^ poor structure, but you get it.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Monday, 20 June 2011 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
after making an "experimental" and at least half successful attempt to get into this record a month ago, i haven't once been tempted to return to it.
― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Monday, 20 June 2011 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
you made an experimental attempt to get into the album? did you listen to it while hanging upside down or what
― J0rdan S., Monday, 20 June 2011 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
fuck, this is def filling the TVOTR void -- i didn't pick up on it until i put it on headphones
― J0rdan S., Monday, 20 June 2011 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
the way he sings that bonnie rait song should be a dealbreaker but then it is somehow the complete opposite of a dealbreaker and the song breaks through and i'm crying either way so.
never listed to for emma, from the forest but i will check this guy out on the strength of the cover.
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Monday, 20 June 2011 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
yes
xx
― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Monday, 20 June 2011 23:23 (twelve years ago) link
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this is encouraging cause new tvotr is a snooze
― call all destroyer, Monday, 20 June 2011 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
yes it is
― J0rdan S., Monday, 20 June 2011 23:31 (twelve years ago) link
His phrasing is exquisite, but, wow, that Raitt cover (which I just heard) left me cold. Rather appropriate that he stretched out the "Don't patronize me" line.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 June 2011 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
i've never liked tvotr like at all.
― goole, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 00:58 (twelve years ago) link
youre just not trying hard enough, probably
― ☂ (max), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 01:04 (twelve years ago) link
to me his only serious misstep there - Raitt's delivery of that line sets a ridiculously high bar though
― frog in a bs place (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 01:24 (twelve years ago) link
I can't get past his voice, and I'm not that fond of Asia.― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, June 20, 2011 5:47 PM (Yesterday)
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, June 20, 2011 5:47 PM (Yesterday)
^I have no idea how I feel about this album yet, but this is an excellent sentence.
― Fruitless and Pansy Free (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 02:54 (twelve years ago) link
Colbert interview right now is lolz. Gonna do "Calgary" after the commercial break.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 03:50 (twelve years ago) link
a second opinion
― Davey D, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 07:20 (twelve years ago) link
Hrm. Can see that getting replaced down the road.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 07:22 (twelve years ago) link
do we still use enya as a generic stand-in for "shlocky aural wallpaper"?
and geez, two-and-a-half? that's a one-star review if i've ever read one. "overblown debacle," ouch. sounds like someone didn't get what they wanted for christmas.
― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 07:29 (twelve years ago) link
yeah overblown is pretty lol considering one of the first things that jumps out is the careful arrangements
― Cosmo Vitelli, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 08:34 (twelve years ago) link
which btw remind me more of Antony than anyone
― Cosmo Vitelli, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 08:35 (twelve years ago) link
man fuck enya haters
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 02:31 (twelve years ago) link
it's always hilarious when some indie album gets a lot of attention and people who would never in a million years have listened to it otherwise get all up in arms about it
then again that sentence is probably true just as a generalization with all genres - it's hilarious/boring when some (metal, rap, bossa) album gets a lot of attention and people get all OH NOT DON'T YOU REALIZE IT'S HORRIBLE
― frog in a bs place (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 04:12 (twelve years ago) link
all right so i am listening to this for the first time at 2 am which feels pretty right, okay
this is a very pretty thing
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 06:14 (twelve years ago) link
wasn't going to check this out before the 9.5, now i am going to check this out
― don't waste your time on me, you're already the post inside my thread (markers), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 06:20 (twelve years ago) link
I kind of have to rmde at all the "OMG where in the world did 'Beth/Rest' come from?!?!" comments from critics who, by saying that, admit that they really haven't been paying all that much attention Vernon since For Emma. I mean, if you heard the (pre-Kanye) "Woods" and the Gayngs album, this wouldn't come as that big of a shock.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
should we be bringing up green gartside or would that set people's teeth on edge...
― goole, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
Passed by a coworker watching the Colbert appearance and I idly noted Bon I. sitting there surrounded by people doing deliberate handclaps and I was all "Huh."
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
When discussing, say, Destroyer, sure. This guy don't know about rhythm.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
I prefer the Sean Carey album.
― djh, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
That Allmusic review is an embarrassment.
― Strictly vote-splitting (DL), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
performance on fallon was kinda O_O -- sorta lol'd at giving his own band the gas face
anyway it made me think of sufjan, altho their recorded music is different in many, many ways
― frogbracist (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
the (second) biggest seller on the billboard charts
― buzza, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
Gave this a chance due to normally sane people rating it highly & late Talk Talk comparisons. Still sounds like castratos being murdered. Horrible.
― The Not Liking Radiohead Awards (Turangalila), Saturday, 2 July 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
late talk talk comparisons would work if the record ever stopped being exhaustively pretty and relaxed a little.
― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Saturday, 2 July 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
Sounds like Sting when he needs to poo.
― brg30, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
listened to it prob three times riding back and forth to the beach today--there is some really cool stuff going on and a lot of subtle stuff i probably missed because i wasn't cranking it--ultimately i think i'll always want to like this guy more than i do (because imo he has a really high not-giving-a-fuck quotient and attaches himself to so many odd endeavors like gayngs and the kanye record) but i could see this being a cool record that i get into to an extent and look back on fondly.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 03:11 (twelve years ago) link
brg30 bringing the heat
― dirty deathdrone boys (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 03:13 (twelve years ago) link
Haven't felt the urge to listen again once.
― owenf, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 11:38 (twelve years ago) link
"beth/rest" is playing in starbucks & i'm on the table on my knees holding a lighter up & sobbing
― gucci mande (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
The barista will help you in a minute, sir. There's a line.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
oh man I heard this at Starbucks on Friday too.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
is that the fake 80s song
― The Not Liking Radiohead Awards (Turangalila), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
the Jack Wagner number, yes.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
I wish the tempo was double on all his songs
― calstars, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
I bet he ran out of coffee in the woods
― calstars, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
Just noticed: the album debuted at #2 last week, with sales of 104,000. (Jill Scott was #1.)
― jaymc, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
really feelin this album now
― just sayin, Sunday, 17 July 2011 13:05 (twelve years ago) link
just sayin'?
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 17 July 2011 13:13 (twelve years ago) link
loving this. i havent been paying attention to the lyrics so much as this really has a nice mood. "beth/rest" is great, like A-Ha on valium.
― Michael B, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
scratch that "beth/rest" reminds me more of bruce hornsby than a-ha
― Michael B, Monday, 25 July 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
I think that might be why I like Active Child much more when it comes to the a-ha deal.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 July 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link