classic, duh
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 12:59 (sixteen years ago) link
"Good Morning Captain" goes straight to the back of my skull. "Washer" too, but in a more hypnotic, subtle way - "the sombre geometry of the repeating guitar riff" is a really fucking awesome and OTM description. "Washer" is one of the few songs on which I'll forgive the trembly emo-tenor singing. It just fucking works.
― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 14:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Saw them at ATP last weekend, they weren't helped by the cavernous venue in which they played. Still good though.
― Neil S, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 14:31 (sixteen years ago) link
That was one of the few good things in this month's OMM; ex-Arsenal star Ian Wright reveals his secret love for "Good Morning Captain."
― Marcello Carlin, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 14:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Wait, you're not kidding.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 14:38 (sixteen years ago) link
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,2080706,00.html "Surprisingly, he felt much the same way about Slint, not least because of the track's X-rated scream: 'That's how it should be, letting yourself go, to the extent that he's fucking screaming.'"
Well I never!
― Neil S, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 14:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Isn't that song about the fractious relationship between an estranged father and son?
― DJ Mencap, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 14:56 (sixteen years ago) link
*shivers*
― StanM, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 09:28 (sixteen years ago) link
What's most mesmerizing about "Good Morning, Captain" is how the lyrics are like two almost-disjoint sets, the deadpan narrative vs. achingly personal emo whisper that comes flying out of nowhere. Fucking brutal.
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 13:19 (sixteen years ago) link
And the guitars/drums/bass actually sound seasick, which is awesome.
Well, they were VERY good (album + 2 track EP + new song (not 20 minutes like in Amsterdam - other track?) ), but I'm still having trouble with the whole concept of playing full albums. Anyway, yay!
― StanM, Thursday, 24 May 2007 05:46 (sixteen years ago) link
i nominate this thread for some of the worst writing on ILM. no wonder these people no longer write about music.
― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 24 May 2007 06:11 (sixteen years ago) link
hi steve!
who's that on bass? it isn't todd cook.
― hstencil, Thursday, 24 May 2007 06:15 (sixteen years ago) link
according to (Dutch mag) Oor, it is indeed Todd Cook:
( http://www.oor.nl/deruit_concertverslagen_details.asp?id=513 )
― StanM, Thursday, 24 May 2007 06:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Britt Walford: drums/vocals/guitar Brian McMahan: vocals/guitar David Pajo: guitar Michael McMahan: guitar (yes, his brother) Todd Cook: bass
― StanM, Thursday, 24 May 2007 06:30 (sixteen years ago) link
(according to that same article, that is)
― StanM, Thursday, 24 May 2007 06:31 (sixteen years ago) link
this is definitely not todd cook:
<img src=http://bp1.blogger.com/_oDP6_P0g4gc/RlLmlr1HKoI/AAAAAAAAAWs/fxv9cL-fe4E/s1600-h/508472584_c612cac472.jpg>
― hstencil, Thursday, 24 May 2007 08:47 (sixteen years ago) link
crap, damn:
http://bp1.blogger.com/_oDP6_P0g4gc/RlLmlr1HKoI/AAAAAAAAAWs/fxv9cL-fe4E/s1600-h/508472584_c612cac472.jpg
― hstencil, Thursday, 24 May 2007 08:48 (sixteen years ago) link
wtf i hate nu ilx. go here:
that's not todd cook.
Ah. That certainly is the guy who played bass yesterday.
Does this mean that dutch journalist got it wrong? Journalists getting things wrong, I thought that was impossible? :-(
― StanM, Thursday, 24 May 2007 08:49 (sixteen years ago) link
looks like a de-bearded todd brashear:
http://www.wandwvideo.com/images/toddwrobot.jpg
wow!
― hstencil, Thursday, 24 May 2007 08:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm pretty sure that's the same guy, yes!
― StanM, Thursday, 24 May 2007 09:01 (sixteen years ago) link
There's now a bootleg of the Amsterdam show, and the final track only looks like being 10 mins, according to the tracklist.
― toby, Friday, 25 May 2007 07:57 (sixteen years ago) link
I only heard about that on some forum, by the way. Maybe they meant it felt like 20 minutes?
― StanM, Friday, 25 May 2007 08:02 (sixteen years ago) link
The instrumental part in "Washer" right after "promise me the sun will rise again..." is so fucking creepy.
― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 28 May 2007 18:37 (sixteen years ago) link
it gets all slow and heavy and GOD it is so depressing.
PRIMAVERA MUTHAFUCKAS!
― the next grozart, Monday, 28 May 2007 23:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Brussels pix
http://www.soundslike.be/pictures/?pictureID=22
― StanM, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 08:31 (sixteen years ago) link
(yes, Pajo was wearing a Lamb Of God tshirt)
― StanM, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 08:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Put this on for the first time in a few years last night, blew me away yet again, absolute classic
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 7 September 2007 11:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Whereas I listened to this for the first time a few months ago, and was just... 'meh'.
