Hearing Roddy Bottum sing "You kiss me like a man, boy" n the summer of 1996 did as much to coax out my closeted queerness as Roxy, Bowie, and Reed did. A perfect album.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 22 June 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link
great album. still not on spotify.
― na (NA), Monday, 24 June 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
one of my very favorite bands. i was always a what is not to love guy and haven't listened to this one in years. butch is probably the one i like most in the context of the album, but i would never have heard of these guys if not for you're one getting a *very* occasional spin on alt rock radio in '96.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 02:46 (four years ago) link
new one's good
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 02:49 (four years ago) link
i didn't know there was a new one! that's great. they've never made a bad record.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 02:51 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 4 July 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
we polled seasick and no one* camewe polled and polled it just the sameif there's no votes then there's no pollif there's no stream then there's no shoal
*an exaggeration. Thanks voters! Still, guess I'll wait til ILM's all revved up on the new album before polling What is Not to Love (adolescent me's fave). Speaking of: https://imperialteen.bandcamp.com/album/now-we-are-timeless -- out in 8 days, and I only learned of it by searching "Imperial Teen." Where's the coverage?
― geoffreyess, Thursday, 4 July 2019 21:06 (four years ago) link
i will have a really tough time picking a favorite from what is not to love.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 4 July 2019 21:25 (four years ago) link
I just totally missed this. (Great appropriation of "You're One"!) I would have voted for "You're One" too. "Pig Latin" would be a close second--I've got all their albums, and that's probably one of my five favorite songs by them.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 20:58 (four years ago) link