vocals were a dealbreaker for me and kept me from hearing anything that might have been astonishing underneath
Had the exact same response. I thought it might be a one-off put-on, but then I tried one of their albums and every song sounded like that!
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 10 April 2021 00:38 (three years ago) link
"Breeders doing His Name Is Alive is pretty good" - seconded!My favorite example of "4AD covering 4AD" however would be HNIA covering Unrest's "Imperial" (since that Unrest album was released in the U.K. by the 4AD imprint Guernica):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM2d68ePINo
― ernestp, Saturday, 10 April 2021 01:23 (three years ago) link
xp Not every band can have “cookie monster” vocals, you guys! :-D
― Yawnsomely Literal Cover Band (morrisp), Saturday, 10 April 2021 01:29 (three years ago) link
The singer for Big Thief does sound like a Muppet, though...
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 10 April 2021 02:00 (three years ago) link
I like almost every artist in this compilation and the choice of songs to cover but the final product is a bit disappointing. This is not a good introduction to any act here obviously. We could recommend original songs by those artists to listen to instead but something tells me it wouldn’t change minds in here.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 10 April 2021 03:08 (three years ago) link
That said: Tkay Maidza, Atlas Sound, US Girls, Aldous Harding, Helado Negro, Jenny Hval, Big Thief are all great and I wont hear otherwise.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 10 April 2021 03:13 (three years ago) link
I've become quite smitten with Dry Cleaning.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 10 April 2021 03:27 (three years ago) link
Oh yeah they are good too. Actually all of them. Even Tune-yards.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 10 April 2021 03:43 (three years ago) link
Surprised Dry Cleaning haven't warranted their own thread.
― djh, Saturday, 17 April 2021 22:33 (three years ago) link
I think they’re discussed a good bit here: best out of the current-ish crop of post-punk bands people and algorithms keep telling you to listen to
― Yawnsomely Literal Cover Band (morrisp), Saturday, 17 April 2021 22:50 (three years ago) link
dif juz seem like the ultimate 4AD band to me, though they're certainly not the best
― eisimpleir (crüt), Saturday, 17 April 2021 23:33 (three years ago) link