^ufo doing the work, big handclaps
will this be their "Physical Graffiti"?
― juristic person (morrisp), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
it's going to be their tusk
― ufo, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 20:25 (two years ago) link
Thank you for this, ufo! <3
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 20:35 (two years ago) link
Sorry if this has been addressed, but have they said anything about whether "Little Things/Sparrow" and "Certainty" definitely are or aren't intended for the new one?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 20:44 (two years ago) link
also thx a ton for that digging, gives me something to tide me over!
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 20:48 (two years ago) link
there was a deleted instagram post by the bassist who said they're intended for the new album but that's all
"change" is the next single apparently
― ufo, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 20:51 (two years ago) link
just listened to "change" (as I work my way down the list); nice tune. most of these are indeed quite country-ish! (the "blue lighting" vid seems to be down, btw)
― juristic person (morrisp), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 20:53 (two years ago) link
"Red Moon" is where they get all the Dead Heads on board...
― juristic person (morrisp), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 20:56 (two years ago) link
("blurred view" also down, nuts)
― juristic person (morrisp), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 20:57 (two years ago) link
they were the same full show bootleg, there aren't any other videos of those unfortunately
― ufo, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 20:58 (two years ago) link
bassist @ Copenhagen show wearing baggy day-glo magenta jumpsuit is next level
― juristic person (morrisp), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 21:05 (two years ago) link
they are 100% a hippie band, luckily that hasn't stopped them from making good music
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTIzsTv1ENY
here's the studio "change"
tour starting at the end of january, so maybe the album will be out around then, since it's set for early next year
― ufo, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 14:26 (two years ago) link
theres a 4-song single on spotify now
― class project pat (m bison), Friday, 8 October 2021 00:05 (two years ago) link
That's a grouping of the four recently-released songs.
― juristic person (morrisp), Friday, 8 October 2021 03:02 (two years ago) link
yes
― class project pat (m bison), Friday, 8 October 2021 03:20 (two years ago) link
So far I'm only seeing it on RYM, so grain of salt and all that, but they are showing the forthcoming album title as Dragon New Warm Mountain, I Believe in You. Which is interesting since it's pretty close to lyrics from Adrienne's solo track "anything":
Dragon in the new warm mountainDidn’t you believe in me?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 8 October 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
looks like some portuguese distributor leaked that, also with the detail of feb 11 release date
― ufo, Friday, 8 October 2021 20:35 (two years ago) link
I’ve had trouble getting into the latest EP. I can’t help but feel like both the songwriting and production have gotten…fuzzier? Like there was an immediacy to Masterpiece and Capacity and still to a lot of UFOF and Two Hands that feels like is getting lost. But I’ll give it more chances and look forward to the double record.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 11 October 2021 13:24 (two years ago) link
the "change" single having all the previously released new singles on streaming is just a common tactic to boost streaming numbers these days fwiw
don't really think the new songs are less immediate, "change" and "certainty" are both fairly direct folk-rock tracks. "little things" is maybe 'fuzzy' in how its constantly shifting rhythms make it near-impossible to keep track of but it's also one of the best & most immediate things they've ever done. the only one of the new songs i'm not huge on is "sparrow" which is just so repetitive.
― ufo, Monday, 11 October 2021 14:01 (two years ago) link
The new material lacks the raw-nerve feel of Two Hands (not surprising, the group changes up its sound with each album); and some of the country-folk songwriting does sound more conventional than what we've been accustomed to from them... but I think these songs really will need to be heard in context of the full album.
Also – I was joking about Physical Graffiti, but I do sort of have the sense that we're hearing, say, "Custard Pie" and "By the Seaside," while "Ten Years Gone" is waiting in the wings (in the form of "Time Escaping").
― juristic person (morrisp), Monday, 11 October 2021 16:18 (two years ago) link
I also think "Red Moon" is gonna be an absolute jam
― juristic person (morrisp), Monday, 11 October 2021 16:22 (two years ago) link
the raw-nerve feel of Two Hands
"dragon" though!
