Supposed to interview them this week, if anybody has any questions
― MISTERSNRUB (some dude), Monday, 24 February 2014 16:54 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ee4bfu_t3c
so good
― james franco, Sunday, 9 March 2014 04:09 (ten years ago) link
also, how did the interview go some dude?
― Treeship, Sunday, 9 March 2014 04:13 (ten years ago) link
yeah. he looks like he's dodging imaginary lasers, but it's awesome.
― POO: the blossom or full flower of the evening (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 9 March 2014 04:23 (ten years ago) link
great interview, they're really good dudes.
― some dude, Sunday, 9 March 2014 17:35 (ten years ago) link
^^^ I've watched that Letterman performance like a dozen times & showed it to everyone I know who hasn't already seen it... they haven't been 'local' (formerly of Greenville, NC) for a long long time, but I know many of us in the Triangle still fondly remember being rocked like that in tiny venues, and it's wonderful to see them bringing it to a national TV audience
― merciless to accomplish the truth in his intelligence (bernard snowy), Sunday, 9 March 2014 17:51 (ten years ago) link
I don't think I've ever seen Letterman that excited after a performance
― frogbs, Sunday, 9 March 2014 18:35 (ten years ago) link
I DJd after one of their shows in hawaii and i put on screamin jay hawkins and dude started making the most joyful ruckus on the other side of the bar, literally swinging his beer back and forth like a cartoon pirate all yo-ho-ho style and then he came up to the dj booth and gave me the happiest smiliest high-five ever
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Sunday, 9 March 2014 18:55 (ten years ago) link
also the video in the 2nd post is really beautiful and i watch it about once a month
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Sunday, 9 March 2014 19:02 (ten years ago) link
i took these:
http://i.imgur.com/dWe8fzn.png
http://i.imgur.com/Tj5oB92.png
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Sunday, 9 March 2014 19:07 (ten years ago) link
Jesus, those are beautiful
― Walter Galt, Sunday, 9 March 2014 19:35 (ten years ago) link
yeah 2nd one is so good
― some dude, Sunday, 9 March 2014 19:39 (ten years ago) link
this song is really good but that letterman performance was like a deleted scene from "walk hard" or something
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 9 March 2014 19:51 (ten years ago) link
so i thought the letterman performance was like bad paul young karaoke. is the studio shit like good paul young?
― da croupier, Sunday, 9 March 2014 19:55 (ten years ago) link
It's all good. Give me all of that you've got.
― POO: the blossom or full flower of the evening (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 9 March 2014 19:57 (ten years ago) link
missed there was a link to the actual video up top, sorry.
i wonder whether neil diamond or tom jones will cover this first.
― da croupier, Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:00 (ten years ago) link
you guys are making very good unintentional arguments for why they're awesome
― some dude, Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:01 (ten years ago) link
i dunno if i'd say unintentional - i'm well aware someone could respond with "I love Paul Young!"
― da croupier, Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:02 (ten years ago) link
this is machine-tooled for ILX & will probably go top 5 in the EOY
― You cannot interrupt his tea stirring because it is his holy trick (imago), Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:04 (ten years ago) link
On the Water was awesome in the same way and didn't get too much attention here.
― POO: the blossom or full flower of the evening (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:08 (ten years ago) link
Walter GaltPosted: May 19, 2013 at 12:30:46 PMThey are the quintessential band where I rarely think about them, then when a song comes up on shuffle I will become totally obsessed and play them non-stop for a week straight
This is otm. I always hear "beach foam" on an old mix in my car and play it over and over.
― POO: the blossom or full flower of the evening (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:15 (ten years ago) link
i dunno if i'd say unintentional - i'm well aware someone could respond with "I love Paul Young!"― da croupier, Sunday, March 9, 2014 8:02 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― da croupier, Sunday, March 9, 2014 8:02 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― merciless to accomplish the truth in his intelligence (bernard snowy), Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:18 (ten years ago) link
in the youtube comments, a lot of young ppl who had never heard them prior to the Letterman performance were like "omg his voice reminds me of Springsteen!" so just keep in mind that not everyone is familiar with Meatloaf or whatever terrible shit you were subjected to in your youth
― merciless to accomplish the truth in his intelligence (bernard snowy), Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:24 (ten years ago) link
shouldn't you be like "oh yay, now i have all these 80s synth-soul hams i can check out!" rather than complaining they're being brought up?
