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― j., Friday, 9 August 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
Yes, it's when we identify the time and key signatures and discussion the means of modulation, etc. j/k
― timellison, Friday, 9 August 2019 17:35 (four years ago) link
There's a Song Exploder episode now if people want to nitpick St Vincent's producing decisions some more
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 9 August 2019 17:38 (four years ago) link
most times I feel lucky if there's even a description of the instrumentation/arrangements used
― Οὖτις, Friday, 9 August 2019 17:39 (four years ago) link
Yikes
pic.twitter.com/bRgHulyArq— Janet Weiss (@jazzzhand) August 14, 2019
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 13:17 (four years ago) link
and I was about to post: the album is pretty good, different sonically obv.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 13:25 (four years ago) link
damn can’t believe st vincent tried to assassinate janet weiss
― (Appears only as a corpse) (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 13:31 (four years ago) link
Weiss knew they were going in a new direction, she should have been more careful.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 14 August 2019 13:54 (four years ago) link
who had access to the navigation system and when did they have it?!?!?
― j., Wednesday, 14 August 2019 13:55 (four years ago) link
oh man poor janet :( that sucks
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 14:51 (four years ago) link
Thank God she's OK and will be able to drum!
Damn
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 14 August 2019 16:28 (four years ago) link
― (Appears only as a corpse) (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, August 14, 2019 9:31 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
irl lol, thanks for that.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 18:23 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fSXmrVJkeM
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, 15 August 2019 00:07 (four years ago) link
The new album is great imo, first listen through and enjoyed it mucho.
― Piano Mouth, Thursday, 15 August 2019 01:27 (four years ago) link
She went to a Depeche Mode show and got absorbed by synths; Clark and Brownstein saw Nine Inch Nails, and heard industrial.
Hoping it doesn't sound like this
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 August 2019 04:38 (four years ago) link
The first song begins with a drone that reminded me of Some Great Reward.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 August 2019 11:00 (four years ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/2054809/sleater-kinney-the-center-wont-hold-review/franchises/premature-evaluation/
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 August 2019 18:12 (four years ago) link
breihan struggling with a record is a pretty sure sign i'll like it and think he's a wiener, reliable as the sunrise
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 15 August 2019 18:24 (four years ago) link
I have many thoughts which I hope to see published tomorrow.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 August 2019 18:26 (four years ago) link
by sunrise???
― j., Thursday, 15 August 2019 18:41 (four years ago) link
good morning!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 August 2019 18:46 (four years ago) link
where's those tax returns st vincent??!?!1!!!
― j., Thursday, 15 August 2019 18:49 (four years ago) link
reach out is totally what i want from s-k doing depeche, great song
― devvvine, Thursday, 15 August 2019 20:35 (four years ago) link
and restless! always like when they wear their go betweens influence proudly
― devvvine, Thursday, 15 August 2019 20:42 (four years ago) link
This album is great
― akm, Friday, 16 August 2019 05:50 (four years ago) link
"reach out" is so sick
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 16 August 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
i pretty immediately like this way more than no cities. love what they did here
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 16 August 2019 16:08 (four years ago) link
A bit too much of this reminds me of the harsh, plodding sound of The Woods (my least favourite S-K record) but "Reach Out," "LOVE" and "The Dog/The Body" are immediate standouts. I can really hear St. Vincent on the latter.
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Friday, 16 August 2019 16:17 (four years ago) link
gonna go buy this now :)
― geoffreyess, Friday, 16 August 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
This is really good at first pass
― omar little, Friday, 16 August 2019 17:33 (four years ago) link
I like it, it's obviously not the greatest-ever SK album, but it's a good SK album in 2019, which I'm glad to have. What Annie Clark does for them, productionwise, reminds me most immediately of what Flood did for PJ Harvey -- provides a new sonic landscape for songs and ideas that still basically sound like Sleater-Kinney songs and ideas, but also the landscape itself helps shape the songs in ways that they wouldn't have found without it.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 16 August 2019 17:48 (four years ago) link
Having a *Name That Tune* fail on the beginning on the chorus in "Can I Go On." Wish I could put my finger on the song that reminds me of.
