v happy that this arrived when it did
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Sunday, 8 July 2018 07:52 (five years ago) link
on and on we choke on
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Sunday, 8 July 2018 08:19 (five years ago) link
this is dull as heck as per
― imago, Sunday, 8 July 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
you can have 1,000 hooks sections but if the song is insipid glurge they don't matter
the slowdive one is nice tho
― lowercase (eric), Sunday, 8 July 2018 21:08 (five years ago) link
y’all have cotton in your ears and tar in your hearts
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Sunday, 8 July 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
fair
― lowercase (eric), Sunday, 8 July 2018 21:13 (five years ago) link
❤
― imago, Sunday, 8 July 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
I feel like I'm hearing a lot of Radiohead in this. That thing at 2:13 in Canary Yellow.
― jmm, Sunday, 8 July 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
starts off sound a lot like the end of "Layla"
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 2 August 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
i really really like this album but i rarely listen to it as an album—i keep getting stuck on particular songs and just listen to them over and over. first canary yellow, then honeycomb, now worthless animal
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Thursday, 16 August 2018 18:23 (five years ago) link
i was really surprised and impressed with their live show as well. way over-the-top and entertaining without taking themselves too seriously
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Thursday, 16 August 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
Yeah these guys were great when I saw them recently. Great fun show.
― mikethegrouch, Thursday, 16 August 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link
I did an interview in person when the band played Philly last month. I found George to be open and engaging, not guarded at all, which considering how polarizing the band is, I kind of expected. He was especially proud of the touring package of hand-picked support. The show was phenomenal.
http://www.invisibleoranges.com/deafheaven-interview/
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 16 August 2018 21:19 (five years ago) link
i appreciated how the singer would rock the fuck out no matter how quiet or slow the song was at that particular section
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Thursday, 16 August 2018 21:27 (five years ago) link
this is their best album but the drummer constantly playing the same fill is grating
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
new album out in august. first single is elusively kicking around, apparently a bit of a departure
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
wish they'd depart completely tbh
― imago, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
i'm really sorry that you are being forced to listen to them against your will imago, that sucks
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
I must admit I still think about the phrase "pompous drums" every time I listen to them
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
lol sorry
― imago, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK300gUp04c
they've ditched the pompous drums!
― ufo, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 03:31 (two years ago) link
they're just a normal shoegaze band now i guess and better for it
Nice tune
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 03:54 (two years ago) link
They’ve turned into Alcest and I, for one, couldn’t be happier
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 10:56 (two years ago) link
ok this song rules, the great justin meldal-johnson on the boards as well apparently
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 12:16 (two years ago) link
that's always a great sign
― ufo, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 12:36 (two years ago) link
Yeah, this is really good.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 13:56 (two years ago) link
Kerry McCoy is a badass
― alpine static, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
ah yes this sounds great
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
I like this song because it doesn't trade any of dfvhn's complexity or experimenting for the sake of a new sound. It's unmistakably Deafheaven, even from the early chords. I'm really interested to see where this goes.
― yeah but how, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 20:48 (two years ago) link
This new one is great. Glad someone championed these guys on ilm so many years ago.
― treeship., Monday, 14 June 2021 00:56 (two years ago) link
the drums were literally the best part about this band, by a country mile!
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 14 June 2021 01:38 (two years ago) link
that said, this is a good tune. stoked for people to write "metal is growing, and growth sometimes means not playing metal any more, but it's gatekeeping if they don't headline Roadburn"
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 14 June 2021 01:42 (two years ago) link
Great song. It feels very carefully pieced together.
― jmm, Monday, 14 June 2021 14:51 (two years ago) link
Idk if changing the framework from metal to shoegaze is growth? What is the end point here? Elevator music?
It's different and there's nothing wrong with that, but I wouldn't call it growth when they're shedding some of the qualities that made them distinct in the first place, like the pompous drums.
― braised cod, Monday, 14 June 2021 16:10 (two years ago) link
also it implies metal is juvenile, something you grow out of
― braised cod, Monday, 14 June 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
Has anyone actually described this in terms of growth or are we still getting mad at an imagined future review?
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Monday, 14 June 2021 16:57 (two years ago) link
Not to my knowledge. Sorry. I didn't intend to preach to the choir, but it seems exactly what I did.
― braised cod, Monday, 14 June 2021 17:46 (two years ago) link
the less it sounds like deafheaven the more growth there's been imo
― imago, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 11:58 (two years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/track/77CbWXOoPNmMkr2UfLzVss?si=C7nrnXFOQwCfEvD6ZkY0UA&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1
New single, "The Gnashing."
I'm in love with the new direction they're going in.
― yeah but how, Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:22 (two years ago) link
new single is good, i like the drumming
https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/how-deafheaven-made-their-least-metal-album-yet/
in this interview they say it's not a metal album at all, so these tracks aren't outliers or anything, the whole album's going to be straight up shoegaze it seems
What is the end point here? Elevator music?
they do say they think they could make an ambient album someday lol
― ufo, Friday, 9 July 2021 03:36 (two years ago) link
every black metal band eventually turns to ambient
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Friday, 9 July 2021 03:54 (two years ago) link
Silence is the darkest sound.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 9 July 2021 13:34 (two years ago) link
It's kind of funny when they bring up Kid A in that interview, since Radiohead tried to use those influences to make something different from everyone else, while these guys are trying to erase their own sound to sound like every shoegazing band that ever existed.
― braised cod, Friday, 9 July 2021 18:56 (two years ago) link
not sure i hear that happening
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 9 July 2021 18:59 (two years ago) link
Yeah, another good song.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 10 July 2021 00:46 (two years ago) link
The start of the first single sounds like it could be on Everything Must Go.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Saturday, 10 July 2021 08:20 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXcxYC4Q644
another good one
― ufo, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 03:40 (two years ago) link
album rules. rules rules rules rules rules
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 August 2021 19:36 (two years ago) link
occupies the sliver between rock and shoegaze like catherine wheel, hum, parts of siamese dream, without sounding exactly like any of them. almost like a harder version of the slowdive s/t. last two tracks are very powerful
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 August 2021 20:38 (two years ago) link