it sounds like you sorta are anticipating it tho
― odd future wolves GM trade them all (bernard snowy), Monday, 28 February 2011 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link
actually it no longer needs to be anticipated b/c i just preempted it outside the context of a negative review
do you see what i did there
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Monday, 28 February 2011 15:40 (thirteen years ago) link
((was gonna make another joke about the title but then I realized I had mixed up "decking" and "docking"))
― odd future wolves GM trade them all (bernard snowy), Monday, 28 February 2011 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link
i like the olympics-do-hildegard-von-bingen number
― your LiveJournal experience (schlump), Monday, 28 February 2011 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
"sapphire trans amhigh beams in vaindrive wild broncosdown the plain"
^damn
― he do the waka lyfe (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 28 February 2011 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
"high beams in rain" innit?
and yeah DJP, "estate sale sign" is the fuckin' jam (that part of me secretly hoped the whole album would sound like). the lyrics! the delivery! the drums! the strums! "EVERY MARTYR IN THIS JUNGLE / IS GONNA GET HIS WISH!!!"
― odd future wolves GM trade them all (bernard snowy), Monday, 28 February 2011 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
"Age of Kings" is fucking incredible, I am dying over the strings
― DJP, Monday, 28 February 2011 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
whole record
so great
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 28 February 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
so there's pretty much no graceful way of revealing this, but I did the vocal arrangement on "High Hawk Season" and am singing the middle part along with two of my college buddies (which is why I have refrained from commenting on that particular song, which on its surface should be total "DJP comments on this immediately" catnip)
― DJP, Monday, 28 February 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
!
― gnarly gnarlingtons in my life (Trayce), Monday, 28 February 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
woah! rad!
― just sayin, Monday, 28 February 2011 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
If you play the part backwards you hear Dan invoking Satan by saying "HI DERE WAHT IS IT MAED"
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 February 2011 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Nice!
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 28 February 2011 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
― DJP, Monday, February 28, 2011 5:12 PM (48 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
:D
― call all destroyer, Monday, 28 February 2011 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
yay DJP, and yay ILM :)
― odd future wolves GM trade them all (bernard snowy), Monday, 28 February 2011 23:02 (thirteen years ago) link
PS it is still early but I think I am going to enjoy this album a lot.
― odd future wolves GM trade them all (bernard snowy), Monday, 28 February 2011 23:05 (thirteen years ago) link
hey dan congrats! that is awesome! i was thinking it was kinda goth barbershop quartet in a way. great song.
― gr8080 sings the blues (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 28 February 2011 23:05 (thirteen years ago) link
omg you have no idea how happy I am right now
― goth barbershop quartet (DJP), Monday, 28 February 2011 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link
congrats, dan! The anticipation is too much.
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 February 2011 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link
would rescind this if it was not mad complimentary
― your LiveJournal experience (schlump), Monday, 28 February 2011 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
I was sleeping hardcore and missed that the first time around, ha
― goth barbershop quartet (DJP), Monday, 28 February 2011 23:24 (thirteen years ago) link
album cover is great
― pop the s1ock (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 February 2011 23:34 (thirteen years ago) link
his black album?
yeah <3 the typography.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Monday, 28 February 2011 23:39 (thirteen years ago) link
i know jd doesn't like to answer work related ?s but i have always been curious as to what 4AD's policies are w/r/t album art, because every time a band that didn't start on 4AD -- like for example the goats, blonde redhead, or TV on the Radio -- sign to 4AD all of a sudden their album covers totally start to look like 4AD albums
― gr8080 sings the blues (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 28 February 2011 23:41 (thirteen years ago) link
wau @ dan
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 28 February 2011 23:47 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost -- this one's on Merge, Matt!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 February 2011 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah that's what i mean, this one looks sorta not-4AD in a way i can't quite describe...
maybe i'm nuts tho, but i feel like i can eyeball a 4AD record at 50 paces
― gr8080 sings the blues (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 28 February 2011 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
DJP awesome workBright Mountain Choir Men's Division
― Odult Ariented Rock (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 00:42 (thirteen years ago) link
high five DJP
― ullr saves (gbx), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 01:04 (thirteen years ago) link
the raddest of collabs
― fuck wit my dinner with andre day (m bison), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 01:12 (thirteen years ago) link
"outer scorpion squadron" is really really beautiful
― odd future wolves GM trade them all (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 01:20 (thirteen years ago) link
it sounds like nothing else in the back catalog
― odd future wolves GM trade them all (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 01:21 (thirteen years ago) link
this is awesome so far (4 tracks in)
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 01:50 (thirteen years ago) link
i was gonna wait to listen to the full album on release (still am, probably, because i like to hear things in hi-fi, not NPR webstream quality) but there's no way i couldn't listen to "high hawk season" and holy shit this is incredible
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 02:12 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah this is really nice on first listen. the production is bugging me a bit, i feel like it's a bit underarranged and empty on some tracks, but that's probably because i'm mentally comparing it to Heretic Pride which to me is definitely the best-sounding mountain goats album in terms of production and use of space.
but yeah the songs are good as always!
