The Men - Open Your Heart

i like this a lot, but its also pretty much a guided trip through (not ilxor's) some dude's record collection

whats wrong with that?

nothing, as i said i really like the album, i just also get why people might not

I didn't think "Candy" would be the keeper...

ok. i asked cause you said "but".
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less instrumentals would improve it for sure

yeah i was just trying to describe it, i think its p awesome and i actually love even the country songs

Candy could've been be a Replacements song imo

yeah, the sound and songwriting are replacements quality imo

like combining country-tinged Stones with garage rock and krautrock is pretty much a key to my heart anyways

Replacements,Sonic Youth,Dinosaur Jr.,Stooges, Ramones, Wipers, etc - each song/different influence.

that little section after the chorus (i think) where it locks into a krauty groove is great.
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i need to come back to it. i listened to it once and got pumped, and immediately backtracked to Leave Home, which i've been listening to on repeat ever since pretty much.

I like this. Cloud Nothings and The Men constitute a mini indie guitar revival for old people.

yeah, only that Cloud Nothing's influences are better than them
and The Men are as good as them

I like this. Cloud Nothings and The Men constitute a mini indie guitar revival for old people.

― kornrulez6969, Friday, March 30, 2012 8:43 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah kinda but i feel like it's "opening bands from 97" or something

As someone who stood through many opening bands from 1997, I'll take it.

Side project: let's list the big indie opening bands of 1997.

Helium
Railroad Jerk
Strapping Fieldhands

Any more? Come on old people!

versus?

Asha Vida?
Trans Am?
Gravitar?

Dissolve?

p sure i saw trans am headlining by that point, i think pole opened for them

i guess i meant just the random local bands thrown on national bills (which was the custom here in mpls not sure abt elsewhere)

The L.A. go-to opening band in 1997 was Strictly Ballroom, who eventually became Dntel and Beachwood Sparks.

when i saw them live they didn't play anything off leave home, really disappointing. i don't hate this album or anything but it's pretty remarkable how much more boring they became between albums

if you could describe something as "shitty" but have it be a compliment it would be this album

Dwayne "King Shit of Splash Mountain" Johnson

http://media.avclub.com/images/articles/article/58/58117/rocksplashmountain_jpg_627x1000_q85.jpg

album covers waiting to happen

Except for its tempo, that song above would fit comfortably next to "Working for the Weekend" and "Two Tickets to Paradise" on classic rock radio.

reminds me of Love As Laughter quite a bit in parts. Turn It Around almost sounds like an intentional rip of something from Sea To Shining Sea

the new one, New Moon, has leaked. just started listening to it. lots of acoustic guitar on this one!

I was at this show - it's funny how the camera person tries to make it look like it was maximum carnage in there (there was a sort of half-ironic pit for a while, but the room is too tiny to really do anything THAT wild). Anyway, I like this tune; looking forward to the album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C11kuxpMtmM

It's time to leave home and open your heart to a New Moon - the new record by The Men