oh the verses of "annie" also seems to rhyme with "the mistake"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 May 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
i guess you'd think all these inter-song echoes would make the world of each record feel narrower but it actually makes it bigger, like the low-key mysticism people find in coincidence
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 May 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
I can't help but long for a little more specificity in Andy's lyrics...like I would never have had any idea about the "concept" aspects were it not for extramusical interview chatter and internet speculation. mostly I hear a lot of first-person angst from a bunch of undifferentiated "characters"
ironically I think I notice this more now because he's grown so much as a vocalist
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 May 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
the concept of the album is not as huge and ranging as a black mile, it is just about contending with death afaict... it makes it less impressive(?) lyrically but some of it still really strikes me ("daddy's at the hospital / the gator finally got him")
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 May 2021 17:00 (two years ago) link
i guess i'm going through the whole discography again
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 May 2021 19:47 (two years ago) link
That's not a bad idea. Listening to Mean Everything To Nothing is good for me anytime and all the time.
― hourspass, Thursday, 6 May 2021 21:38 (two years ago) link
i’m like a virgin is a really good record but the production... isn’t amazing. very 2006 dry and brittle indie rock tones. annoyed that the acoustic tracks are mastered at a different volume than the rest of the record. i know people who still think is their best, which i think i understand... there’s this eerie open-ended feeling that persists through the second half. but it’s also just a little rickety compared to the fully-formed albums that come after it. maybe i’d feel different if i’d heard it at the time, i only got into it in the last few years
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 May 2021 22:03 (two years ago) link
i've been listening to mean everything to nothing since 2009 (i checked it out because i saw manchester orchestra open for brand new in san jose and ... didn't quite know if i liked them or not) so it's hard for me to think any new things about it. it's a really great record, production is incredible, guitar tones are perfect warm buzzes especially on "in my teeth" and they start doing that built to spill-esque overdriven dual guitar effect i love dearly on both this album and simple math. really weirdly constructed, it shifts gears about five times in the opening run and then settles into a kind of suite of gentle epics in the second half from "i can feel a hot one" to "the river." i read an interview with hull where he said he recorded the vocals when he was sick so they would sound as shredded as possible so now i can't stop thinking about that when i'm listening, thanks andy
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 7 May 2021 00:45 (two years ago) link
Surprised there's been no Pitchfork review of this yet
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 10:01 (two years ago) link
still listening to this like once a day
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 May 2021 13:27 (two years ago) link
"bed head" song of the year
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 May 2021 14:03 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj2hSxy8kbU
― groovypanda, Saturday, 22 May 2021 20:56 (two years ago) link
Really liking this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrAURfbK8Ls
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 07:58 (two years ago) link
new MO number for a DC soundtrack thingie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OMpofOS85o
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 13:48 (two years ago) link
this might be a controversial opinion but I think Million Masks is even greater record than A Black Mile to the Surface? It doesn't have highlights like "Lead, SD", but as a whole I think it flows better.
― braised cod, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 18:11 (two years ago) link
ha, I almost revived this thread to say that on recent revisit I felt an emptiness/hollowness that's difficult to put my finger on, I think it's mainly that I'm struggling to connect with the lyrics. I think by the end I'm also a little worn out by the roaring climaxes
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 18:16 (two years ago) link
i think i might agree it’s even better than the last one
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
it's unreal how good this album is
― uberweiss, Sunday, 8 August 2021 11:23 (two years ago) link
if you like this record i also recommend the new foxing
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 8 August 2021 12:12 (two years ago) link
loving that too
one year i'd like not to have the exact same year end list as you but btwn this, foxing, wolf alice, the maine & pale waves, i don't think this will be that year
― uberweiss, Sunday, 8 August 2021 13:15 (two years ago) link
"way back" is the best song ever
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:05 (two years ago) link
what the hell @ 'dinosaur' bridge
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:56 (two years ago) link
this is some trail of dead tier stuff
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 17:02 (two years ago) link
Anyone else been listening to their new EP that came out earlier this month?
Pretty good although the whole thing is very much them in subdued mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovD37YQWnkE
― groovypanda, Friday, 31 March 2023 11:54 (one year ago) link
I posted about it in this thread:it's harder now to POLL you - manchester orchestra: the million masks of god
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 3 April 2023 19:27 (one year ago) link
The rerecorded/reimagined 10th anniversary edition of Bad Book's II out today and sounding fabulous
― groovypanda, Friday, 20 October 2023 19:02 (five months ago) link