oh this is the best album ever, was trying to remember if there was a thread while I was listening to it today
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 31 December 2015 04:16 (eight years ago) link
the highs on this album are absolutely incredible
Yep, but then unfortunately there are a few other more self-indulgent cuts that lose me
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 31 December 2015 13:20 (eight years ago) link
the shorter version of the album that was displayed as a museum installation in 2012 and started with "Afrikaner Barista" and ended with "Near Miss Stories" probably would've been a little more perfect but i love the long woolly version of the album in and of itself.
― i got a really big steen, and they need some really big zings (some dude), Thursday, 31 December 2015 15:18 (eight years ago) link
dang this is something
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 31 December 2015 17:50 (eight years ago) link
my favorite song is "when cornered" which is probably the closest this record gets to post-hardcore
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 31 December 2015 18:00 (eight years ago) link
but also when i was talking about this album the other day i figured out i associated it with scritti politti (in the fractured composition production but also generally soundwise it kinda reminds me of anomie and bonhomie) and prefab sprout (idk chad clark's gentle deadpan delivery kinda reminds me of paddy) so this record's kind of a weird singularity for me
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 31 December 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
https://octave.is/beautypill/jump-they-say
― maura, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 14:42 (eight years ago) link
link not working for me
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 13 February 2016 17:37 (eight years ago) link
it was a temporary upload
― some dude, Saturday, 13 February 2016 17:52 (eight years ago) link
Bleh. Had emailed myself the link when Maura(?) posted it on Twitter as I'm only now in a position to listen to anything ... coughcoughYSIcough? :/
― etc, Saturday, 13 February 2016 21:05 (eight years ago) link
How did I not listen to this album before now. It is the best music ever.
― Tim F, Sunday, 14 February 2016 00:06 (eight years ago) link
Was trying to work out why this album made me feel like 2001. Then I realised it was because it's like The Dismemberment Plan's Change meets Bows' Cassidy meets The Beta Band's The Hot Shots II.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 10:17 (eight years ago) link
v on-point comparisons. think beauty pill is more intricate still
― odysseus (imago), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 10:33 (eight years ago) link
Well it's like it takes the intricacy of all of them and sacrifices nothing in the blending.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 10:50 (eight years ago) link
yes!
― odysseus (imago), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 10:53 (eight years ago) link
Imago-Tim F accord of 2016
― Tim F, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 11:05 (eight years ago) link
Dp you like Game Theory / The Loud Family? I feel like that is spiritually similar to this if not sonically.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 11:07 (eight years ago) link
Will check it/them out! fwiw we accorded on quite a few things last year, and the KING albun is my record of 2016 so far...
― odysseus (imago), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 11:13 (eight years ago) link
So as not to derail this excellent Beauty Pill thread I will post something represent elsewhere.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 11:27 (eight years ago) link
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you might already realize this but Chad Clark produced most of the Dismemberment Plan's albums!
― some dude, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 12:08 (eight years ago) link
I read that after I had made the connection in my head and felt ashamed of my brain for being so obvious.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 12:12 (eight years ago) link
lol
― some dude, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 12:27 (eight years ago) link
was a huge fan of smart went crazy's 'con art' and beauty pill's 'cigarrette girl from the future' EP, but their first album was such a bore i just forgot about them. it felt like they were aiming to that sort of dave fridmann empty(?) grandeur that basically defined his production work on mercury rev/flaming lips albums and ended up with something bloated and ultimately tuneless.
this album is amazing.
― rusty_allen, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 12:23 (eight years ago) link
i think The Unsustainable Lifestyle is a really good and fascinating and misunderstood album, especially lyrically, but yeah, it's not on the same level as Con Art or Describes
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 12:49 (eight years ago) link
^^ tbh, i never listened to the album since then, and at the time i didn't really gave it that much of a chance.
