― Fetchboy (Felcher), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― stevo (stevo), Monday, 15 August 2005 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― red_bird, Monday, 15 August 2005 21:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Monday, 15 August 2005 21:23 (eighteen years ago) link
First track is absolutely gorgeous.
― PB, Tuesday, 16 August 2005 01:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― acidmouth (acidmouth), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 01:48 (eighteen years ago) link
Also, where is Sleeper Factory?
― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 01:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― PB, Tuesday, 16 August 2005 02:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― jmeister (jmeister), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 04:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 04:46 (eighteen years ago) link
I never liked their early stuff before Sung Tongs, and I didn't think they could top that one. But goddamn, this is a remarkable record. Really blowing me out of the water at the moment.
― PB, Friday, 19 August 2005 05:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― b8a, Friday, 19 August 2005 12:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Space Is the Place (Space Is the Place), Friday, 19 August 2005 13:43 (eighteen years ago) link
amen, i can't see anyone topping this this year, AC = Beach Boys of 2005 but BETTER
― rizzx (Rizz), Friday, 19 August 2005 13:52 (eighteen years ago) link
And then I like it quite a bit.
― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Friday, 19 August 2005 15:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jay Watts III (jaywatts), Friday, 19 August 2005 16:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― stevo (stevo), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― naturemorte, Friday, 19 August 2005 17:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― sdkjh@dflkj.com, Friday, 19 August 2005 18:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― noizem duke (noize duke), Friday, 19 August 2005 18:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― big fucking trees (big fucking trees), Saturday, 20 August 2005 05:44 (eighteen years ago) link
Oh, and unlike other AC stuff, I want to see the lyrics to this BAD. Genius.
― PB, Sunday, 21 August 2005 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― gerardmonchichi, Monday, 22 August 2005 01:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― PB, Monday, 22 August 2005 02:53 (eighteen years ago) link
here is a mess of an attempt at did you see the words (it's pretty decipherable right up until the line about eldery couples):
DID YOU SEE THE WORDShave you see the words cut? openyour poor intestine can’t denyincu-periods? drip from your mailboxand blood flies? dip and divereach down in-siiii-idethere’s something living in these lies
and when your newest kisser is peakinyou dress yourself up to not get tangled up in arms and legs it’s hard to bend?someone grabs a hold til you go oh-ohhh-ohthere’s something starting don’t know why?
in a house so cozy words are spokennot to take our shoes off and unwindand there’s minuets off in the backgrounddrowning out ?????????? I’ll test the kiss goodni-iiiiii-ightdon’t keep my loving on my mind
cause it’s messy yes this mess is minemy mind is messy yours is maybe not?
look at her similar ?????look at her similar ?????
do the elderly couples still kiss and hug andgradually ????????????????????????/??????????????????????????????????(holy shit i have no idea)
did you see the words you wrotegive me? everything?and babies and? the hospital?????????????????????????kiss the few? ????? his shoes are hauntedshow is ????
― jared55, Monday, 22 August 2005 03:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― jmeister (jmeister), Monday, 22 August 2005 03:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― noizem duke (noize duke), Monday, 22 August 2005 04:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― PB, Monday, 22 August 2005 04:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ross Godfrey (scatter), Monday, 22 August 2005 04:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― PB, Monday, 22 August 2005 05:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 10:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Craig D., Tuesday, 23 August 2005 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― capnkickass (gloriagaynor), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 20:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― PB, Tuesday, 23 August 2005 20:29 (eighteen years ago) link
HI DERE GARU G AKA DOG LATIN
― amon (eman), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 22:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― feedle, Thursday, 25 August 2005 22:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― jmeister (jmeister), Thursday, 25 August 2005 22:42 (eighteen years ago) link
a piss
― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 25 August 2005 22:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― jmeister (jmeister), Thursday, 25 August 2005 22:49 (eighteen years ago) link
Sorry, right now I still prefer Sung Tongs. This is great, but for me I find all the tracks sound really similar - it's just a noise, albeit a nice noise.
― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 25 August 2005 23:34 (eighteen years ago) link
I agree. Sounds like they want new fans, maybe. I like the production, though I would have preferred the record if it were weirder, spacier. Oh, by the way, I'm convinced that "The Purple Bottle" is one of the worst songs I've ever heard.
