Wye Oak

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.

I can still hum & drum it

https://web.archive.org/web/20160401011739/http://www.avclub.com/video/wye-oak-covers-pat-benatar-announces-big-tour-234480

leaving this here for anyone like me who needs the occasional fix

pretty sure i ripped that

― mookieproof, Monday, July 9, 2018 2:49 PM (seven months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yo mookie hook me up i am a technological idiot

https://www.sendspace.com/file/gwaeq5

thank u

my favourite cover version

I really love "Evergreen". Seems like a one-off done for some Adult Swim compilation? I don't know much about this band. I liked their last album alright, but never went back. Now I'm re-listening to that as well as sifting through their back catalog.

Hey, I missed that one, thanks for the tip! Adored their last album, nice to hear they're still moving in the same direction.

Just read in a Washington Post review of Bon Iver live, that Jenn Wasner is part of the five-piece band backing Justin Vernon/ Bon Iver on this tour

"In addition to releasing new material, the group is mounting their most ambitious tour yet. Called JOIN, the tour will feature a newly expanded live band performing not only Wye Oak’s music but songs from Stack and Wasner’s respective solo projects, Joyero and Flock of Dimes, and beyond. These performances will include new music, re-imaginings of songs from deep in their catalog, and hidden gems spanning their parallel creative work."

new song is wonderful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_pu_oCb3ic

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."

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!