baroness: purple

really fell for "kerosene" today

one of those metal albums where any Queen comp is completely apropos.

"Chlorine and wine" could be the close to a drive by truckers album

If dbt were twice as talented

Brian May flourishes on Chlorine

I cannot get Shock Me out of my head
help me

So who's hitting those high notes on the "shock me" chorus? One of the new guys? Or did they just bring Darryl Hall in for a day?

EZ otm about the drummer, sheesh
I dig the Quotsa meets Foo Fighters meets Trail of Dead vibe tho, def an active rock band with some edge & creativity

I’ve been listening to this.

:)

Sometimes they remind me of Burning Airlines

Someone on twitter said late period Thrice and I can hear that, too.

And thank you for decrying their overplaying drummer. He's really, really talented but I wish he would settle in more often to locking the groove and not getting fusty with constant variations.

Drummer is a little Jimmy Chamberlain in places. It's really just the first track that he's overbaking it to the point where it's distracting for me, though

"Desperation Blues" is where it bugs me the most.

New drummer is the guy from Trans Am, yes? He rules.

So who's hitting those high notes on the "shock me" chorus?

The second guitarist apparently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7sJE8SaoJ4

There are a bunch of these "making of" vids on youtube. Worth watching.

damn, it's like they made that video to answer calstars question.

i fucking love this band.

Holy shit! I didn't realize the new drummer was Sebastian Thompson. He's a monster. I wonder if he's letting off steam finally getting to fully indulge his metal tendencies after years holding down perfect motorik grooves

Woah Trans Am dude, crazy, now that was a great band
But yeah sometimes he undermines the groove in a cool way sometimes it's a little annoying

Singer gets a little late period Hetfield with the way he ends some phrases...it actually occurred to me while listening to this that for younger ppl the Metallica they knew & were influenced by was past Black Album

in other news, turns out Shock Me is the greatest song of all time

I hate to be that guy but Purple is fucking cringeworthy. They were always a mini-Mastodon but they're an even lamer alt-rock band than Mastodon have become which is almost some kind of achievement.

hard rock Purdie shuffle on the last track a little unexpected

sebastian thompson playing on this is one of the only things that would get me to listen to it, so i guess i'll have to do that now.

SHOCK MEEE

i think this is way more successful than any of mastodon's alt-rock attempts. i liked once more 'round the sun pretty ok though

my idea of it being more successful may or may not be rooted in the vocals

it sounds really dreary and samey to me but i've only heard it on the internet.

― scott seward, Saturday, December 19, 2015 9:10 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I also wanted to complain about dreary sound, but this album actually sounds a bit less dreary than previous colors and turning it up always helps.

It does sound muddy

Horrible sounding record imo

nah, just turn up the phons imo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal-loudness_contour#/media/File:Lindos1.svg

the music is not really my thing, but the studio video about recording the drums (it's called 'Perfectly Accidental') is cool, thanks for that.

I hate to be that guy but Purple is fucking cringeworthy. They were always a mini-Mastodon but they're an even lamer alt-rock band than Mastodon have become which is almost some kind of achievement.

This is kind of the standard statement from 'real' metal people, right? Baroness/Mastodon/Torche/Deafheaven/A few more I can't think of are fake metal for the Pitchfork set?

this record is considerably more metal than yellow & green imo

The troll alarm is sounding

it is some mixture of metal and my chemical romance

finally an album just for me

haha I am liking it as well, to be clear

anyone who likes this album and hasn't heard elder's lore: you should

I don't really know what those have in common but I like that one too!

The footage of the band all singing the climax vocals on "Chlorine and Wine" is the heartwarming music bro visual of the 10s

anyone who likes this album and hasn't heard elder's lore: you should

This elder album is also good. ty.

This is kind of the standard statement from 'real' metal people, right? Baroness/Mastodon/Torche/Deafheaven/A few more I can't think of are fake metal for the Pitchfork set?

― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Thursday, 31 December 2015 20:25 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It probably is, except I think Mastodon's first 4 albums are classic, Torche are by far at their best at their most pop, but Deafheaven and Baroness are embarassing to me in ways I find difficult to articulate

Mastodon's first and third albums are terrible and boring. Leviathan and Crack the Skye are brilliant. The last two are a mixed bag; I don't like either one much, but they've each got enough good songs to be worth keeping around.

