Richard Dawson (raucous experimental UK folk racket w/ intense picaresque realness vox)

okay this on at least the best song I've heard oooh.. in the last day of not week. Nice one Dawso

is. I'm drunk

if. fml

dl otm :)

Great song, and re: mike t-diva, it's the specific that makes it universal. Loving this.

I tried to listen to Peasant again and couldn't get into it. Maybe I need to read some of the lyrics, but it feels more like the work of a full and different band: a lot more traditional and folky? I'm starting to think Jogging is my favourite thing by him that I've heard

anyone else getting Super Furry Animals vibes off this too?

yeah the vocoders made me think of them, that's all though

I always got a SFA vibe off him, so I can imagine this does.

Yep, good sentence that, sticking to it.

Even the clean vox have a tinge of Gruff Rhys straining to them.

Then again, it's a NE accent, which (when some people try to imitate it) can end up sounding Welsh-ish.

I don't think this song is up there with the best of Peasant. (After only a few listens). I tend to agree with ufo above that the heavyish arrangement is a little plodding. But I'm really looking forward to the album. He's one of my favourite people.

I've come to realise that 'anyway, will you sponsor me for my stupid run? its gonna do fuck all' is the ultimate message from this song.

the yellow hoodie
the England flag
the kids in their karate outfits

the whole. fucking. thing.

I like this and it makes sense as a lead off single but I'm eager to hear more skronky folk jams like Weaver and Shapeshifter off the last album.

I like this and it makes sense as a lead off single but I'm eager to hear more skronky folk jams like Weaver and Shapeshifter off the last album.

― hot dog go to bathroom (cajunsunday), Sunday, 4 August 2019 10:11 

Exactly my thoughts.

'there's no such thing as a quick fix'

I'd never heard of this guy until I saw the Jogging video earlier. Loved it. Watched it three times. Teared up.

:)

you are in for a treat

Agreed!!

I didn't think I liked the arrangement much but the lyrics have stuck with me since it was posted. Coming back for a second listen it's all sounding pretty great now.

I know I'm like Top Fan of this song, but I think the music really suits it. The opening heavy metal salvo is kind of a mocking tribute to Eye of the Tiger which gives away to that slightly clompy palm-muted rhythm. Makes me think of every time I've thought about jogging outside: that initial burst of inspiration quickly turning into mild disappointment at my own physical inabilities. And yeah, the robot voice bit provides some nice, light, maniacal relief.

new one; much prefer this to jogging, which i'm yet to warm to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkSvn23fbAg

Eh, the poppier his aspirations the more I struggle with his fanciful streak. I'll start caring again when he reverts back to the relative nihilism of Nothing Important.

While I do genuinely love Jogging, I agree. For the first time a new Dawson song that feels like self-parody to me, lyrically. I'd be fine with never hearing Two Halves again, and that's a first for me w/ Dawson.

Brace yourself for imago's beatdown!

*joggs off*

Best stop-motion interpretive dance of the year.

yeah this is great but clearly you both need to marinate more

and retrospectively nominating this for the animated poll yeah

yeah this is great but clearly you both need to marinate more

Prophetic.

Begrudgingly agreed :)

I thought Nothing Important was great but not nearly as much as a lot of you. Couldn't get into Peasant too much. But both of these singles have blown me away. I haven't heard anything prior to NI but this feels like a drastic but pretty awesome departure so far. I think I love these.

Nothing Important is probably least favourite release of his, oddly. Peasant blew me away. I'm also really looking forward to this album. The more Dawson the better

this is so great obv :)

jogging is just so amazing still

hmm. it seems to frontload the best stuff

still good!

'Fulfilment Centre' tho.

The entire Kurdish people have had a brick put through their kitchen window :(

Can't really think of another musician who so accurately captures what it's like to live in our world right now.

I was just thinking, prompted by his calling a track heart emoji, that there's a similar eye for the details of contemporary pains on the superb default genders album (aoty)

will have to check it out

Wherein he reveals his favourite albums:

https://thequietus.com/articles/27269-richard-dawson-interview-favourite-music

that is one of the most interesting and 'not heard; better check' bakers dozens ever. dicky daws is the coolest man alive

I've got a holy trinity of music, which is Eliane Radigue, Sun Ra and Circle. I could happily lose everything else and I think I'd be ok.

<333

I'm in two minds about this album. Much as I love Richard Dawson's work, I always appreciate it best when I'm reading the lyrics along with the music and that's why watching the video for 'Jogging' works so well.
I'm not sure how well this works as something I can just play and enjoy without the lyric sheet.
Enjoying the way each song is a little short story in itself, like a mini Mike Leigh movie. But as with so many writers of short stories, he has a tendency to rely on the same tricks, and occasionally condescends in a 'look at these poor souls and their rough lives' kind of way.
Opener, 'Civil Servant', aims for the same levels of kitchen-sink bathos as 'Jogging', supplementing the 'British Red Cross' for 'Call of Duty'. But the story of the beleagured council worker lacks 'Jogging''s subtelty, and strays into uncharacteristically sith-form angstiness.
More interesting are 'Two Halves' (in which a young foootball player worries about failing in front of his pushy father), and 'Heart Emoji', in which the creeping, ponderous music mimics the murderous thoughts of the song's jilted lover.

*sixth-form, not sith. That would be interesting and very Dawson

yeah as I said, this album isn't nearly as good as the last two, but Jogging is absolutely incredible and I also really love Civil Servant

i'm finding the new record quite difficult so far, his lyrics and sense of melody seem as great as ever but the arrangements and musical palette can feel quite odd and it's not as rich and full-sounding as peasant. some of it is very plodding and i'm not really into the dissonant stabbing. i don't really expect to love it as much as peasant but i hope it'll open up more to me

are his pre-nothing important records worth checking out btw? i'm just realising that i've never really heard anyone mention them much ever

they are. 'the magic bridge' has some amazing playing (and it has 'black dog in the sky' on it ffs) and 'the glass trunk' has some truly wonderful a cappella songs that showcase his voice and storytelling powers

I would like to give Peasant another go. I need to read along with it I guess

What imago says xpost. The Magic Bridge is amazing. Black Dog..., Wooden Bag and We Picked Apple's... are some of his best songs.

On second listen of the new one. Enjoying it. But it's no match for Peasant. So far.