yeah they were a great band, Whiney's random dig at them in some piece hailing the rise of GAPDY still irks
stoked for this
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 25 June 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
haven't heard anything else, but "common emergencies" is a blast. superchunky.
― oculus lump (contenderizer), Saturday, 25 June 2016 22:02 (seven years ago) link
That just makes me like them more
― Wimmels, Monday, 27 June 2016 00:19 (seven years ago) link
GAPDY?
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Monday, 27 June 2016 01:03 (seven years ago) link
an ice pick deep in trotsky's back / his last thought is, it's understandable
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 19 September 2019 06:15 (four years ago) link
u put the "u" in cruel and unusual / but u usually put urself first
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 19 September 2019 06:29 (four years ago) link
well they digitally removedthe coke from neil's nose, you know(or so the rumor goes)i don't know--was he a heavy doperor an occasional user?he was a friend of yours
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 24 September 2019 21:53 (four years ago) link
man these guys are good huh
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Friday, 24 April 2020 07:44 (four years ago) link
kind of sad that elizabeth nelson, the songwriter and the face of the band, is here only identified as 'tim bracy from the mendoza line's wife.' she seems neat!
"There’s something about watching people apply themselves to helping children read at an appropriate grade level that really gives you a lot of perspective on whether or not you’re going to get a rad review in Pitchfork. I mean, if I ever lose that perspective, then I’ll have failed in a really fundamental way."
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Friday, 24 April 2020 07:51 (four years ago) link
I see that I posted something about this band years ago, but I only just now got into their 2019 album A Goddamn Impossible Way of Life (oddly enough, following a recommendation from the bad-book podcast I Don't Even Own a Television, and I'm hooked on it. I was a Mendoza Line fan, and this reminds me of them quite a bit, and the whole New Pornographers/Weakerthans/Wussy strain of brainy, super melodic rock in general. Great hooks, even better songwriting; the first time through, I think I laughed out loud at a lyric at least once per song.
Also, they did this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgyfywASWoE
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Monday, 5 October 2020 17:04 (three years ago) link
Nelson is busy tweeting about her fave 60s through 80s music ( mostly)
― curmudgeon, Monday, 5 October 2020 18:10 (three years ago) link
new record out today; haven't listened yet
she's really good at those capsule xgau-ish (tweet) reviews -- and i totally appreciate her tastes -- but nevertheless i kind of hate them? just too precious somehow, especially the kickers
― mookieproof, Saturday, 3 February 2024 06:34 (two months ago) link
yeah i kind of dig this band kind of dislike it?
but it definitely feels like it stands the old axiom "music critics are just failed musicians" on its head
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 18:19 (two months ago) link
yeah they're starting to bug me, this album is pretty fun and chill imo except for the last song?
A nervy shotgun wedding between Nick Drake’s pastoral meditations and Richard Thompson’s visceral rage-folk, John Cale’s ‘Vintage Violence’ is a masterclass of menacing death boogie, nightmare-adjacent prophecies and psychological disassociation. A terrible night for a moondance.— The Paranoid Style (@paranoiacs) March 10, 2024
― JoeStork, Sunday, 10 March 2024 06:45 (one month ago) link