I think they're overrated. Its like they're always playing that safe 60' pop melodies through an alt ock filter. Its like pavement post s&e.
― CerebralCaustic, Thursday, 26 January 2023 15:14 (one year ago) link
"I want to see you put your hands together.I want to cross my heartI want to hope to dieI hear Kate Moss talk, she talks to meShe's looking for a new beginning everyday."
Embarrasing lyrics
― CerebralCaustic, Thursday, 26 January 2023 15:20 (one year ago) link
You can boil down literally any band to an unfair oversimplification, and then fans will counter with tons of examples that don't adhere to it. What do we accomplish in the end?
― Evan, Thursday, 26 January 2023 15:24 (one year ago) link
Even if one were to grant this as absolutely true, this would only be one of the many threads they wind through their albums. They have a lot more going on than that.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 26 January 2023 15:46 (one year ago) link
I don't understand what "safe" has to do with a melody.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 January 2023 15:48 (one year ago) link
xps In this case even the song cited as having embarrassing lyrics is a counterexample to the reason given for thinking they're overrated!
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Thursday, 26 January 2023 15:56 (one year ago) link
Just because I've been listening to a lot of I Am Not Afraid of You..., don't hear any "safe 60' pop melodies" on, say, "Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind".
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 26 January 2023 15:58 (one year ago) link
I'd suggest to accept "no lo tengo" and move on
― Evan, Thursday, 26 January 2023 16:01 (one year ago) link
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, January 26, 2023 9:48 AM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Melodies should only be composed by cats running across pianos all other melodies are safe spaces for snowflakes
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 26 January 2023 16:01 (one year ago) link
I've heard both of those things on WFMU in one day
― Evan, Thursday, 26 January 2023 16:03 (one year ago) link
In the same song, I'm willing to bet.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 January 2023 16:04 (one year ago) link
On paper an Ira Kaplan guitar solo may appear composed by frightened piano cats, and if the rest of the song is a safe 60s pop melody then we're checking all the boxes. No wonder they're WFMU's darlings
― Evan, Thursday, 26 January 2023 16:08 (one year ago) link
In other news, I just saw this yesterday, really lovely, apologies if posted already
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcxiSRg41-M
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 26 January 2023 16:12 (one year ago) link
I miss them being a neighbor in town. I currently live on the same street they were on for all those years.
― Evan, Thursday, 26 January 2023 16:15 (one year ago) link
Lovely 1959 melody there
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 January 2023 16:19 (one year ago) link
I hadn't noticed valued poster CerebralCaustic's other great contributions today or else I wouldn't have bothered to feed the troll.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 26 January 2023 16:19 (one year ago) link
cerebral and caustic!
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 January 2023 16:20 (one year ago) link
anyhooooo — good podcast w/ McNew over here! https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2023/01/25/transmissions-james-mcnew-yo-la-tengo-dump/
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 January 2023 16:22 (one year ago) link
Who was Goodkind again? All this time I thought they were band but Google doesn't turn up anything definitive?
― Chris L, Thursday, 26 January 2023 16:23 (one year ago) link
I assumed it was for fantasy writer Terry Goodkind, but I'm not sure.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 26 January 2023 16:27 (one year ago) link
Presumably also a nod to the Black Randy album title "Pass the dust, I think I'm Bowie."
― nickn, Thursday, 26 January 2023 17:49 (one year ago) link
or perhaps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgy4A7O6rQE
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 26 January 2023 19:51 (one year ago) link
^^ yeah that was my take on it
― sleeve, Thursday, 26 January 2023 20:14 (one year ago) link
YLT are kind of like GBV now where you probably can't doubt the quality of their output, it's going to sound very much like you expect it to, there are a lot of albums, they are all good, and you can be forgiven for getting slightly bored with them.
I saw YLT for the first time in 25 years a few months back and they were so great, still. But now I feel like I could go another 5 years before seeing them again.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 26 January 2023 20:43 (one year ago) link
I remembered Tom Goodkind's name popping up in New York Rocker back in the day. I still don't understand the song title.
Tom Goodkind, a longtime fixture on the New York City music scene, best known as the co-founder of The Washington Squares folk revival group, died Feb. 28, 2019, in the city after a long battle with a chronic degenerative illness. He was 65.
In recent years, Goodkind served as the conductor of the Lower Manhattan-based all-volunteer group TriBattery Pops, described as something of a contemporary spin on the traditional marching band. Earlier in his career Goodkind was instrumental in creating and/or managing such popular New York music venues as Irving Plaza, the Peppermint Lounge and Roseland.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 26 January 2023 20:45 (one year ago) link
Yeah that New York Rocker connection certainly makes more sense than my Terry Goodkind reading.
