grandaddy -'sumday'

I loved this band and saw them live a number of times, which is where they cut it best.

A tiny club in Sheffield had them sharing the postage stamp sized stage with a self-planted forest. The last time was at the Leeds Festival about five years ago just before they split. Lytle was angry about the real punk rock emanating from the main stage in between his songs. From memory it was Sum 41 .

I thought their drummer at least looked great. Swigging from a 1.5 litre bottle of wine as he nailed his relentless 4/4.That takes something

But, to me, they HAD lost something by Sumday and blew the whole lot with Fambly Cat. Too samey

having a sophtware revival.

+1 it's summertime

Good album.

I'm listening to the new one.

It sounds like Grandaddy.

Nothing wrong with that.

Jason clearly has one thing and he's gonna keep doing that thing forever.

sumday's weakest two tracks are the first two

Insane! "I'm On Standby" is one of their best! I actually feel legit sadness for the robot in this song. The second "I'll be down for some time" is just crushing for some reason

that is a stupid opinion yes and it must be hoped that whoever expressed it seven years ago has now recanted

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Not really getting a lot out of this new album. It sounds as forgettable as his solo albums.

Thread made me pull out Sumday for the first time in years. Still love it. I'd forgotten how much acoustic guitar is on this album!

Will probably eventually check out the new one despite the lukewarm response here

At the time Sophtware felt like The Classic One, and Sumday felt like a bunch of pretty good tunes that all sounded the same. But I'll happily listen to Sumday and the TSS feels like way too much effort to me now.

"Passed out in a Datsun That's parked out in the hot sun."

The two robot Jed songs on TSS still slay me, especially the poem song. Prefer Sumday to TSS, though.

miner at the dial-a-view is the one that still gets me

Can't stand the Jed songs, personally. They really make Sophtware Slump a slog for me. The Jed song on the new one is mercifully short, at least.

Had, didn't realize he brought back Jed....

hah, not had...

I like the jed songs

the song that muse ripped off is so hilariously ripped off and I had not noticed

wait, what

'starlight' rips 'the crystal lake'

oh yeah kind of. not as egregious as some but there's certainly the same mouthfeel

Starlight is definitely more caffeinated, but the piano bit is similar to the gyitar bit and those arpeggios...

album is quite dear <3

how are the melodies?

dear

It's not their strongest album but the highs (the preview tracks + This Is The Part) are delightful. Turns out A Lost Machine is kind of amazing

I like the first tracks very much. They remind me of the first time I heard grandaddy and excitedly played Sophtware/Sumday all night through headphones on an iRiver mp3 player. 'A Lost Machine' is not working for me yet.

Oh yeah the first three are great. Whole album growing with each listen

Maybe Evermore is the standout?

was definitely the immediate standout for me. I am open to others growing on me, though, as that's usually how this works.

Eight now my thinking is it doesn't need the two tracks with long titles, everything else is golden

Not a single standout on this great great album for me. Such an amazing hangover of an album. After the sophtware died, and they tried and failed to sober up, and this is what happened. It's like getting a blue screen after a hard reset. Head aching and hung over on the porch, in the scorching sun. Passed out in a Datsun. I will defend this album to the teeth.

(that was abt Sumday btw)

oh. new one is good.

new one is pretty good! "Evermore" is instantly one of their best songs

it's nice iin that this album just feels like a logical next album, not like some big reunion thing after years with loads of expectations

"you grieve like a freeway tree" is a pretty great line

album kind of sounds like deserter's songs vol II

much, much better than that

Sumday was the first Grandaddy album I disliked. Just listened again and don't get it. The Sophtware Slump was their high point for me.

New album is mediocre at best. 'Evermore' a sordid attempt at grasping at past heights. Saying it's Deserter's Songs II and much, much better than that is just challops.

when have they ever used such krautrock keyboards before??

anyway, all of their albums are growers

It's totally depressing somehow

I guess that's the charm

Yeah, I am not getting the hype for the new album at all. I can't find one memorable song on there. Sumday is enjoyable, but was a massive step down after Under The Western Freeway and The Sophtware Slump.

"Krautrock keyboards", really?

I wished much better for these guys instead of this hook-free, dread-free, forgettable return.

it is good that is all yeesh you whiners

'songbird son' is sounding lovely today

Now that the "k" is in place
Where the "c" used to be

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