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five months pass...
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
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 A
Cast Off
Belziger Faceplant
ACC Kirtan
Future Suite
Xian Man
SIDE B
A Bit Wilder
Solid Silk
Viktor Borgia
The Greatest Own in Legal History
Bike Lane
SIDE C
Come Get Me
Cash Up
Middle America
Shadowbanned
Forget Your Place
Rattler
SIDE D
Rushing The Acid Frat
What Kind Of Person
Flowin’ Robes
Love The Door
Shiggy
SIDE E
Kite
Boss Viscerate
Brainwashed
Ocean Of Revenge
Brethren
SIDE F
Signal Western
Refute
Grown Nothing
Amberjack
Difficulties / Let Them Eat Vowels
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Saturday, 12 December 2020 17:08 (three years ago) link
one year passes...
Sparkle Hard rules
Groove 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