It makes Teenage Fanclub sound like Crass.
LOL!
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
was rlly into this song a few years back. makes belle and sebatian sound like cannibal corpse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHFDnUEiH30
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
some funny cover choices here: http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2013/05/07/the-lagniappe-sessions-mikal-cronin/
― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
Liking "Shout it Out" from the new one a lot, and looking forward to seeing him live Friday in W. D.C.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFTCkyeTuAY
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 12:13 (ten years ago) link
It sounds very muscular live - not lo-fi treble-heavy power pop at all. He's got a pretty crack band.
I find myself wondering why this guy cuts through with people and Title Tracks never has - I think Title Tracks is the better songwriting by miles (don't get me wrong, I like Cronin)
― Walter Galt, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 12:20 (ten years ago) link
Saw him live over the weekend and he was great. Was using Ty Segall's drummer for some reason.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 12:50 (ten years ago) link
I find myself wondering why this guy cuts through with people and Title Tracks never has Was using Ty Segall's drummer for some reason.
Was using Ty Segall's drummer for some reason.
He's Ty Segall's bass player answers both of these questions.
― wk, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 14:56 (ten years ago) link
title tracks first album is stunning but i was disappointed by the second - cronin's first album is way better than it
― terbil truths (electricsound), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 00:40 (ten years ago) link
I gave this a quick listen weeks ago and it didn't leave much of an impression, but I'm thinking that maybe I should give it another go.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 01:01 (ten years ago) link
"weight" is all-time great i think, just a microcosm of everything i want out of rock music in 2013
― ciderpress, Thursday, 20 June 2013 04:34 (ten years ago) link
I like this stuff in theory but I find it ultimately to be curiously lightweight - he has all the right elements in place - well crafted etc but there are no surprises after the first listen and the work as a whole lacks any kind of resonance. Same kind of feeling I get from listening to Savages - too much reverence for the source material maybe.
― Hinklepicker, Thursday, 20 June 2013 05:37 (ten years ago) link
It makes Teenage Fanclub sound like Crass.LOL!
Yeah, LOL I guess, but c'mon, this is a bit silly. There's more crunch in the "Shout It Out" chorus than the past 20 years of TFC's catalog combined. (TFC is one of my all-time fave bands, fwiw.)
I understand concerns that Cronin's record feels lightweight or whatever. For me, it teeters close to that, but never quite gets there. And it certainly helps that dude's hooks are unstoppable.
Lastly: I like the Title Tracks record I have quite a bit, but I think it's a couple rungs down the ladder from Cronin. I think the Segall affiliation has helped Cronin, but I wouldn't say it's pushed him far beyond where he deserves to be based on his talent.
― alpine static, Thursday, 20 June 2013 07:04 (ten years ago) link
i like him if i don't remind myself the fact that he sounds like The Shins.
― nostormo, Thursday, 20 June 2013 07:28 (ten years ago) link
I understand concerns that Cronin's record feels lightweight or whatever.
I meant it as a compliment.
― data halls and oate (stevie), Thursday, 20 June 2013 08:41 (ten years ago) link
Live he was more garage-rock last night (with the band's other guitarist & bassist looking like young long-haired '70 bar banders). They encored with a nice cover of Wreckless Eric's "Whole Wide World" . I only know the latest album, and he did plenty of earlier stuff
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 22 June 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
So I gave this another chance, as promised, as it hit the mark a little bit more this time around... enough to make me want to give it another couple of listens at least.
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Saturday, 22 June 2013 16:38 (ten years ago) link
*as=and
it only took this 3 or 4 days to become my most played record of the year
― ciderpress, Saturday, 22 June 2013 19:23 (ten years ago) link
Really loving "Shout it Out" from the new one. Sounded great live too
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 22 June 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UBpH0ft1ko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr5P5Qc1b8A
love it
― nostormo, Thursday, 16 April 2015 21:31 (nine years ago) link
god status
― alpine static, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 18:11 (nine years ago) link
new album sounds a lot like the shins, which isn't really a diss, i guess
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
it sounded really dull on first pass, but I'll give it a few more tries.
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 20:32 (nine years ago) link