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Kosheen — Avalanche
Album: Kokopelli
Avg rating:
7.4

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Total ratings: 2332









Released: 2003
Length: 6:12
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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He looks like me
But not so haunted
Eyes like the sea
In storm
In torment
How can a body so frail
Contain this spirit
This creature I see

We're taking an avalanche
And lifting it up again
I've been high enough
To get to where I wanna go (ooh)
And living another day
Won't keep me out of touch
I'll find you some day
Got to get you out of this somehow I know

He looks right through me
So unprotected
His only legacy
Returned
Rejected
So young so free
So old and ridden
Oh what you see

We're taking an avalanche
And lifting it up again
I've been high enough
To get to where I wanna go (ooh)
And living another day
Won't keep me out of touch
I'll find you some day
Got to get you out of this somehow I know

He's nothing like me
So wrong and wretched
Your safe reality
Is living in sketches
And live out happiness
With no explanation
And peer out at the world

We're taking an avalanche
And lifting it up again
I've been high enough
To get to where I wanna go (ooh)
And living another day
Won't keep me out of touch
I'll find you some day
Got to get you out of this somehow I know

(He looks like me
But not so haunted
Eyes like the sea
In storm
In torment
How can a body so frail
Contain this spirit
This creature I see)
Comments (104)add comment
The chord choice and synth sounds are amazing.
Posted 4 days ago by dpatte    [ Reply ]
OMG
Posted 2 months ago by ejuttner    [ Reply ]
Great voice! Love it. Another new band to explore.
Posted 3 months ago by RodneyAjax    [ Reply ]
Wow, I gave this a 5 previously, no idea what I was thinking. What a moody, gorgeous punch. 
Posted 9 months ago by asilbuch    [ Reply ]
Very Good vibe
Posted 1 year ago by an.mueller63    [ Reply ]
I love her voice, and the music.
Posted 1 year ago by bufallo    [ Reply ]
Has someone said this before me? This is why I listen to RP!
Posted 1 year ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
Never heard of them! Only on RP! Sound good and 'she' looks great! Yes, I am gay!
Posted 2 years ago by BlackBetty    [ Reply ]
 suesblues wrote:

I don't get 'spooky' from this song at all - I love it!  Starts off sounding like Cure instrumentals then gets so much more powerful than Robert Smith on a bad day...  the vocals remind me more of Grace Slick - just because of the type of singing, not so much the sound itself...



The sound in the beginning really reminds me of Simply Red.
Posted 2 years ago by Hill131    [ Reply ]
what a natural, unaffected voice... makes a change - JUST SAYIN
Posted 2 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
very nice...different
Posted 2 years ago by bennie482    [ Reply ]
 philbertr wrote:

Welsh singer—that explains the gorgeous voice



The Welsh and Dutch seem to have something in the waters.
Posted 2 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Shades of Alison Moyet...
Posted 2 years ago by Asa001    [ Reply ]
Title reminds me of  "Shotgun Down the Avalanche" by Shawn Colvin...
Posted 2 years ago by jef    [ Reply ]
15 out of 10.
Posted 2 years ago by joko63808    [ Reply ]
The mor I hear this tune, the more I like it!!  Thank You RP!   
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Excellent!!   I never heard of them before.  Thank You RP!   
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
This is fantastic.  Droning, dark earworm.  I love it, and want to know more.
Posted 3 years ago by zinzarin    [ Reply ]
I would love to know what exactly the tone ladder is, maybe hypo-doric?
Posted 3 years ago by sandymcp    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
 KeithBrofsky wrote:

This song gets on my nerves. Oy vey.



feed your head
Posted 3 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Good Stuff..  this one has a modern Jefferson Airplane vibe ...
or like another listener said : Carly Simon
Posted 3 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
This song gets on my nerves. Oy vey.
Posted 3 years ago by KeithBrofsky    [ Reply ]
 forthbrdge wrote:

Wonder if Kosheen influenced some of London Grammar's work?



