i've only listened to this album once so far but i have a feeling it'll wind up pretty high on my EOY list
― lol on hoosly (crüt), Thursday, 7 August 2014 21:42 (nine years ago) link
agree w/ j. in that i'd love to hear a more muscular recording. albini's big, grey, mechanical sound would probably serve the music's rhythmic attack just fine. but nostormo otm in that NP's low budget, 'verbed-out thinness helps situate them in mod garage, not so far removed from the dwyers and segalls of the world. not sure albini would be able to do anything other than iron those wrinkles out.
lol, i'm listening to "television man" and imagining it with late 70s, cars-style roy thomas baker production. sounds good! in my head i mean.
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Thursday, 7 August 2014 22:19 (nine years ago) link
this album is great btw
definitely more interested in a RTB rendering of this band than Albini
― lol on hoosly (crüt), Thursday, 7 August 2014 22:22 (nine years ago) link
Television Man drum bit reminds me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpvqU2cmK8I
― nostormo, Thursday, 7 August 2014 22:24 (nine years ago) link
sometimes sound like pop unwound
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Thursday, 7 August 2014 22:37 (nine years ago) link
"olympia band" has to be one of most distinctive and durable regional sonic signatures in late 20th c rock
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Thursday, 7 August 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link
late 20th crock
― doodle cock-up (electricsound), Thursday, 7 August 2014 22:57 (nine years ago) link
"Eon Of Pain" is fascinating
one chord drone and brooding, ok here's a pop moment!, back to brooding and ear drum rape
― hackshaw, Thursday, 7 August 2014 23:02 (nine years ago) link
pop moment is specifically at 2:50 which might be the only time they ditch the skronk for a second
and it's only for a second!
― hackshaw, Thursday, 7 August 2014 23:06 (nine years ago) link
xp lol, and i guess i mean early 21st crock, too
"eon of pain" is the one track that really makes me think "recording in search of a bini"
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Thursday, 7 August 2014 23:15 (nine years ago) link
albini's big, grey, mechanical sound
^^do ppl actually listen to records he records now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOm3JKyMID0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvXG6nEWXeE
― ruffalo soldier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 7 August 2014 23:39 (nine years ago) link
the first record felt like the same riff over and over again to me.. this one is a.. bit less like that. i think it'll take some time.
― doodle cock-up (electricsound), Thursday, 7 August 2014 23:41 (nine years ago) link
sometimes sound like pop unwound jesus lizard
― cock chirea, Thursday, 7 August 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
Any info about name seems obscure too drunk to internet search
― Hinklepicker, Friday, 8 August 2014 05:37 (nine years ago) link
OK OK just stop right there all you hoards of internet searchers. I seem to have recovered my poise somehow and am now able to answer this crucial question. Turns out it was name made up as a 'drag name' for the lead singer and it means that he is 'interested in exploring the interior of his soul... about 'human beings exploring a new kind of abstract freedom.' This is news indeed.
― Hinklepicker, Friday, 8 August 2014 08:41 (nine years ago) link
Deep
― ruffalo soldier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 August 2014 12:08 (nine years ago) link
still super into this.
only one i can't get behind is "Firehose Face"
― hackshaw, Saturday, 9 August 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
well, the stnng track's a good example of what i had in mind, in terms of the drum recording. softer that it might have been a decade or two back, but still big and mechanical, like an industrial plant churning away below the voice & guitars, with lots of kit noise to give it presence. which is a pretty natural way for drums to sound, really.
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Saturday, 9 August 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link
these guys have a bit of an attitude, huh?
at least the music backs it up
http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/naomi-punk-interview
― hackshaw, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
"Rodeo Trash Pit" is everything
― example (crüt), Friday, 5 September 2014 21:51 (nine years ago) link
i love this band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LGShwHqiRc
― hackshaw, Thursday, 6 November 2014 23:23 (nine years ago) link
this band is great
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 5 December 2016 22:16 (seven years ago) link
Gentle movement toward sensual liberation shows up in a lot of my playlists
― Treeship, Monday, 5 December 2016 22:59 (seven years ago) link
new album, tour
http://www.talkhouse.com/introducing-cookie-and-cardboard/
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
this band is great. bad fashion sense though.
― Treeship, Monday, 14 August 2017 02:22 (six years ago) link
really holds up imo
― budo jeru, Thursday, 25 January 2024 00:09 (three months ago) link
I recently bought a CD copy of Television Man and was delighted to find lyrics in the booklet
― c u (crüt), Thursday, 25 January 2024 02:27 (three months ago) link
Amazing band. Disagree with what I said about their fashion sense in 2027. They look cool.
― treeship., Thursday, 25 January 2024 02:40 (three months ago) link
Eh, I think you were right about their fashion sense. And also that they're awesome.
― alpine static, Thursday, 25 January 2024 03:57 (three months ago) link