― da croupier, Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:34 (ten years ago) link
Paul Young lacks growl. The comparison is weak
― POO: the blossom or full flower of the evening (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:35 (ten years ago) link
soul hams
― festival culture (Jordan), Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:36 (ten years ago) link
i'll admit there were those moments on letterman were he got a frog in his throat in a way that would never happen to paul
― da croupier, Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:38 (ten years ago) link
He growls a bit through every song. For the whole song.
― POO: the blossom or full flower of the evening (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:39 (ten years ago) link
i only know the hit, sorry
― da croupier, Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:39 (ten years ago) link
i mean i said paul young karaoke. I'm acknowledging the amateurish elements.
― da croupier, Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:40 (ten years ago) link
shouldn't you be like "oh yay, now i have all these 80s synth-soul hams i can check out!" rather than complaining they're being brought up?― da croupier, Sunday, March 9, 2014 8:34 PM (34 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― da croupier, Sunday, March 9, 2014 8:34 PM (34 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
(xps)
― merciless to accomplish the truth in his intelligence (bernard snowy), Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:40 (ten years ago) link
it's like, when my mom would overhear me listening to heavy metal and say "jesus, this is worse than AC/DC!", it didn't make me want to listen to AC/DC, y'know?
― merciless to accomplish the truth in his intelligence (bernard snowy), Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link
sorry dude but if someone making a cynical "lol are people really getting into Some New Group That Sounds Like This Old Thing" crack gets you upset that people are making reference points you don't know and not taking it seriously suggests you maybe shouldn't be passing around a clip of a dude doing a herky-jerky dance to 80s synth-soul on letterman
― da croupier, Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:46 (ten years ago) link
indie favorites often resemble unfashionable shit from 20-30 years earlier, you know? life is hard.
― da croupier, Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:47 (ten years ago) link
just given it to us straight, maaaan
― POO: the blossom or full flower of the evening (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:48 (ten years ago) link
da croupier you must have missed the memo, "caring what the 80s were like" is no longer a thing my generation has an emotional investment in :)
― merciless to accomplish the truth in his intelligence (bernard snowy), Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:49 (ten years ago) link
i still remember when the mean ol' guys at the record store brought up vanilla fudge when i made them listen to the afghan whigs. it hurt, but i'm grateful in hindsight.
― da croupier, Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:50 (ten years ago) link
WOMEN DANCED BEHIND TOM JONES, AND MEN THEY FOUGHT THE WARSTHE CHILDREN LISTENED TO PAUL YOUNG, AND EVERYONE WAS POOR
― merciless to accomplish the truth in his intelligence (bernard snowy), Sunday, 9 March 2014 20:51 (ten years ago) link
(last post, then I gotta bounce)
1. Dismissing a contemporary band because they sound too much like the sum of their influences without appearing to break any new ground stylistically2. Dismissing a contemporary band because they remind you of stuff you never liked in the first place and resented having to hear during its window of mainstream popularity
I do not believe that the difference between 1. and 2. could be totally lost on you, da croup
― merciless to accomplish the truth in his intelligence (bernard snowy), Sunday, 9 March 2014 21:04 (ten years ago) link
actually, i'm a little young for description #2. But i'm sorry if you don't think it's fair to say (again, based on their hit) that these guys sound like an amateurish version of something that was popular a while back.
― da croupier, Sunday, 9 March 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link
Letterman clip made me think "if Rick Astley had never met Stock Aitken Waterman."
― That's So (Eazy), Sunday, 9 March 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link
HOW DARE YOU
― da croupier, Sunday, 9 March 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link
like the children of the eastern seaboard have any responsibility to care about your precious SAW
― da croupier, Sunday, 9 March 2014 21:14 (ten years ago) link
― You cannot interrupt his tea stirring because it is his holy trick (imago), Sunday, March 9, 2014 4:04 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
bookmarking
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 9 March 2014 21:16 (ten years ago) link
"machine-tooled"
― some dude, Sunday, 9 March 2014 21:17 (ten years ago) link
3d printed for ILX
― POO: the blossom or full flower of the evening (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 9 March 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link
am I right that the argt being presented here is "you whipper-snappers don't know the roots of this music"
― joe perry has been dead for years (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 9 March 2014 22:11 (ten years ago) link
I thought that was it, but after reading da croupier's latest replies, I'm more confused than ever
croup, I'm not sure why you're hung up on the notion of this performance being "amateurish"—the band is perfectly tight, & Sam goes all-in on his schtick despite having an audience of mostly indifferent non-fans... which is basically the definition of "professionalism"? like, when I think of "amateurish" TV performances, I think of 90s alt-rock bands mumbling thru their one hit as if they were just dragged out of bed and thrown on the Letterman stage by major label hired goons.
