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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?

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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

what a disaster for the croods

"gasoline" remix feat. taylor swift apparently on its way soon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ15Nq1XjRA

oh here it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twt1kEP65aw

also 3am feat. thundercat

Thanks for bringing rain to my HAIM party, T.

this song knocked me on my ass the instant I heard it… it's very very hot…and so it seems that TS's contributions are utterly unnecessary… I bet you she heard it, contacted the sisters and Reichstad (boy what a great career he's had) and pass/ag said "you know I love that song, can we do a new version with my extraneous warbling?" and a.) they probly like her and b.) she's the most popular and powerful recording artist of the past decade, and let her do it even tho any such addition is unsuitable…

ew to both of these. just made me appreciate the originals more.

thinking now that 3am by Matchbox 20 is like the worst song ever but I could totally see Danielle Haim giving it loads of gravitas and elegance

the original already has gravitas and elegance what are you talking about

Not a fan of the Taylor remix, but I don't think there's some weird-ass conspiracy theory behind Taylor being involved, they like each other a lot, from what I can tell.

they said they specifically asked taylor bc they're friends and thought she'd be able to add something to the song. that's it

that's why i had her guest on my album too tbh

Well whatever Taylor Swift added to the song, it sounds like they recorded her vocals from a zoom meeting.

catching up on their glastonbury stream from a few hours ago and they sound absolutely fantastic

chiller version of "i know alone" with a sax solo closing it out rules

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBWEa5PagRs

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weird, it works for me & we're both in aus iirc?

it's a new song "cherry flavored stomach ache", from a soundtrack