CD.
Posted 16 years ago by wycado    [ Reply ]
jjbix wrote:
sounds like "pinback." are they related?
My thoughts exactly. . . like a missing track from "Summer in Abaddon."
Posted 16 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
yaaaaaaaawn
Posted 16 years ago by pojms    [ Reply ]
I saw Broken Social Scene play this weekend, with the guy from American Analog Set as part of the band. They played this tune and jammed out for a while on it. It was a really cool show. Not incredibly tight at times, but they weren't afraid to try new things. I'd see them again.
Posted 17 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
This literally put me to sleep. No lie. It took 2 songs to wake up.
Posted 17 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
There seems to an abundance of this uninspiring music here at RP, but played after such classics as Jamacia Say You Will and Many Rivers To Cross, anyone can see what a waste of cyber space it is.
Posted 17 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]
...didn't realize I'd like hypno so much until RP introduced me to this band :)
Posted 17 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
sounds like "pinback." are they related?
Posted 17 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
So glad to hear this on RP -- one of my favorite bands
Posted 17 years ago by RadioTransparent    [ Reply ]
nevsky wrote:
hypnotic wouldn't mind this song going on for the rest of the day
Me too. If I were in a coma.
Posted 17 years ago by drtjdel    [ Reply ]
De putísima madre !!
Posted 17 years ago by saulpena    [ Reply ]
Hi Bill! You really have brilliant CDs here, music which I never heard before..., soul warmers...
Posted 17 years ago by Nabla    [ Reply ]
Nothin' wrong with that
Posted 17 years ago by bobbyghanouj    [ Reply ]
not related but this reminded me to make my request again could someone upload some Ratatat? I really think they should be on RP
Posted 17 years ago by jenakle    [ Reply ]
This beats the hell out of our company's current hold music...
Posted 17 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]
oldviolin wrote:
I must be easy. I love it all. This too.
I think it might be that X you ate.
Posted 17 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
I must be easy. I love it all. This too.
Posted 17 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
Geecheeboy wrote:
perfect seque, Rusty Cage > Hard to Find. Brilliant. How do you do this, Bill? What sort of database do you maintain that records the beat, pitch and so forth to find these songs to blend so perfectly?
Ask Cerphe
Posted 17 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
hypnotic wouldn't mind this song going on for the rest of the day
Posted 17 years ago by nevsky    [ Reply ]
jeez. how amateurish is this? my 10 year old can do better with garageband on the mac ferchrissakes.
Posted 17 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
eastcoast wrote:
a little monotonous
But surprisingly not hard to find...
Posted 17 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
a little monotonous
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
BillG wrote:
I've thought about putting together a database like that, but never have. I just do it by memory & instinct.
Show off! Just kdding. Glad you can do it
Posted 17 years ago by oufason    [ Reply ]
repetitive repetitive repetitive
Posted 17 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]
Geecheeboy wrote:
perfect seque, Rusty Cage > Hard to Find. Brilliant. How do you do this, Bill? What sort of database do you maintain that records the beat, pitch and so forth to find these songs to blend so perfectly?
A good DJ doesn't need a database. They feel it and know it in their soul. They get the flow and just start grabbing the records (or files, as the case may be). It's an art. If you could use a database, I think it would have no soul and be boring. Heart is the magic ingredient. And this is an awesome set he's got going. I am feeling it an a most serious way.
Posted 17 years ago by Photo-John    [ Reply ]
Geecheeboy wrote:
perfect seque, Rusty Cage > Hard to Find. Brilliant. How do you do this, Bill? What sort of database do you maintain that records the beat, pitch and so forth to find these songs to blend so perfectly?
I've thought about putting together a database like that, but never have. I just do it by memory & instinct.
Posted 17 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
perfect seque, Rusty Cage > Hard to Find. Brilliant. How do you do this, Bill? What sort of database do you maintain that records the beat, pitch and so forth to find these songs to blend so perfectly?
Posted 17 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
mmm verry nice...fun and dreamy....
Posted 17 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
auburntigerrich wrote:
Still one of those songs where I turn it up and stop what I'm doing. I especially like the use of the xylophone or whatever that is...
I may be wrong, but I believe that is just an electric piano...Rhodes, perhaps.
Posted 17 years ago by lionirons    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by musikalia    [ Reply ]
probably have to daa dab daa a few more doobies to make that one work... undo_silence wrote:
Lovely Bassline .... doobie daa dab doobie daa .... awesome!
Posted 17 years ago by fretman    [ Reply ]
Perfectly phrased. pianocomposer wrote:
I believe this style of music is known as Hypnotica. Beautiful if done right, as in this case.
Posted 17 years ago by auburntigerrich    [ Reply ]
Replying to this old one... but, I really think it said it best. This groove is pretty deep. Lift needle and move to new position on lp. thank you. sukilau wrote:
TODAY!!
Posted 17 years ago by super88dan    [ Reply ]