― rusty_allen, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 12:54 (eight years ago) link
I discovered Describes in late February and have been kicking my own ass ever since: the album I wished I'd heard in 2015.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 12:54 (eight years ago) link
http://www.beautypill.com/schedule/
WED. APRIL 26, 2017 | ARTO LINDSAY & BEAUTY PILL | ONE LONGFELLOW SQUARE | PORTLAND, ME $18
THURS. APRIL 27, 2017 | ARTO LINDSAY & BEAUTY PILL | ONCE BALLROOM | SOMERVILLE, MA $20
FRI. APRIL 28, 2017 | ARTO LINDSAY & BEAUTY PILL | BELL HOUSE | BROOKLYN, NY $20
SAT. APRIL 29, 2017 | ARTO LINDSAY & BEAUTY PILL | BLACK CAT | WASHINGTON, DC $20
SUN. APRIL 30, 2017 | ARTO LINDSAY & BEAUTY PILL | BOOT & SADDLE | PHILADELPHIA, PA $20
Plus he wrote liner notes for the new Arto Lindsay album coming out in APril
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 February 2017 19:20 (seven years ago) link
I've had this back in rotation the past month and it is sooo good
― KPH, Thursday, 20 July 2017 17:24 (seven years ago) link
it really really holds up, last five tracks are an especially amazing run
― imago, Monday, 24 July 2017 15:21 (seven years ago) link
think 'dog with rabbit in mouth, unharmed' is my pick these days
listening to king krule's new album, reflecting on how if it weren't rubbish it might sound a bit like this album
― imago, Saturday, 11 November 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link
On Tuesday in a post shared w/ the public on Facebook, Jean Cook said she is leaving Beauty Pill. Her last live gig with them is tonight at a special $49 ticket benefit with panel discussion thing at the Howard Theatre in DC. She notes she has deep love and respect for the generosity and commitment of the group’s members.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 14 September 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
My brother sent me this album for my birthday this year. My god, it's incredible. I've been humming "Ann the Word," "For Pretend," and "Steven and Tiwonge" nonstop since I heard them.
― GDPR vs GAPDY (DJP), Monday, 11 February 2019 15:16 (five years ago) link
:)
― imago, Monday, 11 February 2019 18:21 (five years ago) link
very good album, hope they do another one at some pont
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Monday, 11 February 2019 18:24 (five years ago) link
.... why did i imagine this whole time that you already loved this record djp
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 11 February 2019 18:25 (five years ago) link
So glad I got to see them record parts of this at Artisphere in Arlington, then saw the installation, then finally heard the finished thing - it's an amazing record that clearly took a long time to gestate, and it all paid off. By the sounds of it their old label can get fucked, although hopefully it'll be back up on streaming soon. (IIRC Chad has the rights, finally, and it's tied up in some sort of legal issue at the moment.)
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 11 February 2019 20:56 (five years ago) link
XP: probably because it is an extremely DJP album
― GDPR vs GAPDY (DJP), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 02:25 (five years ago) link
Amazing album
― een, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 16:29 (five years ago) link
this is the best album ever made
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 4 November 2019 13:25 (four years ago) link
there's a new EP coming soon, they just put it on bandcamp if you want to join the preordering fun. preview track is lovely
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Friday, 20 March 2020 21:47 (four years ago) link
one of my favorite prince quotes is a heavily featured lyric in that song
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 20 March 2020 21:48 (four years ago) link
I was pretty sure I instantly knew which lyric you meant, but had to look it up and I'm glad I did.
Here's the Bandcamp link: https://beautypill.bandcamp.com/album/please-advise
― tangenttangent, Friday, 20 March 2020 21:56 (four years ago) link
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, November 4, 2019 6:25 AM (seven months ago) bookmarkflaglink
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 5 June 2020 20:38 (four years ago) link
Upsetting news from yesterday that Chad Clark was hospitalized due to problems with his artificial heart
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cey6-WhOiAZ/
This tweet from today is encouraging
Hello, good people. I am alive another day!I am in a very good hospital with very smart doctors. I have health insurance.Some other good news: I am at the very top of the heart transplant list.My current heart is a ticking time bomb, but I remain optimistic I will survive.— Beauty Pill (@beautypill) June 15, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 16:13 (two years ago) link
Wow
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 16 June 2022 00:20 (two years ago) link
He just posted via Bandcamp that a new heart has been found and he's going into surgery in a few hours.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 June 2022 14:48 (two years ago) link
And good news this morning.
Friends: Chad @beautypill is out of surgery. New ❤️ is working well. He will be sedated to recover until tomorrow. I will continue to update as I know more. Thank you for all of your love, support, and good vibes.— erin m nelson (@erinbalancing) June 17, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 17 June 2022 16:21 (two years ago) link
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, June 5, 2020 4:38 PM (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― ivy., Monday, 16 October 2023 17:37 (eleven months ago) link