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hi everyone this is my fav band in new york, like most bands in new york they recall the '90s but this is more specifically the belly/veruca salt axis if a little squeakier and more invariably bright
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_2UqssvaSc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGhFsNP_Rdk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-grIezjeaw
album out april 24
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 17:53 (seven years ago) link
<3
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 20:33 (seven years ago) link
as expected this thread will be authored by me and johnny fever, no features
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 21:28 (seven years ago) link
very catchy
this is what all bands in nyc sound like now?
― flopson, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 22:27 (seven years ago) link
j/k tho i feel like there's not an insignificant amount of '90s throwback rock bands here or in philly
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 22:42 (seven years ago) link
these guys have a particular ear for hooks though imo and prioritize the pop as much if not slightly more than the power which sets them apart
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 22:47 (seven years ago) link
i've been waiting for a thread where i could casually drop the names of letters to cleo and eve's plum and not feel unwelcome.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 22:57 (seven years ago) link
also, they seem like they should be from boston, not new york.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 22:58 (seven years ago) link
I will admit and acknowledge that the throwbackness of Charly Bliss is what drew me to them initially, but Brad is right that they write exquisitely hooky songs that take the whole enterprise well above pastiche.
I've been trying to nail who exactly Eva's voice reminds me of. I'm still not there, but one day it will come to me.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 03:38 (seven years ago) link
kind of close vocally: paula kelley of the drop nineteens (speaking of boston):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaN1rMjH18E
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 04:46 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKl8Gw68awY
song r0cks
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 March 2017 18:02 (seven years ago) link
is this album out yet?
― flopson, Thursday, 2 March 2017 18:04 (seven years ago) link
sorry, reread OP
my god, this is the new best band ever
― alpine static, Friday, 10 March 2017 18:45 (seven years ago) link
this is the closest 90s thing to charly bliss imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glDFPjrolx0
― flopson, Friday, 10 March 2017 19:02 (seven years ago) link
yes! that dog. was what immediately came to mind for me, too. charly singer is a bit squeakier than Anna Waronker, but yes.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 23:57 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, BradNelson is OTM that they bring the hooks. Thanks for pointing this band out
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Thursday, 16 March 2017 04:12 (seven years ago) link
Charly Bliss are great. They've been around for awhile—"Love Me" was one of my favorite songs of 2014—I'm glad they're finally releasing an album (thankfully it's not loaded with old songs, like Bully's debut; "Ruby," "Percolator," and "Gatorade" are the only tracks already released). Does anyone else prefer the Audiotree Live version of "Percolator"? I love her yelp in the beginning.
― Handsome Bookor, Thursday, 16 March 2017 16:20 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elL0ktbhhnM
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 April 2017 16:04 (seven years ago) link
Great song and love the video for it. "Black Hole" is "Bad Box" on their audiotree live performance for those interested.
― Handsome Bookor, Friday, 7 April 2017 21:34 (seven years ago) link
this band seems great
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 13:21 (seven years ago) link
Guppy streaming now at NPR.
http://www.npr.org/2017/04/13/523437524/first-listen-charly-bliss-guppy
― Handsome Bookor, Thursday, 13 April 2017 13:30 (seven years ago) link
omg
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 April 2017 13:31 (seven years ago) link
oh yeah this is precisely as good as i expected it to be
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 April 2017 14:16 (seven years ago) link
yeah this totally rules, hooks for days
― devvvine, Thursday, 13 April 2017 14:31 (seven years ago) link
mentioning belly made me very curious.
― Nourry, Thursday, 13 April 2017 15:09 (seven years ago) link
This is everything I wanted it to be <333
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 15 April 2017 02:16 (seven years ago) link
unsurprisingly I love this album, but it is way more like kay hanley than tanya donelly, both in sound and songwriting
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 15 April 2017 03:00 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, there's nothing Belly-ish about this at all. I like it more than I ever liked Letter to Cleo, though.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 15 April 2017 03:29 (seven years ago) link
I'm not sure why they re-recorded "Ruby." I mean, it's about 99% the same, but the tiny differences are throwing me off.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 15 April 2017 03:33 (seven years ago) link
btw the answer to who her voice reminds you of is mz moxy, or at least it is for me
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 15 April 2017 03:42 (seven years ago) link
This album is a miracle
And yeah I hear Letters to Cleo here more than anyone else, but they never made an album this consistently good
― bunny slopes, Saturday, 15 April 2017 06:13 (seven years ago) link
"DQ" is so killer
― Handsome Bookor, Saturday, 15 April 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
Of the songs posted itt, I quite like "Glitter." The rest are somewhere between "yeah, this is catchy" and "but did I really need another Letters to Cleo record?" Still, I'll check out the album. Hoping "Glitter" isn't the only track with synths on it.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Saturday, 15 April 2017 21:41 (seven years ago) link
it's not! did....did you not need another letters to cleo record?
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 April 2017 23:36 (seven years ago) link
I liked LtC, but I haven't touched their 90s records in years.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Saturday, 15 April 2017 23:44 (seven years ago) link
I mean we just DID get another letters to cleo record also
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Sunday, 16 April 2017 02:59 (seven years ago) link
and that's not counting Weaponize or either of the Palmdale EPs
yeah also that!
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 April 2017 03:43 (seven years ago) link
Can't stop playing this album. Definitely my favorite of the year so far. Torn between "DQ" and "Glitter" as the best song on it.
