We Must Become has to be one of the most surprisingly enduring records I've heard in recent years. I didn't expect to give it more than just a cursory listen when it first came out, but I ended up just having it on repeat for weeks and I still play certain tracks on a fairly frequent basis.
― Hello, my name is Dark Chocolate Cookie (dog latin), Thursday, 4 December 2014 12:55 (nine years ago) link
^^ otm. It's in my top ten of the last ten years probably. Never expected it because his previous work was so scruffy and scrappy, but We Must Become is a stone cold classic start to finish.
Great news that he's going to make music again, was afraid he'd stick to lecturing.
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link
I just got my first Twitter follower who's not a member of my family - John Maus!
― calstars, Thursday, 4 December 2014 23:46 (nine years ago) link
just realized new gold dream by simple minds feels like a total blueprint for the john maus vibe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzMgfi9y-nc
― austinb, Sunday, 7 May 2017 05:33 (seven years ago) link
https://t.co/NebtrtwBRFAug 19th— John Maus (@JOHNMAUS) May 18, 2017
Aug 19 at moma?
― calstars, Thursday, 18 May 2017 22:15 (seven years ago) link
Hope it’s something to do with Spotify.
― the ghost of markers, Thursday, 18 May 2017 22:19 (seven years ago) link
I can sort of understand the New Gold Dream comparison in terms of the kinds of chord changes used.. I'm always thinking in terms of arrangements/sonics
― brimstead, Thursday, 18 May 2017 23:34 (seven years ago) link
when's he dropping a new album?
― dynamicinterface, Friday, 19 May 2017 00:38 (seven years ago) link
^^^^^^^^^^
― joshywinty (josh), Friday, 19 May 2017 03:37 (seven years ago) link
i think he said in an interview a few years so he wanted to have a live band for his next album
― ufo, Friday, 19 May 2017 04:41 (seven years ago) link
huh
https://youtu.be/g_WPWpo2AXU
― Dancing on the Pylons, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 19:10 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_WPWpo2AXU
― Dancing on the Pylons, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 19:11 (seven years ago) link
i hope john maus finds what he's looking for
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 19:13 (seven years ago) link
I do too. This is awesome though.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 22:59 (seven years ago) link
really liked that but I will never not call him "worthless vhs idiot john maus" in my mind
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 10 August 2017 01:10 (seven years ago) link
keep the meme alive!
― sansa riff (sarahell), Thursday, 10 August 2017 01:52 (seven years ago) link
is this guy the pretentious Ariel Pink?
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 10 August 2017 13:00 (seven years ago) link
adam what are you using the word pretentious for, is it cuz of philosophy
― ogmor, Thursday, 10 August 2017 13:05 (seven years ago) link
I'm excited.
― emil.y, Thursday, 10 August 2017 13:33 (seven years ago) link
I've been popping maus all day, would love to see him live
― ogmor, Thursday, 10 August 2017 13:36 (seven years ago) link
he is amazing imo.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 10 August 2017 13:43 (seven years ago) link
I'd basically given up on him coming back with new music, so when I say I'm excited, you'd better believe I mean I AM EXCITED.
― emil.y, Thursday, 10 August 2017 13:50 (seven years ago) link
Count me EXCITED as well
― calstars, Thursday, 10 August 2017 17:01 (seven years ago) link
"The Combine" is from the forthcoming album Screen Memories by worthless VHS idiot JOHN MAUS available October 27, 2017. Screen Memories is also a part of a career-spanning limited edition 6 LP box set being released in April 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kF2-Cr6yX4
― crüt, Tuesday, 29 August 2017 14:26 (seven years ago) link
Dear worthless VHS idiot JOHN MAUS,
It's good to have you back.
Yours,
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 29 August 2017 15:06 (seven years ago) link
I like the new one, some very nice synth solos. Compositionally and production wise, could fit in well on that Rarities disc.
