in honor of their great new album the neon gate, a thread for the greatest maritime canadian indie rock band of the 21st century
i so so love this band. gonna post some of my favourite songs from their past albums
mixer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFOIpOUWNk0
^probably my favorite song of theirs. lead singer nigel chapman sounds kind of like if lou reed were nova scotian, something sweetly awkward about his overannunciated delivery
dull me line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBcZbvcYGPM
dark creedence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-pEusEACt4
― flopson, Saturday, 19 October 2024 19:16 (one month ago) link
Was looking for a thread about these guys just yesterday. Everything they've put out has been great. "Feline Wave Race" is a song o' the year candidate, imo.
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Saturday, 19 October 2024 19:53 (one month ago) link
I feel like the last two albums have been a big jump for these guys. Really digging the new album with some great songs stories.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 19 October 2024 20:58 (one month ago) link
yeah the new one is incredible. ‘demons’ is a journey
― flopson, Sunday, 20 October 2024 12:49 (one month ago) link
Disappointed I'm Bad Now had a much inferior version of White Disciple. Great song, but newer version vocals too much in front, as is the bass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvI55585f2c
― You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. (hugo), Sunday, 20 October 2024 20:56 (one month ago) link
That's the original i mean.
vs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06z9zmUk6Vc
a bit puzzled by the new one, played it today but it didn't seem to have to any of the elements i liked about "snapshot"
― budo jeru, Sunday, 20 October 2024 21:03 (one month ago) link
that's all i will say about, new one just doesn't have anything for me.
so thinking i will try the first two records instead
― budo jeru, Sunday, 20 October 2024 21:11 (one month ago) link
nigel channeling dan bejar at times
― flopson, Sunday, 20 October 2024 21:11 (one month ago) link
highly recommend their cover of "when i come around"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYDRnjiZAQ
― budo jeru, Sunday, 20 October 2024 21:12 (one month ago) link
Holy shit, thanks for this thread! I haven't heard the new one yet, but I've absolutely fallen head over heels for the two previous ones. I'd seen some positive buzz for I'm Bad Now when it came out, but hadn't checked it out until this thread.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 7 November 2024 17:04 (one month ago) link
new one is AOTY contender
― flopson, Friday, 8 November 2024 03:33 (one month ago) link
I'm not sure if it was they intended it to scan the way I read it, but Thought Rock Fish Scale is a hilarious album title to me.
(at the risk of over explaining, but since it took me awhile to grok it myself, I scan it as "this album is the Fish Scale of the 'thought rock' genre")
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 21 November 2024 20:10 (two weeks ago) link
Love this album. Hope they pass through here again. Missed them last time around and I bet "Ice Grass Underpass" is a scorcher live.
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Friday, 6 December 2024 23:55 (four days ago) link