War on Drugs

definitely some sonic similarities (also I believe Ryan was born in 1989...)

Ryan Adams 1984 album or his 1989 album of Taylor Swift covers? Ryan Adams has been locked into Darkness on the Edge of Town production sounds for at least three albums now. His self-titled is my personal favorite.

Ryan Adams' self-titled draws from similarly blatant touchstones. Bruce, Petty. War on Drugs throws in Dire Straits. .

(Who of course owe much to Springsteen and Dylan themselves.)

oh jeez 1989... i swear that was an actual typo lol

New song.
Somehow it sometimes feels like they just re-write the same song again and again

have a much greater appreciation of the war on drugs and what they do after listening to the new john mayer album

anyway, the closing guitar solo of the new song is very david gilmour (sounds like if "time" were in a major key)

new single is pretty good

It is, even if it kind of sounds like every other WoD song

On first listen I like the sound more than the song. Glad there's no click track - drums sound great. Chorus could be hookier, but excited to hear the album. They've been consistently excellent the last decade imo.

They're coming to a pretty bad venue in Belgium next year & tickets are like 40-60 euros - I know they're good live, but it's a no from me.

thanks for the update

Ordered this today: https://store.warnermusic.com/i-don-t-live-here-anymore-spotify-exclusive-vinyl.html

spotify exclusive vinyl ...?

ikr?

Turn back, you Oxy Moran!

thread is too dead, 13 days.

I like both of the new tracks but am more of a fan of them as a live band, so far

... I'm not impressed. Maybe it'll grow on me?

been 3 now. i like the new one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHcR2Jb3eH0

Singles were kinda misleading (except Change maybe)

It's a very good album.
poppier, with elements of Sophisti-Pop and New Wave that makes it sound different (at long last), in a good way

Good album, sounds like it was written during a long tour, away from family, in the rain, with John Waite's "Missing You" on repeat.

Good album, sounds like it was written during a long tour, away from family, in the rain, with John Waite's "Missing You" on repeat.

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, October 29, 2021

Here comes the wave. Sob Rock was just the beginning!

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/29/entertainment/fetty-wap-arrested/index.html

FYI, this thread is on ILM and about the band

it can be both

Sorry, maybe that was in poor taste. Not trying to dunk on Fetty Wap btw

it can be both

― gman59, Friday, October 29, 2021

please no

No ones taking about the album ???

Ahhh changes > I don’t wanna

Into the great wide I don’t live here anymore open

why does it all sound like Mr. Mister

or Don Henley (or whatever slick 80s sound I'm thinking of)

Making Michelob Commercials to Make Music to Make Michelob Commercials To

lol

Album makes me feel like Im waiting for cold cuts at the supermarket deli

this is much more successful at the sound he's going for than the last few, there's real dynamics and drama instead of flattening any of that out into aimless ambience like he usually has been inclined to do.

I am hearing that this album is absolutely terrible and am afraid to listen to it

Nah, it's fine. More of the same, more or less.

I love @TheWarOnDrugs album and now I have so many more great songs for my War On Drugs + Dire Straits tribute act Narc Knopfler

— Jason IsBOO (@JasonIsbell) October 29, 2021

Shut up Jason Isbell

so it doesn't sound like bryan adams? because that was perpetua's take. note the only WoD album I have and have listened to was Lost in a Dream.

it more or less sounds like that. I don't think you would confuse it for any other band.

yeah it's not a huge departure or anything, just the songwriting's a bit more focused at the expense of the ambient noodling

i like the album. the last bit from "Old Skin" to "Occasional Rain" is everything I wanted from this new one.

could also be in a subcategory of new music that will eventually be played in CVS

as usual with me & them... I like the live versions better - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKJ5JyuP7WY

Robbie Bennett plays good piano & organ w Rosali (& "Crazy Horse," everybody agrees, actually David Nance Group): https://rosali.bandcamp.com/album/no-medium

xpost yeah this take on “I don’t live here anymore” grooves hard