there's definitely the hint of math in here, and it's way heavier than other records of its type
is this where I mention the Mitski album from last year too? check it out, srsly
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Monday, 13 April 2015 20:11 (eight years ago) link
not familiar w/Mitski
yeah i like this because it's definitely got great hooks and pop instincts but i hear elements the aforementioned bands, Polvo, etc that type of stuff without getting too in the capital-M math like Don Cab or A Minor Forest or whatever
guys
i love the 90s
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 April 2015 20:14 (eight years ago) link
yh me too
mitski album is my homework assignment for everyone on ilx who likes punk, emo or the 90s
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Monday, 13 April 2015 20:21 (eight years ago) link
Mitski is so good
― flappy bird, Monday, 13 April 2015 20:31 (eight years ago) link
first song has some serious Chavez vibes
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, April 13, 2015 3:58 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wow you weren't kidding
― call all destroyer, Monday, 13 April 2015 20:47 (eight years ago) link
how come this sounds so amazing and other indie rock records suck so much
― j., Monday, 13 April 2015 22:11 (eight years ago) link
they're trying harder
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Monday, 13 April 2015 22:12 (eight years ago) link
just saw Mitski w/ Screaming Females a few days ago, she was really great.
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Monday, 13 April 2015 22:13 (eight years ago) link
from now on all bands should try harder
― j., Monday, 13 April 2015 22:14 (eight years ago) link
agreed
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Monday, 13 April 2015 22:16 (eight years ago) link
literally the point where postpunk emocore brad nelson music atomsmashes into imago melodyprog
love bands that can bring everyone together
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 13 April 2015 22:37 (eight years ago) link
mitski is touring with speedy!! so is krill <3
― maura, Monday, 13 April 2015 22:46 (eight years ago) link
love the falling-down-the-stairs drumfills in 'raising the skate'
― ciderpress, Monday, 13 April 2015 22:54 (eight years ago) link
mitski sucks
god i hate mainlander, emo bullshit with boring crunchy guitars. why didn't that trend get left in the early aughts?
i'll try speedy ortiz though
― hackshaw, Monday, 13 April 2015 22:57 (eight years ago) link
this from the genius who called pc music 'insensitive'
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Monday, 13 April 2015 23:01 (eight years ago) link
i mean, it is insensitive. you're talking about a bunch of upper class art school haircuts selling you their idea of the "future" in the form of j-pop theft
i'm glad you think your progressive
― hackshaw, Monday, 13 April 2015 23:05 (eight years ago) link
― j., Monday, April 13, 2015 5:11 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
YES THIS
"Foil Deer" raises the stakes (no pun intended, I swear) in the best possible ways
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 13 April 2015 23:48 (eight years ago) link
Mainlander?
― flappy bird, Monday, 13 April 2015 23:58 (eight years ago) link
Is the album as good as The Graduates?
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 13 April 2015 23:58 (eight years ago) link
"mainlander" = college rock bands situated in a local area
(my word for it)
i went on Urban Dictionary and apparently that term has offensive connotations. didn't mean that. doh
― hackshaw, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 00:00 (eight years ago) link
yes
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 00:46 (eight years ago) link
Thanks for the Mitski tip. I'm a sucker for this kind of style and the songs/lyrics/persona are more distinct/memorable than most. This is what I'm hoping the new Waxahatchee album will be like (when I get around to hearing it).
― o. nate, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 01:25 (eight years ago) link
a little bit of Tilt in her voice.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 01:38 (eight years ago) link
A little bit of Liz Phair too
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 03:25 (eight years ago) link
Mitski is the pure shit
― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 13:00 (eight years ago) link
it was thanks to you that we discovered her! shuffle find on the traxpoll spotify, instant liking
(this is where my gf informs me that she knew about her already or w/e but you still did well nominating her)
now back to speedy ortiz, this is one of the strongest opening salvos to an album in recent memory, 'raising the skate' is a fucking classic indie rock song already
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 17:41 (eight years ago) link
god i hate mainlander, emo bullshit with boring crunchy guitars
only now listening to the mitski album and as a fan of emo bullshit with boring crunchy guitars this is a very uncharitable and inaccurate description of the record itself
it's pretty good
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 18:06 (eight years ago) link
'my dead girl' is the lower-order classic on this album, based on 2 listens, but it really is all great
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 18:07 (eight years ago) link
yeah "my dead girl" is amazing
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link
Mitski is the core, the heart music
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 18:55 (eight years ago) link
get a similar rush from this as from catherine wheel's poppier stuff
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 19:05 (eight years ago) link
what kinda fuckin space-age bass drum micing technology did they cook up to record this thing
― j., Wednesday, 15 April 2015 04:31 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnUWcm6KK6c
― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
pro mitski
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 18:00 (eight years ago) link
hey, that's my favorite One Direction song
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 20:51 (eight years ago) link
this is quite possibly album of the year
― imago, Saturday, 18 April 2015 19:17 (eight years ago) link
you always say that
― j., Saturday, 18 April 2015 19:39 (eight years ago) link
every year
get some fresh material
― j., Saturday, 18 April 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
say it every year about speedy ortiz?
― imago, Saturday, 18 April 2015 20:47 (eight years ago) link
fine, "this album could end up being my favourite album of 2015, got some cracking indie songs on it m8"
― imago, Saturday, 18 April 2015 20:48 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU4FkiO_Bns
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 20:34 (eight years ago) link
it looks just like your pictures but in 3d
― j., Tuesday, 21 April 2015 20:38 (eight years ago) link
good album!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 20:39 (eight years ago) link
I was already sold, Major Arcana was one of my favorite records of the past few years, but this is even better, I'm over the moon.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 20:45 (eight years ago) link
This is a superior quality piece of 90s Matador nostalgia but I'm not sure I'd care if it wasn't for the singer, she tips it away from just being a slavish recreation of a sound. Still, this is the best time of year to listen to this sort of thing, and I'm enjoying it.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link
Mister Difficult is staggering
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 21:10 (eight years ago) link
This album is stellar, and indeed My Dead Girl is an amazing song. Puffer has some serious Luscious Jackson vibes.
― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 21:09 (eight years ago) link
how does she do that ~~~tHiNg~~~ with her voice
― j., Thursday, 23 April 2015 16:06 (eight years ago) link
I missed the stream apparently now I'm desperately trying to listen to that first song to get the Chavez vibes described upthread...
― Evan, Thursday, 23 April 2015 16:15 (eight years ago) link