This is one of my favorite albums of 2015, too. I like the songs but the production really blows me away. Great headphone record, too.
― Blood On The Knobs, Saturday, 2 May 2015 16:11 (eight years ago) link
Man, this album really seems slept on, and I'm including myself. Enjoyed it last spring. Enjoying a lot now.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Friday, 18 December 2015 01:52 (eight years ago) link
I haven't checked out anything of theirs in a while, but this a really cool song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbR999N5MiA
although comment above about the drummer seems OTM -- his time/feel are pretty bad and detract from some of the best parts. I also wondered if the annoying stick clicking is in there to help him keep time.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 18 December 2015 04:14 (eight years ago) link
And on this one he plays that tom beat through the whole song even though it only works on half of it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nin-fiNz50M
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 18 December 2015 04:17 (eight years ago) link
But I like how little they sound like any of the things you'd expect them to sound like from their name -- they're not an old man hat band, they're not a nu-Southern cockrock band, nothing twee about them, yet muscular without being obnoxious. Interesting mix of prog and soul influences. At times they remind me of Field Music, although with totally different vocals. Also hear some Bowie.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 18 December 2015 04:31 (eight years ago) link
Their prog influences when I once saw them live at a festival came across as too bombastic.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 18 December 2015 15:31 (eight years ago) link
I actually wonder if you could call them "Festival Rock" -- that slightly bluesy, slightly rootsy, slightly amorphous, too-earnest-to-be-indie category of bands that are big with the Bonnaroo crowd -- My Morning Jacket, Black Keys, etc.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 18 December 2015 17:01 (eight years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/mar/29/alabama-shakes-drummer-steven-william-johnson-arrested-on-child-abuse-charges
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 29 March 2021 10:06 (three years ago) link
Really awful.
Probably dangerous territory to make any assumptions, but seeing that his ex-wife first accused him in 2018, I'm starting to wonder how much of this played into Brittany Howard distancing herself from the band around the same. At least it puts her cagey answers about the status of the band into greater clarity. Before learning about this, I wouldn't have minded another Shakes record, but given how terrific Jaime was, I'll be happy to follow her promising solo career.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 29 March 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
Yeah, the bassist is the only Shakes member she carried over to Jaime, because they were the tightest. I've just been working under the assumption the band was dead for several years now.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 29 March 2021 23:25 (three years ago) link