thread to dis hyped releases that you don't get/don't like/wanna complain about

Feeling very vindicated rn.

xp

lol!

Not one to hold back but we're still only talking about the two tracks that are up, no? I thought HAQQ was a magnificent achievement and can't wait for the new one, but I do not enjoy hearing her tracks in isolation, so I'll hold out (did hear the first one released, which I liked) judgement.

I haven't listened to Liturgy since Aesthethica and I like the new one quite a bit (while recognizing its flaws) so...it definitely bears hearing in full, I'll say that much.

It was the same w/ HAQQ, where one track really did not tell the whole story imo, so I'll await impatiently.

“Dirtbag dudes have Larry David and I have Phoebe Waller-Bridge. She strikes a fucking chord in me.” A few months ago Phoebe Bridgers told us about how Phoebe Waller-Bridge inspired her album Punisher, and now they've worked together on a music video: https://t.co/pTrUs3P45g pic.twitter.com/wfBnJJZLbz

— Pitchfork (@pitchfork) December 2, 2020

I shall vomit forever

I mean I've not even heard the album maybe it's good lol

It's ok, very SoCal posh.

it's really good!!!!

i feel like i rarely dis hyped releases in this thread so:

thundercat: he's always on year-end lists and i have yet to hear any music from him that i actually like

otmfm

excellent shout

I feel that, but Andy Kellman adores thundercat so I automatically put his stuff in the "maybe it's just me" basket.

Are any of you Zappa fans.

No

Just checking. Neither am I and Thundercat likewise elicits a polite 'interesting' from me.

i made myself a zappa fan this summer but i would consider myself a reluctant one

I feel that, but Andy Kellman adores thundercat so I automatically put his stuff in the "maybe it's just me" basket.

― Tim F, Wednesday, December 2, 2020 5:14 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

hmmm have to take this into consideration

I like Thundercat in small doses, but it all gets very samey to me quite quickly.

Thundercat's music is...fine, but you're better off just listening to George Duke.

I am a Zappa fan ftr, I own half a dozen Mothers LPs and maybe 4 Zappas

he sucks though

Someone just gave me a $100 credit for the Universal Music webstore and I spent about five minutes seriously considering buying the 6CD Hot Rats box, but...no.

Zappa = classic

I like and own Hot Rats, but 6 CDs seems excessive

Oh yeah, not classic enough for that.

Phoebe Bridgers is generally not my thing, although I tried (in case anyone is eagerly awaiting my opinions on confessional singer-songwriters). I can see why people find it interesting.

I am a Zappa fan ftr, I own half a dozen Mothers LPs and maybe 4 Zappas
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Wednesday, December 2, 2020 8:32 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

he sucks though
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Wednesday, December 2, 2020 8:32 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

perfect

I love that Hot Rats box, tbh, and I'm not even a huge Zappa fan. I really love that album though and there's a lot of good shit.

I also do not get the Phoebe Bridgers hype, I can only imagine hearing it in the last five minutes of some overly sentimental tv drama

I just wasted several minutes of my life listening to "I Know the End."

Are all Bridgers songs this affectless and without an iota of soul?

Yes.

Well, then I hate it, who cares about the Bridgers record.

haven't listened yet; i'll cross that Phoebe when I get to it

I'm an idiot, I actually just put it together that she's in boygenius, and this song really fucks with me in the best way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T5zc36sAIE

Still, I like all the boygenius songs a lot better than that one Bridgers song I listened to just now.

yeah I like the boy genius record. I like the covers Lucy Daucus released last year, I should check her own stuff out

"me & my dog" is phoebe's masterpiece but the album gets close several times. listen with an open heart

shoutout phoebe bidges

:D

Christ these people are so fucking young.

You fucking people make me old

still feeling a little bit gaslit by everyone who insists taylor swift is a great lyricist tbh

Only a little bit?

they're not BAD just...fine

otm, but since I don't listen to her music I try to give people the benefit of the doubt that they sound more striking/incisive/evocative in context?

Her appeal is honestly mystifying to me

...I have a vague suspicion that it is somehow related to like musicals

I fucking hate musicals with a passion (worst music ever imo, by a country mile) and I fucking loathe every Taytay song I've ever heard, so you're on to something.

worse than metal?

According to, uh, me? Because, well…

(sorry, that was meant to be a playful troll)