gotta wade thru too many ilxor posts and ksh (i'm kidding! no maybe i'm not!) posts
Nothing to say except you should've known this would get a reply from me. Which doesn't mean I have anything particularly useful to say (I don't), just that I'm giving you one more post to wade through. ;-)
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 23:48 (fourteen years ago) link
The pictures in the liner notes might as well be from a Calvin Klein ad. And sweet jesus I had no idea her legs were so ridiculously long.
I'm impressed with the album after one listen. Reining in her voice and the overwrought/melodramatic moments of Ys plays to her advantage, in my opinion. She also sounds more confident and relaxed, which in turn has the songs breathing accordingly.
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 23:49 (fourteen years ago) link
album of the decade
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 23 February 2010 23:52 (fourteen years ago) link
lol
― MY RUSTIC CHURCHWARDEN PIPE TOBACCOS; WITH RED T-SHIRT OF SURF (Curt1s Stephens), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 23:57 (fourteen years ago) link
magna carta -> gutenburg -> HOOM
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 00:06 (fourteen years ago) link
too bad she couldn't have found space on this triple-disc to duet with ex-hold steady keyboardist, Fancy von Mustache.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 24 February 2010 00:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Jobriath -> Mika -> Cathedral
― joagga lousome (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 00:08 (fourteen years ago) link
What does HOOM stand for?Holy Order of MANS (Monastic New Age group most of whose members converted to Eastern Orthodoxy)
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― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 00:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Holy Order of MANS
if this revelation does not result in 1p3 feline photoshopping bacchanale I am asking for my money back
― joagga lousome (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 00:10 (fourteen years ago) link
I Love Joanna Newsom
Read true personal stories, chat & get advice, support and help from a group of 7 people who all say 'I Love Joanna Newsom'
http://www.experienceproject.com/groups/Love-Joanna-Newsom/183429
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 00:10 (fourteen years ago) link
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― M.V., Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:23 (fourteen years ago) link
...just finished listening to HOOM...my immediate impressions are varied. I don't think it's as sonically ambitious or melodically satisfying as Ys/but there are some stunning moments on this record. The songs that were previewed by Drag City, all stand-out in addition to Baby Birch, and the remarkable Go Long. Again, Newsom's lyrics shine throughout, and she continues her naturalist focus.
― tincub, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:43 (fourteen years ago) link
"all stand-out in addition to Baby Birch, and the remarkable Go Long"
funny. those are the "repetetive, boring one-line-melody" songs that i talked about before, but it seems lots of people like them.
― Zeno, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:46 (fourteen years ago) link
I find this far more melodically rich than Ys, but perhaps that is a casualty of my regarding Ys with extreme suspicion and suspended boredom for so long. I don't know.
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:06 (fourteen years ago) link
ok this is streaming on npr for the curious
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:10 (fourteen years ago) link
good intentions paving and jackrabbit are nice...she's toned down the voice a lot which i guess jibes with what i read in the interview way upthread?
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:24 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm gonna buy this and enjoy it more than ksh
ok this is streaming on npr for the curious masochistic
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:25 (fourteen years ago) link
her tryouts for the somewhat other music styles than before are the best songs on the record.(paving company,jackrabbits,soft as chalk..)
― Zeno, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:29 (fourteen years ago) link
yes am i imagining things or is there no harp on some tracks?
― by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:41 (fourteen years ago) link
iirc there is no harp on some tracks
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Listening momentarily.
― ksh, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh man, here we go. Be back in two hours.
make sure to take a bathroom break
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:49 (fourteen years ago) link
pack a sandwitch
Update @ about 10 minutes in: there's no way I'm going to listen to all two hours of this straight through.
― ksh, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:59 (fourteen years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Believe me, I'm laughing at myself.
― ksh, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:03 (fourteen years ago) link
haha. he's been broken in under 10 minutes.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:04 (fourteen years ago) link
not enough high-register warbling vocals, eh?
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:05 (fourteen years ago) link
I hear a chorus of ilxors mocking every note, and I'm waiting for a stampede of unicorns to break down the wall in front of me and smash into my computer.
― ksh, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:05 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm mocking now, and i haven't even heard a note
She's singing about daddy longlegs and I can't stop laughing. I hate all of you.
:-)
Man, I'm going to have to listen to this on a day off from ILM. I just can't concentrate. Turning on Dinosaur Jr.
― ksh, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Still my album of the year though, no lie.
― ksh, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh man, "'81" is gorgeous.
― ksh, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:11 (fourteen years ago) link
dude
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Que, find another thread to troll, I'm livebloggin'
― ksh, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:14 (fourteen years ago) link
i thought you were listening to Dinosaur
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:17 (fourteen years ago) link
http://static.funnyjunk.com/pictures/kirmit.gif
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:18 (fourteen years ago) link
What's with the livefroggin'?
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:21 (fourteen years ago) link
thinking about getting this record. waiting to see how the liveblogging goes though.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:24 (fourteen years ago) link
guess he fell asleep
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Just made it to disc two, and so far I agree with what max said upthread:
i mean this is like the simplest, easiest, most cliched thing to say about it, but it just sounds like shes "maturing as an artist." theres no dramatic shift in tone or sound, just a solidifying of her skills, like shes getting more and more comfortable with what she does.― max
― max
― ksh, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:38 (fourteen years ago) link
8:40 p.m., Feb. 23: Fell asleep listening to disc 2 of HOOM. Dreamed dreams of ethereal hussies, sinister jaggers and bandits on the king's highway.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:41 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't wait to pick up the vinylJust so I can listen at 45 rpm
― Megadeth Panel (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:47 (fourteen years ago) link
People who liked the songs on Ys but found the production a little too suffocating might like this one more; there's definitely more space.
― ksh, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:50 (fourteen years ago) link
― ksh, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:05 (1 hour ago) Permalink
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2251/2336726148_0e9f9ec9df.jpg?v=0
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 04:33 (fourteen years ago) link
hahahahahahhahaha
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 04:35 (fourteen years ago) link