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three months pass...
Glad I decided to give this one more spin last week, as it finally clicked with me. Loved "War on the East Coast" instantly, but had been resisting the rest of it since it came out. Had a very similar experience with Together in fact; is their something about how immediately pleasurable their records are that causes me to distrust them a bit at first?
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Saturday, 10 January 2015 19:39 (nine years ago) link
grew on me too. really like the little quirky things Newman does on this one, like "Backtairs" and "Hi-Rise." And the Kathryn Calder one that's like a lost Magnetic Fields song. Usually I love the Bejar songs, but these, w/exception of "War," didn't really click (yet).
― col, Saturday, 10 January 2015 19:41 (nine years ago) link
four months pass...
Saw them yesterday, very good show - powerful pop really! Newman's guitar sound was awesome and wow Kathryn Calder kicks ass, great vocals. This was my first NP show and was impressed by Newman's vocals too, it's always a fun experience to hear vocals you know so well in a live setting.
Unfortunately they hadn't brought any cool merch (really wanted a tshirt!), Blaine explained after the show that it was too expensive to pay merch-stand-people in Europe or something.
They played a lot of new stuff and I was reminded how much I've listened to their music - I knew all the songs more or less! I never thought of NP as a nerdy band, but seeing them on stage and looking around the audience (and at myself) I realized maybe they are.
Anyway, I saw a youtube comment nagging about the "dynamic range" of Brill Bruisers and Together, and as much as I love NP I have to agree that it sounds overcompressed to me, even live it did so maybe it's an aesthetic choice.
― niels, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 12:04 (eight years ago) link
two years pass...