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 (eleven 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