― Scik Mouthy, Friday, 7 September 2007 12:37 (sixteen years ago) link
I completely love this album, and was actually fortunate enough not to have had it played up as a total 90s indie classic (which, in any case, I really think it is, btw) before hearing it. Maybe 4 years ago, one of my older brothers (who first heard it when he was in college back in the early 90s) just put it on after I played him some Mogwai. We were talking a little bit about early 90s indie very generally, and he just kind of casually said, "oh, this is Slint, you'll probably like this." I was totally blown away.
― Mark Clemente, Friday, 7 September 2007 13:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Liked it at the time, but didn't love it. Feel the same about it now. A couple times in between, I've heard it and been blown the fuck away, but mostly it just sounds nice. Requires a specific frame of mind and kind of attention, I guess. Feel much the same way about Mogwai and Godspeed!, two of yr higher profile Slint spawn outfits.
But I totally agree w/ sundar et al about how hard it is to hear this record without experiencing a parallel rush of distaste for the huge, boring museum rock culture it seems to have generated, or at least anticipated.
― Bob Standard, Friday, 7 September 2007 15:13 (sixteen years ago) link
i bought it because of the cover photo and the intriguing band name, and grew to really love it despite later finding that it was a CLASSIC
― whatever, Saturday, 8 September 2007 15:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Tweez>>>>>>>>>>>>Spiderland to these ears.
― I know, right?, Saturday, 8 September 2007 15:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Classic. The s/t For Carnation record is just as good, if not better.
― Bill in Chicago, Monday, 10 September 2007 01:36 (sixteen years ago) link
"I MISS YOU!"
― krakow, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 11:17 (fourteen years ago) link
been listening to this a lot lately, its been the soundtrack to hanging out in my room and sulking lol
― plax (I know, right?), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 11:26 (fourteen years ago) link
It is the soundtrack to a very emotional day for me here too.
― krakow, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 11:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Most go back to this. Not listened to it since being wildly underwhelmed by the reunion shows. But just thinking about it gives me shivers. What's the one that ends with the same chord repeated for 30 seconds? Best ending in rock.
― ithappens, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 12:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Been thinking about "Good Morning Captain" the past couple of days. ILX is on my wavelength as usual.
― (: (: (: (Curt1s Stephens), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 12:54 (fourteen years ago) link
i feel bad for anyone who thinks spiderland is anything but a dud, and i have to admit i hated it for a while and then i heard the ending of good morning, captain. 'nuff said, this is a top 10 album if there ever was one.
― sandwiches, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 02:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Like Spiderland okay, though it's not a personal favorite. Some amazing moments and a great command of flow, texture, dynamics, but it's all a bit too pinched and inward-looking for my taste. Not sure what the opposite of musically "generous" is (selfish doesn't seem quite right), but whatever it is, Slint have it in spades, and I'm not a fan. Plus I kinda agree with whoever way back when that it's hard to separate Slint from their million bazillion lemon-sucking "post-rock" followers -- from Tortoise to Mogwai to Pelican. I tend to prefer bands who're willing to risk looking like douchey, glitter-encrusted bozos to those who're content to glower and scour from the Corner of Eternal Darkness.
― from alcoholism to fleshly concerns (contenderizer), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 03:05 (fourteen years ago) link
jesus christ stfu
― legit 40 (Lamp), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 03:08 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i674.photobucket.com/albums/vv105/NAPOLEONROFL/youlikethis.jpg
― Pedro Paramore (jim), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 03:12 (fourteen years ago) link
What? I don't like it. Why should I?
― from alcoholism to fleshly concerns (contenderizer), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 03:39 (fourteen years ago) link
tbf it is kind of a willfully ignant position to not be able to tell slint from mogwai from tortoise from pelican given that they all sound completely different
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 03:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I know they sound different, and I can see why the comparison seem offensive. That said, I'm not saying I can't tell one from the other. I see Slint as having kicked off a serious and lasting interest in gloomy, exploratory post-rock that's now expanded out in lots of different directions. Including Pelican probably stretches the net too far to make sense, for which I formally recant, but I often think of Tortoise, Gastr del Sol, Mogwai, GYBE! and Explosions In the Sky as the children of Slint (some more direct and others more distant). From there, it's not a huge leap to the more metallic present-day stuff -- with like Godflesh & Neurosis being at least equally influential.
― from alcoholism to fleshly concerns (contenderizer), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 04:01 (fourteen years ago) link
"...I can see why the comparison might seem offensive."
― from alcoholism to fleshly concerns (contenderizer), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 04:02 (fourteen years ago) link
If, on the other hand, the objection is to crap like "lemon-sucking 'post-rock' followers" and/or "glower and scour from The Corner of Eternal Darkness", well then yes: I should be shot.
― from alcoholism to fleshly concerns (contenderizer), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 04:04 (fourteen years ago) link