Oh! This is so lovely. I am so happy. I've not liked anything he's done for such a long time and this is beautiful.
― kraudive, Friday, 13 March 2020 21:26 (four years ago) link
This rules.
― coco vide (pomenitul), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 01:01 (four years ago) link
this is the most interesting non Pavement record i've heard from him. right up my alley.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 11:56 (four years ago) link
Finally got around to giving this a listen, and entirely agree with these sentiments. This is great.
― Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 18:15 (three years ago) link
1. never having been a fan of pavement, and never having followed SM's solo career, this record really caught me by surprise. it's very, very good ! i love the textures, the mood, nothing feels rushed.
2. i have this on a playlist of things i've been meaning to listen to (or re-listen to) and i'll just say that it pairs well, or rather transitions nicely into, john cale's "the academy in peril"
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 23 June 2020 23:00 (three years ago) link
yeah I haven't stopped playing it for more than a few days at a time
fuck "Amberjack" is just so beautiful and heavy
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 23:14 (three years ago) link
One of his best songs, Pavement or solo.
It has the emotional heft of Zurich is Stained or Here, which not much of his solo stuff has imo.
― Night of the Living Crustheads (PBKR), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 02:28 (three years ago) link
haven't posted itt yet so I'll just repeat my take from twitter:
That new S.M. album has such strong Sunday afternoon vibes... like a normal, pre-Trump era Sunday afternoon when I just sat on the couch watching televised sports & didn't feel the urge to check Twitter... ty king for this gift @dronecoma— Bernard Snowy (@wasntmebro) March 23, 2020
― handsome boy modelling software (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 02:31 (three years ago) link
Yeah I pretty much agree with all takes here...not much of a Malkmus fan but this album totally rules
― weekly shopper helper (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 08:33 (three years ago) link
Damn Bernard that nails the vibe exactly
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
still one of the year's best
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 December 2020 19:07 (three years ago) link
IDK. I really liked "Xian Man" but the rest of it hasn't stuck with me. Need to give it a re-listen I guess
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Monday, 7 December 2020 19:40 (three years ago) link
same ... a few good tracks, but overall kinda wallpaper-y
― alpine static, Monday, 7 December 2020 22:02 (three years ago) link
Really like "Shadowbanned"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 7 December 2020 22:30 (three years ago) link
Agree it's one of the year's best. The back half has an On the Beach-like flow to me, minus the emotionally dejected vibe.
― Chris L, Friday, 11 December 2020 14:17 (three years ago) link
Maybe his best solo effort imo. The psych folk album that he was always hinting to make.
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Friday, 11 December 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
co-sign on Shadowbanned as a highlight
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Friday, 11 December 2020 16:05 (three years ago) link
Thirded - that's my favorite on the album
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Friday, 11 December 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
I was thinking about how the last three Malkmus albums were all finished in pretty quick succession, as I understand it -- Groove Denied was done in 2017 (albeit after a 12-year gestation period), and then Sparkle Hard was knocked out quickly when Matador denied the groove, as it were, and Traditional Techniques came together in "a matter of weeks" after Sparkle Hard was done -- which gave me the idea that they could have been combined and released as a sprawling triple album instead, so I wove the tracklists together into a playlist and I have to say...I think this fake album I just made up is his (post-Pavement) masterpiece. Here's how it would look over six sides of vinyl:
SIDE ACast Off Belziger Faceplant ACC Kirtan Future Suite Xian Man
SIDE BA Bit Wilder Solid Silk Viktor Borgia The Greatest Own in Legal History Bike Lane
SIDE CCome Get Me Cash Up Middle America Shadowbanned Forget Your Place Rattler
SIDE DRushing The Acid Frat What Kind Of Person Flowin’ Robes Love The Door Shiggy
SIDE EKite Boss Viscerate Brainwashed Ocean Of Revenge Brethren
SIDE FSignal Western Refute Grown NothingAmberjackDifficulties / Let Them Eat Vowels
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Saturday, 12 December 2020 17:08 (three years ago) link
This is really hitting the spot this morning.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 24 December 2021 14:40 (two years ago) link
VTC, I may create that playlist in Apple Music and let it ride for the afternoon! Interesting idea.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 24 December 2021 14:42 (two years ago) link
I think its his best solo album
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Friday, 24 December 2021 18:44 (two years ago) link
Yeah it really is great
― imago, Friday, 24 December 2021 18:45 (two years ago) link
Sparkle Hard rulesGroove Denied stinks, and I am an S.M. apologist
Trad Tech ... some high points, but I never could get into it as much as I wanted to. I should try again.
I like VTC's idea up there, too
― alpine static, Friday, 24 December 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link