Almost certainly,  also Zero 7, Massive Attack, Vienna Teng and chuck in a bit of M People and top off with a big old helping of Eurythmics, too. 

Great influences make for a great band.
Posted 3 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
Wonder if Kosheen influenced some of London Grammar's work?
Posted 3 years ago by forthbrdge    [ Reply ]
nice!
Posted 3 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
 booyah wrote:
The verse is reminiscent of Kate Bush - The Man with the Child in His Eyes
 
Exactly. For several notes. Luckily, from a plagaristicalism standpoint, the similarity doesn't continue.
Posted 3 years ago by 1guywondering    [ Reply ]
Industrial-ish and I love it
Posted 4 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Good vibe but goes on too long on one level; needs more dynamics.  Solid 8 though.
Posted 4 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Joeseph Kemp Approves This Song.
Posted 4 years ago by ChuckDaring    [ Reply ]
The verse is reminiscent of Kate Bush - The Man with the Child in His Eyes
Posted 4 years ago by booyah    [ Reply ]
Nice song, nice music video !!
               
Posted 4 years ago by Michael_in_Paradise    [ Reply ]
I guess The Guardian didn’t like it so much. I wish they’d say what they really think
Posted 4 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
Welsh singer—that explains the gorgeous voice
Posted 4 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
Powerful voice.  Hypnotic shit man - I like it.
Posted 4 years ago by stretcher    [ Reply ]
  Good Energy to this one  love it
Posted 5 years ago by lzappaco    [ Reply ]
How fabulous Thank you both.
Posted 5 years ago by lovelyhelicopter    [ Reply ]
How fantastic. . .
Posted 5 years ago by lovelyhelicopter    [ Reply ]
Drum machine, Big Synth, good vocals...it works!
Posted 5 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
You get me today, Bill!
Posted 5 years ago by meatmike    [ Reply ]
need MOAR
Posted 5 years ago by t0m5k1    [ Reply ]
Very kool vibe
Posted 6 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
more
like
this
please
{#Bananajam}
Posted 6 years ago by DocStrangelove    [ Reply ]
 CyrusPaul wrote:

the phat bass synth is likely a MiniMoog or a sampled voicing of a Moog. 

 
Makes sense indeed. Thanx dude.
Posted 7 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
 eveliko wrote:
Can someone help me find out what's that fat synth used on this song?

 
the phat bass synth is likely a MiniMoog or a sampled voicing of a Moog. 
Posted 7 years ago by CyrusPaul    [ Reply ]
Can someone help me find out what's that fat synth used on this song?
Posted 7 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of the old prog or space rock band, Hawkwind.
Posted 7 years ago by volnomad    [ Reply ]
very cool
Posted 7 years ago by V12Silly    [ Reply ]
Very different, very sci-fi synth-styled; quite a surprise... Interesting group — Welsh singer, Japanese, Chinese, and Native American names and symbols. Cool!
Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
yeah i like it a lot
Posted 7 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
or me 

Cueburned wrote:

K.  So it wasn't just me. 

 


Posted 8 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
 I always think of Carly Simon when I hear this track.
Cueburned wrote:

K.  So it wasn't just me. 

 


Posted 8 years ago by mlarimore    [ Reply ]
 casey1024 wrote:
Thought this was Carly Simon.

 
K.  So it wasn't just me. 
Posted 8 years ago by Cueburned    [ Reply ]
This clicks with me immediately.. First few strums of the bass riff and I had to find my phone to score it.. Finding I'd already scored it an 8 then it justifies a comment!
Posted 8 years ago by Neil66    [ Reply ]
 zoopmama wrote:
 Relucantly agree... Too linear. Nice voice and vibrato but ultimately the song doesn't do much.

lewie221 wrote:

Too true, sadly. I loved the first minute, but there was nowhere to go.
 

