i didn't know about her side project with her partner, DRINKS. giving that a listen today
― Karl Malone, Monday, 10 January 2022 18:35 (two years ago) link
it's ... not great.
they are both great, but not everything should be released.
imo.
― alpine static, Monday, 10 January 2022 20:18 (two years ago) link
The second DRINKS album is better than the first though neither hold a candle to her solo material
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 10 January 2022 20:46 (two years ago) link
I'm now almost unreasonably keen to hear the other 6/9 of this long-player. Counting the hours, etc, etc...
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 03:16 (two years ago) link
Wow, Karl Malone's "Daylight Matters" story from October is... wowee zowee. Bless.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 03:22 (two years ago) link
Seeing her in Woodstock, Sunday. Been too long, she's so amazing live.
― bulb after bulb, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 15:10 (two years ago) link
The relative uniformity of tone is making Pompeii a little hard to crack after 2.5 listens. Though I'm pretty sure the opener, title track and "Cry Me Old Trouble", at least, will shortly unravel in a pleasing fashion, much as the singles did.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 3 February 2022 15:26 (two years ago) link
do you have the whole thing? i just now realized a third single is up now ("remembering me")
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 3 February 2022 15:31 (two years ago) link
Full 9 tracks on Tidal and Spotify. (I may be benefiting from the GMT+10 "living slightly in the future" thing though.)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 3 February 2022 15:42 (two years ago) link
ah, ok! still not up for me, but I'm sure it will be soon.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 3 February 2022 15:44 (two years ago) link
"French Boys" and "Wheel" are working for me now. Not least in the bass department. Desperately need a lyric sheet though!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 4 February 2022 00:44 (two years ago) link
Belatedly realising that "Harbour" is pretty damn earworm'y. A bit of a "Home To You" in that it's the easiest to imagine hearing by chance in a shopping mall lol.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 4 February 2022 02:37 (two years ago) link
This is dripping in atmosphere. I love it.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 4 February 2022 15:23 (two years ago) link
Like her last album, this isn’t bad but I miss the more jagged guitars of her first few albums. I’m not as keen on the synths/sax combo. Just my personal taste but I rarely go for songs with saxophone
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 4 February 2022 18:25 (two years ago) link
Polar opposite for me. This is the first time I'm buying what she's selling for more than a minute or two.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 4 February 2022 19:42 (two years ago) link
masterpiece imo
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 4 February 2022 22:53 (two years ago) link
the new bryan ferry
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 February 2022 13:18 (two years ago) link
And that's a fine place to aim for!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 5 February 2022 15:09 (two years ago) link
I keep hearing 10,000 Maniacs' "Like the Weather" somewhere in "Moderation"
10,000 Maniacs have a much better drummer
― Freeze Instr., Saturday, 5 February 2022 17:05 (two years ago) link
oh man, not comparing the drummers directly (i don't know 10K maniacs very well at all), but i love the drummer. i read somewhere about their drumming being driven by carefully placed bass drum kicks, recently, and that's what I focus on
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 5 February 2022 17:10 (two years ago) link
i'm still digesting the album. i got so, so used to Moderation leading directly into Running Away - just a casualty of the several months of 1-3 songs approach to PR, but those two became intertwined, for me.
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 5 February 2022 17:11 (two years ago) link
Yeah maybe not a fair comparison. That sort of late 80s light snappy rolling feel leads in the direction of Rusted Root
It feels to me like Pompeii's drums are dragging at the tempo, as if they're intentionally slowing everything down, a sluggish almost DJ Screw effect
― Freeze Instr., Saturday, 5 February 2022 17:35 (two years ago) link
the song "Pompeii" is hitting me, now, on the 3rd time through. now every corner of it feels so right, where it drifted right on past the first couple times. i do love the sound of her current line-up/instrumentation, so much.
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 5 February 2022 18:18 (two years ago) link
The album is growing on me. I think I do like it more than the last album.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 5 February 2022 19:39 (two years ago) link
speaking of amazing guitar parts, both subtle and riffage, they're both in "Remembering Me"
the subtle can be heard during the chorus, the the thin wobbling snake between some of the lines and during some of the others:
Upset, and out of touchGood grief, you miss so muchOh, oh, remember meLouder than empty roomsFace down in heirloomsOh, oh, remembering me
that is positively slinking
later on, the riffage is later, at 3:00, the solo. it's like alt arena rock busts in all of a sudden but it's perfect
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 5 February 2022 21:24 (two years ago) link
the thin wobbling snake
i want to go ahead and express my regret for this description of the guitar line, lol
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 5 February 2022 21:25 (two years ago) link
the positively slinking thin wobbling snake
:-|
terrific bass on this record, reminds me of john giblin's playing on john martyn's grace & danger but less cagey.
