Great record.
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 16 October 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
Theory: Baroness would be bigger than Mastodon right now if their bus hadn't crashed a month after Yellow & Green was released.
― alpine static, Thursday, 16 October 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link
They've still got time to be bigger than Mastodon, I reckon they might be after the next album (they're poppier!).
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 17 October 2014 09:31 (nine years ago) link
mastodon has kind of sunk into a rut of "consistently-decent-sometimes-really-good-but-not-really-extraordinary-anymore" so baroness's time would be now.
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 17 October 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
I kinda agree with this, but in the world we actually live in, I feel like their moment has passed. The crash cost them a ton of momentum, plus they've had so many lineup changes over the years that now it really is just John Baizley and some sidemen; "band identity" has been lost (as represented by the tracks on Y&G that clearly feature drum machines).
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 17 October 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
Purple out 12/18. Advance track agreeably Skynyrd-meets-Pumpkins imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhS0j3WxfWY
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, 28 August 2015 16:35 (eight years ago) link
god part of that sounds like weezer
― call all destroyer, Friday, 28 August 2015 16:43 (eight years ago) link
I can never get into this band, but as long as their album covers continue with the theme of naked women continue to cuddling with sea creatures and murdering birds, they are alright by me.
― how's life, Friday, 28 August 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
Not sure I'm particularly into this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYF5FCu_M-k
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 4 December 2015 14:17 (eight years ago) link
Best New Music via pfork
― how's life, Thursday, 10 December 2015 14:08 (eight years ago) link
hey i think i love this record. surprising bc i was pretty indifferent to yellow and green. sorta sounds like thrice crosspollinated with qotsa
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 December 2015 22:11 (eight years ago) link
i revisited yellow and green and this is way better than yellow and green imo
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 18 December 2015 06:24 (eight years ago) link
Their new drummer is very...demonstrative
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, 18 December 2015 07:08 (eight years ago) link
Listened to this yesterday, and again this morning. I'm liking it a lot more than I did when I streamed half the promo a month or so ago. There are a couple of moments that are blatantly stolen from other bands - there's one riff that's pure Mastodon, and another that's total 70s Pink Floyd - but they're not the main riffs of songs, they just pop up for a second and then disappear again, which is weird and kinda great.
I thought it was interesting that they streamed one track from the album on each of 10 different websites this week - felt bad for Rolling Stone Australia, who got to premiere the 17-second funny-voice outro.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 18 December 2015 13:12 (eight years ago) link
the chord progression in the chorus of "shock me" is just catnip for me, the way it never stops moving
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 18 December 2015 15:33 (eight years ago) link
Time has been kind to this album.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
purple made me go back to this a lot and yeah, it's so good
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 18:11 (five years ago) link
This revive brought to you by wondering when the hell they're gonna announce The Other Black Album or whatever, those rehearsal videos from awhile back were exciting.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
oh, nevermind. from June:
the next Baroness album has been written and the band has tracked in the studio. Baizley wouldn’t give up too much information, other than to say that Baroness are in the mixing/mastering process and the new record will break from tradition, not being named for a color.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
They haven't made a bad album yet. (I don't really like their early EPs much.)
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
Y&G turns 10 this weekend. I wrote about it for Stereogum.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 14 July 2022 17:53 (one year ago) link