i don't really hear anything tying this band to arcade fire but i get hull's voice potentially being a dealbreaker
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Sunday, 27 August 2017 14:18 (eight years ago)
i regret the thread title but how could i have known that brand new would release a record this year
i like this album, it was made by ppl who understand and love rock albums.
otm
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Sunday, 27 August 2017 14:19 (eight years ago)
I was not into that brand new lp, but I've never been a fan
― seven mambas (m bison), Sunday, 27 August 2017 17:53 (eight years ago)
xxp - Fleet Foxes is what the singer's voice reminds me of.
― ArchCarrier, Sunday, 27 August 2017 19:24 (eight years ago)
i really liked the video for The Gold
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 27 August 2017 19:33 (eight years ago)
A weird album for me. I love the first three tracks and the last four, but the four in the middle don't do anything. It's like a big black hole in the middle of the album. I'll keep trying, maybe they'll grow on me.
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 28 August 2017 11:29 (eight years ago)
the silence and the grocery are just massive
― just another (diamonddave85), Thursday, 14 September 2017 13:20 (eight years ago)
i have decided the best moment is in "the grocery" is when he sings "this is the onlyyyy. WAYYYYY to go"
this, with 'there is nothing you keep, there is only a reflection' in the silence being a close 2nd
― just another (diamonddave85), Thursday, 14 September 2017 13:22 (eight years ago)
"lead, sd" is prob my favorite song of the year
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 September 2017 20:26 (eight years ago)
yeah
― Spottie, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 20:27 (eight years ago)
some of the guitar tones and the more circuitous playing on this record remind me of later red house painters/early sun kil moon
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 September 2017 20:49 (eight years ago)
I can hear that
― Spottie, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 04:56 (eight years ago)
fun show tonight, their songs are super singalongable
tigers jaw was dope too
― just another (diamonddave85), Monday, 25 September 2017 04:15 (eight years ago)
the tinny, trebly guitars/synths(?) that perk up in "Lead, SD" really remind me of the Wrens
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 25 September 2017 12:30 (eight years ago)
I just keep going back to the opening track.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 21:22 (eight years ago)
this record is a fuckin classic, top to bottom
and it keeps getting better
― alpine static, Friday, 29 June 2018 20:38 (seven years ago)
Anyone heard the demos EP yet?
― groovypanda, Friday, 29 June 2018 20:47 (seven years ago)
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6rUs44L7H_Amz_OcM1ilkksN3YIS-eMO
― alpine static, Monday, 2 July 2018 05:39 (seven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ui9umU0C2g
holy shit
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 10 January 2019 19:32 (seven years ago)
oh nice, i just re-listened to this album two days ago. holds up!
― marcos smart (Spottie), Thursday, 10 January 2019 20:48 (seven years ago)
i'm relistening to it now and yeah! it's so beautiful
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 10 January 2019 21:37 (seven years ago)
What's up with all those lyric and chord sheets?
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 10 January 2019 21:48 (seven years ago)
i think the first part of the video is from when they actually recorded it for the album
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 10 January 2019 21:52 (seven years ago)
just wanted to alert ppl who like this album to the bad books (collaboration between andy hull and kevin devine) record that's coming out soon, and also to this gorgeous new song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxc14_TnT50
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 7 June 2019 19:47 (seven years ago)
the other new songs have been cool too
― Mordy, Friday, 7 June 2019 20:07 (seven years ago)
the bad books album is INCREDIBLE
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 June 2019 13:25 (six years ago)
lol I mentioned it again on the emo thread. it's very good. the penultimate track is especially gorgeous.