― Handsome Bookor, Thursday, 20 April 2017 21:17 (seven years ago) link
i really like the rerecording of "ruby" and generally how much synth they layered over this thing
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 20 April 2017 21:24 (seven years ago) link
I came around to the new "Ruby"; took some getting used to. Was listening to the A Lot to Say and Soft Serve EPs today and realized just how much progress they've made with Guppy (really glad Eva takes lead vocals on all 10 tracks).
Also, she's quickly becoming one of my favorite lyricists. So funny, bizarre, and self-deprecative, but not in a classically emo tear-yourself-down kinda way. So many quotables on this record, but the opening lines of "DQ" are my favorite: "I laughed when your dog died/it's cruel, but it's true/take me back, kiss my soft side/does he love me most now that his dog is toast?"
― Handsome Bookor, Thursday, 20 April 2017 21:57 (seven years ago) link
katherine this is great! http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23085-guppy/
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 21 April 2017 11:51 (seven years ago) link
Doesn't sound like them particularly but something reminds me of The Blake Babies.
― yugi ex, Friday, 21 April 2017 18:38 (seven years ago) link
I made a post in this thread yesterday giving Katherine a hi-five for namedropping Stretch Princess in 2017, but it disappeared. I can't let that acknowledgement go unappreciated though, so I'm posting it again.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 22 April 2017 12:46 (seven years ago) link
"jawbreaker soundtrack" could be swapped out for "she's all that soundtrack" or really just like any soundtrack between 1995-2005
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Sunday, 23 April 2017 19:11 (seven years ago) link
Love this album.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 23 April 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
this is great, they totally get that the best of this stuff was about hard rock as much as it was about hooks
― call all destroyer, Monday, 24 April 2017 14:59 (seven years ago) link
ennhhh, not especially
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Monday, 24 April 2017 18:01 (seven years ago) link
I want to like this so much. They kind of have "Erica band" written all over them and yet I find her voice so awful and grating that I can't listen to any of it beyound a couple seconds. :/
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 24 April 2017 20:27 (seven years ago) link
this is a total sugar rush
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 12:50 (six years ago) link
seeing them tonight. this album is so catchy.
― geoffreyess, Friday, 12 May 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
Eva Hendricks last night: "Do you guys love the song "Minneapolis" by that dog.?"
― geoffreyess, Saturday, 13 May 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
Hey, I like this record.
It looks like some other old person beat me to the that dog comparison, but it's accurate. These are some catchy songs, and toadilly unique vocals.
Charly Bliss are a dynamite act!!!
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
i'm not old enough to remember it from the 90s but when i was in college my roommate and i watched every spike jonze music video :)
lovin the album btw. it's almost slight in its hyper-focused aesthetic, but perfecting the micro-est of pop micro-genres is the noblest pursuit imo
― flopson, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9DEK9mNVRU
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 14:52 (six years ago) link
^^the song that hooked me initially
― geoffreyess, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 20:23 (six years ago) link
That's definitely Camp Crystal Lake
― Handsome Bookor, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 10:18 (six years ago) link
this album makes me so happy
― alpine static, Friday, 16 June 2017 00:31 (six years ago) link
it reminds me of Be Your Own Pet in a lot of (good) ways
― boxedjoy, Friday, 16 June 2017 07:26 (six years ago) link
Four months later and this is still my favourite album of the year. like nothing else even comes close to this for me, pretty much every song is fantastic.
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 04:49 (six years ago) link
it is very good. i've come back to it more than any other new album as well.
― you are juror number 144 and we will excuse you (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 05:00 (six years ago) link
samesies
i don't know if i will really put it at #1 at year's end, but it will be top 5 and i probably listen to it more than whatever will be ahead of it
― alpine static, Tuesday, 29 August 2017 05:39 (six years ago) link
I really hope this crushes it in the year-end album poll
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 06:04 (six years ago) link
the choruses on this are never leaving my brain these days, I wake up most days with something from this playing in my head
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 08:28 (six years ago) link
i love this album! a fun tidbit i also just learned is that the male guitarist was the voice of "dash" in the movie the incredibles
― monotony, Monday, 2 October 2017 00:09 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2GZT5f4J7U
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 13 October 2017 15:13 (six years ago) link
seeing them and wolf parade in a tiny venue on Saturday, extremely stoked
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 13 October 2017 15:18 (six years ago) link
that's a great video
would love to see WP
― niels, Sunday, 15 October 2017 08:51 (six years ago) link
This album never wears out.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 03:41 (six years ago) link
Glitter never fails to sounds absolutely magica
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 04:56 (six years ago) link
*magical
saw them last night, the listed set times were more of a lie than pizzagate and qanon combined (I'm old, live nowhere near brooklyn and work 9 to 5 so I'm probably just complaining unnecessarily) but the set itself was amazing
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 24 August 2018 14:39 (five years ago) link
I just don't get big gaps between artists playing, fair enough when you're with someone but as a regular single gig goer they are just painful. Finish the show earlier and we can all go home, or get an extra local band to play a set. Old and cranky I am.
― Minister of the Pillow (fionnland), Friday, 24 August 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link
But yes they put on a great show, always seem thankful to the crowds which I love
― Minister of the Pillow (fionnland), Friday, 24 August 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
few bands seem as genuinely appreciative of the attention as this band, it's v charming
― alpine static, Friday, 24 August 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
my sister saw these folks open for Death Cab the other night and I'm listening to this album now and it's good I think
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 16:59 (five years ago) link
you are a right thinking person
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
New album out on May 10th!!
https://lnk.bio/charlybliss?fbclid=IwAR0Ha37znKyFb7i3KsOh8SILR0CZfzqlQS_08Sxl1w_QxkQ4nLavmxIDfBg
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 15:13 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3yayHHmUxs
you beat me to it!!!
