Really nice debut from this Philadelphia band. The usual americana influences (Dylan, Petty etc.) but with some nice guitar and keyboard drones to balance it out. The FX pedals don't drown out the rhythm section either. Anyone else heard it?
― gozer, Thursday, 17 July 2008 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
been luvin "taking the farm" and "arms like boulders". haven't heard the whole thing yet, though the rest of the EP left me pretty underwhelmed
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
My AMG mutterings
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:52 (fifteen years ago) link
given indie's crisis of confidence in itself in the 21st century, . . .
What does this mean (what crisis of confidence)?
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Poorly phrased -- when isn't it with me? -- but it's meant to address the (apparently) inevitable dying out of the 'rock and roll will change the world, MAN' belief. And if I weren't completely tired and out of my skull at work right now I'd say more.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Jordan - yeah, the EP is underwhelming considering there are only about three real songs on it. The LP is a lot more interesting, in that they let loose with the effects pedals and drones, but never in a gimmicky way. The songs have propulsive quality to them that other shoegaze bands lack.
― gozer, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Tired/out of my skull, too. I haven't felt like there was a ''music can change the world'' belief in my lifetime. Eighties music/culture forward is detached, too smart for its own good, soaked in irony, snide and adolescent. Nothing wrong with any of that, to a degree, but it isn't a ''we'll change the world'' philosophy.
Nirvana didn't think it could change the world. It didn't care.
(xp)
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:48 (fifteen years ago) link
i guess i'm mostly referring to the real songs on the ep, like "buenos aires beach" which i thought was just kinda long and not really interesting. i like the propulsiveness of "taking the farm"/"arms like boulders" and i dont remember the other ones having that kinda momentum
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:50 (fifteen years ago) link
interesting idea - worthy of its own thread methinks
x-post
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Jordan - I see your point. I've grown to really like "buenos aires beach", but the first couple of times I heard it I was annoyed from expecting a loud snare drum to kick in at the chorus that never came.
― gozer, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Hold Steady+ Wolf Parade = i like it!
― Zeno, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
i predict a 51.2% chance of them being indie darlings on their next record.
― Zeno, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
i kinda think of them as a bit too trudgy for that - like they're not quite exotic enough.
― the heart is a lonely hamster (schlump), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 21:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Good live though- I saw them at last year's Green Man and they brought the drone.
― Neil S, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 21:24 (fourteen years ago) link
the dude's solo thing is super droney
― rembrandt what (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 21:25 (fourteen years ago) link
i love "taking the farm" and "arms like boulders" unconditionally. "buenos aires beach" is awesome as well.
for real. i picked up the lp from the funny dylany ragamuffin singer guy after seeing them and was surprised that it was kinda straightforward and guitary - live they sounded kinda like suicide.
not exotic enough/modern enough or retro enough to be totally hip but who knows about these things
is it 'show me the coast'? that was pretty great live.
xp what's the guy's solo thing?
― the heart is a lonely hamster (schlump), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12953-constant-hitmaker-god-is-saying-this-to-you/
― rembrandt what (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
taking traditional american rock and combining it with spacerock is an original formula as far as i can tell.the result could be better in terms of songwriting,but between those 9 tracks are some good and enjoyable highlights, so they might develop their skills into something more constantly good in the future.
― Zeno, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link
I didn't really care about War on Drugs before, but I really like this Kurt Vile record a lot, including that song :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhDoYxvLe_U
― Jamie Harley (Snowballing), Saturday, 11 July 2009 19:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I thought this record would catch on. Surprised it didn't, cause Taking The Farm and Arms Like Boulders could both have been hits.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 11 July 2009 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
it didnt catch on cause 3-4 good songs on a record are not enough
― Zeno, Saturday, 11 July 2009 22:54 (fourteen years ago) link
otm
― dropping knowledge bombs on digital culture (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 11 July 2009 22:55 (fourteen years ago) link
The new one - which is Kurt Vile-free, if that means anything to you either way - is pretty great.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Baby Missiles is one of the best things I've heard all year.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 4 November 2010 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
diggin slave ambient
― ILX Point Never (diamonddave85), Thursday, 28 July 2011 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
kinda sounds like a shoegazey tom petty
― ILX Point Never (diamonddave85), Thursday, 28 July 2011 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
Highly anticipating this
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Thursday, 28 July 2011 03:38 (twelve years ago) link
love it.
― Cindy Mancini can ride my lawnmower anytime (thebingo), Thursday, 28 July 2011 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
fucking great album
― J0rdan S., Monday, 1 August 2011 08:19 (twelve years ago) link
shoegazey tom petty = im sold
― just sayin, Monday, 1 August 2011 08:24 (twelve years ago) link
I like this new album, but not nearly as much as the last EP. Definitely prefer the version of "Brothers," re-recorded here, on the EP. Overall, too much shoegaze, not enough Tom Petty, I guess. Maybe it's a grower.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Sunday, 7 August 2011 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
"too much shoegaze, not enough Tom Petty" = perfect, I'll love it then. (I'll be reviewing it for the AMG.)