― Simon H., Sunday, 16 June 2019 13:47 (six years ago)
it's the first bad books record on which their songwriting voices feel really united imo. i was a little wary of the whole album being acoustic guitar-based but the arrangements are all such slow gorgeous aches it's hard to complain. also this is a lyrical peak for both of them
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 June 2019 13:53 (six years ago)
I agree with all that. "Army" does lay it on a bit thick but it feels more or less earned by then
― Simon H., Sunday, 16 June 2019 14:15 (six years ago)
"army" has absolutely ruined my life
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 June 2019 14:47 (six years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63uaPVN0sGA
full album performance
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Saturday, 13 February 2021 17:26 (five years ago)
and it appears they're dropping a single or something on 02/18
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Saturday, 13 February 2021 17:27 (five years ago)
oh i just came here to post that live video!!!
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 15 February 2021 04:34 (five years ago)
I'm guessing from this that catherine marks will be handling their new stuff as well? a very good thing
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Monday, 15 February 2021 06:43 (five years ago)
The Million Masks of God out 04/30, single's real good
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 18 February 2021 14:28 (five years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-voZou1JllY
fucking fantastic
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 February 2021 15:32 (five years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6YUHe3ArHQ
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 26 March 2021 04:29 (five years ago)
Hull worked on the new Foxing record, right? there's some convergence going on. not complaining
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 26 March 2021 04:40 (five years ago)
these new songs...I know we say this all the time but these guys should be huge
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 26 March 2021 22:56 (five years ago)
you know what song stopped me dead in my tracks the other day, was "you wouldn't have to ask" by bad books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-KcNBY83CI
anyway I am still unbelievably stoked for this album
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Monday, 12 April 2021 18:18 (five years ago)
god "you wouldn't have to ask" is the best fucking song ever written
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 12 April 2021 19:05 (five years ago)
that great
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Monday, 12 April 2021 19:11 (five years ago)
has anyone tried mixing "keel timing" and "bed head" into one song? because I do this in my head all the time
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Sunday, 25 April 2021 18:20 (five years ago)
surprising no one, i discovered today that i've been really underrating simple math since it came out
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 25 April 2021 21:20 (five years ago)
my second fave after black mile now
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 25 April 2021 21:25 (five years ago)
MA at their most MOR? not that I'm complaining. I get pearl jam vibes on occasionI pretend it starts with "pensacola" tbh, first songs feel like a throat clearing to me
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Sunday, 25 April 2021 22:03 (five years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R4gSeY0XtY
very black mile, gorgeous song
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 14:27 (five years ago)
it's out there
holy cow "inaudible" sounds incredible
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:36 (five years ago)
heard a new song on the radio, was really good
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:45 (five years ago)
ha, I almost revived this thread to say that on recent revisit I felt an emptiness/hollowness that's difficult to put my finger on, I think it's mainly that I'm struggling to connect with the lyrics. I think by the end I'm also a little worn out by the roaring climaxes
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 18:16 (four years ago)
i think i might agree it’s even better than the last one
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 18:25 (four years ago)
it's unreal how good this album is
― uberweiss, Sunday, 8 August 2021 11:23 (four years ago)
if you like this record i also recommend the new foxing
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 8 August 2021 12:12 (four years ago)
loving that too
one year i'd like not to have the exact same year end list as you but btwn this, foxing, wolf alice, the maine & pale waves, i don't think this will be that year
― uberweiss, Sunday, 8 August 2021 13:15 (four years ago)
"way back" is the best song ever
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:05 (four years ago)
what the hell @ 'dinosaur' bridge
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:56 (four years ago)
this is some trail of dead tier stuff
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 17:02 (four years ago)
Anyone else been listening to their new EP that came out earlier this month?
Pretty good although the whole thing is very much them in subdued mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovD37YQWnkE
― groovypanda, Friday, 31 March 2023 11:54 (three years ago)
I posted about it in this thread:it's harder now to POLL you - manchester orchestra: the million masks of god
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 3 April 2023 19:27 (three years ago)
The rerecorded/reimagined 10th anniversary edition of Bad Book's II out today and sounding fabulous
― groovypanda, Friday, 20 October 2023 19:02 (two years ago)
Oh man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TluckrRd2A
― groovypanda, Sunday, 28 July 2024 18:35 (one year ago)