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The album is great, but I think I prefer the way they perform these songs live. Same with Sung Tongs (with the exception of "Winters Love.")

Also, where is Sleeper Factory?

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 01:56 (eighteen years ago) link

(by the way, how does one search for files and dowload them within the ILM room on soulseek?)

― PB, Tuesday, 16 August 2005 02:38 (eighteen years ago) link

PB,
right click and the option will appear in a sub-menu

― jmeister (jmeister), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 04:24 (eighteen years ago) link

pastoral and gorgeous... until they start singing like ween.

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 04:46 (eighteen years ago) link

Beautiful, everything about it. The fast songs are delirious, the slow songs are gorgeous. "Banshee Beat" alone exceeds any expectations I had.

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

sleeper factory is on campfire songs, dude.

― b8a, Friday, 19 August 2005 12:54 (eighteen years ago) link

is it a hidden track or something? I only have it on a live recording coupled with "Doggy"...my Campfire Songs has 5 songs, no Sleeper Factory

― Space Is the Place (Space Is the Place), Friday, 19 August 2005 13:43 (eighteen years ago) link

But goddamn, this is a remarkable record. Really blowing me out of the water at the moment.

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

I realized the other day that this record sometimes surprises me by reminding me of the first two Mercury Rev records!

And then I like it quite a bit.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Friday, 19 August 2005 15:22 (eighteen years ago) link

A friend of mine mentioned the Mercury Rev comparison to me. The first track (Did You See The Words) on "Feels" sounds very similar to the first track (Swans) on the upcoming Islands album...

― Jay Watts III (jaywatts), Friday, 19 August 2005 16:45 (eighteen years ago) link

I third the Mercury Rev comparison, it does remind me of 'Yerself is Steam'. Also elements of the Beach Boys in the vocal harmonies?

― stevo (stevo), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:19 (eighteen years ago) link

sleeper factory is not on campfire songs...it's just on that breezeblock recording, with "doggy", which is on campfire songs.
it won't be on any albums, i don't believe.

― naturemorte, Friday, 19 August 2005 17:39 (eighteen years ago) link

A good friend with a long Mercury Rev history also mentioned that to me first thing, though I hadn't thought of it.

― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:41 (eighteen years ago) link

I love Bees! And I love the wacky monster noises they make. Unless those are supposed to be fairies or nature talking or something.

― sdkjh@dflkj.com, Friday, 19 August 2005 18:04 (eighteen years ago) link

its all about "turn into something"

― noizem duke (noize duke), Friday, 19 August 2005 18:06 (eighteen years ago) link

they are getting more and more consistent. i was afraid anything wasnt going to top sung tongs, this makes me hopefull. they had better keep em coming, no one else is.

― big fucking trees (big fucking trees), Saturday, 20 August 2005 05:44 (eighteen years ago) link

"Grass" has got to be one of the more astounding songs I've heard in a while. Like some of the best tracks on Sung Tongs, it seems to distill all that is exhilarating about music to an essence, but "Grass" even goes a bit further. Amazing.

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

I agree with you PB. Dying to see the lyrics. Can figure out about a 10th of what they're saying and I still belt it out. Genius indeed. Who would've imagined that they could keep getting better. And best album cover of the year as well. Genius.

― gerardmonchichi, Monday, 22 August 2005 01:41 (eighteen years ago) link

Where'd you see the cover? I'd love to take a look...

― PB, Monday, 22 August 2005 02:53 (eighteen years ago) link

well let's quit fuckin around and give these lyrics a crack. maybe tougher than disco inferno? separate thread? ah, fuck it, what better place than here?

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 WORDS
have you see the words cut? open
your poor intestine can’t deny
incu-periods? drip from your mailbox
and blood flies? dip and dive
reach down in-siiii-ide
there’s something living in these lies

and when your newest kisser is peakin
you 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-oh
there’s something starting don’t know why?

in a house so cozy words are spoken
not to take our shoes off and unwind
and there’s minuets off in the background
drowning out ?????????? I’ll test the kiss goodni-iiiiii-ight
don’t keep my loving on my mind

cause it’s messy yes this mess is mine
my mind is messy yours is maybe not?

look at her similar ?????
look at her similar ?????

do the elderly couples still kiss and hug and
gradually ????????????????????????/
??????????????????????????????????
(holy shit i have no idea)

did you see the words you wrote
give me? everything?
and babies and? the hospital?
????????????????????????
kiss the few? ????? his shoes are haunted
show is ????

― jared55, Monday, 22 August 2005 03:25 (eighteen years ago) link

its a gorgeous cover indeed and its true they have gotten even better. lets hope they keep it going at even this one-a-year rate.

― jmeister (jmeister), Monday, 22 August 2005 03:26 (eighteen years ago) link

'banshee beat' lyrics from the man hisself http://rerz.net/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=cf5d048b76b95acb6b7a4930e5c5e18c&topic=621.0

― noizem duke (noize duke), Monday, 22 August 2005 04:00 (eighteen years ago) link

very nice....thank you.

― PB, Monday, 22 August 2005 04:16 (eighteen years ago) link

http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/packshots/325/172_358.jpg

― Ross Godfrey (scatter), Monday, 22 August 2005 04:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Wow, I was expecting blues and greens, but that's really interesting.

― PB, Monday, 22 August 2005 05:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Woah! It looks like some book that would have belonged to my Aunt when she was a kid that I'd have found in a cupboard in my Gran's house in the South of France - that's got to be one of the best album covers I've ever seen!

