bloated 70s blooze-rock
phrases like that keep me from listening
― curmudgeon, Monday, 27 February 2012 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I mean, thats what this sounds like though! Theres always been that element, but they just sort of decided to go for broke with it.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 27 February 2012 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
"bloated 70s blooze-rock" is being used here in a realheadsknowthedeal.gif way I think
not listened to this enough to ascertain whether they take it to a properly good place but I think the IDEA with this band is that they dig the gold out of the mud, sorta thing
― Sylv_ebanks (DJ Mencap), Monday, 27 February 2012 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
Interviewed Ethan Miller the other week -- pretty engaging guy and he definitely has a strong sense of both what he can do as well as his bandmates. I'd say you always want to give him the benefit of the doubt.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 February 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
Oh I don't doubt the talent involved here and I definitely think everything on here is intentional, its just a question of how far they went in service of this sound.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 27 February 2012 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
I still kinda actually dig this. SPIN gave it a "Worst New Music" tag.
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
Haha I still haven't come around on The Russian Wilds as much as others and I wasn't a huge fan of Mansion Songs either. That said, I really, really dug 2018's The Alligator Bride and I still like the first two records.
Reason for the bump is a spin of the new rarities comp (Lost at Sea) they released digitally on July 3rd. Leftovers from most of their records and an abandoned Ethan Miller solo record, plus some live stuff. It's really great, their take on "Here Comes Sunshine" is among the better Dead covers I've heard lately.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 20:20 (three years ago) link
Alligator Bride was my favourite album of 2018
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 22:45 (three years ago) link
Love Alligator Bride but the Live album is still my favourite of theirs. Lost At Sea is not on spotify though :(
― incapacitant hairdresser society (rizzx), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 07:37 (three years ago) link
Hopefully it'll be back later this year. Lost at Sea isn't actually due out until December with a full roll-out (LP/CD/Digital) but they released it for pay what you want on bandcamp for just the first week of July as a "full album preview". It's great. I need to track down more of their live stuff.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 13:54 (three years ago) link
New album falls a little flat? It rushes by without much significance, hopefully it'll all come together with a few more listens
― black dice live ft. jerry garcia (rizzx), Monday, 11 October 2021 13:50 (two years ago) link
Still waiting for my copy to ship, holding off until I have a physical copy. Wonder whatever happened with the physical release of Lost at Sea, must have gotten pushed back to focus on the new album.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 11 October 2021 14:14 (two years ago) link
Every few years I think I’m gonna like this band and it always turns out that I don’t. The vocals are a big no for me.
― zacata, Monday, 11 October 2021 15:32 (two years ago) link
Vinyl delayed by a week, I heard. I've been living with it for months and I really love it. I wrote this last week, didn't realise things got so heavy with Comets (or that they almost finished a fifth album). https://thequietus.com/articles/30629-ethan-miller-comets-on-fire-howlin-rain
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 08:33 (two years ago) link