― Manalishi, Monday, 9 April 2007 19:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 9 April 2007 20:04 (seventeen years ago) link
His stuff with the Drive-By Truckers alone showed what a strong songwriting talent he is, but I'd never really gotten much from his albums. That could be as much or more my problem than his, but all the same I find his new one really hitting the spot. Excellent lyrics, and somewhere in there I'm getting some ... Gaslight Anthem vibes?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 16 May 2020 23:30 (four years ago) link
I could only make it through about half of it today. Somehow too earnest and righteous and sentimental or something.
― calstars, Sunday, 17 May 2020 03:21 (four years ago) link
I'm a fan, but this one's leaving me cold (so far).
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 17 May 2020 03:26 (four years ago) link
as usual he remains okay and a spotty NPR liberal hero
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 17 May 2020 03:28 (four years ago) link
Huh. Pretty harsh!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 17 May 2020 03:38 (four years ago) link
Not wowed on first listen here. My wife is a fan, and she wasn’t wowed either
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 17 May 2020 18:15 (four years ago) link
I thought it was very good, myself.
― banjoboy, Sunday, 17 May 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
NY Times interview focuses mainly on his sobriety issues and his marriage ones , but also has music aspects:
Sonically, Isbell wanted “Reunions” to be “more produced,” than its predecessors, with a sound reminiscent of bands he heard on ’80s rock radio growing up like Dire Straits, Crowded House and Squeeze. Cobb, who has produced Isbell’s last four albums, said the goal was for “it to sound bigger and slightly more polished. We used a lot of modern techniques that we’ve never touched before — crazy panning and stereo depth stuff.” Ultimately though, the changes are less a wholesale makeover than just some significant tweaks. As Cobb put it, “It’s Jason.”
― curmudgeon, Monday, 18 May 2020 17:31 (four years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/arts/music/jason-isbell-reunions.html
― curmudgeon, Monday, 18 May 2020 17:34 (four years ago) link
The sturdiest track is the one about his addictions, and like many of the sound, solid tracks I was distracted with thinking about DBT energizing them.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 May 2020 17:46 (four years ago) link
It's definitely put through the palatable to NPR sonic filter (see also: Kacey Musgraves and the like) I'll give you that.
Music nerd trivia (spinning off from the Stevie Wonder thread): Isbell boasted on twitter (which he is pretty good at!) that the entire album was recorded without using a capo. Can't speak to alternate tunings, though.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 May 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
NY Times interview focuses mainly on his sobriety issues and his marriage ones , but also has music aspects:_Sonically, Isbell wanted “Reunions” to be “more produced,” than its predecessors, with a sound reminiscent of bands he heard on ’80s rock radio growing up like Dire Straits, Crowded House and Squeeze. Cobb, who has produced Isbell’s last four albums, said the goal was for “it to sound bigger and slightly more polished. We used a lot of modern techniques that we’ve never touched before — crazy panning and stereo depth stuff.” Ultimately though, the changes are less a wholesale makeover than just some significant tweaks. As Cobb put it, “It’s Jason.”_
― calstars, Monday, 18 May 2020 19:03 (four years ago) link
Just the 400 Unit, in a room...
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 18 May 2020 19:09 (four years ago) link
...sounds like he’ll be heading “back to basics” on the next one lolJust the 400 Unit, in a room...
Would be a breach of etiquette for him to skip the obligatory divorce album which by rights should precede both the back to basics album and the inevitable covers album
god this guy is insufferable
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 18 May 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
yes you are
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 18 May 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
The time I listened to it neither the production nor the sound or songs in general were anything like those aforementioned references .
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 May 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
yeah I mean "what?" I wish it sounded like Crowed House's debut!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 May 2020 19:55 (four years ago) link
it would probably sound like (from memory) the Mitchell Froom produced Peter Case album or the like.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 May 2020 20:18 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgkeaVBf-WY
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 May 2020 20:21 (four years ago) link
was he looking for gated snare or something? idgi
― calstars, Monday, 18 May 2020 21:16 (four years ago) link
In that interview I think he specifically cited the Froom/Blake extreme panning, so ... who knows.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 May 2020 21:59 (four years ago) link
Weird being known for “extreme panning” - that’s like one of the very first things anyone who has ever recorded anything plays around with
― calstars, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 00:33 (four years ago) link