 
I don't think they intended for this song to "go anywhere" - it's a song, not a schooner.  Many "electronic" and "trance" type artists deliberately avoid the standard conventions and formulas of composition - it's often more about a groove and a mood than it is about creating a conventional melodic "composition", I guess that's what you're referring to by calling it "too linear".  Bridges, choruses, and other components are not mandatory, nor should they be, though this does have verses and a chorus.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
this is the Kosheen I remember https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWa9LZ4Ob-4 {#Dancingbanana_2}

still, this is real nice too.
Posted 9 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
This is relentless. Nice......
Posted 9 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
Another first for me on RP. 
Great song. I'm starting this at 7, and that's conservative. Tremendously atmospheric, I love that back beat and lyric refrain. One of those tracks I could listen to 20 times in a row and not get bored.
 
Posted 9 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Wonderful on first listen!
Posted 9 years ago by Bosami    [ Reply ]
I have 3 Kokopelli images in my house, so I must needs like this.
Posted 10 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Love me some Kosheen.  Local Bristol band too.  We have got some great stuff from our neck of the woods.
Posted 10 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
*EXCELLENT*
More songs like this, please! {#Cool}
Posted 10 years ago by rgabriel    [ Reply ]
Agree! Was listening while working on my email and had to turn it up.
Posted 10 years ago by sid1950    [ Reply ]
 {#Yes}fredriley wrote:

Yep, I'll second that. Creepy power, right enough, which grabs you by the fear centres and doesn't let go. And what a voice! Once again, RP brings us another band I'll guess few of us would have heard, or even heard of, otherwise. 9 from the creeped-out Nottingham jury.

 


Posted 10 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 modemhead wrote:

My TARDIS is a-rockin'.


 
funny timing hearing this right after watching a pair of episodes where the TARDIS was nearly incinerated.
Good tune
Posted 10 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
I thought at once..."A new Silver Pesos song!" 

Very Portishead.

Love!

 
Posted 10 years ago by WaxHorse    [ Reply ]
Not a bad song!
Posted 10 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Wow, for a second I thought that Bill had finally found a Carly Simon song he liked.
Posted 11 years ago by ottojschlosser    [ Reply ]
 Relucantly agree... Too linear. Nice voice and vibrato but ultimately the song doesn't do much.

lewie221 wrote:

Too true, sadly. I loved the first minute, but there was nowhere to go.


 


Posted 11 years ago by zoopmama    [ Reply ]
I don't get 'spooky' from this song at all - I love it!  Starts off sounding like Cure instrumentals then gets so much more powerful than Robert Smith on a bad day...  the vocals remind me more of Grace Slick - just because of the type of singing, not so much the sound itself...
Posted 11 years ago by suesblues    [ Reply ]
This song kind of grows on you.  In a good way.
Posted 11 years ago by 84MacGuy    [ Reply ]
"Inspired by Stevie Nicks' solo career" should not be a permissible reason to be signed to a label.
Posted 11 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
Bumping this from 7 to 8.  I like that steady beat and the synth - gives it a sort of creepy power.  And her voice is pretty distinctive, too - it works well with the music.  Might have to buy this.{#Music}

fredriley wrote:

Yep, I'll second that. Creepy power, right enough, which grabs you by the fear centres and doesn't let go. And what a voice! Once again, RP brings us another band I'll guess few of us would have heard, or even heard of, otherwise. 9 from the creeped-out Nottingham jury.
 
This makes three of us. 7 -> 8 as my fear centers send my mouse cursor scurrying with anxiety (but it's a fun kind of anxiety!) to the drop-down ratings menu....
Posted 11 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

Yep, I'll second that. Creepy power, right enough, which grabs you by the fear centres and doesn't let go. And what a voice! Once again, RP brings us another band I'll guess few of us would have heard, or even heard of, otherwise. 9 from the creeped-out Nottingham jury.
 

