yep, Peals - the record they put out last year is sweet. James Iha plays on "Punk Migration"!
Future Islands and Dan Deacon opened for Double Dagger at their last show in 2011.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 13 April 2017 18:28 (seven years ago) link
So far I'm convinced this is their best album, although listening to their back catalogue I will say that the format has been roughly the same for several years. I was kind of hoping they'd go full prog for this one.
but yeah, I totally agree with the second part and it's been pretty funny to read reviews of The Far Field which are mostly like "they've been generally about the same thing, it's a band that values consistency, sticks to one formula and doesn't try to break musical ground, hey, they're good guys". I guess you can argue there's nothing wrong with making safe record but some of those writers go so out of their way to justify that it's hilarious.
I also think that this one is a lot less hook-based than Singles, nothing really caught my ear too much on this one, it flows pretty much from one song to another.
― piramjida, Thursday, 13 April 2017 18:32 (seven years ago) link
Every time it hits "Day Glow Fire", I stop whatever I'm doing and look up the song title so I can make sure I remember the name of the song this time. (It never works because, aside from specific new albums that I instantly imprint upon, I can't remember the names of any of the songs/tracks on any of the albums I purchase these days, but that one is a specific standout that distinguishes itself from the other songs to my ears.)
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Thursday, 13 April 2017 18:36 (seven years ago) link
I like the new one a lot. Singles was awesome, why not spend a little bit more time in that mode?
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Thursday, 13 April 2017 18:37 (seven years ago) link
i like this song "ran"
― Treeship, Thursday, 13 April 2017 22:20 (seven years ago) link
Ran is great. North Star is great. If they carry on in this groove for the next album they'll lose me but for now I'm quite happy to float around in their little weird world
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Thursday, 13 April 2017 23:59 (seven years ago) link
it's got some great cuts like 'Time On Her Side,' 'Ran,' and 'Ancient Water,' but then there are clunkers like 'Shadows,' which is kind of cringe-y (imo)...
― KevRus, Friday, 14 April 2017 00:44 (seven years ago) link
"Future Islands sound like Robert Palmer struggling to untie a raincoat". David Quantick on Twitter
^ This is such an insufferable "zing". Can almost hear someone chuckling "Oh, DELICIOUS!" into the arm of their smoking jacket.
― circa1916, Saturday, 15 April 2017 06:02 (seven years ago) link
a raincoat!
― Sufjan Grafton, Saturday, 15 April 2017 06:39 (seven years ago) link
This band is great *and* that's a very funny joke from a very funny writer
― JalapeƱo Coladas, Saturday, 15 April 2017 06:59 (seven years ago) link
joke is ilm xkcd
― Sufjan Grafton, Saturday, 15 April 2017 07:08 (seven years ago) link
It's a good joke if you're one of the lamer British people on this board or Alfred Lord Sotosyn.
― circa1916, Saturday, 15 April 2017 10:37 (seven years ago) link
that is what they sound like though. (still great)
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Saturday, 15 April 2017 13:04 (seven years ago) link
I'm quite enjoying Samuel Herring's debut of his hip hop side project as Hemlock Ernst with Kenny Segal.
― MarkoP, Saturday, 26 October 2019 13:53 (four years ago) link
ooooh wtf that's him? popped on my recommendations, it's good! i was wondering who the other dude was
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 26 October 2019 17:20 (four years ago) link