William Tyler

It is not explicit but it may be implied a regular version will follow(?); Thrill Jockey website says purple is "mail order only" version. IDK!

It is not explicit but it may be implied a regular version will follow(?); Thrill Jockey website says purple is "mail order only" version. IDK!

― Evan, Friday, April 30, 2021 4:09 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

ah goddamn...oh well

Fwiw, I've seen that with other Thrill Jockey releases they'll do a colored vinyl release first and then a standard black when that sells out.

I don't mind the color vinyl. I don't have enough high-end equipment to pretend it makes a difference for me personally.

i just don't like colored vinyl because, well idk, i like THE ACTUAL MUSIC????

sorry, i'll stop being a cynical dickhead now.

NEW WILLIAM TYLER YASSZZZ BITCHEZZZ!!!!

Colored vinyl is fine, no more likely to have a bad pressing than black these days (IME).

Thanks for the link, got a copy.

The music is there either way! Plus if all I was in it for was the MUSIC I wouldn't be buying clunky giant wax discs that only work at home with annoying and sometimes stressful to set up equipment, so I'm not going to kid myself, I am an irrational object collector hoarder and I am proud content with it.

don't get me wrong, i'm a stubborn jerk and i'm mostly making fun of myself. i pre-ordered the vinyl anydamnway lol.

There's another new William Tyler release! It's also on Spotify, so we're listening now — only one track in, but it's very "cosmic"; nice!!!

well, fuck. get well soon!

Y’all I hate this but - despite following all CDC guidelines in the last year and being fully vaccinated I received a positive Covid test this morning. Effective immediately I am canceling all my shows in the next week

— william tyler (@williamtylertn) July 23, 2021

Lost Futures is out today.

first listen now and it's very. . . eerie and haunting, but also very beautiful in spots. i really love how the recording sounds, very earthy and kind of lofi. seems like a darn good record.

hope wt is on the mend.

New album is excellent

I think it's great, I think they mesh very well together. I consider Marisa Anderson on a bit of a higher level than Tyler, but they are both great and this feels like it has elements of each of their music and a lot of stuff that feels unique to this project

vinyl is colored unfortunately but seems to be a good pressing

I'm not in love with it yet but need to listen more. Marisa has an effortless looseness and William was always among the stiffest sounding players imo, so it was interesting to hear what they came up with together.

Something Will Come gives me agita but the rest of the album is very cinematic, very comfortable, very warm. I agree that the mix of styles is obvious but I like how they mesh. Deeply enjoyable for me.

lost futures prompted me to go back to luke schneider collaboration, understand and i have to say, i will need to put this one back in regular rotation. i listened to it a bit when it was first released, but got caught up in saultmania yet again. listening to understand a bit closer now and i really am enjoying it quite a bit.

Quick note that Tyler and others have an awesome livestream show tonight, get tickets and watch!

Tonight ⚡ There is still time to get your ticket for Music for India, a special live concert to enjoy from home with @MoM_official featuring visuals by @reas & voice by Louis Chude-Sokei, joined by @SadierLae, @AmirthaKidambi, & @williamtylertn

Tickets: https://t.co/e7b06b56WV

— Gray Area (@GrayAreaorg) August 28, 2021

A couple years back I saw Tyler & Sarah Lipstate of Noveller play a show together at the Getty Center. It was a great pairing of seemingly disparate sounds and I was hoping that they would collaborate more since.

I can't keep this guy and William Howard straight in my mind

Oops I meant to post that in the other thread

I'm having lunch and watching r/place unfold and his cover of "Karussell" came on. Perfect soundtrack.

YAASSSSSSS!!!!!!

This is great. So stoked to hear his playing in this context. Pre-ordered the album before the song was half over.

luke schneider's on it too! this album's gonna be rad af.

lost futures prompted me to go back to luke schneider collaboration, understand and i have to say, i will need to put this one back in regular rotation. i listened to it a bit when it was first released, but got caught up in saultmania yet again. listening to understand a bit closer now and i really am enjoying it quite a bit.

― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Saturday, August 28, 2021 11:52 AM

in anticipation of secret stratosphere, i'm revisiting this again and i'm ready to plant my flag: understand is maybe the best thing wt has done so far.

Given the proximity of your recommendation of this to your post in the Fahey thread, Austin, I had a good feeling as to what this would sound like and... damn. Not sure how I'd missed until now. Right up my, ah, dried up gulch.

Posts with frankly appallingly striking imagery (and too many adjectives).

me and global and co. got to open for him and Marisa Anderson and he could not have been nicer

so yeah, there is definitely a kraftwerk cover on the new album.

"our favorite blue oyster cult song" ftw

wt is the f'kn man.

A couple years back we saw WT play with Noveller out in the courtyard of the Getty Center. They sounded great just winging it together and I've always hoped that they would make a record.

Yeah, that Kraftwerk cover didn't register when I saw the tracklist, but I was absolutely thrilled when I realized what that song was evolving into.

Oh this is really good. I love him overall, but nice to hear him in this live rock mode.

lol

he finishes playing "Whole New Dude" and says:

"that was a cover of a song by Rusted Root"

Stumbled across him via the mentions in the AOTY so far thread (sucker for a Kraftwerk cover). Really lovely, kosmische pedal steel reminds me a little of Raymond Richards' The Lost Art of Wandering. Huh, guess I've heard him before via Kelly Reichardt's First Cow!

new jams with mr hebden. very not bad!

Yeah I really like that. Also I see he's coming to town with his band in September, looking forward to it. I've seen him before but in more meditative mode.

Saw him with the band tonight in Chicago. I haven't heard that live album from last year, so I wasn't expecting it to be so loud and rockin', but I enjoyed it.

This live album is incredible. Dude absolutely rocks. Is the rest of his stuff like this?

Not exactly, that album is his most Rock thing. I love it too. The songs on it are mostly from his other albums, but the original versions are in general more meditative. All good tho! Impossible Truth and Modern Country are good places to start.

Yeah I'd heard of the bloke but thought he was a country singer-songrwiter type so didn't bother to check him out. I'll go diving in to see what else he's got, thanks for the recs

I think the Lost Colony EP is closest to the live album.

Impossible Truth is some great wide open desert music

also highly recommend the album he did a couple years ago with Marisa Anderson, Lost Futures

his first album Behold the Spirit is kind of forgotten now but it's great, a little more towards the Fahey side of things

his EP with Luke Schneider is gorgeous twangy ambient music, too

dude doesn't miss as far as i'm concerned

the Secret Stratosphere is a hall-of-fame live album and deserves all the praise. only wish "high anxiety" went closer to the original's length.

update on his instagram last week that he's canceling the rest of his tour to deal with a mental health crisis/alcoholism. he's always seemed like a really sweet dude, hope he gets all the help he needs.

wt 😥

cosign, don't know him personally but he just permeates good vibes. he also had covid twice.

he's got an incredibly musical mind and i have faith that his best material has yet to come to fruition. really can't help but cry at this news.

Upset to learn that he's struggling. Austin OTM that his best work is still to come

Damn, really get a lot from his music. Hope he can find his way back to health