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 15:13 (five years ago) link
Haha, I was surprised to be the first one. Video directed by Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast. Two of my favourites!
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 15:16 (five years ago) link
Oh great another guitar band discovers synths.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 15:17 (five years ago) link
wasn't really expecting them to suddenly get into the synths but i like it, the verse reminds me a fair bit of LC!
― ufo, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 15:22 (five years ago) link
I appreciate the dedication to accurate 90s recall of the guitars to analog synth shift that happened mid decade, but tbh this song is underserved by Moogs.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 15:23 (five years ago) link
Nice
― Sam Weller, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 15:40 (five years ago) link
Just noticed that Heaven isn't on the new album. That's a shame.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 15:56 (five years ago) link
Normally, I'm all synths >>>>>>> guitars but yeah, really don't feel this applies here. Lovely melodies as usual, but so much of what made their debut great were those punchy, sparkly guitar hooks.
― Roz, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 16:03 (five years ago) link
Aweh I really like this!
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 16:39 (five years ago) link
I hate to be a "I miss the guitars" guy but I miss the guitars
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 16:43 (five years ago) link
i assume y'all will get some of what you want on the actual record
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:15 (five years ago) link
yeah, i expect this track will fit better into an album compared to how it seems as a standalone.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:16 (five years ago) link
I hope we get some more guitars. But the fact that they left Heaven off the album makes me think otherwise.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:18 (five years ago) link
i think "heaven" was written and recorded before any of the new album, is why it's standalone
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:31 (five years ago) link
they played it at the guppy release show i attended two years ago
part of team sceptical/concerned over here.Guppy was probably my most-played record of 2017 and this... reminds somewhat of Kero Kero Bonito during the snythy beginning and Carly Rae Jepsen towards the end?
And even though I absolutely love KKB and CRJ, this just isn't what I want from Charly Bliss.
― fragglerock, Thursday, 7 February 2019 01:12 (five years ago) link
I don't know, I enjoy songs with a lovely chorus and harmonies, so I like this a lot. And it does have guitars. Something for everyone.
― Sam Weller, Thursday, 7 February 2019 09:20 (five years ago) link
I don't know if this really count as "another guitar band discovers synths" -- the hooks are still there, and there's a long gap from this to landfill synthpop. also, it's great, kind of reminds me of fight like apes
― theorizing your yells (katherine), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:01 (five years ago) link
yeah i kept wanting to post “the bones of this song are good who caaares”
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:02 (five years ago) link
enh sonics matter, and despite the trad instrumentation on the last album, the sound was more distinctive. this sounds like a million other acts to me (for now, anyway)
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
maybe it's just that Eva's voice stands out to me more contrasting w/ the crunch
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:04 (five years ago) link
I mean, <i>Guppy</i> also sounded like a million other acts, they just happened to be really good ones
― theorizing your yells (katherine), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:09 (five years ago) link
And many of them were from 20 years ago.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:10 (five years ago) link
that too
― theorizing your yells (katherine), Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:11 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXrJwXRyitg
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 15:51 (five years ago) link
Why does this one suck too? I'm worried.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link
"capacity" doesn't suck wtf
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
this one doesn't suck either but i'm still adjusting to it
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 18:00 (five years ago) link
You're right. But it's not super great or anything. xp
This one for sure sucks.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 18:01 (five years ago) link
how do you tell which songs suck
― moose; squirrel (silby), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
For this band it's easy.
"Is this a song that only Charly Bliss could write?"
If the answer is yes, then hold on to your butt.
If the answer is no, then this sucks and why are they doing this??
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 18:06 (five years ago) link
feel like the great thing about this song is how the bridge completely takes over the middle of it
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 18:08 (five years ago) link
i don't think i'm a fan of this one : /
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 18:16 (five years ago) link
i like this a lot, the progression and accumulation is really satisfying
― lowercase (eric), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 18:28 (five years ago) link
can't imagine complaining about the guitars on this one, at least
― lowercase (eric), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 18:29 (five years ago) link
Here's my main gripe, and it may make sense or it may not, but apart from the songwriting itself on the first album, the thing that hooked me so deep to it is that everything they were doing just felt they were a conduit for pure crunchy pop rock energy captured from the ether. Nothing about it sounded like *work*, like these songs were birthed, fully formed and any and all fine-tuning was unnecessary. Ten perfect musical prizes.
Chatroom, especially, but Capacity as well, sound like the portal closed. They sound plotted, sculpted, and engineered to be *a sound*. And it comes through abundantly clear.
I dunno. The immediacy and impulsiveness is missing. If that makes any sense.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 18:37 (five years ago) link
They're ostensibly fine songs, well-written, etc. They don't even sound phoned-in or anything. They did a good job with them.
They just don't kick me in the guts.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 18:40 (five years ago) link
yeah I wouldn't say either song sucks exactly, I'd still rather listen to them than half the singles out this year, but there is a bit of sophomore slump to them
― theorizing your yells (katherine), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link
meh.maybe album #3 will align with my taste more again.
― fragglerock, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 22:37 (five years ago) link
album 2 isn't even out yet!!
― alpine static, Thursday, 7 March 2019 01:41 (five years ago) link
but the direction seems clear, no?
― fragglerock, Thursday, 7 March 2019 02:56 (five years ago) link
JF otm. Neither of these songs are bad, but they also sound like they could have been made by a gazillion other bands. I loved the energy of Guppy.
