the first album isn't wildly original at all but it did feel distinctive enough in how good it was at the particular power pop sound it was aiming for
the new songs are enjoyable enough but i agree with those that feel they don't really capture what made the debut so good
― ufo, Thursday, 7 March 2019 12:45 (five years ago) link
This band was never very original; in fact Guppy remains wildly overrated. However, "Chatroom" is ace. I love it when plain-jane indie bands swing for the pop fences like this.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 7 March 2019 13:24 (five years ago) link
Lemme ask you this: do you prefer your music made with considered precision or more of a spark of immediacy?
Despite the fact I'm a huge Def Leppard fan, I generally get more of a kick from the latter.
These songs (and this album?) seem to be the product of the former, and that's the opposite of what I found so great about them.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 March 2019 14:45 (five years ago) link
About Charly Bliss, that is.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 March 2019 14:46 (five years ago) link
Just heard the new album for the first time. First impressions are that it's not the instant classic that Guppy was, but it's a good album. They have not done a Haim on us. The guitars have not totally disappeared although it is very keyboard heavy. There aren't exactly many tracks that could fit on the debut.
I'm hoping it's like the second Alvvays album where some of the songs initially seem a bit too slight, but they end up getting stuck in my head with me eventually enjoying the album as a whole as much as I loved the debut.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 10 March 2019 06:33 (five years ago) link
Just heard the new album for the first time
h-has it leaked?
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 10 March 2019 18:39 (five years ago) link
Yeah, these new songs = not my taste at all. Still listening to "Percolator" and "Glitter" a lot, though.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Sunday, 10 March 2019 18:44 (five years ago) link
― josh az (2011nostalgia),
I have a stream of it to review.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 10 March 2019 18:50 (five years ago) link
It's extremely rare that I would get something sent this early.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 10 March 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
Both new songs are v. enjoyable.
― Sam Weller, Monday, 11 March 2019 08:35 (five years ago) link
You're a cop.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 11 March 2019 13:28 (five years ago) link
How do you do, fellow Brooklynites.
― Sam Weller, Monday, 11 March 2019 15:29 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQZdBVgkYCg&feature=youtu.be
love this new one (guitars and power pop choruses are back).
― Roz, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 15:03 (five years ago) link
that embed doesn't work so here it is again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQZdBVgkYCg
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 15:09 (five years ago) link
song kicks ass
soz thanks, don't know what went wrong there.
― Roz, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 15:10 (five years ago) link
fuck yeah, this rules
― devvvine, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 15:33 (five years ago) link
Got an advance of the new one in full. Opening track is a very smart way to start.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 03:44 (five years ago) link
I really wasn't feeling the new album that much after my first play, but now I'm five plays in I'm already as obsessed with it as I was with Guppy. The title track in particular is really hitting me hard. I love how much bolder Eva's lyrics are overall.
They're one of the best groups around.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 05:22 (five years ago) link
^^^^
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
also imo ppl spoke too soon about the sound change
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 19:48 (five years ago) link
also imo this album kicks a ton of ass
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 20:56 (five years ago) link
"hard to believe" as penultimate track is expert sequencing
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 21:13 (five years ago) link
and in time i will probably prefer this to guppy
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 21:19 (five years ago) link
<i>and in time i will probably prefer this to guppy</i>
Ok, that sounds serious
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 21:20 (five years ago) link
I will give this album a fair listen, but I'm still skeptical.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 21:21 (five years ago) link
If this were the 90s and Charly Bliss were Letters to Cleo , Guppy would be the cd still in everyone's collections (Aurora Gory Alice) and Young Enough would be the cd in every music store's used bin (Wholesale Meats and Fish).
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 22:08 (five years ago) link
"Capacity" hits a nerve for me in a very real and specific way and I've gone from being fond of it as a single by a band I really like to easily one of my favourite singles released in a long, long time - I'm very excited to listen to this album
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 22:42 (five years ago) link
i get the chorus stuck in my head a lot (often while i'm thinking about the big thief album lol)
― lowercase (eric), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 22:51 (five years ago) link
Guppy would be the cd still in everyone's collections (Aurora Gory Alice) and Young Enough would be the cd in every music store's used bin (Wholesale Meats and Fish).
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, May 8, 2019 6:08 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this seems backwards
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Thursday, 9 May 2019 00:34 (five years ago) link
Just based on the sampler tracks, this album sounds more appealing to me than Guppy, which I was never really sold on.
― o. nate, Thursday, 9 May 2019 01:02 (five years ago) link
this sounds good on first listen but i kinda doubt itll stick with me as much as guppy did
― ufo, Thursday, 9 May 2019 01:07 (five years ago) link
― american bradass (BradNelson)
I think I already do!
― kitchen person, Thursday, 9 May 2019 01:09 (five years ago) link
this album sounds more appealing to me than Guppy, which I was never really sold on.
i literally have no idea how this could be
― alpine static, Thursday, 9 May 2019 01:51 (five years ago) link
Not feeling this so much. I mean it's not bad but Guppy had a sharper production and better melodies. This is Charly Bliss taking one step forward towards accessibility.
― nostormo, Thursday, 9 May 2019 05:46 (five years ago) link
guppy was incredibly accessible though, is the thing?
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 12:41 (five years ago) link
I love how much bolder Eva's lyrics are overall.
staring at carsselling your artfeeling so sure you're waking up tomorrow
better son or daughter drunk walking homemaking the choice to be completely alone
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 12:45 (five years ago) link
lol the latter is a WAY better album!
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Thursday, 9 May 2019 12:59 (five years ago) link
Yes but this is even more friendly and poppy, with softer guitars and keyboards. Xxpost
― nostormo, Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:00 (five years ago) link
i guess but i still feel all their sharpness in stuff like "camera," "bleach," "hard to believe," etc.
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:04 (five years ago) link
"camera" is maybe the best song here besides the title track
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:05 (five years ago) link
It's a good record. But Guppy is better. First impression.i might change my mind after a few spins who knowd
― nostormo, Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:16 (five years ago) link
i think there's a strokes song that really resembles "blown to bits"
overall this album doesn't have quite the same sense of dynamics or density of hooks (but that comes with the lower tempos generally) which were part of what made the debut so good
― ufo, Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:19 (five years ago) link
OTM
― nostormo, Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:21 (five years ago) link
oh it's "all the time" of all things, they have pretty similar choruses
― ufo, Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:21 (five years ago) link
i think this record is way more dynamic than the debut
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:08 (five years ago) link
less within the songs themselves than from song-to-dog i guess, but this album has a really beautiful arc
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:09 (five years ago) link
song-to-song* lol
oh man, we're not gonna agree on this one, huh?
anyway, _for me_ it's pleasurably boring. It's okay and I get the appeal but as someone how still puts on Guppy to heighten the mood two years later, I can't see how this record would ever come close. Completely different mood, and not one I necessarily needed from Charly Bliss.
― fragglerock, Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:13 (five years ago) link
this is really bizarre to me, i guess we’re not hearing the same record!
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:14 (five years ago) link