the tinny, trebly guitars/synths(?) that perk up in "Lead, SD" really remind me of the Wrens
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 25 September 2017 12:30 (six years ago) link
I just keep going back to the opening track.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 21:22 (six years ago) link
this record is a fuckin classic, top to bottom
and it keeps getting better
― alpine static, Friday, 29 June 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
Anyone heard the demos EP yet?
― groovypanda, Friday, 29 June 2018 20:47 (five years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6rUs44L7H_Amz_OcM1ilkksN3YIS-eMO
― alpine static, Monday, 2 July 2018 05:39 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ui9umU0C2g
holy shit
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 10 January 2019 19:32 (five years ago) link
oh nice, i just re-listened to this album two days ago. holds up!
― marcos smart (Spottie), Thursday, 10 January 2019 20:48 (five years ago) link
i'm relistening to it now and yeah! it's so beautiful
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 10 January 2019 21:37 (five years ago) link
What's up with all those lyric and chord sheets?
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 10 January 2019 21:48 (five years ago) link
i think the first part of the video is from when they actually recorded it for the album
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 10 January 2019 21:52 (five years ago) link
just wanted to alert ppl who like this album to the bad books (collaboration between andy hull and kevin devine) record that's coming out soon, and also to this gorgeous new song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxc14_TnT50
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 7 June 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
the other new songs have been cool too
― Mordy, Friday, 7 June 2019 20:07 (four years ago) link
the bad books album is INCREDIBLE
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 June 2019 13:25 (four years ago) link
lol I mentioned it again on the emo thread. it's very good. the penultimate track is especially gorgeous.
― Simon H., Sunday, 16 June 2019 13:47 (four years ago) link
it's the first bad books record on which their songwriting voices feel really united imo. i was a little wary of the whole album being acoustic guitar-based but the arrangements are all such slow gorgeous aches it's hard to complain. also this is a lyrical peak for both of them
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 June 2019 13:53 (four years ago) link
I agree with all that. "Army" does lay it on a bit thick but it feels more or less earned by then
― Simon H., Sunday, 16 June 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
"army" has absolutely ruined my life
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 June 2019 14:47 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63uaPVN0sGA
full album performance
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Saturday, 13 February 2021 17:26 (three years ago) link
and it appears they're dropping a single or something on 02/18
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Saturday, 13 February 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
oh i just came here to post that live video!!!
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 15 February 2021 04:34 (three years ago) link
I'm guessing from this that catherine marks will be handling their new stuff as well? a very good thing
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Monday, 15 February 2021 06:43 (three years ago) link
The Million Masks of God out 04/30, single's real good
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 18 February 2021 14:28 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-voZou1JllY
fucking fantastic
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 February 2021 15:32 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6YUHe3ArHQ
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 26 March 2021 04:29 (three years ago) link
Hull worked on the new Foxing record, right? there's some convergence going on. not complaining
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 26 March 2021 04:40 (three years ago) link
these new songs...I know we say this all the time but these guys should be huge
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 26 March 2021 22:56 (three years ago) link
you know what song stopped me dead in my tracks the other day, was "you wouldn't have to ask" by bad books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-KcNBY83CI
anyway I am still unbelievably stoked for this album
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Monday, 12 April 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
god "you wouldn't have to ask" is the best fucking song ever written
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 12 April 2021 19:05 (three years ago) link
that great
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Monday, 12 April 2021 19:11 (three years ago) link
has anyone tried mixing "keel timing" and "bed head" into one song? because I do this in my head all the time
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Sunday, 25 April 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link
surprising no one, i discovered today that i've been really underrating simple math since it came out
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 25 April 2021 21:20 (three years ago) link
my second fave after black mile now
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 25 April 2021 21:25 (three years ago) link
MA at their most MOR? not that I'm complaining. I get pearl jam vibes on occasionI pretend it starts with "pensacola" tbh, first songs feel like a throat clearing to me
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Sunday, 25 April 2021 22:03 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R4gSeY0XtY
very black mile, gorgeous song
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
it's out there
holy cow "inaudible" sounds incredible
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:36 (two years ago) link
heard a new song on the radio, was really good
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:45 (two years ago) link
oh wow the second half is A Moon Shaped Pool-core emo, here for this
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 29 April 2021 14:00 (two years ago) link
or at least that's how "dinosaur" struck me
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 29 April 2021 14:01 (two years ago) link
this is the best album ever
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 29 April 2021 14:03 (two years ago) link
Lol. Is it out tomorrow then?
― groovypanda, Thursday, 29 April 2021 14:54 (two years ago) link
'tis
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 29 April 2021 14:56 (two years ago) link
surprising no one, i discovered today that i've been really underrating simple math since it came out― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson)
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson)
Brad, the first time I listened to Simple Math, I cried. Great album, great title track, great music video.
Man, I'm so glad that I've (finally) Got Friends that like Manchester Orchestra. Andy Hull is one of my favorite musicians alive, and I really love how distinct his voice is. Then again, I also love Coheed and Cambria and many people find Claudio difficult to listen to.
And I'm so behind that I didn't realize that he had a side project with freakin' Kevin Devine.
― hourspass, Thursday, 29 April 2021 19:05 (two years ago) link
this album is so rad. i a/b’d it with black mile today, i think black mile is so close to a platonically perfect album from these guys for me that it’s hard to measure up, like... “the moth” and “lead, sd” are like these rocking engines of dread and i’m still totally blown away by them. and “the grocery” and “the mistake” are the two best manchester orchestra songs of all time
but this album comes really fucking close. my favorite is “obstacle” and i cannot believe they managed to hit this balance between inward acoustic guitar stuff and full prog bridges but that’s what really impresses me about “dinosaur” and “obstacle”
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 30 April 2021 02:34 (two years ago) link
Cope/Hope -> Black Mile felt like a seismic shift to me, just a huge shift in scale and level of execution. this otoh feels more like Black Mile II than I was expecting, and not just because of the little reprises. andy is such a confident singer now that, ironically, it leads me to pay more attention to the lyrics, and his constant first-person passionate stadium yearning feels like it has sacrificed a bit of specificity. but it's v v good and the songs you cite show some real growth. otoh I would absolutely kill for a whole album of "keel timing" / "bed head" style actual pop-adjacent stuff, those are amazing songs
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 30 April 2021 03:18 (two years ago) link
i don’t even really know the details of the overlapping recursively constructed storylines on black mile but relistening to the record today i was taken aback by how emotionally devastating certain lines from that record are, often bc they seem to revolve around this inexorable horrible thing happening or having happened. ugh what a powerful album. glad i made a thread for it lol
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 30 April 2021 03:36 (two years ago) link
yeah I never even remotely grokked the "concept" of that album (even by concept album standards, hull's are super vague and evasive to me) but it's incredibly cohesive, and feels unified by the "you can't take it with you" theme. it's not clear to me what the driving force of this one is by comparison, though I did read about the grief angle.
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 30 April 2021 04:10 (two years ago) link
I doubt we'll get a better *sounding* rock record this year, I will say that. this thing sparkles!
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 30 April 2021 04:13 (two years ago) link
fun to see you on my other music message board, simon. the quality of discourse there really makes ilx look like the fucking algonquin table in comparison
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 30 April 2021 14:12 (two years ago) link
hahaha yeah it is WILD there huh? I'm just getting the lay of the land
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 30 April 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
it’s really nice that we don’t talk about vinyl variants constantly here
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 30 April 2021 14:19 (two years ago) link