It's cool how the song has a spooky ambiance to it, but lyrically it kind of wanders around and gets lost in the avalanche...  I will leave it unrated...  hmmmm...

if only the lyrics were as fresh and original as the music...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
never heard it before, but love it
Posted 11 years ago by suesblues    [ Reply ]
got a little bit of a tanita tikaram vibe to it.....Ancient Heart
Posted 12 years ago by DD rabbi_phil    [ Reply ]
Thought this was Carly Simon.
Posted 12 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
 kysmet wrote:
I love Kosheen.
 
Me too!!!  {#Jump}
Posted 12 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
 jim1964 wrote:
I thought this was Carly Simon until I looked.
 
Or Helen Reddy.
Posted 12 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
I love Kosheen.
Posted 12 years ago by K_Love    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
Bumping this from 7 to 8.  I like that steady beat and the synth - gives it a sort of creepy power.  And her voice is pretty distinctive, too - it works well with the music.  Might have to buy this.{#Music}
 
Yep, I'll second that. Creepy power, right enough, which grabs you by the fear centres and doesn't let go. And what a voice! Once again, RP brings us another band I'll guess few of us would have heard, or even heard of, otherwise. 9 from the creeped-out Nottingham jury.
Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
This is going no where..... bored

 
Posted 12 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
I thought this was Carly Simon until I looked.
Posted 12 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
I really like this.  She's got a sort of Carly Simon feel to her voice.
Posted 12 years ago by TJS    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:
Kokopelli

 
Damn, I like this better than my Kokopelli flute player sculture, now I've got to go hunting.

Posted 12 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Quite a good intro. She started singing and i thought, why? ...Then her voice expanded a nice vocal range and i dig it. I give her thumbs up!
Posted 12 years ago by GrooVy    [ Reply ]
Oh myyyy, what an awesome voice. I hate coming late to the Kosheen party but I'm so glad you played this song so I could discover them. Thanks cubed!
Posted 13 years ago by k1j2cat    [ Reply ]
 alphachimp wrote:
Is anyone hearing the Doctor Who theme ?
 
My TARDIS is a-rockin'.

Posted 13 years ago by modemhead    [ Reply ]
Bumping this from 7 to 8.  I like that steady beat and the synth - gives it a sort of creepy power.  And her voice is pretty distinctive, too - it works well with the music.  Might have to buy this.{#Music}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:
Kokopelli

 
Nicely chosen.


Posted 13 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
I must just be in the mood for Queen, because I have my speakers turned down and her vocals sound like Freddy Mercury's... I'm sure that once I hear it again, I'll fwap myself in disbelief and get my train back on track...
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 xkolibuul wrote:
More tedious than intriguing, by the end.
 
Too true, sadly. I loved the first minute, but there was nowhere to go.

Posted 13 years ago by lewie221    [ Reply ]
Adam Lambert is so great.
Posted 13 years ago by jozooka    [ Reply ]


Sian Evans... a very distinct, and beautiful voice.

Posted 13 years ago by CarpePotus    [ Reply ]
Is anyone hearing the Doctor Who theme ?
Posted 13 years ago by alphachimp    [ Reply ]
...this is pretty interesting - that swooping bass line makes a nice contrast against the vocals...

Posted 13 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
 DigitalJer wrote:
I like it already.
 
Yes , made me look up who was playing :)

Posted 13 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
i keep hearing carly simon!
Posted 13 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
More tedious than intriguing, by the end.
Posted 13 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
 passsion8 wrote:
Grabs the ears and demands a listen.
 
Yep, I'll second that. An immediate 8 from the intrigued Nottingham jury.

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Interesting song, but I thought it was Annie Lennox at first.

Posted 14 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
Grabs the ears and demands a listen.
Posted 14 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
Nothing special here.  Move along.
Posted 14 years ago by nelsonha    [ Reply ]
I like it already.
Posted 14 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]