Wye Oak

i'm excited to hear this, since it's basically material they discarded in making The Shriek and it really seemed like they had to tear everything down and build it back up to make that album.

this band is so fucking good

don't like that new track

Hate this LP on first listen, in the same way I hated Shriek (seemed muddy and overcluttered and underwritten). But I'm enjoying the hell out of it my third time around; the songs are really opening up.

i don't think i could listen to an album 3 times in one day without hating it from overexposure

I think I was afraid if I didn't give it another chance I'd never get back around to it tbh. Now I'll probably shelf it for a while, but I'll be excited to return to it

I don't know about the rest of the album yet, but I'm mesmerized by "If You Should See".

Really excited to hear this. I'm shocked that this thread is so short, and that this band didn't get a thread here til 2014. If Children and The Knot are two of my favorite records of that era. There were so many great bands in Baltimore in the aughts and they were always among the best. I saw them dozens of times, and I'm still kicking myself for taping an entire 2008 show save for one song they never released, "Half a Double Man." One of the most rocking songs they ever did, and I can't find any document of it online. Sorta sounded like Deerhoof.

didn't know about the Flock of Dimes record until now but it's great! it's pretty much just like having another Wye Oak record

yeah it's great 👌

pretty sure it'd be my 2nd favorite wye oak record after civilian if it was one. its that good

New album info!

https://pitchfork.com/news/wye-oak-announce-new-album-share-new-song-listen/?mbid=homepage-more-latest-and-video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO7ffikJOE4

this new song is great, i love the mangled distorted guitar part in the chorus

btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oIX-RUjVhg

Album is out. It's fantastic. Think I'll go buy it rn.

Slightly less hyperbolic second take: Side 2 loses a bit of focus in the middle, and it needs an epic closing track - as it is, the record just ends. Side 1 is perfect though.

Parts of this are spectacular. "Lifer" in particular is just beautiful.

This album is the best album.

I was kinda cold on this album at first but it's really growing on me - the last few songs in particular.

Growing on me, too. I like the really fast / herky-jerky one on side 2.

This is so good! I love how, for all the sweep and the swooning and the Liz Fraserisms, there's nearly always something to hook into rhythmically as well, it doesn't sacrifice momentum for atmosphere.

this is their best one since they went synthpop

<3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8GdRtQi7VA

wyeoakteau twins

Works for me. I really like "The Louder I Call", though I went back to "Tween" and felt there just wasn't enough there to keep my interest, it just felt too insubstantial and gauzy.

finally got around to this and it's the best music in the world

Looking forward to finally seeing them next week.

yeah this album is incredible, possibly my favorite of theirs

I love this album so much but I am also devastated that their cover of “We Belong” appears to have disappeared from the internet ;_;

oh solid now i have a fresh grudge against the av club

pretty sure i ripped that

Great band

you of all people

last 3 tracks on this are the best part

they're local heroes i grew up seeing them, back when they were called Monarch. glad they're still active despite living in different cities

last 3 tracks on this are the best part

― ciderpress, Tuesday, July 10, 2018 6:05 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

god yeah for real

could maker an argument for tracks 4-5-6 as well.

damn, this record is gorgeous. decided i'm gonna just listen to their discography all day today

i love this band.

i'm less in love with the latest record than earlier ones (i love jen's guitar playing) but it is very good.

they're great live, go see them if you can. they were one of my highlights this past weekend at the (honestly pretty half-assed) eaux claires festival. just as good in the sunshine as the club i saw them in last. plus a joni mitchell cover!

this album is so good

"it was not natural" in particular

and "say hello." and "you of all people." and "i know it's real"

pretty much a perfect record.

Yeah this is like my platonic ideal of a modern indie rock record, and there’s so much to focus on that it’s easy to overlook the frequently, subtly great lyrics (“and my whole life is in that space: after the cut, before pain”).

"It Was Not Natural" might be my song of the year, need to keep trying with the rest.

Can't believe it's been 10 years since "Please Concrete" hooked me for life.

it is an excellent record though I think civilian will always be my favorite

yeah I love them all but If Children has always been my favorite. they had this sick song called "Half a Double Man" circa 2008, when they were writing and playing out all the songs that ended up on The Knot. I lost the only bootlegs I had of them playing that song... it was sort of like Deerhoof but heavier.

20 minute No Horizon EP out, a collaboration with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. First track "AEIOU" is gorgeous. Reminds me a little of Beach House with those drums and guitars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaLp_0_r2P8

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/wye-oak-no-horizon-ep/

Yeah this is lovely - though the use of a children’s choir throughout reminds me oddly of Verspertine.

new flock of dimes record seems like it's gonna be fucking amazing based on the singles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy7X5QrpREs

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0WqYjvU6vI

Roxor!

this album is outrageously great

wow at "price of blue"

album of the year for me so far, feels like it might end up my favorite overall Wasner thing that isn't Shriek

Love the bits of this flirts with country. I can almost imagine an Emmylou Harris harmony on "Awake for the Sunrise."

this album is really good

what is with the rhythm on "two" though? is it in 15/16 or something?

it's so close to being 4/4 but just slightly off-kilter that it's a really strange listen. i can't actually think of any other songs that do the same thing

got that “springtime in Durham second shot” feeling pic.twitter.com/0Aqta6YyXs

— Jenn Wasner (@flockofdimes) April 9, 2021

good lord is this excellent. very much in the vein of the last wye oak album which i also absolutely loved.

what is with the rhythm on "two" though? is it in 15/16 or something?

― ufo, Monday, April 12, 2021 3:06 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

i think it is in 4/4 but syncopated so the downbeat hits a little before the 4 beat. could be wrong. the chorus is absolutely in 4/4, tho.

i considered that possibility but it never quite seemed to line up when i counted and she said in an interview it's in a 'weird time signature' which makes me more convinced it's not just a syncopated 4/4

a friend says they think it's in 7/8 but that never quite seemed to line up either for me either, seemed to be between that and 4/4 which is how i got to 15/16. maybe the syncopation just threw me off and i counted wrong though

i am probably going to try transcribing it sometime to be sure because this has been bugging me all week lol

this article thinks it's in 7/4: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/thesampler/audio/2018790776/the-sampler-pixie-williams-voom-flock-of-dimes

feels like it could be, i think i was assuming a lower bpm.

Sounds like 7/8 to me

I also hear it as 7/8 (4+3) all the way through on a quick listen

I think that although the first snare hit always seems to land on the 3, sometimes (in strong bars?) maybe the second snare hit is a little early and lands between 6 and 7, while sometimes it's right on the 7, but I think there's always a bar of 7?

ooh, new Flock of Dimes comp gonna have a "Weakness in Me" cover. not to mention an "Amelia" one. and the new songs released so far are great.

some of the solo versions on the flock of dimes comp are just astoundingly gorgeous. especially a fan of this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kDLBTm9CYA

I saw Jenn as Flock of Dimes opening for Sylvan Esso several years back and was really impressed. Kind of lost touch with her/them. The comments here about last year's album are very encouraging.

Jesus that's good

Details here. Thanks VC.

https://www.subpop.com/news/2022/04/14/flock_of_dimes_head_of_roses_phantom_limb_available_today_on_all_dsps

have heard absolutely zero chatter about the new album that they apparently released today

Don't think it's an album but a collection of singles they've released in the last few years with a few new songs

ah ok, that makes more sense

And those singles were pretty damn good!