I saw them open for Luna once. They were great.
― Periblepsis occasioned by homoeoteleuton (Michael White), Friday, 15 April 2011 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Why wouldn't I like 'em, Alfred!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 15 April 2011 16:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh shit, had no idea these guys had a new album coming out on Merge later this month. Super excited, tbh.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Sunday, 8 January 2012 04:48 (twelve years ago) link
whoa really
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 8 January 2012 05:35 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.mergerecords.com/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/store/images/catalog/MRG423.jpg&w=450&q=95
The fifth album by Imperial Teen, Feel the Sound, succeeds completely at its goal, plainly stated in the collection’s title. Like the sharpest pop music, Feel the Sound gets you to keep coming back for more, but unlike so much music today, it rewards you for doing so, giving you the experience of a fulfilled and yet still yearning, lively potential, one that will be further realized when the songs are performed live. From the exhilarating, propulsive “Runaway,” which features the entire band on lead vocals (how many other groups can make that claim?), to the expansive final statement of “Overtaken,” Roddy Bottum, Lynn Perko Truell, Will Schwartz, and Jone Stebbins feel the sound themselves and, in turn, make the listener feel it in ways immediate and pleasurable but also lasting and haunting.
ELO-like symphonic pop has become a touchstone for everyone from Justice to Cut Copy in recent years, but Feel the Sound makes it manifest through live instrumentation that possesses a Krautrock level of intuitive synchronicity and a desert island jukebox’s sense of fun. So many bands lose momentum and focus over time, but a little past its sweet sixteenth year of existence, Imperial Teen somehow grows both younger and wiser, connecting four characterful lives through creative friendship and deep trust, and forging a communal power that continues to grow stronger. Feel the sound of a one-of-a-kind group that’s never sounded more like itself.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Sunday, 8 January 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
Oops.
http://pitchfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/news/44609/header.jpeg
Full album streaming now at Spin.com (Thanks, Whiney!)
This sounds fucking great.
― Famous porn scenes like "shake that bear" (Phil D.), Thursday, 19 January 2012 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
"Runaway" is my favorite single of theirs since "You're One." The rest I'm still getting a handle on.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 January 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
With every album they put out, I'm amazed by how much I like them now, given how annoyed I was by Spin's overkill (or so I thought at the time) on promoting their first album. I still have them filed as the best available substitute for Unrest, even though they don't exactly sound like Unrest.
― dlp9001, Thursday, 2 February 2012 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
the first one was one of my formative albums for better or worse. very excited about this despite the last couple which were duds IMO.
― skip, Thursday, 2 February 2012 00:52 (twelve years ago) link
Wait a second...are you counting "On" as last couple? Ivanka? Seriously...?
― dlp9001, Thursday, 2 February 2012 00:55 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe it's worth taking another listen.
― skip, Thursday, 2 February 2012 00:57 (twelve years ago) link
Love this record.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
I've played this once all the way through, and skipped around a bit in the car. I don't think I'm going to love it. I do love two songs, though: "Hanging About" (where they get some Yo La Tengo going on in the background) and "Don't Know How You Do It."
― clemenza, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 00:16 (twelve years ago) link
Yo La Tengo until the bridge--then it's Supertramp's "Dreamer."
― clemenza, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct77FNgVGGM
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
i dismissed this band for years because i really hated 'yoo hoo' (and based on a re-listen just now, i still do) but i'm now listening to some of their back catalog and am happy to say my dismissal was pretty unjustified (really loving "lipstick" and "you're one" esp)
― y'tulip, y'pea-brained earwig (donna rouge), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
First album in a while.
http://exclaim.ca/images/imperial_teen_now_we_are_timeless_album_art.jpg
One of my two or three favourite bands for a few years--some of their albums had a bunch of great songs, and even the least of them had a couple. No real expectations, but I'll look for this.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 11:45 (four years ago) link
(xpost)
"You're One" one of the greatest songs of the past couple of decades (and the smartest response to Kurt Cobain ever).
― clemenza, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 11:46 (four years ago) link
otm to both posts
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 12:18 (four years ago) link
"You're the One" proved personally revelatory the summer of its release -- it and "Butch" spoke a language I was starting to understand.
Ooh, missed this bump, just learned of album #6 recently. Out next Friday, three songs already streaming: https://imperialteen.bandcamp.com/album/now-we-are-timeless
― geoffreyess, Thursday, 4 July 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link