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 10:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Henry Darger to thread! Seriously, though, I love that that "Turn Into Something" song has a full-on country change in it. Can't wait to hear the rest of the record for the yodelling that Avey Tare was doing quite a bit when I saw them play last...

― Craig D., Tuesday, 23 August 2005 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link

I immediately thought of Darger's work when I first saw the cover, as well...

― capnkickass (gloriagaynor), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 20:08 (eighteen years ago) link

Harvey Danger?

― PB, Tuesday, 23 August 2005 20:29 (eighteen years ago) link

my Aunt when she was a kid that I'd have found in a cupboard in my Gran's house in the South of France

HI DERE GARU G AKA DOG LATIN

― amon (eman), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 22:19 (eighteen years ago) link

Is this sounding like early Mercury Rev to anybody else?
Their best to date by the way. So good at points that it makes me need a wee.

― feedle, Thursday, 25 August 2005 22:31 (eighteen years ago) link

whats a wee? I d agree its their best too. This album sounds a little more meticulously made and professional though. Like they are aware that a decent amount of people are paying attention to their music. To me their naive-hippy-chant vibe is gone and now musicians are trying to recreate something similar. It may not sound as authentic to me in that particular way but the songs are fabulous and their isnt one dud. It flows great as well and the last track is perfect.

― jmeister (jmeister), Thursday, 25 August 2005 22:42 (eighteen years ago) link

whats a wee?

a piss

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 25 August 2005 22:48 (eighteen years ago) link

ahhh. I see now.

― jmeister (jmeister), Thursday, 25 August 2005 22:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Hi Feedle, what you doing here?

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

jmeister wrote,
"This album sounds a little more meticulously made and professional though. Like they are aware that a decent amount of people are paying attention to their music."

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

"Bees" has that (very pretty) slightly out of tune guitar sound that I like in Cat Power's "Sea of Love" cover. But this song is so drawn out and nothing ever really happens.

― Salvador (Salvador), Friday, 26 August 2005 07:18 (eighteen years ago) link

To me their naive-hippy-chant vibe is gone

this is a good thing imo

― amon (eman), Friday, 26 August 2005 11:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Did anyone else shy away from the first couple of tracks on first listen?

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

Did anyone else shy away from the first couple of tracks on first listen?

No. Because they're amazing and the best songs on the record.

― PB, Friday, 26 August 2005 16:38 (eighteen years ago) link

"Bees" has that (very pretty) slightly out of tune guitar sound that I like in Cat Power's "Sea of Love" cover. But this song is so drawn out and nothing ever really happens.
-- Salvador (sonorousvessel...), August 26th, 2005 1:18 AM. (Salvador)

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

Did anyone else shy away from the first couple of tracks on first listen?

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

I agree with Recovering.

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

I agree with Recovering.

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

my first considered impression here is that i really miss the production style of sung tongs. everything on ST was a little mossier and mumblier than on feels, where everything is a little too clearly articulated. im no audiophobe, but the cleaner production makes feels a little colder than ST. also, the comparison to a "jammy" aesthetic seems more apt on this one than previous. i mean, i feel like there can be a thin line sometimes between drone and jam, and that AC has taken a step over that line here, for better or for worse.

that said, ST took a LONG time to sink in fully, so im sure my attitude will change somehow as time passes.

― petesmith (plsmith), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link

PB:
If I were to adopt your chatboard social graces, I would point out that we already knew your take on things, but I'm not going to do that.

Considering I didn't like Sung Tongs AT ALL when I first heard it, I should be cautious about making statements on Feels.

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link

Album of the year hands down. I've been listening to it constantly - and that's without my headphones or the stereo on. It just keeps playing in my head. It's beautiful and majestic and stunning. Wow. I haven't heard anything this moving since the first time I heard the ocean. Thank you AC please keep making music.

― marybeth, Saturday, 27 August 2005 02:42 (eighteen years ago) link

Hey? Where's Momus? What do you think? LOL

Momus seems to appear quite frequently when marybeth tosses out her fluffy opinion.

Marybeth is right on one point. Feels washes over me. I love this one for its intense peacefulness. Makes me damn glad to be human.

― Gerardmonchichi, Saturday, 27 August 2005 03:16 (eighteen years ago) link

Um. OK. I'm not senor momus. I am Marybeth great strong... and single. (ahem fellow ILMers...)
Anyway, loch haven is mesmerizing. I cant help but think that AC are one of the few timeless bands recording today. 100 years down the pipe people will still be listeining to this one, Feels. (And also the new Deerhoof, the Runners Four (holy concept album!) and the new Black Dice, Broken Ear Record (holy holy!). Best recordings of their respective careers.)

― marybeth, Saturday, 27 August 2005 03:29 (eighteen years ago) link

loch raven is a really nice park/lake/dam just north of baltimore, about 15 min. drive from downtown.

also noteworthy, loch raven appears in a bluebook record, although slightly misspelled:
LOCK RAVEN DAM
10/27/58
(Bluebook)
10:30 p.m. Witnesses: Phillip Small, Alvin Cohen. One large, flat egg-shaped object affected a car's electrical system and caused a burning sensation on one of its occupants. Sighting lasted 1 minute.

― amon (eman), Saturday, 27 August 2005 04:30 (eighteen years ago) link

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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)

― 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

one month passes...

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

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