Yes, embarrassing, that's a good way to put it

Fake metal is about the worst thing in the universe, edged slightly by those who purvey it knowingly

an embarrassment of musical riches

i think i like the songs on this record but it sounds like shit, at least on spotify. does the cd sound better? like muddy and tinny at the same time

my vinyl sounds a lot better than my autorip mp3s, no idea about the CD but I expect it will too.

some bands mentioned in this thread: kansas, drive by truckers, qotsa, foo fighters, trail of dead, burning airlines, thrice, black album-metallica.

which kinda sums up why i don't dig this kinda thing. i would never listen to any of that stuff.

if this album did sound like a combination of queen, thin lizzy, and trans am - also mentioned - i would probably like it a lot more.

it could be a 90's thing that i don't understand...

except for kansas. which would be a kansas thing that i don't understand.

the thrice comparison is really only in the dude's voice

do they have any riffs on this album as good as this nu-alice in chains song?

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

speaking of the 90's...

i would totally buy a nu-alice album if all the songs sounded like that one but i know that there are probably tedious 9 minute long epic trudges on nu-alice albums too. without really knowing. and epic inscrutable 90's grunge-metal videos to go along with them probably.

i did like one baroness album. probably the first one. i got bored of kylesa too. i had high hopes for them.

the blue one. i started a thread and everything:

Baroness - Blue Record

i revisited the blue record the other day! i kinda think this one is basically the blue record with tighter songs

forgot about this review:

http://www.villagevoice.com/music/pelicans-sketchy-metal-6392962

notable for the trans am mention.

lol i remember getting so mad at that piece

really was kinda the best trans am song and they did it early.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM-2uEg_3Oo

Scott, if you don't like Kansas I don't understand you the way I thought I did. Those first five studio albums are pure heartland-prog gold.

^yeah haha

Also: new Mammatus album is produced by I think Phil Manley and gas kind of a "Motr" vibe

i don't have a problem with kansas i just never listen to them.

actually, have i ever listened to an entire kansas album...??

First one is probably the best

we should do a kansas listening thread. i just checked and they have 14 studio albums.

I'd be down tbh

I never knew much beyond the radio hits but I bought one of those Original Album Classics boxes with the first five albums on CD (remastered with bonus tracks) for $20 last year and was blown away by the stealth-Christian-rock arena-prog awesomeness. Organ and electric violin everywhere you look.

I used to listen to the best-of, Monolith , and Leftoverture a bunch in high school

I have never heard a full Kansas album, I'd do it.

Also you have the suspense of waiting to hear what happens when Steve Morse of Dixie Dregs joins

I can tell you that right now

https://youtu.be/Q63yP9dMLZg

i revisited the blue record the other day! i kinda think this one is basically the blue record with tighter songs

― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Saturday, January 2, 2016 1:49 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

St. Anger production levels here

i can't listen to this guy try to sing melodies, it's just too awful

I love how mad this album makes metal people

Reminds me of Cave In's "Jupiter" in terms of both sound and how it's being received.

I guess after being totally sold on nu-Torche after Restarter (still a 2015 favorite), I was prepared to like this scrubbed-up version of Baroness, but can't get with the vocals at all. "Shock Me" sounds like Pyromania era Def Leppard and that's when it doesn't sound like Nickelback.

That said, drumming on this thing is pretty fuckin' serious.

This album is incredibly catchy.

amazing that nobody's done the 'sounds like the Flaming Lips' routine w/ this dave fridmann produced record

This is really shitty and I'm glad the police took her seriously and treated her with kindness as she says. I hope they find the scumbag.

http://www.redbrick.me/music/this-is-not-a-review/

Baroness (they are in no way to blame) have responded
https://www.facebook.com/YourBaroness/posts/10153886065765056

Disgusting that this kind of thing goes on at gigs.

Surely we're due another album soon?

Soon enough! Gold & Grey out 06/14.

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/gold-grey/1455603119

"Borderlines" is up on Spotify. Sounds like Baroness!

Def feels like a Blue or Red cut, though the extreme fuzz levels and boppin' outro are new