but he's the best person to ask as he's their #1 fan
― Odysseus, Saturday, 11 March 2017 16:35 (seven years ago) link
I defo don't like all their albums, but Effloresce is a stone cold classic.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 11 March 2017 16:37 (seven years ago) link
I have a preference for Everyone Into Position but Effloresce is a good place to start
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 11 March 2017 16:42 (seven years ago) link
Carstens was not lying when he cited Nice Strong Arm as an influence. That guitar tone!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFtvHL-F-gM
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 11 March 2017 17:04 (seven years ago) link
Will recommend again 'Non-Equivalents' from their split single with the Dismemberment Plan, such a great pop moment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDnFx38vDh4
― Gavin, Leeds, Saturday, 11 March 2017 18:27 (seven years ago) link
I can't tell if that's a different recording from the split version or if it's just at a slightly higher pitch than I'm used to.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 11 March 2017 19:19 (seven years ago) link
Hmm, yeah it is pitched up a bit, how did I miss that?
― Gavin, Leeds, Saturday, 11 March 2017 19:58 (seven years ago) link
put on your punk beltsand rock it for all the square cools
^^^Carstens was a secretly great lyricist, save for one or two :/-worthy moments on TITWIGAGAG
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 12 March 2017 07:05 (seven years ago) link
I saw them once and it was very boring.
Then Thrones played & Joe had twigs his his hair & all was right w/ the world.
― Not raving but drooling (contenderizer), Sunday, 12 March 2017 07:38 (seven years ago) link
my CDs finally arrived today - I've been waiting over a decade to get the correct versions of some of these lyrics, but I'm too elated to care.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 00:03 (seven years ago) link
The CDs sound much better than my long-carried-over mp3s, A Future Lived in particular just thrums with noise in places I never noticed before, or couldn't due to the fidelity. What really struck me about that album in particular is that Arlie is a quietly unusual vocalist, esp for an indie or emo band. He sometimes spends entire songs in a hushed register, but on other songs (I'm thinking specifically of the climax of "When I Was In ____") every time his vocal comes back in, it's almost percussive, and he's fucking giving it like he's in The Who or something. He doesn't have a huge range or anything but he manages to bring the same diversity of tone that the guitars do, or at least he meshes right in with them in a way that's uncanny.
My point is I am not done being obsessed with these records
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 00:10 (seven years ago) link
Arlie and co. do a very cool cover of the Huskers' "Divide & Conquer"
https://soundcloud.com/drewodoherty/divide-and-conquer?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=facebook
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
(circa 2007)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
had this is the way it goes.... on the big speakers tonight. the best.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 02:13 (five years ago) link
god these just sound new all over again every fall/winter
also it's criminal how they blew the dismemberment plan out of the water on their split single and yet seems like it didn't get them new fans
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 December 2020 02:47 (three years ago) link
I've always loved that song. It should absolutely always win fans.
― Evan, Sunday, 6 December 2020 04:19 (three years ago) link