― Roz, Thursday, 7 March 2019 06:07 (five years ago) link
I like this band a lot but I'm not convinced the first album is as wildly original or distinctive as is being made out here.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 7 March 2019 12:21 (five years ago) link
the first album isn't wildly original at all but it did feel distinctive enough in how good it was at the particular power pop sound it was aiming for
the new songs are enjoyable enough but i agree with those that feel they don't really capture what made the debut so good
― ufo, Thursday, 7 March 2019 12:45 (five years ago) link
This band was never very original; in fact Guppy remains wildly overrated. However, "Chatroom" is ace. I love it when plain-jane indie bands swing for the pop fences like this.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 7 March 2019 13:24 (five years ago) link
Lemme ask you this: do you prefer your music made with considered precision or more of a spark of immediacy?
Despite the fact I'm a huge Def Leppard fan, I generally get more of a kick from the latter.
These songs (and this album?) seem to be the product of the former, and that's the opposite of what I found so great about them.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 March 2019 14:45 (five years ago) link
About Charly Bliss, that is.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 March 2019 14:46 (five years ago) link
Just heard the new album for the first time. First impressions are that it's not the instant classic that Guppy was, but it's a good album. They have not done a Haim on us. The guitars have not totally disappeared although it is very keyboard heavy. There aren't exactly many tracks that could fit on the debut.
I'm hoping it's like the second Alvvays album where some of the songs initially seem a bit too slight, but they end up getting stuck in my head with me eventually enjoying the album as a whole as much as I loved the debut.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 10 March 2019 06:33 (five years ago) link
Just heard the new album for the first time
h-has it leaked?
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 10 March 2019 18:39 (five years ago) link
Yeah, these new songs = not my taste at all. Still listening to "Percolator" and "Glitter" a lot, though.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Sunday, 10 March 2019 18:44 (five years ago) link
― josh az (2011nostalgia),
I have a stream of it to review.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 10 March 2019 18:50 (five years ago) link
It's extremely rare that I would get something sent this early.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 10 March 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
Both new songs are v. enjoyable.
― Sam Weller, Monday, 11 March 2019 08:35 (five years ago) link
You're a cop.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 11 March 2019 13:28 (five years ago) link
How do you do, fellow Brooklynites.
― Sam Weller, Monday, 11 March 2019 15:29 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQZdBVgkYCg&feature=youtu.be
love this new one (guitars and power pop choruses are back).
― Roz, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 15:03 (five years ago) link
that embed doesn't work so here it is again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQZdBVgkYCg
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 15:09 (five years ago) link
song kicks ass
soz thanks, don't know what went wrong there.
― Roz, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 15:10 (five years ago) link
fuck yeah, this rules
― devvvine, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 15:33 (five years ago) link
Got an advance of the new one in full. Opening track is a very smart way to start.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 03:44 (four years ago) link
I really wasn't feeling the new album that much after my first play, but now I'm five plays in I'm already as obsessed with it as I was with Guppy. The title track in particular is really hitting me hard. I love how much bolder Eva's lyrics are overall.
They're one of the best groups around.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 05:22 (four years ago) link
^^^^
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
also imo ppl spoke too soon about the sound change
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
also imo this album kicks a ton of ass
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 20:56 (four years ago) link
"hard to believe" as penultimate track is expert sequencing
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 21:13 (four years ago) link
and in time i will probably prefer this to guppy
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 21:19 (four years ago) link
<i>and in time i will probably prefer this to guppy</i>
Ok, that sounds serious
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 21:20 (four years ago) link
I will give this album a fair listen, but I'm still skeptical.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
If this were the 90s and Charly Bliss were Letters to Cleo , Guppy would be the cd still in everyone's collections (Aurora Gory Alice) and Young Enough would be the cd in every music store's used bin (Wholesale Meats and Fish).
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 22:08 (four years ago) link
"Capacity" hits a nerve for me in a very real and specific way and I've gone from being fond of it as a single by a band I really like to easily one of my favourite singles released in a long, long time - I'm very excited to listen to this album
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 22:42 (four years ago) link
i get the chorus stuck in my head a lot (often while i'm thinking about the big thief album lol)
― lowercase (eric), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 22:51 (four years ago) link
Guppy would be the cd still in everyone's collections (Aurora Gory Alice) and Young Enough would be the cd in every music store's used bin (Wholesale Meats and Fish).
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, May 8, 2019 6:08 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this seems backwards
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Thursday, 9 May 2019 00:34 (four years ago) link
Just based on the sampler tracks, this album sounds more appealing to me than Guppy, which I was never really sold on.
― o. nate, Thursday, 9 May 2019 01:02 (four years ago) link
this sounds good on first listen but i kinda doubt itll stick with me as much as guppy did
― ufo, Thursday, 9 May 2019 01:07 (four years ago) link
― american bradass (BradNelson)
I think I already do!
― kitchen person, Thursday, 9 May 2019 01:09 (four years ago) link
this album sounds more appealing to me than Guppy, which I was never really sold on.
i literally have no idea how this could be
― alpine static, Thursday, 9 May 2019 01:51 (four years ago) link
Not feeling this so much. I mean it's not bad but Guppy had a sharper production and better melodies. This is Charly Bliss taking one step forward towards accessibility.
― nostormo, Thursday, 9 May 2019 05:46 (four years ago) link
guppy was incredibly accessible though, is the thing?
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 12:41 (four years ago) link
I love how much bolder Eva's lyrics are overall.
staring at carsselling your artfeeling so sure you're waking up tomorrow
better son or daughter drunk walking homemaking the choice to be completely alone
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 12:45 (four years ago) link
lol the latter is a WAY better album!
