their imperial phase managed to balance the early tweeness and the later navel-gazing just about enough. Sadly Barnes succumbs to both way too easily, to the point where often it's hard to tell if he's as serious as he appears to be trying to be...
― frame casual (dog latin), Thursday, 3 October 2019 07:47 (four years ago) link
turning point was whenever he fired his band (~2013?)
― flappy bird, Thursday, 17 October 2019 00:12 (four years ago) link
Well, what are you asserting occurred at that turning point?
― timellison, Thursday, 17 October 2019 01:14 (four years ago) link
he recruited a new live band who were possibly even better, is what happened. witness 'snare lustrous doomings'. we saw them on that tour and they were absolutely fucking incredible. end of story
― imago, Thursday, 17 October 2019 01:19 (four years ago) link
I should go next time they come. Have not seen them in a long while.
Added a few faves to the playlist.
― timellison, Thursday, 17 October 2019 01:31 (four years ago) link
xp first time I saw em was in 2014 and they were amazing, the new band is great but the 2013 record was awful... nothing since has grabbed me. white is relic has its moments
― flappy bird, Thursday, 17 October 2019 01:36 (four years ago) link
lousy with sylvianbriar wasn't so strong but it has gained something in retrospect and is worth a return
since then his albums have gone amazing-> bad -> pretty good so he's still got it afaic
― imago, Thursday, 17 October 2019 01:47 (four years ago) link
innocence reaches wasn't even that bad, just much less good with some highlights, like false priest before it
― imago, Thursday, 17 October 2019 01:48 (four years ago) link
There was a Tiny Desk Concert performance where he did a couple of really amazing solo guitar versions of Sylvianbriar songs!
― timellison, Thursday, 17 October 2019 01:49 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-H9Vf2Wa1c
Ur Funof MontrealAlternativeExpected Jan 17, 2020
1. Peace To All Freaks2. Polyaneurism3. Get God's Attention By Being an Atheist4. Gypsy That Remains5. You've Had Me Everywhere6. Carmillas of Love7. Don't Let Me Die In America8. St. Sebastian9. Deliberate Self-harm Ha Ha10. 20th Century Schizofriendic Revengoid-man
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 14 November 2019 12:45 (four years ago) link
Hey my birthday. Not like I’ve kept up with their recent releases though.
― Roz, Thursday, 14 November 2019 12:57 (four years ago) link
based on the preview track, seems like a bad one! that's okay he does this. maybe it's going to strictly alternate from here on. the problemawoke sexpop/insane progge dialectic played out without resolution. maybe you cannot have one without the other. maybe I'm being reductive and spotting patterns which aren't there. maybe it's all different shades of insane problemawoke sexproggepop
― imago, Thursday, 14 November 2019 13:02 (four years ago) link
I like the new logo :)
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 14 November 2019 13:12 (four years ago) link
lmao at "20th Century Schizofriendic Revengoid-man"
I don't hate the single!
― Simon H., Thursday, 14 November 2019 16:42 (four years ago) link
new anthem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3mOomxq-ec&list=OLAK5uy_k47gvF-4g2GKfl6Mddw85tqRt_fqmOa7g&index=7
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 January 2020 20:58 (four years ago) link
shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3mOomxq-ec&list=OLAK5uy_k47gvF-4g2GKfl6Mddw85tqRt_fqmOa7g
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 January 2020 20:59 (four years ago) link
I love UR Fun. Best album since Hissing Fauna...?
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 1 February 2020 02:27 (four years ago) link
it's like the 6th best since then
first 3 or 4 tracks good, never really recovers that level, decent album overall
― opden gnash (imago), Saturday, 1 February 2020 07:48 (four years ago) link
new one is pleasingly all over the shop, and Kcrraanggaanngg!! is an anthem
― imago, Friday, 5 March 2021 15:12 (three years ago) link
WHO NEEDS A HEART WHEN A HEART DOES MURDERPISSING ON ITSELF IN HEAVEN'S GARBAGE
― imago, Friday, 5 March 2021 18:01 (three years ago) link
so good. where r u ilm. is kevin yesterday's news already
― imago, Friday, 19 March 2021 13:18 (three years ago) link
i got around to listening to this today. it did make an impression on me and will have to play again to see if i like it.
― Bee OK, Friday, 26 March 2021 21:18 (three years ago) link
this album is pearls before fuckin swine tbh
― imago, Saturday, 3 April 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link
enjoyed this, looking forward to going on a walk tomorrow to it
― nxd, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 17:29 (three years ago) link
thank god lol
― imago, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link
deffo stood out more than anything ive listened to since hissing, don't think i've repeated any of them albums
― nxd, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
Lousy With Sylvianbriar stood out like crazy whether you enjoyed it or not. I thought it was fantastic, but it was a big departure from their established sound.
― Evan, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 17:35 (three years ago) link
― imago, Friday, 19 March 2021 13:18 (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
― imago, Friday, 29 July 2022 15:44 (one year ago) link
oh no, someone who torched their popularity ten years ago surely can't be making some of the most cutting-edge pop now, they must be really old and bad or something
listen to the new album you fools
― imago, Friday, 29 July 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
Okay fine I will
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 29 July 2022 16:23 (one year ago) link
getting a White Is Relic twinned with a less obnoxious I Feel Safe With You, Trash vibe. No bangers. Good album
― PaulTMA, Friday, 29 July 2022 17:36 (one year ago) link