From the sleeve notes for the latest release End Titles...Stories For Film released in July 2008, the current line-up is stated as James Lavelle and Pablo Clements, also a member of the Psychonauts.
The original line-up was James Lavelle, Tim Goldsworthy (now a member of DFA) and Kudo (Major Force West, Skylab). This incarnation released several EPs and singles, usually involving collaborations with other Mo'Wax affiliated artists.
In 1998, after the departure of Goldsworthy and Kudo, Lavelle enlisted US producer DJ Shadow to help complete UNKLE's debut album, "Psyence Fiction". On this album they collaborated with a variety of guest artists including Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Mike D (Beastie Boys), Badly Drawn Boy and Richard Ashcroft (The Verve). The album contained songs which merged indie-rock with hip hop.
In 2003 UNKLE released "Never, Never, Land". At this time UNKLE consisted of Lavelle and new collaborator Richard File, and the album also featured Ian Brown (The Stone Roses), Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Robert Del Naja (Massive Attack), Mani (The Stone Roses, Primal Scream) and others.
A third album entitled "War Stories" was released in July 2007. It features collaborations with Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Ian Astbury (The Cult), Autolux, Robert Del Naja (Massive Attack), The Duke Spirit, and Gavin Clark, and is far more strongly rock-influenced than previous releases. The album was preceded by an EP, Nights Temper, of which a limited pressing was released in May 2007.
Lavelle has also released several mix albums and remixes under his own name and under the name UNKLEsounds (together with Richard File).
UNKLE is known for remixing music from artists such as Explosions in the Sky, Massive Attack, and Oasis.
Blood Stain
UNKLE Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
Users and losers
There's nothing here to make me stay
Bloodstain on a blue vein
Take it with no shame
Love tracks on a loose train
Bloodstain
No gain with no pain
My scars are deeper than you think
Tie me, try me
One more time before I sink
Big lies, big times
This love is not what we're about
It's too late, and I'm too straight
It's time to blow this fire out
Bloodstain on a blue vein
Take it with no shame
Love tracks on a loose train
Bloodstain on a blue vein
Take me softly
I'm going crazy for your touch
Bloodstain on a blue vein
(Blue, blood, blue, blood, blue, blood)
Take it with no shame
(No, take, no, take, no, take)
I'm alone
And dissatisfied
And someone else is alone
And dissatisfied
You are alone
and dissatisfied
And we all want to fly away
The lyrics to UNKLE's song "Blood Stain" speak to the theme of pain and disillusionment in relationships. The first stanza suggests that the singer has encountered "users and losers" in their romantic life and that there's nothing to keep them around anymore. The image of a "bloodstain on a blue vein" is a metaphor for the hurt and damage caused by such relationships. The singer isn't ashamed of this pain, as seen in the line "Take it with no shame," but rather seems to accept it as a necessary part of living and loving.
The second stanza delves further into the theme of pain and suffering, with lines about scars that are "deeper than you think" and a desire to be tied up and tried one more time before sinking. The lines "this love is not what we're about" and "it's time to blow this fire out" suggest that the relationship has run its course and needs to come to an end.
In the final stanza, the singer is alone and dissatisfied, as is someone else. There's a sense of longing and a desire for something more, perhaps a way to fly away from the pain of failed relationships.
Line by Line Meaning
It doesn't matter what I say
Nothing I say or do will change the situation
Users and losers
People who are engaged in a destructive lifestyle
There's nothing here to make me stay
There is no reason for me to remain in this place or situation
Bloodstain on a blue vein
Visual imagery of an injury to emphasize the emotional pain being felt
Take it with no shame
Accept the pain and suffering with no feelings of guilt or shame
Love tracks on a loose train
The journey of love is unpredictable and can often take unexpected turns
No gain with no pain
To achieve success or happiness, one must first be willing to endure hardships
My scars are deeper than you think
The emotional wounds and pain are stronger than they may appear on the surface
Tie me, try me
A pleading cry for someone to show affection or attention
One more time before I sink
One last chance before completely giving up hope
Big lies, big times
False promises and grand plans that never come to fruition
This love is not what we're about
Our relationship is not built on love and trust, but instead on something else
It's too late, and I'm too straight
The opportunity for change has passed, and I am no longer capable of it
It's time to blow this fire out
To end the passion, desire, and love for good
Take me softly
Ask for gentle treatment and care
I'm going crazy for your touch
Desire and yearning for physical intimacy
Blue, blood, blue, blood, blue, blood
Repetition of the imagery of blood on the skin
No, take, no, take, no, take
Repetition of the plea to accept the pain and suffering
I'm alone
A feeling of isolation and loneliness
And dissatisfied
An overall sense of disappointment and dissatisfaction with life and relationships
And someone else is alone
Acknowledgement that others may be going through similar struggles
You are alone
Directly addressing the listener that they too may feel isolated and unhappy
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ALICE TEMPLE, JOSH PAUL DAVIS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@sevatar5762
My First ever holiday to another country without my parents me and my friends went snowboarding in Europe. Every playlist featured
Quantic - time is the enemy
Boards of canada - chromakey dreamcoat
DJ shadow - midnight in a perfect world
And this track by unkle
Such a great memory. Alas it was Probably about 20 years ago now. Time flies.
@MrDosenburg
The perfect song to fuck, O.D., or just smoke a mile of weed to.
@jordanallen7734
This comment here = LOL.
@pa3041
yeah I absolutely love overdosing to music, do it every week
@joshuaanderson2185
(. ) (. ) If you're into love tracks killing your buzz.
@rondohunter8966
Drowning my pain in a bowl of top notch weed, way better than low-grade medical m.j.
@ntrbeing
Fell in a ket hole to this 3 times, the reassociation is shit but fucking worth every twist and turn man
@RedIndicator
This tune gets darker the more you listen to it
@reggiedoss7705
23 years later I came back...the darkness always brings me back.
@the2ndcoming135
Beat: *Drops
Me: Nods in unison with the groove😎
@baybuh
🙌