"Anyone into Manchester Orchestra?"
Five people, no more, no less.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:04 (two years ago) link
Manchester, so much to orchestrate for.
― Chris L, Monday, 7 February 2022 15:06 (two years ago) link
*Six* people if I had voted, but at least I nominated it.
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 7 February 2022 15:08 (two years ago) link
i think tim f said that he got into this record bc even though it is a really beautifully-produced alt rock album with both big and soft guitars it consistently pulses like a dance record
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:09 (two years ago) link
Moka has convinced me to listen to this with that image (and whoever made the cover lol)
― rob, Monday, 7 February 2022 15:11 (two years ago) link
I objectively don't like Bed Head, but I feel strangely compelled not to turn it off
― rob, Monday, 7 February 2022 15:16 (two years ago) link
that guy's voice is very country music
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:18 (two years ago) link
This is one of those bands I've ignored partly due to an irrational aversion to the name but the song linked above is pretty good
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:21 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/M87JQLg.jpg75. Doja Cat - Planet Her132 points / 4 votesVideo from the album: “Get Into It Yuh”thraed of DOJA CAT
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:21 (two years ago) link
so nearly missed out :(
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 15:22 (two years ago) link
I already knew I didn't care for Manchester Orchestra, but I checked out Bed Head to see if they'd actually made something I'd like.
The answer is a resounding no.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:22 (two years ago) link
Poll in rapid decline after a great start.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:26 (two years ago) link
that's the spirit!
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:27 (two years ago) link
I actually enjoyed Bed Head quite a bit tbh despite so much going against it
― signe anderson (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:29 (two years ago) link
also when you listen to the million masks of god as a whole there are great sequencing feats like the way "keel timing" and "bed head" are like inversions of each other etc.
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:29 (two years ago) link
manchester orchestra are something that i feel like i could like, but it hasn't really happened yet
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 15:31 (two years ago) link
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever)
Lol
Hey at least we’re in the bottom part of the poll and not in the top 10
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:32 (two years ago) link
One quibble with forks' otherwise excellent intro, tho: we had 77 tracks voters, but wasn't it more like 85 albums voters?
And more importantly, playlist is now updating.
That Left-Field Pop comp is amazing btw; loads of great finds in there!
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:33 (two years ago) link
that comp is prob most only vote to place, fittingly just barely
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 7 February 2022 15:37 (two years ago) link
planet her is solid, doesn't quite compare to hot pink. some serious highlights, many of which were massive hits: "woman," "kiss me more," "ain't shit," "get into it"
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:37 (two years ago) link
actually i think i'll have one more
Some of the missing songs from the leftfield pop compilation can be found on streaming if you want to hear the rest.
I know because I was obsessed with Yosue Inoue’s “pi po pa” last summer.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:37 (two years ago) link
excited to find out whether Low released 4 albums last year
― Reader, I buried him (Noodle Vague), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:39 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/whWjmBm.jpg74. Hayley Williams - Flowers for Vases / Descansos132 points / 5 votes / 1 #1 voteSong from the album: “First Thing to Go”Petals for Armor/Last of Paramore?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:39 (two years ago) link
Interesting that all the milquetoast stuff is coming in at the very lower reaches. Maybe the stretch in the middle will actually be surprising this year instead of the inverse!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:42 (two years ago) link
hmmm this album
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:42 (two years ago) link
As I said in the tracks thread, much stronger album than her debut solo, imo. That one was easy to admire but hard to love, in all its tricks and cleverness, but here she just locked herself up in her house and recorded some great quiet songs.
― abcfsk, Monday, 7 February 2022 15:42 (two years ago) link
Judging on point totals I think you might be right JF. I think I'm looking at six placing, including all my top 3! But a few of those could def land tomorrow instead of today
― signe anderson (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:44 (two years ago) link
Or maybe it'll be milquetoast all the way through!
