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
Unfortunately I googled the lyrics to "Beth/Rest."
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 July 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
bought this on friday and listened to it out at the coast over the weekend. pretty and hypnotic, but it never quite reaches any destination for me. reminds me a bit of a triple-tracked peter gabriel
― Darin, Monday, 25 July 2011 17:49 (twelve years ago) link