― merciless to accomplish the truth in his intelligence (bernard snowy), Sunday, 9 March 2014 23:03 (ten years ago) link
... maybe you woulda liked them better when they sounded like New Order, idk
― merciless to accomplish the truth in his intelligence (bernard snowy), Sunday, 9 March 2014 23:12 (ten years ago) link
man they're way more meatloafy than sprinsteeny, thank god
― a commentary on self-absorbed youth culture in the social media age (zachlyon), Sunday, 9 March 2014 23:40 (ten years ago) link
*yawns*
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Thursday, 13 April 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
I'd say a more cheerful Alex in NYC
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Thursday, 13 April 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
Actually, I'll take that.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Thursday, 13 April 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link
lots of double dagger/FI connections - William Cashion plays in a band with one of the guys from DD
― tomorrow, Thursday, 13 April 2017 18:11 (six years ago) link
yep, Peals - the record they put out last year is sweet. James Iha plays on "Punk Migration"!
Future Islands and Dan Deacon opened for Double Dagger at their last show in 2011.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 13 April 2017 18:28 (six years ago) link
So far I'm convinced this is their best album, although listening to their back catalogue I will say that the format has been roughly the same for several years. I was kind of hoping they'd go full prog for this one.
but yeah, I totally agree with the second part and it's been pretty funny to read reviews of The Far Field which are mostly like "they've been generally about the same thing, it's a band that values consistency, sticks to one formula and doesn't try to break musical ground, hey, they're good guys". I guess you can argue there's nothing wrong with making safe record but some of those writers go so out of their way to justify that it's hilarious.
I also think that this one is a lot less hook-based than Singles, nothing really caught my ear too much on this one, it flows pretty much from one song to another.
― piramjida, Thursday, 13 April 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link
Every time it hits "Day Glow Fire", I stop whatever I'm doing and look up the song title so I can make sure I remember the name of the song this time. (It never works because, aside from specific new albums that I instantly imprint upon, I can't remember the names of any of the songs/tracks on any of the albums I purchase these days, but that one is a specific standout that distinguishes itself from the other songs to my ears.)
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Thursday, 13 April 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
I like the new one a lot. Singles was awesome, why not spend a little bit more time in that mode?
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Thursday, 13 April 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link
i like this song "ran"
― Treeship, Thursday, 13 April 2017 22:20 (six years ago) link
Ran is great. North Star is great. If they carry on in this groove for the next album they'll lose me but for now I'm quite happy to float around in their little weird world
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Thursday, 13 April 2017 23:59 (six years ago) link
it's got some great cuts like 'Time On Her Side,' 'Ran,' and 'Ancient Water,' but then there are clunkers like 'Shadows,' which is kind of cringe-y (imo)...
― KevRus, Friday, 14 April 2017 00:44 (six years ago) link
"Future Islands sound like Robert Palmer struggling to untie a raincoat". David Quantick on Twitter
^ This is such an insufferable "zing". Can almost hear someone chuckling "Oh, DELICIOUS!" into the arm of their smoking jacket.
― circa1916, Saturday, 15 April 2017 06:02 (six years ago) link
a raincoat!
― Sufjan Grafton, Saturday, 15 April 2017 06:39 (six years ago) link
This band is great *and* that's a very funny joke from a very funny writer
― Jalapeño Coladas, Saturday, 15 April 2017 06:59 (six years ago) link
joke is ilm xkcd
― Sufjan Grafton, Saturday, 15 April 2017 07:08 (six years ago) link
It's a good joke if you're one of the lamer British people on this board or Alfred Lord Sotosyn.
― circa1916, Saturday, 15 April 2017 10:37 (six years ago) link
that is what they sound like though. (still great)
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Saturday, 15 April 2017 13:04 (six years ago) link
I'm quite enjoying Samuel Herring's debut of his hip hop side project as Hemlock Ernst with Kenny Segal.
― MarkoP, Saturday, 26 October 2019 13:53 (four years ago) link
ooooh wtf that's him? popped on my recommendations, it's good! i was wondering who the other dude was
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 26 October 2019 17:20 (four years ago) link