― emil.y, Monday, 7 February 2022 15:56 (two years ago) link
Shh you'll jinx it
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:57 (two years ago) link
ooh voted for heisei no otoabsolute joy of a comp
― nxd, Monday, 7 February 2022 15:57 (two years ago) link
I like that the poll's open to all sorts of releases fwiw. Found another great archival comp in "Ritmo Fantasía: Balearic Spanish Synth-Pop, Boogie And House (1982-1992)" when randomly playing nominations
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:00 (two years ago) link
Love Hayley Williams, but didn't love this album. It's not bad or anything, just didn't make much of an impression on me enough to go back to it after the first few listens. Her debut grew on me a lot.
― kitchen person, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:03 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/H28sJQH.jpg73. Spellling - The Turning Wheel135 points / 5 votes / 1 #1 voteVideo from the album: “Turning Wheel”
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:04 (two years ago) link
wow, very low! didn't vote this but it's decent. fantano giving it a 10 gave it a LOT of exposure tho
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:04 (two years ago) link
ok first track on Heisei (the streaming version) is amazing, I have to check out the Music from Memory thread
― rob, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:05 (two years ago) link
I have mixed feelings about comps but am generally for their inclusion. I try not to vote for them myself unless it's something absolutely amazing and completely new to me, and even then only if I'm running short on proper new releases. A couple of comps appearing in the rundown is fine, they can be great introductions to stuff, but I would be worried if we started placing more than one or two.
― emil.y, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:05 (two years ago) link
lol @ the picture misspelling Spellling
Wonder if it got spelllchecked.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:08 (two years ago) link
I think I was conflating Spelling with Shopping... was not expecting the heavy Kate Bush vibes from this.
― enochroot, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:09 (two years ago) link
For the moment I am just looking at the images
― Nabozo, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:10 (two years ago) link
Got to say I adore the albums image style even more than I did the one for the tracks. Adding a little class to the proceedings, thank you Moka.
― emil.y, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:12 (two years ago) link
For anyone who is using Tidal I am keeping a playlist synced with the Spotify one here: https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/262ed964-3b7d-4c6a-9d7f-2dde00ea6a85
― silverfish, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:16 (two years ago) link
Oooh it’s SPELLLING no wonder I couldn’t find any thread discussing her.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:18 (two years ago) link
Here’s the thread:
Spellling - haunted art pop soul
I vaguely remember giving the Spellling album a once-over a few months ago, but there were too many Sgt. Peppers-ish moments that rubbed me the wrong way, even if the rest of what she's doing is pretty great/original. I feel like this lives in the same universe all the waxed mustache stuff from the early part of the last decade, except it doesn't talk to the neighbors.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:19 (two years ago) link
Thanks emily!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:19 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/98w7fbw.jpg72. Emeka Ogboh - Beyond the Yellow Haze136 points / 4 votesSong from the album: “Everydaywehustllin”Emeka Ogboh
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:26 (two years ago) link
quite enjoying the Manchester Orchestra opening track, way more than Bed Head, lol
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:28 (two years ago) link
No clue about this, but "Everydaywehustlin" is a vibe.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:29 (two years ago) link
not really, which is why i wouldn't have expected you to love it
― ufo, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 01:02 (two years ago) link
If anything about this debate was useful for me it was when Brad highlighted their emo influences so matter-of-factly—a connection I'd never made myself—which explains why I like almost nothing about them. Not that I needed a reason, but it bothered me not to have one.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 02:43 (two years ago) link
the CHVRCHES album is more mining one vein to superb effect imo - I also would not guess imago would like it based on what I usually see you champion
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 05:33 (two years ago) link
(added the apple playlist to the OP)
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 05:39 (two years ago) link
incoming: more of number 41:
PLAY WITH THE CHANGES REMIXEDARRIVES SEPTEMBER 16THCLICK THE LINK TO PRE-ORDER NOW🦋 https://t.co/MLsvZnHKx4 pic.twitter.com/jSBoCtoKBO— R O J O (@Rochelle_Jordan) July 26, 2022
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 19:38 (one year ago) link