Lambchop

i mean they're not completely dissimilar and if you like both that's fine, but there's good reason not to conflate the two.

yeah i'm aware of that, i read how to wreck a nice beach xp

kurt's use of the technology feels way more vocodery to me than the wide range of possibilities suggested by the word "autotune"

and it's still an instance of something human being exported to something mechanical

Autotune flattens out those uniquely human aspects and makes the human sound mechanical.

feel free to correct me if this definition is scientifically accurate but i wouldn't say autotune flattens uniquely human aspects of the voice at all, it exposes a lot of instabilities in the voice that performance can cover up

but I can def relate to the feeling of a band you like taking a left turn on a new album and liking it while simultaneously feeling "if this is their new thing I might be out"

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Sun Kil Moon - Benji

xp clearly we're in ear of the beholder territory here, i don't hear it like that but I'm not going to try to talk you out of it if you do!

Just listened to the album for the first time lol, I am very happy for you people who can appreciate the autotune because that excepted, some of the songs are obviously so good; but I just can't get over it. When the last (non-autotuned) song came on I almost wept.

just did a double feature of In A Silent Way followed by This (Is What I Wanted To Tell You) and man, do those two records sound good together. Especially with all the ghostly muted trumpet floating in & out of the mix on the Lambchop, a perfect pairing.

kind of love this remix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2-6PrVDQKc

So they released a 13-minute cover of Wilco's Reservations. First listen and it's kinda just there but will try a couple more times.

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

wasn't sure of the new covers LP... but god i've not listened to This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You) enough in the last year. I think I overplayed it in 2019 so needed a break. it's so great.

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

new album Showtunes out May 21

the concept this time is he composed demo piano tracks with a midi editor instead of writing with a guitar, and it also features James McNew of Yo La Tengo as a band member (https://www.lambchop.net/ press release is here)

"chef's kiss" is pretty nice, a similar-ish feeling to the last album but he's shifted around which bits of the sound feel more and less organic. some people will be delighted he dropped the vocal processing but personally i could have listened to a whole career of albums with it

This (is what I wanted to tell you) was so good that it will be difficult to beat though

really lovely and interesting

That's hit home. His voice is beautiful at this pitch. Not wishing age on him but I think Wagner's voice will be extraordinary in later life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP8SGpb0PTc

fuck yeah!!!!!

sounds like the lambchop discography collapsing on itself

my goodness

those horns!

oh wow

sounds like the lambchop discography collapsing on itself

lol & otm. yeah their progression is very much like "i've been burning and re-ripping CDR copies of the same lambchop album for 20 years, and i think the drive is starting to fail." in the best way.

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

another gorgeous new one

pretty good album, though not quite as perfectly to my tastes as the last one

did no one else care about this album at all?

https://toneglow.substack.com/p/tune-glue-011-kurt-wagner-lambchop

great interview with wagner here

Not sure it's as good as the last, and feels like it will take some time to settle in - but i've really enjoyed first few listens

That’s a terrific interview.

the new album is pleasant & interesting but not the masterpiece the last one was yeah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ7BBAipvzw

another new album already, the bible out 30 september

single is pretty cool, glad to have more of the warped sophisti-pop vibes of the last few albums

INTO THIS.

sounds like it could be in a michael mann movie. love that he's leaning into this sound.

a few more listens later and i adore this

i missed Ohio the first time around but turns out its one of their best whoops

It’s my favorite. Saw them in San Francisco touring that one; it was beautiful.

new album is wild wow

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

this one's especially cool

very nice

greatest band of all time

this is an incredibly stupid thing to say but "little black boxes" reminds me of last train to paris

Well, this is _unexpected_. 'Little Black Boxes' currently making me think of Hall & Oates, The1975 and Little Simz.

OK, 'Every Child Begins the World Again' just broke me. It's been a rough week.

"little black boxes" reminds me of last train to paris

lol i totally get this

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-page-of-madness-with-live-musical-accompaniment-by-coupler-tickets-609503049027?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

May 5, 2023: Coupler is accompanying the silent film A Page of Madness (1926). Anyone here going?