if it exists/ever comes out this might be their best album
― monotony, Monday, 18 November 2019 23:51 (four years ago) link
Pretty song.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 02:31 (four years ago) link
amazing song, not too far from carpenters territory neither. sounds like a classic.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Sunday, 24 November 2019 21:35 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2O_xa8cems
good shit
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 20:00 (four years ago) link
can't say why but i bet alfred especially loves this one
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 20:02 (four years ago) link
the intro of this sounded great perking up through the dying nasty chord at the end of the Ulcerate single
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 20:08 (four years ago) link
really nice chorus
― Indexed, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 20:23 (four years ago) link
sounds like a sheryl crow joint
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 20:23 (four years ago) link
an't say why but i bet alfred especially loves this one
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, March 3, 2020
The main guitar lick's cool -- yeah, a Sheryl Crow vibe. The verses are kinda blah?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 20:28 (four years ago) link
i feel like u can tell which parts of this video were directed by a PT Anderson and which parts were directed by a HAIM
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 21:02 (four years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, March 3, 2020 bookmarkflaglink
this is accurate.
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 23:45 (four years ago) link
interesting that they are kind of accreting a great 2020 album where I'll have listened to most of the best tracks in 2019
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 00:50 (four years ago) link
that's kinda how their debut rolled out
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 15:38 (four years ago) link
This sounds more influenced by songs in Tusk like “what makes you think you’re the one” than by Sheryl Crow.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 15:41 (four years ago) link
wow yeah moka otm
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 15:44 (four years ago) link
lot of the weird fuzzy boxy disembodiedness of "the ledge" in the production
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 15:46 (four years ago) link
i’m really into this - the way it sounds, the writing, the video! danielle thumping the drums!!
so far it’s now i’m in it > the steps > hallelujah > summer girl for me, though i find something to enjoy in all of them
― monotony, Saturday, 7 March 2020 08:27 (four years ago) link
Correct ranking
― Tim F, Saturday, 7 March 2020 08:49 (four years ago) link
it is the correct order. more generally, having drifted away a little after their early singles, i’m delighted at the quality of the recent stuff.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 7 March 2020 09:39 (four years ago) link
The Steps is one of the best three or four songs they've ever recorded. It is WAY UP THERE for me.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 7 March 2020 17:17 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxQ69kBdHO4
it's even better live
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 09:55 (four years ago) link
that ruled, thanks.
agree with monotony that "Now I'm in It" is still tops though.
― Indexed, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 16:44 (four years ago) link
“Our first show ever was at canters deli in 2000 so we decided we want to play shows at different delis across America to celebrate our new record,” Haim wrote on Instagram. “We’ve never done anything like this before so let’s all get together and eat some matzo ball soup and we’ll play you some songs live. Maybe some new ones??”
Haim’s D.C. show will take place on Wednesday, March 11. The location is currently unspecified,
From a Dcist.com article
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 19:39 (four years ago) link
Not seeing an email notice, so I guess no bagels and Haim for me today
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 15:49 (four years ago) link
No matzo ball soup either
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 15:50 (four years ago) link
helluva live verson
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:42 (four years ago) link
*version even
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
It's pretty nifty how Danielle and Alana keep trading that riff off back & forth between the verses/choruses.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:47 (four years ago) link
that's a really great performance
they've now marked the three prior singles as bonus tracks on the itunes tracklisting (no other track titles yet except "the steps"), which is slightly disappointing i guess
― ufo, Thursday, 12 March 2020 10:26 (four years ago) link
Nothing off their last album did anything for me, but I love the The Steps and really like Summer Girl.
― Biden my time/Drinking her wine (PBKR), Thursday, 12 March 2020 11:10 (four years ago) link
i still think the second album was really solid and underrated and better than the debut as an album even if it didn't reach the same peaks, but if they can keep up the quality of the singles for the whole album this should surely be their best
― ufo, Thursday, 12 March 2020 11:34 (four years ago) link
Their greatest hits will be pretty ace.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 12 March 2020 15:47 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfZSgr_si4I
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 23:15 (four years ago) link
imo: jesus christ, this song
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 23:18 (four years ago) link
is that an arthur russell sample in the background or are they just evoking him really hard over some muted... miami bass drums?
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 23:22 (four years ago) link
this is dope as hell
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 23:44 (four years ago) link
wow this rules
― ufo, Thursday, 30 April 2020 00:06 (four years ago) link
Is this meant to sound like a RealAudio stream from 1998? Higher fidelity would make me like it more.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 30 April 2020 00:15 (four years ago) link
Even more pronounced Latin-freestyle nod than on "If I Could Change Your Mind"--great production on this (and yeah, at 2:46 they are undoubtedly purposefully evoking Arthur, but I doubt it's an out-and-out sample--didn't notice the cello having been in the bg earlier until that element had its Russell-y solo/iso squealy swell moment there)
Thank goodness my ears are shot so I can't find any fidelity faults with it
― call mr zbow that's my name that name again is mr zbow (Craig D.), Thursday, 30 April 2020 00:20 (four years ago) link
love this song so much
― Tim F, Thursday, 30 April 2020 01:14 (four years ago) link
I thought it might just be the youtube upload, but it sounds the same on spotify. The whole track underneath the vocals sounds extremely artifact-y—not in the "underwater" way a lot of pop leans on recently, but like a badly ripped mp3.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 30 April 2020 02:29 (four years ago) link
To listen to this after the Hayley Williams album disoriented me.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 April 2020 02:36 (four years ago) link
The production does sound lo-fi compared to what they usually sound like, but maybe it’s on purpose considering the Arthur Russell nod?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 April 2020 15:03 (four years ago) link
JF is right it’s mostly in the voice where it’s extremely noticeable, hope they clean it for the album version because the song itself is brilliant. Probably my favorite of the singles released so far, but it does sound like a badly ripped mp3
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 30 April 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
Listening to them back to back, the production on The Steps isn't noticeably any glossier, but yeah you just cannot use an Arthur Russell sample and apply their usual sheen to it. It works.
― Matt DC, Monday, 4 May 2020 10:57 (four years ago) link
That Fallon performance of "The Steps" has been scrubbed from even the diciest corners of the webz as far as I can tell.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 21 May 2020 15:44 (four years ago) link
(posted upthread March 10th)
yeah i went looking for it myself a week or so ago. what gives?
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Thursday, 21 May 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3AT7eyeJeE
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 May 2020 19:29 (four years ago) link
this album's gonna be the best
― ufo, Thursday, 21 May 2020 23:27 (four years ago) link