Scott-O -- as in Scott Walker and SunnO)))

lou barlow does not like sunn o)))

i hope sunn o))) names their next album 'lou barlow' and it's just one chord played for sixty minutes with the lyric 'lou barlow' intoned at a glacial pace over the whole running time.

more like sebadohn't amirite

BarlO)))

this is a good listen. certainly more listenable than Bisch Bosch and the Drift; it has a nice ominous cozy feel to it. Perfect for a dreadful autumn.

Walker currently locked in a basement with SunnO))), playing a three-hour long version of Dinosaur Jr:'s "Don't" whilst weeping.

"synthesized pre-set whip-cracks"

Oh, Lou. Scott has a whip man. From Bristol. Everyone knows that.

Well Lou's always had a reputation for being a miserable git.

The other factual error in there is he gets the lyrics to his 'favorite scott walker song' wrong (the string tied to the underwear is plastic palace people not montague terrace)

Online hardman's "takedown" is more deserving of our attention than this wasteman

lou was saying plastic palace people is ~montague terrace era~ but sort of a strange way to tag a scott ~era~ and smacks of half-assed attempt to appear to have interest/investment

RIP perfectly respectable melodic indie bands that sound good on laptop speakers

responses to this album are making it really easy to decide whose musical opinions i can safely ignore from now on

http://www.stereogum.com/1713730/scott-walker-sunn-o-brando-video/video/

Not really heard this yet and while I don't find the music of SunnO))) particularly interesting, "this sounded like shit on my computer speakers" is such a dumb fucking criticism.

God that Lou Barlow piece is one of the least convincing arguments I've ever read. Scott has made a Christmas album - Bish Bosch.

Comparing Sunn O))) to a load of 80s proto-grunge and industrial is getting it wrong too.

sunn o))) sound good on laptop speakers

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oh shit wrong thread sorry guys ;_;

Stanm, I thought you had nicked my GaryBarlO))) joke, I see now it isn't so.

well, maybe a bit..

didn't mean to drag this esteemed thread down to my wretched level xp

Yeah, it was recycling. xpost

This was linked upthread but here's an embed for your viewing convenience:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_NIop72vis

hmmm... not sure if that video was interesting or kind of boring at 9.30mins. Not a patch on the Epizootics vid.

Am I wrong in hearing "They're taking her children away" from Lou Reed's "The Kids" echoed in "Herod 2014"'s "She's hidden her babies away"?

There's a bit during Bull (I think) that reminds me so much of Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by The Eurythmics it's unreal.

Similar to my initial reaction to the Bull teaser...

This sounds great so far. Makes me think know of early Spandau Ballet for some reason.

― Scary Darey (dog latin), Friday, August 22, 2014 12:08 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there's definitely a new romantic vibe to that track.

I've been playing this album a LOT this week. Sounds (feels, rather :-) even better in the car than on my stereo at home. It's a really fun album in that it's fun to sing along with Scott and fun to shred with the (lead) guitarists.

One of the maddest experiences was when my friend and I were driving down a country road to Norfolk on a dark January night after Christmas listening to Epizootics, when a lorry overtook us at full speed. Something like a bag full of flour or some sort of dusty substance on the back of the truck burst and sent this blinding cloud flying all over the road. Definitely freaked me out. I'm surprised we didn't slow down or stop, but I think we were too scared.

Am I wrong in hearing "They're taking her children away" from Lou Reed's "The Kids" echoed in "Herod 2014"'s "She's hidden her babies away"?

― with hidden noise, Friday, October 24, 2014 6:09 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I doubt it was intentional but I thought the exact same thing

Stephen F. O'Malley ‏@IdeologicOrgan 1 minute ago

It's great to see Mr. Lou Barlow didn't loose any of his pathetic 90s indy rock smugness.

neither of them trolls very well

I was finding this largely tedious until 'Bull' kicked in and now I love it.

it sounds totally challopsy to say this is more "pop" than anything either of them have done recently but... it's kinda true!

Yep, its relatively easy to listen to. Didn't stop the odd looks from my girlfriend the first time I played it though.

haha women right

j/k

So this made me look to see if the album charted in the UK - number 30 after the first week of release just behind Coldplay and Neil Diamond.

I didn't know there was a Coldplay/Diamond collab!

Much as I appreciate this new one, it's sent me back to listening to Bish Bosch (lol, as if I ever stopped) and I'm starting to think it's testament to how great that last album was that this new one is getting so much good attention. I really think stuff like Zercon and Epizootics are his absolute peak.

I often think that certain albums by some artists suffer/benefit from reputational hangover, records getting the praise that their immediate predecessors should have got.

Yeah, this definitely happens. I know this is probably a challops, but I see Scott 3 as the weak link in the quadrilogy. Sometimes wonder if the lack of punchier, wittier songs in favour of sleepier, more ponderous efforts are responsible for Scott 4 selling so badly. Was it his perceived 'New Jersey' at the time?

I don't think so, "Songs from his TV series" still made the charts.

My theory has always been that he was releasing too many albums in too short a time (Scott 3, TV series, Scott 4 all in 1969)

Yes, also 4 originally released under the engel name no?

There is that, but I would have thought people would work that little bit out.

Yes, though too much may have been made of that, seeing as the cover is a huge picture of him and the words "SCOTT 4". It clearly wasn't the new Englebert Humperdinck record.

Haha fair point

Wasn't it pretty normal for acts to release up to 3 records in a year back then? Or was 'product demand' slowing down by the late sixties? I know the Beach Boys were expected to deliver tonnes of stuff all the time, hence all the filler albums.