I realized I haven't seen them since Pitchfork 2006, so I'm really excited to see them again in March.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 26 January 2023 21:39 (one year ago) link
idk ylt definitely have more stylistic variety than gbv
― ufo, Thursday, 26 January 2023 22:06 (one year ago) link
i'm buying that? no la tengo
― CerebralCaustic, Thursday, 26 January 2023 22:17 (one year ago) link
Love the idea of a seven plus minute album opener from these guys, but since my preorder shipped I’m gonna save it for the first spin.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 01:19 (one year ago) link
― CerebralCaustic, Thursday, January 26, 2023 4:17 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
They’ll have the last laugh in 2-5 years, when they title an LP that
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 01:35 (one year ago) link
It’s like the YLT version of “Schmilco”
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 01:36 (one year ago) link
I started to listen to the new song but when I realized the new album is coming out Friday I stopped, so I could just take the whole thing in at once. I liked what I heard though!
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 02:05 (one year ago) link
Well I listened to the whole track and NO SPOILERS or anything but it's good. This album might be exactly what I'm in the mood for this year.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 02:11 (one year ago) link
I’ve heard the promo of the full thing, it’s the most Classic YLT album in forever
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 02:15 (one year ago) link
Well I listened to the whole track and NO SPOILERS or anything but it's good.
Lol I can’t wait to hear how the song ends
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 02:38 (one year ago) link
best YLT album since Fade (which is somehow already a decade old) and the most YLT album since I Am Not Afraid of You, at least. it's a good one.
― charlie brown from outta town (GM), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 03:54 (one year ago) link
I don't think YLT have released anything less than a very good record since James joined, at least, but hearing those two particular records cited really makes me excited for this one.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 05:38 (one year ago) link
Can't wait to listen to this.
― I can't tell if he's trolling or not (ilxor), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 08:10 (one year ago) link
starting to think crazy things like 'the new album is better than i can hear the heart beating as one'
― ufo, Friday, 10 February 2023 10:31 (one year ago) link
I can hear that heart beating as one a weird album as the years go by. A fantastic collection of songs, but it doesn't have that cohesive "great album" feel that "and then nothingess" or "electr-o-pura" has. Maybe sum this up to me inadvertently listening to it 10-times through in alphabetical order rather than its canonical track listing (when I first learnt not to pirate music). Some amazing highs in "the heart beating" (maybe the best high's they ever hit? re: we're an american band), but a few slogs in the middle section which are instant-skips.
Loving this new one so far.
Also co-sign stuff like that there being one of their best. The originals on that album are some of the best they've ever done and the covers replace the normal "yeah it's good but not great" tracks with some very fun blasts from the past.
― hrep (H.P), Friday, 10 February 2023 10:53 (one year ago) link
yeah i can hear the heart has a lot of their very best material but the sprawl doesn't really work in its favour, so that's the caveat
― ufo, Friday, 10 February 2023 11:07 (one year ago) link
is "Brain Capers" a Mott cover?
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 February 2023 11:16 (one year ago) link
this is excellent! i thought 'there's a riot going on' was pretty boring so i'm glad this is hitting me the right way
― na (NA), Friday, 10 February 2023 14:54 (one year ago) link
I’ve never liked YLT but I figured I’d give the new one a fair shot given the hype…the verse of Sinatra Drive Breakdown sounds like another song and it’s been driving me nuts…I got a brief flash of Vitalogy in my head just now and I think it’s the verse of Not For You
― zacata, Friday, 10 February 2023 16:07 (one year ago) link
the first track is more explicitly VU-indebted than I've heard from'em in years: the unchanging beat, the feedback peel at 4:35, they remind me of "Sister Ray."
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 February 2023 16:12 (one year ago) link
I had "Sinatra Drive Breakdown" on in the car yesterday, and my son — unfamiliar with YLT — said offhandedly, "Sounds like they listen to a lot of krautrock." Proud parenting moment.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 10 February 2023 16:18 (one year ago) link
aw
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 February 2023 16:19 (one year ago) link
Your son OTM
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 10 February 2023 16:28 (one year ago) link
It's going to be hard to patient for this one with all the glowing reviews. Turns out my shipping notice was just the label being printed and it hasn't been shipped yet. :/
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 February 2023 18:04 (one year ago) link
Seeing them in a week and a half, and it will be the first time ever I'm actually seeing them headline on their own (the show with Robyn Hitchcock pre-pandemic doing Black Snake Diamond Role was top notch but again, a Robyn H show). But keep in mind the last time before that was them opening for MBV...in 1992. (The subsequent music crit uber-worship of them over here for the rest of that decade often had a sense of 'we have an AMERICAN band doing REAL underground music the right way unlike all those shoegaze trendoids here or there' as I sensed it and it honestly put me off the band even casually until the mid-late 2000s, so while I may have some baggage, weirdly it actually means I'm coming in fairly fresh.)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 February 2023 18:40 (one year ago) link