I love both LPs so much, and was very surprised to see that I was the only one even mentioning it here. Does anyone else enjoy it?
― Evan, Saturday, 8 May 2010 04:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
I do not. Clever name, though.
― kelpolaris, Saturday, 8 May 2010 04:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
Bummer if this fizzles out already.
― Evan, Saturday, 8 May 2010 13:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yup... I seem to constantly have bad luck here.
― Evan, Saturday, 8 May 2010 17:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
you might want to post something like this on the Rolling Indie thread -- if an indie artist isn't one of the bigger names, you'll have more luck there
― ksh, Saturday, 8 May 2010 18:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
also, it's a Saturday, so ILX is gonna be slow
― ksh, Saturday, 8 May 2010 18:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
OK, out of weird curiosity, are you from Denver? I walked into my local record store today and apparently this guy, whom I've never heard of before in my life, has posters for his next album release. He's playing the 19th for free, I'm considering going for tha chixxxxxx.... good choice?
― kelpolaris, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 03:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
xp I don't just mean one poster, he had them fucking everywhere, like this is some big deal I was supposed to be aware of
This guy?
― the subject of many men’s thoughts (daavid), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 03:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
That guy died recently, didn't he?
― kelpolaris, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 04:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
if so, do not buy tickets
― contenderizer, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 04:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
"...has posters for his next album release. He's playing the 19th for free, I'm considering going for tha chixxxxxx.... good choice?"
His latest album release? It came out a month or less ago. Yes good choice, chixxx love Tallest Man, and tall men. And I'm from NJ. You were asking me, right?
― Evan, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 04:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
like this guy a lot
not super crazy about his lyrics but he's got the most amazing feel for melody and momentum of any of the current wave of indie folkster dudes, his best songs are just unstoppable once they get going
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 04:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, yeah I was asking you. I asked that before looking him up, I assumed he was a local artist (lokes always play free concerts at our record stores, as they probably do at yours) and just wondering if this was in response to the fucking tsunami of flyers they have plastered advertising this event all over the place.
― kelpolaris, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 04:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
though i take umbrage at his name since i've got a good six inches on him probably
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 04:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
Nah, he really is becoming very popular. Once he got the famed highest honor of Best New Music 8.5 for his last record, the New York show in April sold out quick.
― Evan, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 04:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
He did a back to back with all of us before he chose his name I guess he missed you cider.
― Evan, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 04:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
not my favorite, but decent. I like first lp better. Although i love "You're Going Back"
― chrisv2010, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah the first LP feels much more effortless, despite not really changing his sound at all.
― Evan, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 21:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm surprised the EP 'Sometimes the blues is just a passing bird' didn't get a mention here. Kind of prefer this melancholy stuff more than the first two LPs. This particularly:
― Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats, Tuesday, 28 June 2011 12:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Based on a few descriptions of this guy and hearing one song from a previous album, I expected to really hate this. But goddamn if this new one isn't really fantastic.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 8 October 2012 21:11 (7 months ago) Permalink
Last one was my AOTY of 2010, an opinion that hasn't changed two years on, but I'm still struggling to feel anything stronger than "eh, it's nice" re: the new one.
― this is the dream of avril and chad (jer.fairall), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 04:21 (7 months ago) Permalink
First album is still classic to me, second album is a bit overwrought in hindsight despite the formula being pretty untouched. Haven't listened to the recent one.
― Evan, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 06:01 (7 months ago) Permalink