I don't hear what y'all are hearing. :(
― alpine static, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 21:41 (four years ago) link
ceg were way too slept on in general
the new one is about as great as why there are mountains and lose
― ufo, Thursday, 26 March 2020 03:21 (four years ago) link
today my favorite song is "southern cloud"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 15:47 (four years ago) link
this is like a fuckin red house painters album, that's how good it is
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 15:55 (four years ago) link
it's both so self-evidently great and also so perfect for this particular moment
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 16:26 (four years ago) link
weird how i have to play "marian" three times in a row every time i start this record
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 3 April 2020 15:44 (four years ago) link
should i start a new thread
kyle gilbride of swearin' co-produced this record???? goddamn. it sounds amazing
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 3 April 2020 15:53 (four years ago) link
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, April 3, 2020 10:44 AM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
def a strong song of the year candidate
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 3 April 2020 16:01 (four years ago) link
maybe we could get a mod to add "also Empty Country" to the thread title
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Friday, 3 April 2020 16:25 (four years ago) link
the way "southern cloud" builds in intensity is so good
― ufo, Saturday, 4 April 2020 02:09 (four years ago) link
this is easily my favorite thing that's come out this year. the attention to detail here is the gift that keeps on giving
― be the cowboy dan, Tuesday, 28 April 2020 08:45 (four years ago) link
New Empty Country album is great: https://emptycountry.bandcamp.com/album/empty-country-ii-2
"Dustine" in particular is incredible.
― kmhydex, Saturday, 4 November 2023 21:27 (eleven months ago) link
feel like CEG sort of picked up where Superchunk dropped the ball after Here's Where the Strings Come In
― reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 5 November 2023 00:36 (eleven months ago) link
idk i don't really hear much resemblance beyond the genre? ceg were much more ambitious for a start
new album is at least his second best, it's like a better version of lose
― ufo, Sunday, 5 November 2023 13:49 (eleven months ago) link
can't stop listening to this even though i don't think i've wrapped my head around it. certainly makes a lot of choices. lyrics crazy good as usual
― ivy., Monday, 6 November 2023 18:36 (eleven months ago) link
lol he said "fla" came from him failing to learn how to play "thunder road" on piano - he ended up with a really wonderful springsteen-esque piano part there and i really love the piercing harmonica part that comes in
― ufo, Monday, 6 November 2023 20:05 (eleven months ago) link
"FLA" is wonderful, I like that reading Joy Williams picked him up out of his rut. Took me a little while to wrap my head around the album too. "Lamb" and "Dustine" were early favorites, but lately I get lines from "David" and "Cool S" stuck in my head.
― kmhydex, Tuesday, 7 November 2023 05:52 (eleven months ago) link
this is def one of the indie rock albums of the year. it is really heavy, but there are plenty of gorgeous touches in the arrangements that keep it from being as relentlessly sad as the lyrics
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Monday, 13 November 2023 20:18 (eleven months ago) link