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 02:13 (thirteen years ago) link
i really like "spare" mountain goats—not so much the early lo-fi stuff, but like, get lonely + the life of blah blah... both totally great. excellent restrained arrangements, flat-out gorgeous production. i haven't listened to heretic pride too much (compared to the other 4ad albums) for some reason, need to pull it out again.
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 02:19 (thirteen years ago) link
omg 'for charles bronson' FEATURING BOARDS OF CANADA :D
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 02:21 (thirteen years ago) link
haha 'this song is called 'for charles bronson'' made me lol at my desk today
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i am super excited about this (omg dan!) but i'm gonna wait until release day and buy it i think.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 02:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Loving this on first listen, kudos JD (and DP!)
― gnarly gnarlingtons in my life (Trayce), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 03:00 (thirteen years ago) link
prowl great cain is pretty oustanding; i especially love the ending
― kaygee, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 05:32 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't listen to the mountain goats but it was hilarious when john self-banned cause he had to finish writing this album. kind of makes me want to hear it. tho i guess an album written in between intermittent bursts of ilx would be even better
― flopson, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 05:38 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^ don't like to post on this thread but the person you cite wrapped the album in August, December thing was diff
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 11:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Elsewhere on the tMG front:
Hi, friends. If you're not familiar with The Best Show on WFMU, the show that has provided three hours of Mirth, Music and Mayhem every Tuesday for over a decade on WFMU thanks to geniuses Tom Scharpling (brilliant host, writer, producer and director--most recently for the New Pornographers' "Moves" video and Ted Leo's "Bottled in Cork" video) and Jon Wurster (brilliant comedian, writer and drummer for Superchunk, The Mountain Goats, Bob Mould, A.C. Newman and others), I'd love for you to become that way (here--you're welcome: http://wfmu.org/playlists/BD). If you are already amongst the throngs of TBS devotees, you won't balk at what I'm asking, which is for you to help spread the word about the Best Show pledge drive happening tonight (March 1st) and next Tuesday, March 8th. PLEASE repost this, tweet it, call people about it--and call in yourself and pledge. Don't worry--aside from the inherent joys of giving, there's a lot in it for you. Tom explains below:"WFMU is a listener-sponsored station that doesn't take corporate sponsorships or sleazy grants that would compromise our ability to be 100% freeform. I am doing two fundraising shows for the station during our two-week marathon - Tuesday March 1st and Tuesday March 8th, from 9-midnight EST. I'm offering a premium called the DONT STOP ME NOW FANTASY PACK. Any pledge for 75 dollars or more automatically secures it. The pack consists of:RATED G.G. - a vinyl single comprised of songs by notorious scum rocker GG Allin cleaned up and recorded by people exclusively for this single! The single will feature tracks by BEN GIBBARD, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, TY SEGALL, FUCKED UP and TED LEO! There will also be a bonus DIGITAL DOWNLOAD of the single that will feature additional content by HOME BLITZ, SCHARPLING AND WURSTER and MORE!The single will not be for sale in stores and will only be available by pledging DURING MY MARATHON SHOW!
"WFMU is a listener-sponsored station that doesn't take corporate sponsorships or sleazy grants that would compromise our ability to be 100% freeform. I am doing two fundraising shows for the station during our two-week marathon - Tuesday March 1st and Tuesday March 8th, from 9-midnight EST. I'm offering a premium called the DONT STOP ME NOW FANTASY PACK. Any pledge for 75 dollars or more automatically secures it. The pack consists of:
RATED G.G. - a vinyl single comprised of songs by notorious scum rocker GG Allin cleaned up and recorded by people exclusively for this single! The single will feature tracks by BEN GIBBARD, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, TY SEGALL, FUCKED UP and TED LEO! There will also be a bonus DIGITAL DOWNLOAD of the single that will feature additional content by HOME BLITZ, SCHARPLING AND WURSTER and MORE!
The single will not be for sale in stores and will only be available by pledging DURING MY MARATHON SHOW!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
(There's also other stuff in the pack besides the single obv.)
listened this morning; super, even w/ a head cold (mine)
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Yah, was listening to this in the car via NPR iphone app on the way home from my mom's chemo. A+++ work on the vocals stuff, Dan. Some of these songs remind me of late-period Walk-Ins, which is a VERY GOOD THING.
― Du Musst Calamari Werden (Phil D.), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Hi, I'm new here, and I love tMGs
― jacobfiala, Sunday, 6 March 2011 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link
hi jacob
listened to the new album yet? any thoughts?
― save a bike, ride a hipster (bernard snowy), Sunday, 6 March 2011 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Heck yeah, I love it! It's different and all but I'm really loving it. Can't wait to hear the real thing instead of the crappy NPR stream though. (not that I don't appreciate your amazingness NPR)I was trolling through here and read something about one of you guys being one of the backup singers in high hawk season, were you serious?
― jacobfiala, Monday, 7 March 2011 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link