― ufo, Monday, 11 October 2021 16:30 (two years ago) link
Yeah - there's yr "In My Time of Dying"
― juristic person (morrisp), Monday, 11 October 2021 16:35 (two years ago) link
I think I like "Change" the most of the new songs so far (just the studio recordings, haven't delved into the live stuff yet). It's got a magical simplicity, but the cumulative effect of the lyrics is really weighty
― J. Sam, Monday, 11 October 2021 18:04 (two years ago) link
Also I love the production--it sounds like they're playing in a circle and I'm standing in the middle
― J. Sam, Monday, 11 October 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Tuesday, October 5, 2021 5:55 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink
OTM, in the best way possible--I get warm cosmic hug vibes like the best of Hunter/Garcia
― J. Sam, Monday, 11 October 2021 18:09 (two years ago) link
I don't like it when she does the frail grandma voice.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:04 (two years ago) link
Which is a good word actually for what I don't like so much about the songs on this four-song, they sound a bit frail to me. I don't like this super lo-fi recording aesthetic, I don't think it suits them well. They sounded a lot stronger on the other releases, especially the first two. They're not bad songs or anything, but I don't love any of them.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:07 (two years ago) link
Plenty of the other new material posted above seems more promising, so yeah, I hope these are the weaker tracks/b-sides.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
I love "Certainty" and "Little Things" so much, the other two are... fine? I feel like they will work much better in the context of a double album though.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
xxxp at first, I thought you were referring to when Adrianne calls out, "That's my grandma!" – in the Red Moon house show clip.
― juristic person (morrisp), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:15 (two years ago) link
lol, no I mean that voice she does on, e.g., Change, that sounds like she's just come to the door in a babushka scarf and wasn't expecting us but it's ok if we come in and have some candied fruit
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:17 (two years ago) link
I somehow didn't notice how flat she sings before I watched this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oODr-7y3M0
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:21 (two years ago) link
guys, I hate to be the ultimate buzzkill – but I was trying to figure out which Big '80s song the "Little Things" chord progression reminded me of (something by Peter Gabriel? Bruce Hornsby?), and finally realized... it's Toto's "Africa" ;-D
― juristic person (morrisp), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:22 (two years ago) link
some Sarah Brand moments there xp
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:22 (two years ago) link
She looks/sounds a little exhausted there imo.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
africa is a jam, more bands should borrow from africa
― call all destroyer, Monday, 11 October 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
Sarah Brand comparison? I might need to have a lie down.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:30 (two years ago) link
― juristic person (morrisp), Monday, October 11, 2021 2:22 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
it is very "solsbury hill"
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:37 (two years ago) link
xp The whole band looks/sounds a little wiped out in that clip...
― juristic person (morrisp), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:38 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I thought it just looked like they were wiped out after being on the road for awhile.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link
What's that "chord" that Buck Meek seems to play so often, e.g. on the first song on that video - Shoulders - at around the 58 second mark?
― Duke, Monday, 11 October 2021 21:45 (two years ago) link
Stretching over 5 or 6 frets
― Duke, Monday, 11 October 2021 21:46 (two years ago) link
Dunno why I put the word chord in inverted commas. It'll be a chord of some kind.
― Duke, Monday, 11 October 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link
Now I've heard there was a secret chordThat Buck Meek played, and it pleased the board
― juristic person (morrisp), Monday, 11 October 2021 21:51 (two years ago) link
That so-called chord
― New Zealand, with that hottie (hardcore dilettante), Monday, 11 October 2021 23:10 (two years ago) link
I'd say he's either barring in a A major shape with his pointer finger on and then playing melodic lines off that with his remaining fingers, or he's in an alternate tuning that has necessitated a big stretch.
But judging by chords he plays later in the piece, he's in standard tuning.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 08:32 (two years ago) link
it looks like he's doing a big stretch to grab two notes that are 5 frets apart. i doubt it's a full chord.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 13:25 (two years ago) link
that note could be played on a higher string without the stretch, so i think its either easier for him to pick or he's just showing off. i think it's the latter but it's OK cuz it's subtle and he rules
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 15:56 (two years ago) link