― Salvador (Salvador), Friday, 26 August 2005 07:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Salvador (Salvador), Friday, 26 August 2005 07:18 (eighteen years ago) link
this is a good thing imo
― amon (eman), Friday, 26 August 2005 11:10 (eighteen years ago) link
I was a little put off, and then by the middle of the album, I was captivated. I'm pretty confident this will surpass Sung Tongs in the very near future.
― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Friday, 26 August 2005 14:32 (eighteen years ago) link
No. Because they're amazing and the best songs on the record.
― PB, Friday, 26 August 2005 16:38 (eighteen years ago) link
That "Sea Of Love" cover was done on an autoharp, not a guitar.
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 26 August 2005 16:44 (eighteen years ago) link
I did. And still do. I prefer the middle and end of the album.
― recovering optimist (Royal Bed Bouncer), Friday, 26 August 2005 17:02 (eighteen years ago) link
The first two or three songs aren't up to snuff. Could also be a sequencing issue. Either way, I was prepared to dismiss the album based on how it kicked off.
― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Friday, 26 August 2005 17:51 (eighteen years ago) link
Yeah, we know. He was agreeing with you.
I think the first two songs are astounding, with only "Banshee Beat" coming close on this album.
But that's just my take on things....
― PB, Friday, 26 August 2005 18:26 (eighteen years ago) link
Just listened to this at work for the first time in maybe 10 years. Don't like it. I think if I liked indie rock in the slightest, it would make more sense, but it just isn't very interesting, and when Avey Tare sings (ie most of the record), I actively dislike. Record could work as decent ambient music if there were no vocals at all, or only the backing vocals, as the instrumental tracks and general vibe can be pretty. Otherwise, cannot participate.
listening to Strawberry Jam now as part of same exercise, and to give you an idea of AC that I would listen to, it would be closer to something like "#1"
― Dominique, Friday, 19 August 2016 22:33 (seven years ago) link
incidentally the 'feels' name was (maybe, kind of?) a plural noun, borrowing from brian wilson:
I go to the piano and play “feels.” “Feels” are specific rhythm patterns, fragments of ideas. Once they’re out of my head and into the open air, I can see them and touch them firmly. Then the song starts to blossom and become a real thing.
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 20 August 2016 01:19 (seven years ago) link
Nice find! Good shot thats the genesis of the name given Panda Bear's affinity for B Dubs
― Treeship, Saturday, 20 August 2016 01:49 (seven years ago) link
Im daft but is this album the genesis of 'feels' as a noun?
― Drugs A. Money, Saturday, 20 August 2016 03:43 (seven years ago) link
99% certain it's not. People who say stuff like "all the feels" don't strike me as pre-merriweather anco fans
― Treeship, Saturday, 20 August 2016 03:52 (seven years ago) link
still never heard a song that sounds anything like 'daffy duck'
― flappy bird, Thursday, 1 February 2018 07:42 (six years ago) link
Vastly prefer my memory of hearing these songs live to the actual album. The studio version of “Banshee Beat” is especially subdued compared to the live version.
― spastic heritage, Friday, 2 February 2018 22:36 (six years ago) link
Saw them live like four times before this album came out, still find the studio version of "Banshee Beat" disappointing in comparison.― spastic heritage, Thursday, August 18, 2016 8:53 PM (one year ago)
Saw them live like four times before this album came out, still find the studio version of "Banshee Beat" disappointing in comparison.
― spastic heritage, Thursday, August 18, 2016 8:53 PM (one year ago)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 3 February 2018 03:46 (six years ago) link
that has happened to me... so many times
― flappy bird, Saturday, 3 February 2018 04:04 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I should’ve scrolled up a tad. 🤷♂️
― spastic heritage, Saturday, 3 February 2018 05:17 (six years ago) link
no i like it. it's humbled me many times before
― flappy bird, Saturday, 3 February 2018 05:47 (six years ago) link
re: banshee beat live vs. studio, listening to 11/11/04 toronto tonite & imagining banshee beat recorded like this... it'd sound like arcade fire
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 05:43 (six years ago) link