Let's Eat Grandma

Katherine - okay, that's fair enough, but you've got me curious now and I'd really like some examples.

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Micheal Turricant, innit?

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Ppl find Xtina's voice annoying / weird(?)

holy shit yes

(less toward the "weird" than the "annoying," but yes)

Vs. which male singers?

take your pick of a million indie yelpers tbh

the link mentions Tom Waits and Neil Young, I think also Bob Dylan; add to that the lead vocalists of 75% of indie rock bands

How many have annoying accents though?

Is a British person finding another British person's accent annoying a particularly British thing?

Heh, I can't stand either Waits, Young or Dylan. Waits in particular has a voice which irritates me no end. I tend to enjoy covers of Dylan songs more thsn the original versions. Nevertheless, they do remain popular with the Steve Hoffman lot, a bunch of people so unheathily invested in The Beatles that they're still flinging sexist and racist shit in the direction of Yoko Ono, so I get what you mean.

Is a British person finding another British person's accent annoying a particularly British thing?

― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Friday, July 13, 2018 7:40 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

There are some British accents that I find easier on the ear than others, yes.

Is a British person finding another British person's accent annoying a particularly British thing?

I don't think that's a peculiarly British trait!

I'll confess to Bjork and Kate Bush being acquired tastes as vocalists, but that had nothing to do with their gender, more that I just had to get used to their approaches - particularly Bjork's. I went through the same thing with The Cure, The Smashing Pumpkins and The Associates.

Christina Aguilera's voice annoys me, but I don't like that showboaty, zillion-notes-per-syllable, rammed-with-melisma vocal style no matter who does it.

glad we settled this

Anyway, did I mention that this is one of my favourite albums to come out so far this year? It's grown on me a fuckton.

I personally find myself more drawn to women's voices than men's voices, especially in indie/rock type music, but I couldn't bring myself to try properly with this album yet because I remember thinking the vocals were awful on whatever I heard from them on the first album. Women are disproportionately deemed "annoying" in terms of performance in so many ways and with so much creativity that men don't seem to suffer.

I do feel like there's been a lot of 'the singer is so annoying' directed at male vocalists over the years on ILM, but that might be skewed because maybe 70% of that has come from the Lex.

Speaking just for myself — there are bands I can’t listen to due to the male singer’s voice (and it seems to happen more & more... just happened this week; I had to turn off something I was listening to). Can’t recall any instances of this w/female vox.

Obviously the main reason for this is that men are 'allowed' to be bad singers, the industry doesn't care, whereas women by and large aren't.

To be clear, I’m not speaking of singing “ability” or style/technique — I’m talking specifically about sound of the dudes’ voices (which seemed to be what Turrican was complaining about).

To be accurate, he was complaining about her accent, which is a constituent of the sound of her voice, I suppose.

I'm not sure if that means if she sang like Aretha Franklin, or some other world renowned singer, but with the same accent he would find it annoying or not. It might sound weird however.

granted, I'm american, but it just sounds like a british accent to me

Well, yes, I don't really know what he's on about, but he declined the invitation to expand on his initial comment.

I imagine it's a class thing that can only be perceived if you are British.

Turrican, third from left, middle row

https://stuartnoel.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/old-etonians.jpg

Tom, I have already provided you with your answer - if you scroll up, you'll find it. I must say, your inability to grasp things that aren't difficult to comprehend is certainly something.

Me: "That spade is a spade."
Tom D.: "Elaborate."
Me: "Well, it's a spade. It really is as simple as that."
Tom D.: "*shrugs* Well, I asked him to expand on it, but he declined. I really don't know what he's on about."
Entire world: "???"

LOL, entire world. Elaborating on spades, not to be dismissed so lightly!

Anyway, I should stop goading you as your inability to handle being challenged on even the slightest, most trivial, of points and habit of instantly doubling down and going on the attack in response is so Pavlovian, I don't think you can help yourself.

Me: "That spade is a spade."
Tom D.: "Elaborate."
Me: "Well, it's a spade. It really is as simple as that."
Tom D.: "Wow, your inability to handle being challenged on even the slightest, most trivial, of points and habit of doubling down and going on the attack in response is so Pavlovian, I don't think you can help yourself."
Entire world: "???"

Yes, I agree that your obsession with me is starting to get tiresome - at least you're admitting to it, so there is that at least.

Just checked out their KEXP perf on YT... I didn’t realize how young they are, they’re really kids.

Yes!

Well, that perf was two and a half years ago. They're 19 now, I think.

Um, 18 months ago, I mean. I forgot what year it is. :)

Ah OK

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― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, July 13, 2018 8:31 PM (one week ago)

Ppl find Xtina's voice annoying / weird(?)
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Friday, July 13, 2018 8:33 PM (one week ago)

holy shit yes
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, July 13, 2018 8:33 PM (one week ago)

Florence was the one that surprised me because I've always found her very bland. I'll have to check out Tune Yards because I love annoying singers and I hope Let's Eat Grandma stay annoying voiced forever.

Just discovered these guys through someone else's middle-of-the-year list on which I liked nothing else. Have listened to most of the album and love it, although yet to get to Donnie Darko.

They're playing in DC on Thursday but I doubt I'll get to go becase of school night/hurricane double whammy. Anyone see them live?

Yes, saw them last week — very much enjoyed the show, they had a straightforward enough performance style but they delivered.

One of my ten albums of the year so far, this. I've played the shit out of it and am yet to exhaust it!

The two epics are magnificent, but 'Falling Into Me' has got to be one of my tracks of the year - it's just perfect.

US tour cancelled as Jenny Hollingworth's boyfriend has passed away.

Jesus, poor girl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzbLODUb1sA

solo track from Rosa, decently enjoyable

Okay lol @ Turrican’s freak out upthread, especially the “let me deflect these implications of sexism by repeatedly using a phrase containing a word that has become a racist slur”

LOL what a tool, I still have no idea what his problem was with the accent of one of the singers.

new single, "Hall of Mirrors", and new album is out January 2022:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfZenGN29ZQ

basically just continuing what made the last album good, not exciting but i'm still here for it