Speedy Ortiz

Anyone into Real Hair?

Sadie is actually singing now

^ first thought

American Horror is their best song yet.

man, both times i've seen them in the last six months have been pretty disappointing. i can't really fault a band in their position - on the up, touring/travelling constantly, presumably under a ton of pressure - to be 100% into it at every show, but never before have I seen a band just like ooooooze "we really dont want to be here." they played like 6 songs both times. the songs are really good though so I'll see them again when they're in town. haven't heard the ep

Anyone seeing them (hopefully play more than six songs) in London tomorrow?

first time i saw them, last august, full set (9 songs, but the show in january was def half as long). judge for yourself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg26VqX0X_c

They were great! Played for the best part of an hour, did most of Major Arcana and a bunch of newer / older stuff. Seemed really pleased to be here - lots of pogoing and jokes about multiplayer Pokemon.

Definitely worth seeing at their other show tomorrow if anyone has the chance.

they rule

this is such a standout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWMEtcGRoe8

they played a couple of new songs in boston on saturday night and i was into them

^ good 90s revival lyric

my pal matt r. is doing cool stuff since he left speedy. here he is with my pals jen and jeremy. he's been playing with the lentils too. and he's gonna go on tour with the group he has started with my pal olivia and my pal ted of feeding tube records/zebu/egg eggs. so, if you are in europe, go see them. he also has a rad tape label: http://www.hiddentempletapes.com/

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

bummed that he's left the band for good it seems - he was great with Speedy both times i saw them

this new(ish) song 'the graduates' is so great, my gf keeps playing it at at random and i'm all 'hey this is awesome, what is it' every time

this band is the best

this band is the best

really odd + refreshing sense of melody in a US pop punk context

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/arts/music/sadie-dupuis-of-speedy-ortiz-adds-pop-hooks-to-the-bands-sharp-edges.html?_r=0

She talks about Stephen Malkmus and more...

excerpts--

For its last album, Speedy Ortiz jammed the recording of 14 songs into four days. This time, Ms. Dupuis and her bandmates — Devin McKnight on guitar, Darl Ferm on bass, Mike Falcone on drums — worked for a relatively lavish three weeks...

What do you listen to on tour?

We tour really cheap, in a minivan, and the driver decides. Clipse is probably the biggest overlap. We get so burned out on hearing rock every night that we gravitate a lot toward pop and rap...

What other singers and lyricists have influenced your writing?

Fiona Apple does things with sentences over the course of a verse that I can’t even believe. So I’ll keep that in mind: “What would Fiona Apple do?” I also sang in a children’s choir until I was 16, and we would tour internationally. I was really into stuff that was harmony-heavy because that was what I was spending 10 hours a week doing in rehearsal. I’ve always thought Beyoncé’s vocal harmonies were really weird. A lot of the stuff in the choir was really dissonant, and she’ll do that — the harmony will be in a totally different key. Another one that is obvious to me but maybe doesn’t come across is Aaliyah. There were certain things on this record where I was like: “Oh, Aaliyah wouldn’t push this. She would do it calm.” And the reverse reverb that Timbaland would apply to her vocals, we used that on a couple songs.

That interview has me curious about their new album

It's very good. Hear for yourself: http://www.npr.org/2015/04/12/398062996/first-listen-speedy-ortiz-foil-deer

on the first song, this is literally bursting to throw all the melodies in your face

literally the point where postpunk emocore brad nelson music atomsmashes into imago melodyprog

first song has some serious Chavez vibes

^^^yes!!!

third or fourth song the low-key intertwining verse segments remind me of Slint a bit, or Slint style interplay applied to a pop song structure

(the one that says don't ever touch my ring you fool you'll be curse for a lifetime in the chorus)

there's definitely the hint of math in here, and it's way heavier than other records of its type

is this where I mention the Mitski album from last year too? check it out, srsly

not familiar w/Mitski

yeah i like this because it's definitely got great hooks and pop instincts but i hear elements the aforementioned bands, Polvo, etc that type of stuff without getting too in the capital-M math like Don Cab or A Minor Forest or whatever

guys

i love the 90s

yh me too

mitski album is my homework assignment for everyone on ilx who likes punk, emo or the 90s

Mitski is so good

first song has some serious Chavez vibes

― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, April 13, 2015 3:58 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wow you weren't kidding

how come this sounds so amazing and other indie rock records suck so much

they're trying harder

just saw Mitski w/ Screaming Females a few days ago, she was really great.

from now on all bands should try harder

agreed

literally the point where postpunk emocore brad nelson music atomsmashes into imago melodyprog

love bands that can bring everyone together

mitski is touring with speedy!! so is krill <3

love the falling-down-the-stairs drumfills in 'raising the skate'

mitski sucks

god i hate mainlander, emo bullshit with boring crunchy guitars. why didn't that trend get left in the early aughts?

i'll try speedy ortiz though

this from the genius who called pc music 'insensitive'

i mean, it is insensitive. you're talking about a bunch of upper class art school haircuts selling you their idea of the "future" in the form of j-pop theft

i'm glad you think your progressive

how come this sounds so amazing and other indie rock records suck so much

― j., Monday, April 13, 2015 5:11 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

YES THIS

"Foil Deer" raises the stakes (no pun intended, I swear) in the best possible ways

Mainlander?

Is the album as good as The Graduates?

"mainlander" = college rock bands situated in a local area

(my word for it)

i went on Urban Dictionary and apparently that term has offensive connotations. didn't mean that. doh

Is the album as good as The Graduates?

yes

Thanks for the Mitski tip. I'm a sucker for this kind of style and the songs/lyrics/persona are more distinct/memorable than most. This is what I'm hoping the new Waxahatchee album will be like (when I get around to hearing it).

a little bit of Tilt in her voice.

A little bit of Liz Phair too

yep

I'm Blessed is amazing

Opinion totally in character as it's basically a Speedy Ortiz mini-prog-suite

Whole album sounding great tbf

Only thing I'm not sure about is the new guitarist, but he seems pretty good. I did so like the last one though

is sad13 actually pronounced sad thirteen?

i think it's "sadie."

i hope so

so, actually, it's sad13, according to spotify

people shouldn't believe me all the time. i feel that ilx considers me an indisputable fount of wisdom and --i have to say -- that's only 95% true.

oh, we know

Sometimes I have opinions without having all the facts

― Trϵϵship, Monday, November 5, 2018 11:54 AM (one year ago)

lol, good find

i will say though, that is only sometimes. most of the time i have all the facts and more.

are you voting yes tho

in the faulknerian sense? like, do i believe in the survival of mankind?

evidently i cannot accurately gauge your emoness

probably for the best

i'm just drunk, dude

lol you think i'm not?

anyway literally every other ilxor would be shocked that you, like Peter, so casually disavow your savior

lol do ppl here really think i am a death cab for cutie fan--a teenager, preserved in amber, from 2001?

yes

that's cool i guess

there's a subset that wonders if you're cute (seriously), but if they dwelled too much on you, they'd just become misanthropes

New album sounding good. "Cry Cry Cry" is huge, one of their best.

Her voice is great but Rabbit Rabbit album songwriting seems musically formulaic to me .