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
When I listen to Guppy I hear a young band cramming a ton of interesting ideas into their songs. However for me the listening experience is a bit tiring at times. Young Enough is less fatiguing on my ears. Course I’m old so ymmv.
― o. nate, Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:15 (five years ago) link
just one song but “over you” doesn’t strike me as a distinct mood from guppy at all
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:19 (five years ago) link
like i don’t mean to split hairs this much but this album is a same-band-with-new-tricks situation imo and there’s v little to complain about bc the new tricks are so well integrated, plus there are plenty of guppy-style bangers
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:28 (five years ago) link
this is otm ^
it's more dynamic than guppy, less densely hooky (but still hooky), moodier and a little less one-note (although that one note on guppy was as good as it gets).
they've basically followed up an incredible debut by doing something that's really hard: make a second record that is still "them" but also incorporates some new ideas, shows a little range/ambition and points them in a direction going forward.
it's impressive! does it all add up to "better than guppy"? time will tell (but that is an insanely high bar, btw)
("under you" and "hard to believe" rule)
― alpine static, Thursday, 9 May 2019 15:48 (five years ago) link
... is "bleach" in 6/4? i love it deeply
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 23:35 (five years ago) link
the way eva's voice ascends and descends according to the synth melody is wonderful, it's like "scare u" x1000
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 23:36 (five years ago) link
This is fucking brilliant
― boxedjoy, Friday, 10 May 2019 07:13 (five years ago) link
I feel like if you loved "Guppy" because it was a great pop-punk album then this isn't the album for you but if you loved it because of the great lyrics and hooks and wanted to see them go bigger, bolder and more confident, then this is everything you could want from them
― boxedjoy, Friday, 10 May 2019 07:15 (five years ago) link
IT’S GONNA BREAK MY HEART TO SEE IT BLOWN TO BITS
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:15 (five years ago) link
alfred would like this record. alfred to thread
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:18 (five years ago) link
guppy is possibly the best power pop album ive ever heard but young enough is just pretty good
― ufo, Friday, 10 May 2019 15:20 (five years ago) link
you were still just a kidyou’re a beautiful boycrushing cigarettes just to prove a point
^^ my fav part of the title track rn
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:32 (five years ago) link
"under you" feels like a weak spot strengthened by its placement but otherwise i think i already like young enough (even) more than guppy, what a perfect progression of songs... one that cldn't fit the soft combustibility of something like "glitter", so i'm just glad we have both albums
― lowercase (eric), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:45 (five years ago) link
i do wish it wasn't so in-the-red production-wise
― lowercase (eric), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:49 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I've had this in my head a lot recently. I think this might be their best song.
― kitchen person, Friday, 10 May 2019 16:07 (five years ago) link