there's a real lindsay buckingham vibe to the new one...
― I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs (stevie), Monday, 28 February 2011 17:31 (thirteen years ago) link
this sounds great. have kinda missed the boat on this guy...makes me think of j mascis backed by the go-betweens or something.
― tylerw, Monday, 28 February 2011 17:33 (thirteen years ago) link
his first three are great too, tyler, if you've not heard them...
― I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs (stevie), Monday, 28 February 2011 17:33 (thirteen years ago) link
still find this song impossibly good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-mgUlSHBUg
― it made me wish batman had written an article on mfas (Edward III), Monday, 28 February 2011 17:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I wasn't sure of what to make of this guy when I first heard this new album. It felt kind of MOR at first, but then a lot of the songs started worming their ways in and now 'Society Is My Friend' and 'Puppet To The Man' are firm favourites.
― cosdeling barier chough a fat in a ballman thrantume (dog latin), Monday, February 28, 2011 12:27 PM
i like this new one but i think i prefer him in his "rockin'" mode. you should rly check out 'childish prodigy'
― r.i.p. hamilton (am0n), Monday, 28 February 2011 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Dog Latin, I like the new one, but you should definitely check out his earlier stuff (particularly the wonderful constant hitmaker and the occasionally brilliant god is saying this to you).
They are the after the goldrush and on the beach to smoke ring for my halo's comes a time.
imo
― Z S, Monday, 28 February 2011 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
And I like childish prodigy (I like just about anything he does tbh), but it was also the first one that started occasionally veering into the coffeeshop friendly style
― Z S, Monday, 28 February 2011 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Smoke Ring sounding really good to my fatigued monday morning self right now.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 28 February 2011 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link
co-sign on new lp being great
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
square shells is the only things I actually listen to all the way through, but I listen to it all the time. Is this album like new new or is it that thing that came out pretty recently
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
its new new. square shells was an ep, wasn't it?
― I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs (stevie), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
its the new studio album out next week
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah square shells was an ep. Thanks for the info on the new shit.
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
new album's excellent
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Monday, 7 March 2011 06:48 (thirteen years ago) link
for anyone in brooklyn, kurt vile is gonna be playing at academy records in williamsburg around 5pm tomorrow!
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 01:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I'll be at the Generation Records show, very excited.
― Ryan, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
as I have the day off, expect to be at Academy.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
dang. would have gone to that. workin.
― dmr, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
me to.
― Thus Sang Freud, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
o
Academy @ 5pm w/ Thurston Moore & folksGeneration @ 7pmOther @ 9pm
(I figure the 2nd and 3rd shows are acoustic)
― Can you keep up? (Cheetah), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Amazing show at Generation Records, place was packed.
Setlist
1 New Song 2 Babys Arms3 In My Time4 Jesus Fever5 Ghost Town6 Slow Talkers7 On Tour8 Blackberry Song
― Ryan, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 03:20 (thirteen years ago) link
"runner ups" is my favorite song off this -- great album tho
― little humma boy (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 03:22 (thirteen years ago) link
agree, "runner ups" is A+ best song here
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 05:42 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/22/thumbs_up_rip.jpg
― little humma boy (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 05:43 (thirteen years ago) link
hey that's my .gif!
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 06:19 (thirteen years ago) link
its all about tomboy
― I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs (stevie), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 08:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Wish I could get my money back for this unmelodic lazy record.
― calstars, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 13:43 (thirteen years ago) link
lol u mad
This is great.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
i held the same opinion as calstars the first few times. i wouldn't say it's classic, but it has moments. "society is my friend" is my choice cut.
― farieling thosder chout a bagh an i ballme crantuman (dog latin), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
reminds me of the verve a little bit for some reason; in a good way.
― farieling thosder chout a bagh an i ballme crantuman (dog latin), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
can't hear it without thinking of sy's "society is a hole" which is by design I take it
― I love priest but I've chosen maiden (Edward III), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
society is my friend, it makes me lie to a hole
― JaySeanLilWayne (some dude), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
they are labelmates now. i love that callback though.
― I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs (stevie), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 19:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I think he played 6 of those 8 at Academy
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago) link
wish i could have gone to that. very excited about the show with j mascis later this month
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Childish Prodigy > Constant Hitmaker >>> Square Shells >> Smoke Ring > God is Saying This to You
― Can you keep up? (Cheetah), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
smoke ring's just a runner up?
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm warming up to it...
― Can you keep up? (Cheetah), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 21:07 (thirteen years ago) link
ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS DUDE THO
― Can you keep up? (Cheetah), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
not feeling this new album... really same-y songs, no variation like on Square Shells, no weird little instrumentals, no big loud sounding stuff like "Freak Train" from CP, his voice sounds the same on every song with the same accent and inflections. Plus I think having what sounds like a consistent lineup throughout makes these tunes sound even more similar, which does not serve them well imo.
― sleeve, Thursday, 10 March 2011 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Those are all completely valid points and pretty much why this isn't an "o_O OMG I love this album" album for me. But, having said that, I really do love the vibe, so even if it is kinda samey - its a great one.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 10 March 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Wish this album would had more of a "Freeway" vibe
― calstars, Friday, 18 March 2011 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean where are the electric guitars?
― calstars, Friday, 18 March 2011 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link
His voice sounds yards better when he projects
― calstars, Friday, 18 March 2011 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
this is a gorgeous album
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 19 March 2011 03:21 (thirteen years ago) link
normally i would not like a dude who sings like this, but his writing for guitar is ridiculously good.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 19 March 2011 03:22 (thirteen years ago) link
liking this a lot, it's a grower
― dmr, Saturday, 19 March 2011 03:50 (thirteen years ago) link
his sound is always so pretty & inviting imo but w/ this album i find myself aimlessly singing a bunch of the songs
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 19 March 2011 03:52 (thirteen years ago) link
me too. like "jesus fever" isn't even one of my top three on the album but it runs thru my head
― dmr, Saturday, 19 March 2011 11:21 (thirteen years ago) link