a second opinion
― Davey D, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 07:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Hrm. Can see that getting replaced down the road.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 07:22 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
which btw remind me more of Antony than anyone
― Cosmo Vitelli, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 08:35 (thirteen years ago) link
man fuck enya haters
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 02:31 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
I prefer the Sean Carey album.
― djh, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
That Allmusic review is an embarrassment.
― Strictly vote-splitting (DL), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 22:42 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
the (second) biggest seller on the billboard charts
― buzza, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 18:08 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
Sounds like Sting when he needs to poo.
― brg30, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 00:02 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
brg30 bringing the heat
― dirty deathdrone boys (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 03:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Haven't felt the urge to listen again once.
― owenf, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 11:38 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
The barista will help you in a minute, sir. There's a line.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 17:19 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
is that the fake 80s song
― The Not Liking Radiohead Awards (Turangalila), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 17:57 (thirteen years ago) link
the Jack Wagner number, yes.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 17:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I wish the tempo was double on all his songs
― calstars, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
I bet he ran out of coffee in the woods
― calstars, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 19:35 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
really feelin this album now
― just sayin, Sunday, 17 July 2011 13:05 (thirteen years ago) link
just sayin'?
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 17 July 2011 13:13 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
scratch that "beth/rest" reminds me more of bruce hornsby than a-ha
― Michael B, Monday, 25 July 2011 17:12 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
Unfortunately I googled the lyrics to "Beth/Rest."
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 July 2011 17:16 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
The opener blew me away straight off. The rest of the album sounded like shit.Played it again.Then again.Then got it.
Fucking beauty. Seriously great.
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Sunday, 14 August 2011 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Halocene is almost as good as Flipper's "The Way of the World"
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Sunday, 14 August 2011 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Red House Painter
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Sunday, 14 August 2011 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
There's a huge picture of this guy on a Bushmills billboard outside of my house, and it creeps me out a lot. I like the guy and everything, but it's pretty sleazy.
― She Got the Shakes, Sunday, 23 October 2011 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
I tried to Google image search it, but I couldn't find it. Here's another one, though:
http://sidewalkhustle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Bushmills-Since-Way-Back-Bon-Iver.jpeg
At least in the one in my neighborhood, he's wearing a Jagjaguar shirt and giving those guys some exposure.
― She Got the Shakes, Sunday, 23 October 2011 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
He probably made a decent chunk of change off that Kanye album, no?
― She Got the Shakes, Sunday, 23 October 2011 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
I like this second record just fine, but dude sucked the life out of the new Kathleen Edwards.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 24 October 2011 02:32 (twelve years ago) link
you already heard new kathleen edwards?? i thought it doesn't come out till jan?
― Mordy, Monday, 24 October 2011 02:35 (twelve years ago) link
Real ugly ad. Lazy copyrwiting and bad art direction overall. It doesn't seem like it took them longer than an hour to arrange it.
― Moka, Monday, 24 October 2011 08:22 (twelve years ago) link
Also you kind of suck at google she got shakes. If you type 'bon iver bushmills' the first images are the ones you mention:
http://www.ellenwood-ep.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Bushmills.jpg
http://jagjaguwar.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/BonIverBanner1.jpg
― Moka, Monday, 24 October 2011 08:27 (twelve years ago) link
I use Ask Jeeves
― She Got the Shakes, Monday, 24 October 2011 09:45 (twelve years ago) link
The founders of Bushmills developed a recipe that lasts. We hope to do the same with our music.
― She Got the Shakes, Monday, 24 October 2011 09:46 (twelve years ago) link