Andrew WK: C/D?

That album artwork is incredible

also the posts at the start of this thread (all the way back in 2002!) really confound me. How could anyone dislike andrew wk!? even if you don't like his music, it feels impossible to dislike his spirit and positivity

I think "Music is Worth Living For" was the song he opened his show with last month

anyway I'm definitely springing for the vinyl on this, just cuz I want to hang it on my wall

XXp if you can't believe that then you're in for a feast of incredulity here - https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/184-i-get-wet/

what a fool schreiber is/was

that album got a lot of shit from a lot of (stupid) people

man, I remember reading that review way back in the day and thinking "hell, that sounds kind of awesome"

didn't actually hear the album until 5-6 years later, but hey I was right

I'm glad they gave it a reevaluation:
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16836-i-get-wet/

hahahaha

I have friends in a band who opened for Andrew W.K. and he was reportedly kind of shitty to them. They were fans and happy to meet him and he basically refused to interact with them or address them in any way, until they left. I think there might be a difference between the public and private personae.

Partying takes its toll

But he was a total sweetheart when I saw in like 2003. Stood outside in the freezing cold and entertained the kids with pics and autographs and general friendliness after the show for a long time.

Classic album.

hah I've heard the exact opposite, that he's exactly the same in private

that said don't forget there are two AWKs, maybe your friends met the grumpy one

isn't he famously something of an anguished existential philosopher type, and partying his chosen lifestyle to dispel the doom

he's a man of mystery. he loves midtown.

Where do you go for a drink?
Any and all bars that don't have dress codes. The best one is Gabby O'Hara's on 39th Street—because they have the best bartenders. I also really like Kabooz's in Penn Station because of the atmosphere and location.

isn't he famously something of an anguished existential philosopher type, and partying his chosen lifestyle to dispel the doom

the track listing above reads like the chapter titles from a selp-help book for sure.

isn't he famously something of an anguished existential philosopher type, and partying his chosen lifestyle to dispel the doom

party

partying

never stop partying

can't stop partying

must not stop partying

one of the featured entries on wikipedia yesterday was for the song habits (stay high) by tove lo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=59&v=1_HFVg6TvDw

this little mini-doc on the artwork for the album is very good

don't know if y'all caught this, Andrew did a little piano-only set for Stereogum. Played the new single, a little Bach piano piece, and obviously PARTY HARD. I liked the single a lot more after I heard his piano version.

https://www.facebook.com/Stereogum/videos/10156157190531979/

holy shit I never noticed how thick a Midwestern accent he has

Ann Arbor native, baby

Dude is a treasure.

new video later today

how much later

I bet these dudes are big fans of AWK:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFUKsthR-Ts

dang he hyped it up all day yesterday.

Steev Mike strikes again!

wow, that stereogum piano live is FANTASTIC !
thanks for posting that !
I love that performance of "Party Hard"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_EupMUsb50

hah this is just "Everybody's Raging" with a different verse

pretty good though

not really sure what the lyrics are getting at here but I'm sure the AWK conspiracy theorists will have fun with it

Somehow I never listened to the Party All Goddamn Night EP. And I'm someone who's listened to both The Japan Covers and Gundam Rock.

did we ever discuss this video, this is brilliant(ly creepy).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZyexSqR-cc

jesus

lol so good. it sounds like they were playing the moaning vocals in the room while they did the interview.

imo the most creepy stuff he did was in the "Who Knows?" video. it's mostly a tour video but it has a lot of in between segments including short wordless performance art stuff like him really slowly creeping around a doorway and stuff. i think at the end of the video there is a part where someone just follows him walking down the street in the dark while weird ambient stuff is going on in the soundtrack. really spooky shit! when you realize it's just one guy in a room acting like a weird snake or something it makes it even more special. heh i love it.

link?

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

lucky for us looks like someone uploaded the entire full-length video to youtube in 3 parts!

Wow, that was great. genuinely unnerving in spots but all the concert footage is great. I forgot how fuckin' gnarly his original band looked. Whoever here said this was kind of like a springboard to Close Calls With Brick Walls was pretty OTM. I still think that's one of the most fascinating albums I own, especially from a bait-and-switch/pulling the rug out perspective. I'm always floored by the first song, not just because of how bare and desperate it is, but also because it's the first time you really get to hear him sing without all the processing and extreme multitracking. Even the bonus live tracks on IGW/The Wolf all have several lead vocal lines, they almost sound like 2+ performances overlaid on top of each other. But on Close Calls its like his personality splits in two - I don't think there were ever really two Andrew WKs but the whole story of AWK being this manufactured and heavily coached 'character' that went sour and wound up leaving him on his own does make sense in this context. The fact that the record took an additional four years to come out in America does point to some real drama going on behind the scenes. I really have no idea what this new album will bring, but I do have pretty high hopes for it right now - I relistened to IGW/The Wolf/Close Calls this weekend and they've all held up remarkably well.

Going to see play a barn in Iowa, Codfish Hollow. Playing with full band. We're driving down and camping.

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

Its here folks

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/26/587251882/first-listen-andrew-w-k-you-re-not-alone

geez, I remember when people used to scoff at the idea of this dude having classical training and being way into Bach and all that. those long instrumental bits on the second half are just outrageous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKjs4qoSZ0c

Cheap Trick - "Hello There"

this song makes me think of Andrew W.K. a lot! its that caveman robot motorik party pop stylee!

it really makes me think of Close Calls-era tracks like "Can You Dance With Me" ("Would you like to do a numb-ah with meeee? Would you like taaa? Would you like taaa? Would you like to do a numb-ah with meeee?")

replace the word "rock" with "party" and this could be a AWK song.

Or a cousin to "Birthday" by the Beatles.

heh yes "I would like you to dance!" that OTT rock insanity

Andrew WK just signed with Napalm Records which seems an odd pairing to me.

Does Breitbart not have a label?

*jerkoff motion*

Whatever gets u off.