Beauty Pill - Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are

So as not to derail this excellent Beauty Pill thread I will post something represent elsewhere.

Was trying to work out why this album made me feel like 2001. Then I realised it was because it's like The Dismemberment Plan's Change meets Bows' Cassidy meets The Beta Band's The Hot Shots II.

― Tim F, Wednesday, February 17, 2016 5:17 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you might already realize this but Chad Clark produced most of the Dismemberment Plan's albums!

I read that after I had made the connection in my head and felt ashamed of my brain for being so obvious.

lol

was a huge fan of smart went crazy's 'con art' and beauty pill's 'cigarrette girl from the future' EP, but their first album was such a bore i just forgot about them. it felt like they were aiming to that sort of dave fridmann empty(?) grandeur that basically defined his production work on mercury rev/flaming lips albums and ended up with something bloated and ultimately tuneless.

this album is amazing.

i think The Unsustainable Lifestyle is a really good and fascinating and misunderstood album, especially lyrically, but yeah, it's not on the same level as Con Art or Describes

^^ tbh, i never listened to the album since then, and at the time i didn't really gave it that much of a chance.

I discovered Describes in late February and have been kicking my own ass ever since: the album I wished I'd heard in 2015.

http://www.beautypill.com/schedule/

WED. APRIL 26, 2017 | ARTO LINDSAY & BEAUTY PILL | ONE LONGFELLOW SQUARE | PORTLAND, ME $18

THURS. APRIL 27, 2017 | ARTO LINDSAY & BEAUTY PILL | ONCE BALLROOM | SOMERVILLE, MA $20

FRI. APRIL 28, 2017 | ARTO LINDSAY & BEAUTY PILL | BELL HOUSE | BROOKLYN, NY $20

SAT. APRIL 29, 2017 | ARTO LINDSAY & BEAUTY PILL | BLACK CAT | WASHINGTON, DC $20

SUN. APRIL 30, 2017 | ARTO LINDSAY & BEAUTY PILL | BOOT & SADDLE | PHILADELPHIA, PA $20

Plus he wrote liner notes for the new Arto Lindsay album coming out in APril

I've had this back in rotation the past month and it is sooo good

it really really holds up, last five tracks are an especially amazing run

think 'dog with rabbit in mouth, unharmed' is my pick these days

listening to king krule's new album, reflecting on how if it weren't rubbish it might sound a bit like this album

On Tuesday in a post shared w/ the public on Facebook, Jean Cook said she is leaving Beauty Pill. Her last live gig with them is tonight at a special $49 ticket benefit with panel discussion thing at the Howard Theatre in DC. She notes she has deep love and respect for the generosity and commitment of the group’s members.

My brother sent me this album for my birthday this year. My god, it's incredible. I've been humming "Ann the Word," "For Pretend," and "Steven and Tiwonge" nonstop since I heard them.

:)

very good album, hope they do another one at some pont

.... why did i imagine this whole time that you already loved this record djp

So glad I got to see them record parts of this at Artisphere in Arlington, then saw the installation, then finally heard the finished thing - it's an amazing record that clearly took a long time to gestate, and it all paid off. By the sounds of it their old label can get fucked, although hopefully it'll be back up on streaming soon. (IIRC Chad has the rights, finally, and it's tied up in some sort of legal issue at the moment.)

XP: probably because it is an extremely DJP album

Amazing album

this is the best album ever made