― calstars, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 01:27 (seven years ago) link
Damn. He's coming to town opening for a.pink but don't want any of my money going to AP. 30 bucks for an opening act is steep.
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 31 August 2017 23:20 (seven years ago) link
^ especially steep if Maus's live set is still just him singing and shouting over his music played on an iPod.
I saw Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti years ago because Os Mutantes were opening. I thought AP was pretty good! I was impressed by how the band seemed to capture the washed-out VHS sound of his records in a live show. But this was before all the controversy and I was a few drinks in by the time he came onstage.
― crüt, Thursday, 31 August 2017 23:26 (seven years ago) link
definitely one of those acts that is great after a few drinks ... or more
― sansa riff (sarahell), Thursday, 31 August 2017 23:28 (seven years ago) link
AP music is good!! but yeah he is a garbage person
― brimstead, Thursday, 31 August 2017 23:29 (seven years ago) link
well was good, i just like the old lofi stuff mostly. crut you really should check out "the doldrums" album at least once..
i hate ap but love his music so i got a ticket, fetch :(
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 31 August 2017 23:32 (seven years ago) link
yeah I like The Doldrums!
― crüt, Thursday, 31 August 2017 23:36 (seven years ago) link
just him singing and shouting over his music played on an iPod
this sounds extremely appealing to me and is why i bought tickets earlier
― ogmor, Friday, 1 September 2017 00:17 (seven years ago) link
That was APs set up when I saw him like a decade ago. I like his music but he's a choad and has been rude to me a couple of times.
― Fetchboy, Friday, 1 September 2017 00:47 (seven years ago) link
i think maus is playing with a band now
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 1 September 2017 01:32 (seven years ago) link
maus back
― flopson, Friday, 1 September 2017 01:41 (seven years ago) link
part of me wishes ppl stopped making music like this and ppl like him and ariel pink would just die or fade into obscurity so that i could compartmentalize it in my mind, maybe eventually be nostalgic about it..... but that song is p good
― flopson, Friday, 1 September 2017 01:46 (seven years ago) link
maus' music kind of makes me nauseous and puts me in a foul mood and i like it a lot. i'm not sure what other musician does that for me
― Karl Malone, Friday, 1 September 2017 01:47 (seven years ago) link
leaked?
― calstars, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 00:19 (seven years ago) link
Yep.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 07:07 (seven years ago) link
WMBTPCOOS has to be one of the most surprisingly enduring albums that I know. I gave it, what I assumed was going to be, a cursory listen when it came out but then ended up buying the record and now I still play it quite regularly
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 10:13 (seven years ago) link
Same for me. It's a classic album imo, and it clicked right away with me.
I've only heard the new one once; not sure it will be as classic for me, but it's what he does best and I really enjoy it.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 11:19 (seven years ago) link
"Your pets will die" ;_;
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 11:20 (seven years ago) link
Touchdown is already a classic for me
― octobeard, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 04:57 (seven years ago) link
I like the ones that sound like they could have come from the b sides collection , Esp Teenage witch.
And Could there be a connection with Pink's kitchen witch?
― calstars, Monday, 25 September 2017 02:29 (six years ago) link
Latter kind of seems like a glammed up version of the former?
― calstars, Monday, 25 September 2017 02:30 (six years ago) link
Just listening to his latest, "Screen Memories" and I am really enjoying it. It feels like a guilty pleasure. Somehow it reminds me of Lansing-Dreiden as it also succeeds in recreating the new wave sound of the early eighties without aping/cloning it. Usually retro music bores me to death but this is different. He does his own thing and somehow it works. Surprised that there isn't more discussion on him around here.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
New album's great!! Probably not better than Pitiless Censors but it's definitely more well-produced
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 2 November 2017 20:20 (six years ago) link
Hell yes, new album rules. IDK if it's actually better than his last records but it's easily my favorite thing he's made.
― davey, Thursday, 2 November 2017 20:57 (six years ago) link