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Thursday, 9 May 2019 12:59 (four years ago) link
Yes but this is even more friendly and poppy, with softer guitars and keyboards. Xxpost
― nostormo, Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:00 (four years ago) link
i guess but i still feel all their sharpness in stuff like "camera," "bleach," "hard to believe," etc.
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:04 (four years ago) link
"camera" is maybe the best song here besides the title track
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:05 (four years ago) link
It's a good record. But Guppy is better. First impression.i might change my mind after a few spins who knowd
― nostormo, Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:16 (four years ago) link
i think there's a strokes song that really resembles "blown to bits"
overall this album doesn't have quite the same sense of dynamics or density of hooks (but that comes with the lower tempos generally) which were part of what made the debut so good
― ufo, Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:19 (four years ago) link
OTM
― nostormo, Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:21 (four years ago) link
oh it's "all the time" of all things, they have pretty similar choruses
― ufo, Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:21 (four years ago) link
i think this record is way more dynamic than the debut
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:08 (four years ago) link
less within the songs themselves than from song-to-dog i guess, but this album has a really beautiful arc
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:09 (four years ago) link
song-to-song* lol
oh man, we're not gonna agree on this one, huh?
anyway, _for me_ it's pleasurably boring. It's okay and I get the appeal but as someone how still puts on Guppy to heighten the mood two years later, I can't see how this record would ever come close. Completely different mood, and not one I necessarily needed from Charly Bliss.
― fragglerock, Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:13 (four years ago) link
this is really bizarre to me, i guess we’re not hearing the same record!
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:14 (four years ago) link
When I listen to Guppy I hear a young band cramming a ton of interesting ideas into their songs. However for me the listening experience is a bit tiring at times. Young Enough is less fatiguing on my ears. Course I’m old so ymmv.
― o. nate, Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
just one song but “over you” doesn’t strike me as a distinct mood from guppy at all
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:19 (four years ago) link
like i don’t mean to split hairs this much but this album is a same-band-with-new-tricks situation imo and there’s v little to complain about bc the new tricks are so well integrated, plus there are plenty of guppy-style bangers
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:28 (four years ago) link
this is otm ^
it's more dynamic than guppy, less densely hooky (but still hooky), moodier and a little less one-note (although that one note on guppy was as good as it gets).
they've basically followed up an incredible debut by doing something that's really hard: make a second record that is still "them" but also incorporates some new ideas, shows a little range/ambition and points them in a direction going forward.
it's impressive! does it all add up to "better than guppy"? time will tell (but that is an insanely high bar, btw)
("under you" and "hard to believe" rule)
― alpine static, Thursday, 9 May 2019 15:48 (four years ago) link
... is "bleach" in 6/4? i love it deeply
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 23:35 (four years ago) link
the way eva's voice ascends and descends according to the synth melody is wonderful, it's like "scare u" x1000
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 23:36 (four years ago) link
This is fucking brilliant
― boxedjoy, Friday, 10 May 2019 07:13 (four years ago) link
I feel like if you loved "Guppy" because it was a great pop-punk album then this isn't the album for you but if you loved it because of the great lyrics and hooks and wanted to see them go bigger, bolder and more confident, then this is everything you could want from them
― boxedjoy, Friday, 10 May 2019 07:15 (four years ago) link
IT’S GONNA BREAK MY HEART TO SEE IT BLOWN TO BITS
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
alfred would like this record. alfred to thread
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:18 (four years ago) link
guppy is possibly the best power pop album ive ever heard but young enough is just pretty good
― ufo, Friday, 10 May 2019 15:20 (four years ago) link
you were still just a kidyou’re a beautiful boycrushing cigarettes just to prove a point
^^ my fav part of the title track rn
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
"under you" feels like a weak spot strengthened by its placement but otherwise i think i already like young enough (even) more than guppy, what a perfect progression of songs... one that cldn't fit the soft combustibility of something like "glitter", so i'm just glad we have both albums
― lowercase (eric), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:45 (four years ago) link
i do wish it wasn't so in-the-red production-wise
― lowercase (eric), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:49 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I've had this in my head a lot recently. I think this might be their best song.
― kitchen person, Friday, 10 May 2019 16:07 (four years ago) link
People make some OTT claims for Guppy considering its a pretty great piece of 90s nostalgia and that's about it, but it clearly has a fizz that this one lacks.
The production does the new one no favours, blowing the sound up like this makes everything feel that little bit emptier.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 12 May 2019 10:33 (four years ago) link
Blown To Bits is terrific though.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 12 May 2019 10:34 (four years ago) link
Guppy really was as good as this sort of thing gets for me, a step above all the 90s bands they're drawing so heavily from
― ufo, Sunday, 12 May 2019 12:21 (four years ago) link
oh my god y’all this album is better than guppy
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 12 May 2019 13:20 (four years ago) link
i mean i shared y'all's reaction when i first heard "capacity" and "chatroom" but i hear that emptiness as space and atmosphere now, plus these songs are fucking great, i think their songwriting advanced considerably
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 12 May 2019 14:06 (four years ago) link
How could I not adore an album whose sound world exists in the space between Hole’s “Awful”, Paramore’s “Daydreaming” and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Hysteric”?
The title track destroys me.
― Tim F, Sunday, 12 May 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
otm. also add, i think, some rilo kiley song that didn’t exist before this record (“camera”) and taylor swift’s “clean” (“hurt me”)
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 12 May 2019 22:20 (four years ago) link
I need to step away from this album. Wasn't enthralled the first listen and it's been diminishing returns since. Hopefully I'll get something out of it when I revisit it but for now I'm firmly in the fragglerock camp.