― timellison, Friday, 16 August 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
It's a better album than NCTL, which, for obvious reasons, played it safe.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 August 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
It was probably a good idea to have a producer inject some creative decisions this time. A friend of mine did NCTL and he’s a great engineer and a great guy but he’d never dream of doing that with this band (and I’m sure they didn’t ask), which I’m sure is why that album sounds safe.
― akm, Friday, 16 August 2019 19:21 (four years ago) link
― timellison, Friday, August 16, 2019 2:06 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
Hmm I don't know and this is unrelated but my first impression of that song is that overall the tempo is just a little too slow?
― Evan, Friday, 16 August 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link
Bad Dance intro sounds like Passtime Paradise.
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 16 August 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
Carrie sounds like she's singing "Bat Dance" on "Bad Dance."
First impression is that it's... fine. Don't really care about any of the songs until "RUINS," then there are a couple of good ones. It's not bad just mostly who cares - way more than the supposed St. Vincent influence (I only hear that on "Can I Go On") it sounds like an album where the two songwriters weren't in the same room while they wrote. Corin sounds fantastic on the songs where she takes the lead like "The Future Is Here."
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 17 August 2019 02:19 (four years ago) link
haven't heard the album yet, heard "LOVE" on the radio today, before the singing came in I got a Sprockets flashback
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 17 August 2019 02:21 (four years ago) link
Sprockets then into B-52s, it's awesome
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 17 August 2019 02:27 (four years ago) link
way more than the supposed St. Vincent influence (I only hear that on "Can I Go On") it sounds like an album where the two songwriters weren't in the same room while they wrote.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Friday, August 16, 2019 10:19 PM (thirty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
according to interviews this is in fact the cse
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Saturday, 17 August 2019 02:55 (four years ago) link
It's just an ok effort, kinda uneven (some good moments)
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 17 August 2019 17:55 (four years ago) link
I love most of it -- their best since One Beat.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 17 August 2019 17:56 (four years ago) link
I also like this a lot. My appreciation also extends to the fact that they could easily have coasted with another NCTL type effort (I like that album but it is exactly what you’d expect from their comeback but Alfred otm in that it was understandable). They obviously aren’t fools, they remember some reactions to The Woods, they know any shift away from their expected sound would be met with some pushback. I admire the exploration.
― omar little, Saturday, 17 August 2019 18:41 (four years ago) link
Ooooof, Janet posted a note on Twitter with a gnarly photo of her post-crash leg.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Sunday, 18 August 2019 01:02 (four years ago) link
Back to basics on the next one 4 sure
― calstars, Sunday, 18 August 2019 01:45 (four years ago) link
It's a better record than the shaky Fallon performance and advance tracks advertised. And it's much more interesting than just another wheelhouse-type record
The experimentation, when it works (RUINS), is good - other times it is trainwrecky - a couple Brownstein vocals (Hurry... and Can I Go On) are just tics upon tics
ditto some of the cutesy Basement Jaxx-ish bells and whistles - sometimes show-offy in a bad way
Tucker only rarely pulls out her big vocals - her lack of polish and vulnerability is especially marked given what we know she can do
Restless, Ruins, The Dog/The Body, Broken are pretty great
― Freeze Instr., Sunday, 18 August 2019 02:38 (four years ago) link
Ruins channels some remain in light sh1t
― calstars, Sunday, 18 August 2019 03:07 (four years ago) link
I've tried it twice now and can't vibe with this shit at all. The problem (for me) isn't just that it's a shift away from the S-K formula, but that it's an out of date shift. I'd have eaten these songs up ca. 2007-08, but now I couldn't give less of a fuck about anything that sounds like this...from any band.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 18 August 2019 05:50 (four years ago) link
S-K has a formula?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 18 August 2019 11:14 (four years ago) link
See: all the albums except this one and The Woods.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 18 August 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link