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 7 August 2011 01:48 (twelve years ago) link
It's a solid album. I like it. Just don't love it. I loved the EP.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Sunday, 7 August 2011 01:57 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i think if i hadn't heard "brothers" or "baby missiles" (best song on the album) before i'd be revisiting it more often. still a good record. definitely jamming it next road trip.
― Moreno, Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:19 (twelve years ago) link
They seem to be going in a spacier direction, nothing as straight forward as Arms Like Boulders from Wagonwheel Blues. Is that a correct?
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
Yep.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Sunday, 7 August 2011 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
Definitely has something to it, gets more zoned out as it goes. It almost approaches Church territory at a couple of points, though I prefer their singers. I still think they're not quite a truly great band, but often a surprisingly good one.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
Secret weapon would have to be the instrumentals. All very good and VERY well sequenced throughout.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
This new album is so fantastic.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
yes
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 23 August 2011 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
^^
they probably didn't need to rehash the two songs from the EP but it's welcome to hear them all the same
― vinyl cut bro (electricsound), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
baby missles's keyboards and production sounds like born in the usa-era bruce springsteen.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 24 August 2011 02:51 (twelve years ago) link
^^^^ very otm
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 02:53 (twelve years ago) link
thought this line from the pfork review was really great
it's as if the Spiritualized and Springsteen albums filed alphabetically next to one another in your record collection had melted together on a hot August afternoon.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 24 August 2011 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
Perfectly explains my reaction to the album as well (in that I have no Springsteen album to melt).
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 04:11 (twelve years ago) link
im sure the pitchfork reviewer has a few Spoon records in between the two
― diamonddave85, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 04:16 (twelve years ago) link
i liked this better the more it went on, was not impressed at first. think this is more space rock than shoegaze however as it's pretty mellow.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 06:11 (twelve years ago) link
best night is just about perfect.
― Cindy Mancini can ride my lawnmower anytime (thebingo), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
I'm starting to hear Baby Missiles on satellite radio. In a better world it would be a hit.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:17 (twelve years ago) link
new song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBWiMAu3uII
― ciderpress, Friday, 2 June 2017 02:51 (six years ago) link
so i was listening to Lost in the Dream again today and it struck me how much it sounded of a piece with Ryan Adams' 1979. more dylan/petty phrasing obv but still.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 9 June 2017 06:11 (six years ago) link
definitely some sonic similarities (also I believe Ryan was born in 1989...)
― niels, Friday, 9 June 2017 07:44 (six years ago) link
Ryan Adams 1984 album or his 1989 album of Taylor Swift covers? Ryan Adams has been locked into Darkness on the Edge of Town production sounds for at least three albums now. His self-titled is my personal favorite.
― DavidLeeRoth, Friday, 9 June 2017 11:11 (six years ago) link
Ryan Adams' self-titled draws from similarly blatant touchstones. Bruce, Petty. War on Drugs throws in Dire Straits. .
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 9 June 2017 11:59 (six years ago) link
(Who of course owe much to Springsteen and Dylan themselves.)
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 9 June 2017 12:00 (six years ago) link
oh jeez 1989... i swear that was an actual typo lol
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 9 June 2017 16:59 (six years ago) link
New song.Somehow it sometimes feels like they just re-write the same song again and again
― nostormo, Thursday, 22 July 2021 18:22 (two years ago) link
have a much greater appreciation of the war on drugs and what they do after listening to the new john mayer album
― bezos did the dub (voodoo chili), Thursday, 22 July 2021 18:41 (two years ago) link
anyway, the closing guitar solo of the new song is very david gilmour (sounds like if "time" were in a major key)
― bezos did the dub (voodoo chili), Thursday, 22 July 2021 18:43 (two years ago) link
new single is pretty good
― nostormo, Wednesday, 15 September 2021 18:53 (two years ago) link
It is, even if it kind of sounds like every other WoD song
― calstars, Wednesday, 15 September 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
On first listen I like the sound more than the song. Glad there's no click track - drums sound great. Chorus could be hookier, but excited to hear the album. They've been consistently excellent the last decade imo.
― Indexed, Thursday, 16 September 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
They're coming to a pretty bad venue in Belgium next year & tickets are like 40-60 euros - I know they're good live, but it's a no from me.
― StanM, Thursday, 16 September 2021 18:01 (two years ago) link
thanks for the update
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 16 September 2021 18:35 (two years ago) link
Ordered this today: https://store.warnermusic.com/i-don-t-live-here-anymore-spotify-exclusive-vinyl.html
― DJI, Thursday, 16 September 2021 18:35 (two years ago) link
spotify exclusive vinyl ...?
