fun to see you on my other music message board, simon. the quality of discourse there really makes ilx look like the fucking algonquin table in comparison
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 30 April 2021 14:12 (three years ago) link
hahaha yeah it is WILD there huh? I'm just getting the lay of the land
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 30 April 2021 14:18 (three years ago) link
it’s really nice that we don’t talk about vinyl variants constantly here
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 30 April 2021 14:19 (three years ago) link
I got drunk and listened to this last night and MAN, this album flowed beautifully. Felt very complete as an album, but Manchester Orchestra usually doesn't miss as far as album building. Every single song fits perfectly.
― hourspass, Friday, 30 April 2021 17:47 (three years ago) link
where's the other board? i wanna check it out
― alpine static, Friday, 30 April 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link
no it’s better that you don’t know
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 30 April 2021 17:54 (three years ago) link
well, it may not be quite as good as black mile to me but i'm fully obsessed with this record
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 3 May 2021 20:07 (three years ago) link
"keel timing" is such a banger and i don't think i fully recognized that before i heard the whole thing
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 3 May 2021 20:17 (three years ago) link
I feel you, Brad. I don't know if I happened to be in the right headspace for this album (Million Masks, I mean) to really resonate in me, but MAN, I've found myself drifting back to it over and over this weekend and listening to it IN ITS ENTIRETY.
― hourspass, Monday, 3 May 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link
"let it storm" -> "dinosaur" -> "obstacle" -> "way back," aka the sequence where every song seems to be even better than the last
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 3 May 2021 20:37 (three years ago) link
omg this album. the back to back of "keel timing" and "bed head"!
― Tim F, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 08:20 (three years ago) link
"obstacle" is just lovely.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 08:29 (three years ago) link
the guitar solo in "the internet"!
― Tim F, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 08:43 (three years ago) link
one of my favorite moments on the record def
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 15:57 (three years ago) link
once again playing this record and thinking "wow i sure love this record"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 16:03 (three years ago) link
first few listens to this album i would get "keel timing" stuck in my head and then it would morph into "bed head," which, the two songs are similar by design, and there are several twinned songs on this record ("dinosaur" and "obstacle" are two others imo) and even between this record and black mile ("the mistake" seems to get revived in a different register at the end of "angel of death"; "the internet" is clearly a variation on "the silence," also i think the song titles are meant to be opposites which makes me lol). i was unsure how i felt about this at first, like, shouldn't these songs have more of their own identity, but i've found that it's really drawn me in deeper to the world of the record
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 May 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
oh the verses of "annie" also seems to rhyme with "the mistake"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 May 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
i guess you'd think all these inter-song echoes would make the world of each record feel narrower but it actually makes it bigger, like the low-key mysticism people find in coincidence
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 May 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link
I can't help but long for a little more specificity in Andy's lyrics...like I would never have had any idea about the "concept" aspects were it not for extramusical interview chatter and internet speculation. mostly I hear a lot of first-person angst from a bunch of undifferentiated "characters"
ironically I think I notice this more now because he's grown so much as a vocalist
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 May 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
the concept of the album is not as huge and ranging as a black mile, it is just about contending with death afaict... it makes it less impressive(?) lyrically but some of it still really strikes me ("daddy's at the hospital / the gator finally got him")
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 May 2021 17:00 (three years ago) link
i guess i'm going through the whole discography again
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 May 2021 19:47 (three years ago) link
That's not a bad idea. Listening to Mean Everything To Nothing is good for me anytime and all the time.
― hourspass, Thursday, 6 May 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link
i’m like a virgin is a really good record but the production... isn’t amazing. very 2006 dry and brittle indie rock tones. annoyed that the acoustic tracks are mastered at a different volume than the rest of the record. i know people who still think is their best, which i think i understand... there’s this eerie open-ended feeling that persists through the second half. but it’s also just a little rickety compared to the fully-formed albums that come after it. maybe i’d feel different if i’d heard it at the time, i only got into it in the last few years
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 May 2021 22:03 (three years ago) link
i've been listening to mean everything to nothing since 2009 (i checked it out because i saw manchester orchestra open for brand new in san jose and ... didn't quite know if i liked them or not) so it's hard for me to think any new things about it. it's a really great record, production is incredible, guitar tones are perfect warm buzzes especially on "in my teeth" and they start doing that built to spill-esque overdriven dual guitar effect i love dearly on both this album and simple math. really weirdly constructed, it shifts gears about five times in the opening run and then settles into a kind of suite of gentle epics in the second half from "i can feel a hot one" to "the river." i read an interview with hull where he said he recorded the vocals when he was sick so they would sound as shredded as possible so now i can't stop thinking about that when i'm listening, thanks andy
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 7 May 2021 00:45 (three years ago) link
Surprised there's been no Pitchfork review of this yet
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 10:01 (two years ago) link
still listening to this like once a day
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 May 2021 13:27 (two years ago) link
"bed head" song of the year
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 May 2021 14:03 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj2hSxy8kbU
― groovypanda, Saturday, 22 May 2021 20:56 (two years ago) link
Really liking this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrAURfbK8Ls
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 07:58 (two years ago) link
new MO number for a DC soundtrack thingie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OMpofOS85o
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 13:48 (two years ago) link
this might be a controversial opinion but I think Million Masks is even greater record than A Black Mile to the Surface? It doesn't have highlights like "Lead, SD", but as a whole I think it flows better.
― braised cod, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 18:11 (two years ago) link
ha, I almost revived this thread to say that on recent revisit I felt an emptiness/hollowness that's difficult to put my finger on, I think it's mainly that I'm struggling to connect with the lyrics. I think by the end I'm also a little worn out by the roaring climaxes
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 18:16 (two years ago) link
i think i might agree it’s even better than the last one
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
it's unreal how good this album is
― uberweiss, Sunday, 8 August 2021 11:23 (two years ago) link
if you like this record i also recommend the new foxing
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 8 August 2021 12:12 (two years ago) link
loving that too
one year i'd like not to have the exact same year end list as you but btwn this, foxing, wolf alice, the maine & pale waves, i don't think this will be that year
― uberweiss, Sunday, 8 August 2021 13:15 (two years ago) link
"way back" is the best song ever
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:05 (two years ago) link
what the hell @ 'dinosaur' bridge
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:56 (two years ago) link
this is some trail of dead tier stuff
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 17:02 (two years ago) link
Anyone else been listening to their new EP that came out earlier this month?
Pretty good although the whole thing is very much them in subdued mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovD37YQWnkE
― groovypanda, Friday, 31 March 2023 11:54 (one year ago) link
I posted about it in this thread:it's harder now to POLL you - manchester orchestra: the million masks of god
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 3 April 2023 19:27 (one year ago) link
The rerecorded/reimagined 10th anniversary edition of Bad Book's II out today and sounding fabulous
― groovypanda, Friday, 20 October 2023 19:02 (six months ago) link