― Fetchboy, Sunday, 12 May 2019 22:51 (four years ago) link
But it so isnt.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 12 May 2019 23:37 (four years ago) link
I've been thinking a lot of Rilo Kiley when listening to this actually - lyrically the subject matter isnt too far removed from The Execution Of All Things on eg "Capacity", also you can kinda hear how both bands have singers who've come from a performing background and bring that precision of charisma into their performance
It also makes sense because people went off Rilo Kiley when they started realising their mainstream potential too, More Adventurous is the best RK album and also the album where they became more obviously ~refined
― boxedjoy, Monday, 13 May 2019 00:41 (four years ago) link
i mean i shared y'all's reaction when i first heard "capacity" and "chatroom" but i hear that emptiness as space and atmosphere now
yeah in hindsight "capacity" was a great intro to the album bc it in particular continually shades the space w various melodic elements & the reverberating percussive punctures; and like i feel like lesser bands wld've made the chorus of "chatroom" denser, but e.g. the way the guitar seems to shift from reflective shimmer in the chorus to center of accumulation in the bridge w/o changing tone is why it's so satisfying... if guppy feels gaseous young enough is fundamentally solid; the former is maybe more formally memorable but the addition of synths here definitely doesn't feel like just expansion, they illuminate the surfaces the songs glide across (such that the rhythmic steadiness is the point-- see the way the drums build up by switching back mid-bridge on "bleach", the friction at the whim of momentum-- & also why the great pacing is esp notable). idk i think it's really impressive how they're going for something so different while still being recognizably themselves, altho it also means "this is better than that" is a hard sell
― lowercase (eric), Monday, 13 May 2019 02:00 (four years ago) link
the new album does make a couple songs on guppy feel a little aimless to me
― lowercase (eric), Monday, 13 May 2019 02:01 (four years ago) link
(well a softer word than aimless... a little less aimful, in comparison)
― lowercase (eric), Monday, 13 May 2019 02:19 (four years ago) link
this does the same thing the first album did: nice opening run of tracks, then gentle slump into mediocrity
it's decent music but no better imo. if you put the start of this album with the end of the beths album you'd have a decent 90s pop album
it seems insane to claim this is the best pop-rock/powerpop going but instead of providing loads of things i prefer i'll leave you all to it *shrug*
― imago, Monday, 13 May 2019 08:25 (four years ago) link
just provide like 3
― alpine static, Monday, 13 May 2019 09:32 (four years ago) link
speedy ortiz - foil deer for absolute starters
― imago, Monday, 13 May 2019 09:33 (four years ago) link
trust fund - bringing the backlinedoes mitski count? yessad13's solo albummike krol?
― imago, Monday, 13 May 2019 09:41 (four years ago) link
pup!
― imago, Monday, 13 May 2019 09:50 (four years ago) link
p much all of those records have nothing to do with this one besides being superficially more complicated
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 13 May 2019 11:53 (four years ago) link
the pup record’s songwriting isn’t this strong
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 13 May 2019 11:54 (four years ago) link
lol i need to wait til i'm not tired before commenting ig
― lowercase (eric), Monday, 13 May 2019 11:58 (four years ago) link
anyway the only comparison itt that might make me want to listen to something else instead is bc nothing touches taylor swift's best song
― lowercase (eric), Monday, 13 May 2019 12:01 (four years ago) link
lol i was reaching a little for that comparison point. “hurt me” still sounds like a t. swift song though
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 13 May 2019 12:07 (four years ago) link
Young Enough makes me madder every time I play it. This is the final time. Y'all enjoy, but if anyone says it's objectively better than Guppy I'm cursing your family.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 13 May 2019 14:08 (four years ago) link
I think this is probably a lot like how I felt about Last Splash vs Pod.
― o. nate, Monday, 13 May 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
it’s objectively better than guppy
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 13 May 2019 14:29 (four years ago) link
imagine being mad at this record
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 13 May 2019 14:30 (four years ago) link
imagine being mad
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Monday, 13 May 2019 14:54 (four years ago) link
I definitely do prefer Young Enough to Guppy already. It kind of reminds me of how I felt about the second Japanese Breakfast album (which ended up as my favourite album of 2017). Everything feels so much bolder, especially with how Michelle and Eva get more personal using the music to talk about recent traumatic experiences (Michelle losing her mum and Eva coming out of a terrible relationship). They're both very cathartic and moving records in that way. Even though they both have more polished production, the hooks and songwriting are still very much there and sound like a natural development of what made the debuts so strong. It's no surprise that they're buddies with Michelle directing the Capacity video.
Right now, Young Enough is my album of the year. I really didn't see that coming after the singles and my first couple of plays of the album.
― kitchen person, Monday, 13 May 2019 14:56 (four years ago) link
Charly Bliss aren't very original as a band and probably never will be, but within the borders of the power pop/indie genre they are quite good at what they do.
Maybe the debut is better than the new one, maybe not. The differences aren't that big.It is (and will probably always be for this band) more or less more of the same thing.
― nostormo, Monday, 13 May 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
one thing is for sure is there is music involved and you can definitely hear it with ears
― alpine static, Monday, 13 May 2019 19:26 (four years ago) link
On first listen, I'm kind of in love with it.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Monday, 13 May 2019 21:07 (four years ago) link
No idea if or when I'll prefer this to Guppy but so far loving the hooks, phonetically and otherwise. Shades of Joe Pernice at his "fell over ourselves all summer" peak.