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 16 September 2021 18:37 (two years ago) link
ikr?
― DJI, Thursday, 16 September 2021 18:44 (two years ago) link
Turn back, you Oxy Moran!
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 16 September 2021 18:50 (two years ago) link
thread is too dead, 13 days.
― bakedbeans, Saturday, 16 October 2021 20:38 (two years ago) link
I like both of the new tracks but am more of a fan of them as a live band, so far
― StanM, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
... I'm not impressed. Maybe it'll grow on me?
― StanM, Thursday, 28 October 2021 14:47 (two years ago) link
been 3 now. i like the new onehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHcR2Jb3eH0
― gman59, Thursday, 28 October 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
Singles were kinda misleading (except Change maybe)
It's a very good album.poppier, with elements of Sophisti-Pop and New Wave that makes it sound different (at long last), in a good way
― nostormo, Friday, 29 October 2021 04:14 (two years ago) link
Good album, sounds like it was written during a long tour, away from family, in the rain, with John Waite's "Missing You" on repeat.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 October 2021 16:05 (two years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, October 29, 2021
Here comes the wave. Sob Rock was just the beginning!
― poster of sparks (rogermexico.), Friday, 29 October 2021 16:18 (two years ago) link
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/29/entertainment/fetty-wap-arrested/index.html
― J. Sam, Friday, 29 October 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
FYI, this thread is on ILM and about the band
― StanM, Friday, 29 October 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
it can be both
― gman59, Friday, 29 October 2021 19:33 (two years ago) link
Sorry, maybe that was in poor taste. Not trying to dunk on Fetty Wap btw
― J. Sam, Friday, 29 October 2021 20:01 (two years ago) link
― gman59, Friday, October 29, 2021
please no
― poster of sparks (rogermexico.), Friday, 29 October 2021 20:36 (two years ago) link
No ones taking about the album ???
― calstars, Sunday, 31 October 2021 00:42 (two years ago) link
Ahhh changes > I don’t wanna
Into the great wide I don’t live here anymore open
― calstars, Sunday, 31 October 2021 00:50 (two years ago) link
why does it all sound like Mr. Mister
― StanM, Sunday, 31 October 2021 08:44 (two years ago) link
or Don Henley (or whatever slick 80s sound I'm thinking of)
― StanM, Sunday, 31 October 2021 08:46 (two years ago) link
Making Michelob Commercials to Make Music to Make Michelob Commercials To
― Hannibal Lecture (PBKR), Sunday, 31 October 2021 12:53 (two years ago) link
lol
― calstars, Sunday, 31 October 2021 13:34 (two years ago) link
Album makes me feel like Im waiting for cold cuts at the supermarket deli
― calstars, Sunday, 31 October 2021 15:29 (two years ago) link
this is much more successful at the sound he's going for than the last few, there's real dynamics and drama instead of flattening any of that out into aimless ambience like he usually has been inclined to do.
― ufo, Sunday, 31 October 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
I am hearing that this album is absolutely terrible and am afraid to listen to it
― akm, Sunday, 31 October 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
Nah, it's fine. More of the same, more or less.
I love @TheWarOnDrugs album and now I have so many more great songs for my War On Drugs + Dire Straits tribute act Narc Knopfler— Jason IsBOO (@JasonIsbell) October 29, 2021
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 31 October 2021 17:45 (two years ago) link
Shut up Jason Isbell
― calstars, Sunday, 31 October 2021 18:01 (two years ago) link
so it doesn't sound like bryan adams? because that was perpetua's take. note the only WoD album I have and have listened to was Lost in a Dream.
― akm, Sunday, 31 October 2021 18:30 (two years ago) link
it more or less sounds like that. I don't think you would confuse it for any other band.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 31 October 2021 18:35 (two years ago) link
yeah it's not a huge departure or anything, just the songwriting's a bit more focused at the expense of the ambient noodling
― ufo, Monday, 1 November 2021 11:28 (two years ago) link
i like the album. the last bit from "Old Skin" to "Occasional Rain" is everything I wanted from this new one.
could also be in a subcategory of new music that will eventually be played in CVS
― gman59, Monday, 1 November 2021 15:23 (two years ago) link
as usual with me & them... I like the live versions better - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKJ5JyuP7WY
― StanM, Saturday, 18 December 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
Robbie Bennett plays good piano & organ w Rosali (& "Crazy Horse," everybody agrees, actually David Nance Group): https://rosali.bandcamp.com/album/no-medium
― dow, Saturday, 18 December 2021 21:23 (two years ago) link
xpost yeah this take on “I don’t live here anymore” grooves hard
― poster of sparks (rogermexico.), Saturday, 18 December 2021 21:25 (two years ago) link