― adam, Monday, 7 February 2022 15:14 (two years ago) link
Press material says she mostly composed it on bass
― bendy, Monday, 7 February 2022 15:48 (two years ago) link
i JUST noticed the big obvious thing about the beginning of the title track "Pompeii", which is that it follows the exactly melodic scheme of the ending of the previous song, "French Boys"
also, i LOVE the chorus of "Pompeii", particularly the background vocal counterpart, the wordless "ooom-PAAAH!", and how it reinforces a kind of half-time feel
All my life in sentimentAll my language is vulgar and trueI've pushed love through the hourglassDid you see me putting pain in a stone?
― snarl self own (Karl Malone), Monday, 14 February 2022 21:13 (two years ago) link
really really liking this album, possibly even more than the last ones. her herky-jerk rhythms are so mesmerizing and it seems like she's leveled up the arrangements. some great guitar tones on here too.
still looking for an earworm like "home to you," but maybe one will reveal itself in time.
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Monday, 14 February 2022 21:19 (two years ago) link
the new molly nilsson album also has a song called "pompeii"
― na (NA), Monday, 14 February 2022 21:22 (two years ago) link
This record is wonderful. The bass, the arrangements, the rhythms - so much pleasure for the ears. I missed her in Glasgow last week because I got Covid, which is a shame because seeing her play the previous record live really opened it up to me. And I would have loved to see the parts of Pompeii come together before my eyes.
― Eyeball Kicks, Saturday, 26 March 2022 17:39 (two years ago) link
yeah it's so good. maybe my favorite of hers.
― akm, Saturday, 26 March 2022 19:23 (two years ago) link
ditto
― brimstead, Saturday, 26 March 2022 20:23 (two years ago) link
me too i think, that or cyrk anyway, and i think this one has the stronger songs.
― cw, Monday, 28 March 2022 20:06 (two years ago) link
Was playing it yesterday on a trip back from my folks and my sis, who is a fan to start with, was very taken by how much the guitars reminded her of Ween (who she is also a stone cold fan of).
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 March 2022 20:15 (two years ago) link
We saw her tonight in Lille (I missed the London show for reasons of family illness) and she was fantastic.
― Tim, Monday, 28 March 2022 22:19 (two years ago) link
le bon alert - she is on the new kurt vile album track "Jesus on a Wire"
― Karl Malone, Friday, 15 April 2022 16:08 (two years ago) link
it's a snoozer. she just does some backup vox. not sure i would know it was her if i didn't know
― Karl Malone, Friday, 15 April 2022 16:16 (two years ago) link
saw her last night - my third time, better than the reward tour IMO (although that was great) - new songs sound fantastic live and the reward songs sounded like utter classics given a light pompeii makeover - not that familiar with the new LP but whoever mentioned Avalon vibes upthread was otm
― the life of a rebo band is always intense (emsworth), Thursday, 9 June 2022 23:08 (two years ago) link
not to hijack the revive, but i regret not buying one of her mugs from her in the Mug Museum days.
― alpine static, Friday, 10 June 2022 05:32 (two years ago) link
New single "Typical Love" out today. Dunno if this is a teaser for a physical release or will just a digital thing, but did not expect anything else this year. Already on Spotify, and video debuts at 10am ET:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOJ4NVu_4GM
― city worker, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 13:36 (one year ago) link
she produced this it's rly good, and i'm seeing him next week: https://hhawkline.bandcamp.com/album/milk-for-flowers
here's an article to give a flavour: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/h-hawkline-tells-us-about-the-influences-behind-new-album-milk-for-flowers
― imago, Friday, 10 March 2023 20:16 (one year ago) link
oh i didn't know there was a new h. hawkline album. i believe he was previously in a relationship with le bon and was later in a relationship with aldous harding, though he must be on good terms with both since le bon produced this and he played bass for harding and opened for her last year on her tour
― na (NA), Friday, 10 March 2023 20:23 (one year ago) link
must be one charming scamp
― imago, Friday, 10 March 2023 20:25 (one year ago) link
https://hhawkline.bandcamp.com/track/last-thing-on-your-mind
this song from his last album was a real showstopper when i saw him
― na (NA), Friday, 10 March 2023 20:27 (one year ago) link
ty, shall have a listen!
i got the tickets cos of the support act (alice low, documented here) but he's proving an excellent discovery in his own right
― imago, Friday, 10 March 2023 20:29 (one year ago) link
this song you posted is lovely yeah
― imago, Friday, 10 March 2023 20:33 (one year ago) link
thanks for sharing imago, have always loved his song "engineers"
will check out
― avatár the way of watár (voodoo chili), Friday, 10 March 2023 20:49 (one year ago) link