omg someone please ban me from this website
― j. winters (josh), Monday, 27 April 2015 18:18 (nine years ago) link
way better than the last one
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 27 April 2015 18:27 (nine years ago) link
the last one was idea driving-drunk-in-the-afternoon fare
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 27 April 2015 18:29 (nine years ago) link
That's Liv from The Vampire Diaries!
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Monday, 27 April 2015 18:52 (nine years ago) link
Also, "Still Want You" is great, roughly equal to the new song for me, though not as good as CDML obv
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Monday, 27 April 2015 19:00 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I still prefer CDML, but this one is quite nice. Love the horns.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 27 April 2015 19:11 (nine years ago) link
I want a "Lonely Town" cassingle now.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Monday, 27 April 2015 19:22 (nine years ago) link
On first listen, more mid-tempo Brandon Flowers/Killers stuff isn't very promising. The use of the word "Gravitron" over and over again is the best part. He should make an album about county fairs. That seems like something he would be good at. I would enjoy that very much.
― brontosaur, Monday, 27 April 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRewzFp8XE4
this rules
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 20:26 (nine years ago) link
really rocking that bronski beat sample
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 20:27 (nine years ago) link
"Smalltown Boy" sample!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 20:28 (nine years ago) link
I love that brief Neil Tennant cameo.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 21:52 (nine years ago) link
Heard it on the Swiss radio, hard not to dig the sample
― Sharkie, Thursday, 7 May 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link
aoty
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 14:16 (nine years ago) link
streaming on itunes radio here
omg
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 14:18 (nine years ago) link
the stream isn't working for some reason (and also for many other stations)
― j. winters (josh), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 17:43 (nine years ago) link
oh and lol that link is bad. *shakes fist* itunes
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 17:54 (nine years ago) link
can't listen in itunes but glad to hear it's good, been waiting for either he or the Killers to make a front-to-back strong record
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:27 (nine years ago) link
yeah this is the most consistent thing he's done
(and i've convinced myself to love every song on battle born)
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:28 (nine years ago) link
okay it's working now
― j. winters (josh), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
"between me and you" destroyed me
― j. winters (josh), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link
i feel so attacked by this album i'm crying
― uberweiss, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 00:56 (nine years ago) link
i made it through "i can change" i don't know how but now "never get you right" is happening and i'm gonna pass out
― uberweiss, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 01:05 (nine years ago) link
same
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 01:21 (nine years ago) link
i'm gonna just lie down and die with "between me + you" on repeat
― uberweiss, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 02:11 (nine years ago) link
you guys
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 02:24 (nine years ago) link
i listened to this record five times today
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 02:33 (nine years ago) link
AND THERE'S A POWER IN LETTING GO
― uberweiss, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 03:23 (nine years ago) link
Is the stream still available? I can't find it.
― timellison, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 03:34 (nine years ago) link
i'm listening to it (obsessively) here: http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/95794596.html
― uberweiss, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 03:46 (nine years ago) link
"I Can Change" = only the second best song to bite Bronski Beat, but still amazing
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 09:36 (nine years ago) link
oof shame about that last song, but otherwise great record
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 13:43 (nine years ago) link
the first song mentions highways and dogs and fleas and I almost threw the computer across the room
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 14:01 (nine years ago) link
he still sounds like he studied Springsteen's "Darlington County" like a hieroglyph.
not wild about "Diggin' Up the Heart" but otherwise this sounds really good
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 14:32 (nine years ago) link
baby it's a dreamland
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 14:34 (nine years ago) link
going to see him in august and I am already excited and ahhhhh
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 15:16 (nine years ago) link
this is a good album and man alive he still sounds like he rues the day his Mormon god made him straight
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 15:23 (nine years ago) link
interested in producing a ballet set to this album
― uberweiss, Thursday, 14 May 2015 04:07 (nine years ago) link
i can't stop listening to "never get you right", my lord
― J0rdan S., Friday, 15 May 2015 18:50 (nine years ago) link
I have to review this officially and am literally trembling w/anticipation.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 May 2015 19:27 (nine years ago) link
This album is far better than I would have expected it to be, probably better than it has any right to be.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 15 May 2015 21:05 (nine years ago) link
"between me and you" is fantastic, wow
― ufo, Monday, 18 May 2015 12:38 (nine years ago) link
the album would be a fraction better if the title track were the closer
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 01:41 (nine years ago) link
there's even a lyric about dogs and bones
"Diggin' Up the Heart" is the best Kenny Loggins tribute in years
― jamiesummerz, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 11:45 (nine years ago) link
Diggin' Up the Heart is my favorite after a cursory listen
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 16:15 (nine years ago) link
so I reviewed it: http://www.spin.com/2015/05/review-brandon-flowers-the-desired-effect/?utm_source=share-fb&utm_medium=button
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 16:21 (nine years ago) link
pitchfork is dumb #535980982743
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Wednesday, 20 May 2015 05:56 (nine years ago) link