NO AGE

possibly an unpopular opinion but if everything in between would have been released in 2003 and had more mainstream production values and dean and randy looked like strokes, they would have been bigger than the strokes

which is a really dumb way of saying that almost the entire album is catchy as hell, just full of earworms

no that's pretty much otm, & goes for all their other albums. like imagine if Weirdo Rippers came out in 1999

i like these points :)
really digged all their stuff other than 'an object', will give it a relisten or two in lieu of you guys' posts

don't know why the reception was so lukewarm at the time

some of the reviews were all 'why does NA not want to rock'

listening to it this morning it was very resonant, i wonder how much the lyrical/thematic content a la 'stimmung' was part of a design w/ the sound

I can't believe this band is ten years old now

"I Won't Be Your Generator" and "An Impression" are still stunning... I think they finally achieved the perfect synthesis of loud guitar rock & electronics on this record. if nothing else it's the best sounding of all their records - like I said upthread, Nouns is great but sounds too thin, very much like HD's Warehouse.

New album sounds great.

Very psyched to hear. Is it streaming anywhere?

oh whoa i forgot that it comes out today. i had a ticket to see them a couple months ago but didn't end up going, was kicking myself as i stayed at home and still am... so im a little sore

seriously though fuck this narrative of An Object being a 'failure' or a disappointment. I don't know why it got such tepid & negative reviews, that's their best record, if not a close second behind Nouns. I already talked about why upthread but goddamn, how many rock songs are as thrilling as "C'mon Stimmung"?

If you like An Object you will probably not like this as much, it's more direct.

"more direct" = stripped down/less melodic? because An Object sounds pretty direct to me, particularly the rock songs

https://www.spin.com/2018/01/no-age-snares-like-a-haircut-review/

Hopping from Sub Pop to the venerable but curmudgeonly Drag City is symbolic and instructive; while No Age likely have no interest in seeing Snares Like a Haircut on Spotify, it bears by far their highest ratio of “songs” to “ambient drift,” with several that could conceivably crash playlists worded to appeal to people who still associate indie rock with “guitars.”

is the inference that they are moving somewhere that will give them a chance to crash playlists or they are moving somewhere that will let them avoid being on spotify (thus safe to have songs that could crash playlists despite themselves)

That they did it to intentionally make their music more obscure, which I completely disagree with. That’s not the case at all, they’ve never been Fugazi or Albini puritans (thank god)

lol i bought my fugazi albums at best buy just like the 'alt rock is cool' tv commercials in the 90s told me to

kind of realized it's the ambient drift, or more likely,'Reoccurring Dreams'-type pieces that I love in particular, whether that's 'Sun Spots' or 'My Hands, Birch and Steel'.

listening on apple music and wow this is really good

5/5

how were Fugazi puritans musically speaking?

Ian owned his own label and hot like $6 per CD when most artists got like 80 cents and they could do like 300k units

when Ahmet Ertegan told Ian I'll give you your own label and a million Ian told him I already have both those things

when Ahmet Ertegan told Ian I'll give you your own label

Yes. I remember a huge Fugazi feature in the Washington Post during the peak of the mid 90s alternative boom. Record companies were all throwing themselves at them, they would have made them the biggest band in the world if they were willing, but they just said no.

but, A) I think Ian correctly saw that Fugazi would never be the biggest band in the world and that B) 6 * 300,000 is more than 0.80 * 900,000 plus you own your masters etc, I guess I question the idea that he did it for irrational reasons of punk cred or be whatever it more just seemed like rational business decisions

I already have both those things

and he bought nothing but rice with it, what a waste

he owns at least 2 properties in this area, we should all be so poor

https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/globalrelevanceex_sort/38.979027,-76.983691,38.86484,-77.166682_rect/12_zm/

is the inference that they are moving somewhere that will give them a chance to crash playlists or they are moving somewhere that will let them avoid being on spotify

Don't think he's implying either of those -- I think he's saying the move to Drag City is symbolic of the musical direction of the new album vs. the last one; he considers the Drag City roster (and the new album) to be more traditionally guitar-centric indie rock than current Sub Pop roster (and the last album). The Spotify/playlist references were just to get some buzzwords in there.

but are they in fact not streaming-accessible?

iirc drag city is on bandcamp but not spotify etc

he considers the Drag City roster (and the new album) to be more traditionally guitar-centric indie rock than current Sub Pop roster (and the last album).

is that true? i admit i don't follow the indie scene like i used to, but my stereotypes of the two labels were more like:

2000s sub pop: traditionally guitar-centric indie rock, trying not trying to write a indie hit that might be licensed for a movie - average audience age at shows: 20-25
2000s drag city: guitar-centric but contemplative fingerpickers who are very sad about things and play more quietly these days - average audience age at shows: 30-50

i fully admit that maybe the perception of those labels has totally switched around since i last paid attention

Drag City is on Apple Music as of last year, but not Spotify. Can confirm that the new No Age is not on Spotify but can't check Apple Music.

2000s drag city: guitar-centric but contemplative fingerpickers who are very sad about things and play more quietly these days - average audience age at shows: 30-50

― Karl Malone, Monday, January 29, 2018 11:58 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'M RIGHT HERE I CAN HEAR U

lol

Hey man, that’s some of my very favorite kind of music! For real. It’s just, I associate that stuff with drag city more than sub pop

haha i know i was just making a sad dad joek :)

https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/858/MI0003858538.jpg

is that blackshaw?

JimO

https://www.tinymixtapes.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/Article_Width/1505/news-15-05-orourke.jpg

oh duh yeah

Love this album. Hits the spot.

man i basically forgot about these guys and this new album is a fuckin' lovely hit of sunshine

amazing album, cover art is too next level for me though

knife piercing free-standing piece of swiss cheese on a 2x4 is my level

I love this record.

Stuck in the Changer is so great, didn't realise how much I needed a vulnerable noise record right now.

y'all this new No Age record...I don't have anything brilliant to add, but I'm on the biggest No Age kick right now.

I don't like their faces

― Dan I., Tuesday, September 25, 2007

I have always remembered this post, from the “old days” – it struck me as audaciously perfect at the time. I still think of it when this band comes up.

going to see them tomorrow

Same! Haven't seen them since they opened for Pavement.

report back!