― geoffreyess, Monday, 13 May 2019 22:53 (four years ago) link
the best love songs are about self-abnegation so tbh "Under You" totally rules
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Monday, 13 May 2019 23:07 (four years ago) link
think my favourites here are "camera", "chatroom" and "hard to believe", still a really solid & enjoyable album
― ufo, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 05:01 (four years ago) link
couple of spins and this is good, not sure yet if it's better than Guppy but there are some moments that suggest it could be. Title track is gorgeous and heartbreaking, also really liking "Camera" and "Hurt Me".
― Roz, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 05:52 (four years ago) link
oh god, i adore this, hooks are just heart bursting. best compliment i can give is that it's the only thing recently that's managed to tear me away from the go-betweens. these first two records are an incredible feat.
― devvvine, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 13:05 (four years ago) link
i didn't connect with the songs they prereleased individually but i am in love with this album and how it's sequenced. "blown to bits" is an incredible opener.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 16 May 2019 02:53 (four years ago) link
I've been listening to this on my commutes and it is simply fabulous. Gigantic hooks, smart lyrics, slick production. One of those albums where I'm looking forward to my next chance to crank it.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 16 May 2019 04:01 (four years ago) link
This feels like a good-to-great pop record that's really hamstrung by the laziness and obviousness of its production choices. Like, I find myself weirdly resentful of the way synths are used on records like this, like they're just there to add ballast and when you get to the end of the record you realise you haven't heard a single interesting or distinctive sound. Everything's blown up to such an extent that the record feels flat rather than big.
Also like a lot of bands who feel more about energy and momentum rather than rhythm it feels like they struggle to keep things interesting when the tempo drops a little bit. Like a song like Young Enough could really work with a different approach but it feels like a big stadium song that's constructed in the way that you might build a wall, just thudding and leaden and predictable.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 18 May 2019 14:34 (four years ago) link
^
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 18 May 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link
yeah I can agree with that
― ufo, Saturday, 18 May 2019 14:45 (four years ago) link
I think I agree with that too. Great songs, so-so sound.
― Simon H., Saturday, 18 May 2019 14:58 (four years ago) link
I thought the production on this was good and suited the songs.
― o. nate, Sunday, 19 May 2019 01:56 (four years ago) link
i guess this really illuminates what kind of a music / Charly Bliss fan I am, but i think "Hard to Believe" is my favorite song here
― alpine static, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 23:47 (four years ago) link
and i love the rest of it
but
that chorus
― alpine static, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 23:50 (four years ago) link
Agreed. I think the last indie band that could write choruses like this was the New Pornographers, but I don’t think even they ever had so many good ones on one album.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 01:31 (four years ago) link
I like a lot about the new album, but there are too many instances of the campfire indie stomp thing (more than zero). Every time it crops up it takes me out of the song.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 15:30 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNneb7pj3n8
― adam, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link
i posted something like this in the Weyes Blood thread to crickets, but...
anyone hear the quick wrong note in "Hard to Believe" at 2:06/07? love that kind of stuff.
i can't stop listening to this song.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 22:02 (four years ago) link
someone actually commissioned kay hanley to review the record, which is perfect https://www.talkhouse.com/charly-bliss-flirts-with-the-brutal-truth/
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Friday, 31 May 2019 14:46 (four years ago) link
I don’t know how to review an album. It’s too much responsibility. Why did I agree to this? Argh.
lmao relatable
i love this
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 31 May 2019 14:50 (four years ago) link
Caught their show last night at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, and man was it great. This was their first time playing the big room -- they've played the much smaller adjacent tavern before -- and the energy onstage was just unbelievable. Definitely one of the best shows I've seen in the last 10 years or so. The interplay between Eva, Spencer and Dan is so energetic and infectious it's impossible to stand still while you're watching them. Can't remember the whole set list (I'm gonna be 50, gimme a break) but it included
Blown to BitsPercolatorRubyHard to BelieveHeavenChatroomDQBlack HoleYoung Enough
and five or so others. And they closed with an encore of "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers.
(I just realized last night that Eva said her first big inspiration for learning to write songs was Rilo Kiley, and both bands have former child actors in them.)
A couple of phone pics I snapped:
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― I don't get wet because I am tall and thin and I am afraid of people (Eliza D.), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 13:15 (four years ago) link
aw i love those photos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwszMAktc-M
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 17:28 (four years ago) link
Christgau's take: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3xqmj/robert-christgau-reviews-charly-bliss-young-enough
He mostly likes it except (typically) wishes it was a bit more political and not so bougie.
― o. nate, Sunday, 30 June 2019 02:41 (four years ago) link
hey so just to check in we now all agree that the new one fucking owns right? good
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Friday, 2 August 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
Nah, still hate it.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 August 2019 16:17 (four years ago) link
what's the irish phrase? git tae fuck?
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Friday, 2 August 2019 16:17 (four years ago) link
I've made peace with the fact they don't owe me another album that hits me the way Guppy did, so y'all enjoy.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 August 2019 16:19 (four years ago) link
I'm a sucker for albums about bad relationships tbqh
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Friday, 2 August 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link
I can't fault them for changing things up a bit, because they're still exceedingly competent about it. It's just not my particular bag. otoh the other big disappointment I had this year (Marina's album) comes down entirely to the fact she's become incredibly timid in her musical expression and the result is devoid of personality and risk. Charly Bliss didn't get shy. They just got more polished.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 August 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
Not a day goes by that "Capacity" isn't playing in my head at some point. And also usually "Camera."
