Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (RIP blogs)

The pictures in the liner notes might as well be from a Calvin Klein ad. And sweet jesus I had no idea her legs were so ridiculously long.

I'm impressed with the album after one listen. Reining in her voice and the overwrought/melodramatic moments of Ys plays to her advantage, in my opinion. She also sounds more confident and relaxed, which in turn has the songs breathing accordingly.

album of the decade

lol

magna carta -> gutenburg -> HOOM

too bad she couldn't have found space on this triple-disc to duet with ex-hold steady keyboardist, Fancy von Mustache.

Jobriath -> Mika -> Cathedral

What does HOOM stand for?
Holy Order of MANS (Monastic New Age group most of whose members converted to Eastern Orthodoxy)

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Holy Order of MANS

if this revelation does not result in 1p3 feline photoshopping bacchanale I am asking for my money back

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...just finished listening to HOOM...my immediate impressions are varied. I don't think it's as sonically ambitious or melodically satisfying as Ys/but there are some stunning moments on this record. The songs that were previewed by Drag City, all stand-out in addition to Baby Birch, and the remarkable Go Long. Again, Newsom's lyrics shine throughout, and she continues her naturalist focus.

"all stand-out in addition to Baby Birch, and the remarkable Go Long"

funny. those are the "repetetive, boring one-line-melody" songs that i talked about before, but it seems lots of people like them.

I find this far more melodically rich than Ys, but perhaps that is a casualty of my regarding Ys with extreme suspicion and suspended boredom for so long. I don't know.

ok this is streaming on npr for the curious

good intentions paving and jackrabbit are nice...she's toned down the voice a lot which i guess jibes with what i read in the interview way upthread?

i'm gonna buy this and enjoy it more than ksh

ok this is streaming on npr for the curious masochistic

her tryouts for the somewhat other music styles than before are the best songs on the record.
(paving company,jackrabbits,soft as chalk..)

yes am i imagining things or is there no harp on some tracks?

iirc there is no harp on some tracks

Listening momentarily.

Oh man, here we go. Be back in two hours.

make sure to take a bathroom break

pack a sandwitch

Update @ about 10 minutes in: there's no way I'm going to listen to all two hours of this straight through.

lol

Believe me, I'm laughing at myself.

haha. he's been broken in under 10 minutes.

not enough high-register warbling vocals, eh?

I hear a chorus of ilxors mocking every note, and I'm waiting for a stampede of unicorns to break down the wall in front of me and smash into my computer.

i'm mocking now, and i haven't even heard a note

She's singing about daddy longlegs and I can't stop laughing. I hate all of you.

:-)

Man, I'm going to have to listen to this on a day off from ILM. I just can't concentrate. Turning on Dinosaur Jr.

Still my album of the year though, no lie.

Oh man, "'81" is gorgeous.

dude

Que, find another thread to troll, I'm livebloggin'

i thought you were listening to Dinosaur

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What's with the livefroggin'?

thinking about getting this record. waiting to see how the liveblogging goes though.

guess he fell asleep

Just made it to disc two, and so far I agree with what max said upthread:

i mean this is like the simplest, easiest, most cliched thing to say about it, but it just sounds like shes "maturing as an artist." theres no dramatic shift in tone or sound, just a solidifying of her skills, like shes getting more and more comfortable with what she does.

― max

8:40 p.m., Feb. 23: Fell asleep listening to disc 2 of HOOM. Dreamed dreams of ethereal hussies, sinister jaggers and bandits on the king's highway.

I can't wait to pick up the vinyl
Just so I can listen at 45 rpm

People who liked the songs on Ys but found the production a little too suffocating might like this one more; there's definitely more space.

She's singing about daddy longlegs and I can't stop laughing. I hate all of you.

― ksh, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:05 (1 hour ago) Permalink

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