Kind of amazed that lots of people think this is the best record yet.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
or their most consistent.
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
Think i still like Microcastle/Weird Era way more than this
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
i'm with u
― am0n, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
Microcastle was a bit overfussed. However Weird Era is a huge favorite for me.
― Evan, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
I thought halcyon digest was super consistent, but excited to hear this one
― anonanon, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
It's streaming on NPR.
― Evan, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
thanks Evan
instant reaction upon first listen is that, lo fi production aside, it sounds really underwritten
― anonanon, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
It's starting to seem like
Lockett Pundt is to Bradford Cox asTobin Sprout is to Robert Pollard
― Evan, Friday, 3 May 2013 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
i agree w/ both of those xposts. also, getting tired of Bradford's vocal schtickâweary, distorted, wasted, etc.
― nerve_pylon, Friday, 3 May 2013 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
why can't they just bust out the sweeet shoogaze jams : /
― j., Friday, 3 May 2013 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
this is the first deerhunter album that isn't doing it for me. much preferred the last atlas sound to it.
― akm, Friday, 3 May 2013 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
I want to like this band - I listened to cryptograms, I bought a copy of Microcastle when it came out etc but nothing grabs me about them. I guess it's okay when I'm listening to it but an hour later I've completely forgotten everything about it.
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 3 May 2013 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
and now it sounds like they've made a BRMC record? lol
Weird Era is where it's at. Best thing they've done.
― Evan, Friday, 3 May 2013 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
I am liking this less the more I listen - although I still find this more listenable than previous efforts which sounded like hazy blah to me.
― Hinklepicker, Saturday, 4 May 2013 01:21 (eleven years ago) link
Z S, can you just email me directly? I keep trying to respond to yr ILX mail and every time I enter the word code the shit doesn't work
Elisionbebop
It's a gmail address
― Raymond Cummings, Saturday, 4 May 2013 01:23 (eleven years ago) link
I'm returning from a camping trip right now but I'll be home later tonight! Btw I think I included my email address in the ilx mail message? Maybe not, I can't remember.
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Sunday, 5 May 2013 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
hinklepink otm, though i'm still in the "wow, this is great!" phase. i've liked stray tracks in the past, but this is the first deerhunter album to really grab me. did like that one cover with the deers having cock sex.
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Sunday, 5 May 2013 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
"Blue Agent" sort of feels like it hits that "Flourescent Grey"-era mysteriousness. That one acoustic song is super Kurt Vile, which is cool, cos it's good, and Kurt Vile is a rad dude.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 5 May 2013 23:19 (eleven years ago) link
That one acoustic song is super Kurt Vile, which is cool, cos it's good, and Kurt Vile is a rad dude.
"nitebike" - kv's def in there, but the first thing it suggested to me was acoustic johnny thunders.
last three tracks are stunning! "monomania" is maybe the best heads-down rock song i've heard so far this year, all the more so for the emotional heft. i got everything maxed and it still isn't loud enough. "monomonomania monomonomania" part could go for another half hour and still i'd be happy.
a lot of complaining abt the turn to garage rock, but i get the feeling that the whole album is a presented as a tribute to misspent youth, triumphant nostalgia for past misery. that's mostly a product of "punk (la vie anterieure)", but i'm trying it on as a frame.
"pensacola" is only track i'm not feeling, too familiar, not enough energy to pull it off.
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Monday, 6 May 2013 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
Contrnderizer mostly OTM
With "Pensecola" a weird thing happens - for the first 30 seconds I'm like ugh, then it wins me over
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 6 May 2013 03:34 (eleven years ago) link
maybe i'll get there, i've only listened twice
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Monday, 6 May 2013 03:51 (eleven years ago) link
"monomania" is maybe the best heads-down rock song i've heard so far this year, all the more so for the emotional heft.
^^^^ this.
― media conglomerates are pedaling the same product (stevie), Monday, 6 May 2013 08:51 (eleven years ago) link
couldn't tell he was saying "monomania" at the end of "monomania" what does that mean
― Andrew Sandwich, Thursday, 9 May 2013 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
if we're going to do rock again these guys might be sensitive
said with love
and hate of course
*too
― Andrew Sandwich, Thursday, 9 May 2013 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
idk seems like the same mistake Animal Collective made
― Andrew Sandwich, Thursday, 9 May 2013 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
i like this album a lot. people are overstating the "rock album" thing, it's just a slightly grittier deerhunter album
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 9 May 2013 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
One of those bands I've heard a bunch, seen live a couple of times and still can't recall a single note of. I think I fell asleep the last time they played, which didn't help.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 May 2013 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
been meaning to revisit older stuff after this tbh
― Andrew Sandwich, Thursday, 9 May 2013 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
would be glad to eventually argue them over sonic youth one day
― Andrew Sandwich, Thursday, 9 May 2013 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
cryptograms
^ a type of ograms
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Thursday, 9 May 2013 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
I like the title track but it does run on a bit.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 May 2013 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
remember a single of theirs off p4k infinite playlist or whatever early
― Andrew Sandwich, Thursday, 9 May 2013 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
title track kewl
― Andrew Sandwich, Thursday, 9 May 2013 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
"Finding the fluorescence in the junkBy night illuminates the dayFinding ancient language in the bloodFading a little more each day"
― Andrew Sandwich, Thursday, 9 May 2013 20:48 (eleven years ago) link
l0l do you guys have tumblers?
just not sure if "we" need this
― Andrew Sandwich, Thursday, 9 May 2013 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
holy shit i hate myself
― Andrew Sandwich, Thursday, 9 May 2013 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
don't hate yourself just stop posting for a bit eh?
― media conglomerates are pedaling the same product (stevie), Thursday, 9 May 2013 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
Or consolidate a little
― Evan, Thursday, 9 May 2013 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
would feel better
― Andrew Sandwich, Thursday, 9 May 2013 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
if I was talking to you about rock that mattered
I mean Hi
― Andrew Sandwich, Thursday, 9 May 2013 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
nice to meet you
but fuck the bullshit