― I don't get wet because I am tall and thin and I am afraid of people (Eliza D.), Friday, 2 August 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
"Under You" gets me right in the pit of my self-abnegating heart
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Friday, 2 August 2019 16:27 (four years ago) link
I'm pretty far removed from feeling relationship shit deeply at this point (I haven't so much as dated since 2012), so nothing about love and loss hooks me to the degree it might have in the past.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 August 2019 16:36 (four years ago) link
interesting -- not that the songs aren't about that but I wouldn't call charly bliss's core appeal their being about deep relationship shit
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Friday, 2 August 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
You're right. Not saying they really go spelunking into the deep, but silby's apparently taking that away from listens to the album.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 August 2019 16:57 (four years ago) link
did I say deep?
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Friday, 2 August 2019 16:58 (four years ago) link
"pit of my self-abnegating heart" insinuated as much. Ignore me, though!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 August 2019 17:01 (four years ago) link
The whole of this exchange is very low stakes for me, and I'm really just basing all my objections on the synths lol
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 August 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link
I mean I think it's high-impact, like cf. the two most romantic things I've seen in the movies lately are Max giving blood to Furiosa and the consensual mushroom poisoning in Phantom Thread if that gives you a sense of my brain I don't know if I think it's deep
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Friday, 2 August 2019 17:08 (four years ago) link
the synths are good they're like woomwoomwoom and then on other songs the guitars are like grangrangrang
I normally don't post on ILM lol but something like one album per year totally wrecks me and this year it's this one so I wanna yell about it
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Friday, 2 August 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link
Go off! I'm glad people still have that energy. I don't anymore, even if I'm totally into something. I've only posted a couple times on the Meernaa thread, and that's my clear 2019 fave.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 August 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
oh I meant, the core appeal seems to me like the hooks, where basically anything could be sung over them and it'd still be great; the lyrics are a bonus
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Friday, 2 August 2019 20:39 (four years ago) link
find it impossible to think of the lyrics as a "bonus" in an album like this but the world is full of different kinds of people and that's great
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Friday, 2 August 2019 20:57 (four years ago) link
at first i was indifferent, but this is a grower it seems
― nostormo, Saturday, 3 August 2019 08:17 (four years ago) link
Saw 'em in Sydney a couple of weeks back, and they were great. Feel like the newer songs have more of a kick live with a higher tempo and less emphasis on the synths. They really just sounded more like Guppy songs, and for the better. Anyway, they had great energy and seemed like they were having lots of fun.
Mr. Brightside cover was cool.
― triggercut, Saturday, 3 August 2019 09:23 (four years ago) link
I have to admit that I've warmed up to it (some more) in the last months. Now it's... fine.But yes, as Johnny Fever said, they don't owe me a Guppy 2 and that's perfectly okay.By now I'm just glad that this seems to be enjoyed by a lot of people.
― fragglerock, Sunday, 4 August 2019 13:08 (four years ago) link
new ep! https://charlybliss.bandcamp.com/album/supermoon
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 14:33 (four years ago) link
lovely news! still going back to young enough pretty regularly
― devvvine, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 14:34 (four years ago) link
and to drop it on a rare occasion i can listen at work, so thoughtful!
― devvvine, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link
fans of guppy who couldn't get down with the new lp: idk, seems like this is for you
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 14:38 (four years ago) link
how do they write so many good songs
was mid supermoon and came to post the same thing
― devvvine, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link
Niiiice!
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 16:15 (four years ago) link
Holy shit @ "Threat." I'm constantly wrestling with whether or not I was that guy in my youth, and I don't think I was to that degree, but I feel this in my bones.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link
This new E.P sounds somewhat like a bunch of Demos. Everything is quite basic, thin and...boring :(
― nostormo, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 18:53 (four years ago) link
"heaven" giving me breeders vibes.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 19:21 (four years ago) link
these songs are all pretty good except for "supermoon"
― ufo, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 20:29 (four years ago) link
ended their set tonight with a dancing on my own cover
― devvvine, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 23:11 (four years ago) link
best band in the world
― devvvine, Wednesday, November 6, 2019 3:11 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
inject it into my veins
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 7 November 2019 03:36 (four years ago) link
and yeah, the new EP is so-so but Supermoon and Heaven are great
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 7 November 2019 03:37 (four years ago) link
And when the sidewalk ripped up our frozen feetI can't protect you now if I couldn't save you thenYou were still just a kidYou're a beautiful boyCrushing cigarettes just to prove a point
― Indexed, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 15:00 (two years ago) link
Young Enough is such a great album.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 15:03 (two years ago) link
new music tomorrow, yippee skippee!
― soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Wednesday, 21 June 2023 00:28 (ten months ago) link
Great news. I saw them in April and they said the album was finished. The new material sounded really good.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 01:46 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzoS0wt7D-U
it's quite a pop move, not bad but doesn't really play to their strengths either
― ufo, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 06:40 (ten months ago) link
Hard no
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 21 June 2023 11:37 (ten months ago) link
feel like i've heard this song 50 times before, and that's just in ILX EOY singles polls
― imago, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 11:59 (ten months ago) link
don't think it's good enough to make the eoy poll really
― ufo, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 12:30 (ten months ago) link
you just wait lol
i'm talking about its slightly-superior forebears mind
― imago, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 12:33 (ten months ago) link
Hmm yeah, I don't think they played this one when I saw them. It's not great. The other songs sounded so much better, especially the emo ballad.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 14:12 (ten months ago) link
jfc why are they so terrible now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBuM5eyjXtg
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 26 October 2023 15:17 (five months ago) link
Yeah I don't like the way they've gone with these post- Young Enough tracks. To me that one was the perfect middle ground between a glossy slick sound and 4 people just playing in a room. The sonic whiz-bang cluttered production style is not doing them any favors.
― o. nate, Thursday, 26 October 2023 22:32 (five months ago) link