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I liked the first one a lot, completely missed the second one and find this one nice so far although I'm a bit surprised by the rave reviews/comments.
I don't hear anything fantastic (for now) after listening to the whole thing like 5 times over the weekend.
Maybe it will grow on me later and become one of the seven wonders you all hear !

'gasoline' is so beautifull

^^^ it's ridiculous

Yep that's my favourite track after a few listens. It's a really strong record all the way through though, even if you don't count the three bonus singles at the end it's still one of the year's best for me.

starting to really love this trend of bonus tracks as kind of a end credits/bonus victory lap thing on records

My favorite track is one of the bonus goodies.

"now i'm in it"? it's the best song ever

this album is played 24/7 in my apartment. i can hear it blasting through my roommates headphones while she works right now

Yup. "Now I'm In It" is max Soto-ness.

"Now I'm In It" is still tops but "3AM" is the biggest revelation for me - doesn't come off as pastiche to me at all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crZvtA9I4lY

this was a scream

really in love with the way this song briefly turns into a racket at the end

Women in Cardio pt. III

haven't got into this yet despite loving the singles - jessie ware album hogging all my bandwidth

same, same, same

This album rocks.

i agree - love it

that live performance of a couple of songs off the album upthread is such a joy to watch and listen. they are amazing.

This is so great. Had no idea until now that Cass McCombs played guitar on "The Steps" (and "Up From a Dream", for that matter).

starting to really love this trend of bonus tracks as kind of a end credits/bonus victory lap thing on records

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, June 29, 2020 8:32 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink

big ...And Carrot Rope vibes off the singles at the end sequencing

definitely need to spend more time with this -- time that i'm eager to spend fortunately -- but this has several really great tracks

"i know alone" is already probably by favorite roller-rink bass-pop track by a 'band' since the xx's "on hold," just really beautifully and sincerely done

My favorites so far are The Steps, Up From a Dream, Gasoline, and Another Try, but and the album ranges from great to at worst pretty good. It's fairly tightly focused sound-wise, but within that sound I love all the different textures and approaches they try.

finally digging into this. feel like a lot more songs are popping out at me than on the second one, though that one never really left my "i should give this some more listens!" queue.

"Up From A Dream" the first to really really get me, like a "heard it once and already the chorus is locked in my brain" kinda way.

might just be Spotify quality problems but everything is sounding just a little like a gratingly low-bandwidth MP3 to me. which kinda enhances the 90s retro feel if you squint, but clearly this is a lushly produced album so, yeah, gonna assume spotify streaming is to blame.

Production/mix is definitely weird but I don’t know if it’s spotify or a deliberate choice, considering they have the same people involved as their past two albums and I didn’t notice it before.

Heard a brief interview today w then talking abt how the first minute and a half or so of “Don’t Wanna” is a LinnDrum that just segues into a real drum and I somehow never noticed this but I love it so much

i've noticed when it changes but wouldn't have guessed that the first part was a drum machine!

i have no idea when my physical copy is getting shipped but i am excited to dig into the production of this album properly.

2 things about The Steps:

1. Danielle phrases her vocals in the bridge ("You go left...") in a manner reminiscent of Loudon Wainwright III ca. late 70s, esp. his live performances.

2. Esme's bass comes in halfway through the 2nd verse ("You won't stop it...") to play an unusual V-vi-I-I (A-B-D-D) across the I-IV-I-IV (D-G-D-G) of the guitars. I'm not really a theory guy but it's startling and gives an illusion that the song's jumping ahead of itself.

Also Danielle's drums are very reminiscent of Lindsey's on Fleetwood Mac's "What Makes You Think You're The One?"

aka the best drums ever?

I love this record. Love it.

This album is so good.

So

Good

Has anyone watched any of the live stuff they've done in the Covid era? I know they've done bits and bobs but i haven't seen any of it yet.

I've put lots of it on to listen to, but not sat in front of the screen and watched beginning to end

I watched the deli performance they released right when the album came out, highly recommended. Also watched em on Corben and Kimmel.

The Kimmel performance was great but got absolutely scrubbed without a trace from tube sites.

sorry that was Fallon not Kimmel^^^

welp, i'm wrong again... this is up (probably temporarily so act fast if you want to archive it locally):

https://vimeo.com/445932320

I haven't seen this in forever (pre-pandemic), and I didn't notice then but I'm pretty sure that's Rostam playing the 12-string with them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPIVrfnRBWw

lol?

showing up as 'video unavailable' on my end

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvaplAn25mY

this one should work?

First 20 seconds = Not Fade Away x Welcome to the Jungle?

Or, you know, Mr. Brownstone.

lol, right

it really IS gnr-lite sounding minus the vocals isn't it? i think i hate it?

it’s really bad.

had to turn it off after like 30 seconds