the circumstances of this re-recording are a little weird, not sure how i feel about this happening when nate mendel isn’t currently in the band (whatever interpersonal and professional conflicts that required them to reunite again without him notwithstanding, i don’t pretend to know about these things, glad they’re touring it’s awesome) and god knows the reason i love diary and LP2 is the particular dynamic of these guys playing together, maybe the first time i heard a non-jazz record where i felt like a whole world was being opened up just through interplay, a feeling i think is a little lost on the records they made when they first reunited without mendel, even though both of those records are insanely good
but also that studio clip sounds dope, and one of the flaws-that-is-a-feature of diary is how ruined his voice is from the tour they did right before recording it, and i’m interested in how he’ll approach it with a not-ruined voice. notice he’s taking a lower register in the verses which admittedly sounded painful to sing on the og
― ivy., Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:10 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQa_CrPHdX0
the new song is good, shame there's not more on the way
― ufo, Friday, 26 January 2024 05:33 (three months ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL55ljbjKy_Qf46TyePVwfd9MSLppszHV1
i went digging and some instrumentals from the unfinished 5th album sessions during their last reunion leaked a while ago and the band's confirmed they're real. hoerner's said he's not happy with the songs at all though so they're probably never finishing or releasing those.
― ufo, Friday, 26 January 2024 05:47 (three months ago) link
that "new" song (it dates back to how it feels) is outrageously beautiful
― ivy., Friday, 26 January 2024 18:24 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJNn2vsyw4E
― ivy., Wednesday, 24 April 2024 17:04 (four days ago) link
sounds pretty distinct from the album version, like... the vocals are audible
― ivy., Wednesday, 24 April 2024 17:28 (four days ago) link