oh my god that song is fucking amazing
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 22:35 (three years ago) link
that is the best goddamn song they've ever made
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 22:49 (three years ago) link
i literally can't remember the last time i listened to a song six times in a row. sometimes when there's a really good 1975 single i guess
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 23:13 (three years ago) link
I agree with Simon that it seems like a weird 1st single choice, but my impression is that they're giving us a taste of what the album will be like. It's very much a home stretch, end-of-side-b kind of song, and it could easily be a final track, but we know from the track listing that it's the third from the end, so my speculation is that the final two songs will be a real tour-de-force. I dunno, that's just me talking out of my ass.
Don't agree with Brad that it's the best goddamn song they've ever made, but it is definitely a goddamn good song. I listened to it like 6 times in a row too! My thought on that was that it felt unnaturally short to me, if that makes sense? Like, it runs 4:30, which is pretty decent length by pop songs standards, but I felt like I was only in it for 3 minutes or so, and so I kept going back to listen again.
Anyway, I'm stoked. Really happy that they're still together making music. Can't believe that it's almost 4 years since Visions of a Life.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 23:53 (three years ago) link
just remembered that the previous lead single was "yuk foo" so I wouldn't infer too much about the sound of the album yet lmao
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 00:09 (three years ago) link
this is fine but i'm not really feeling it as much as you all seem to be
― ufo, Thursday, 25 February 2021 00:26 (three years ago) link
it's up! it's...a weird single choice but still pretty great! is this JM-J on the boards again?― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Wednesday, February 24, 2021 5:27 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Wednesday, February 24, 2021 5:27 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Simon, I was just listening to the Annie Mac interview from earlier today and Ellie mentions the producer, but I can't quite hear the last name. Marcus J-something? A little after 13 minutes here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000shvj
Also, check out who did the strings.
― peace, man, Thursday, 25 February 2021 00:38 (three years ago) link
omfg, king
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 February 2021 00:45 (three years ago) link
love the endmitski style in a good way
― nxd, Thursday, 25 February 2021 00:47 (three years ago) link
Paulina S5 hours agoWolf Alice be like “yeah this’ll make them wanna kill themselves.... release it”
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 February 2021 00:53 (three years ago) link
Markus Dravs
― peace, man, Thursday, 25 February 2021 01:03 (three years ago) link
i don't think even rick ruin could mess up a wolf alice album now they're too good
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 01:04 (three years ago) link
lol rick ruin
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 February 2021 01:05 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I hate this.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 February 2021 03:50 (three years ago) link
― peace, man, Wednesday, February 24, 2021 6:03 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
one of my favorite producers who is not jmj so phew yay awesome. also no wonder owen's on it
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link
The only thing I really know that he's worked on is Homogenic. I guess now is the time I finally listen to Arcade Fire. Anything else in particular you would recommend?
― peace, man, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:11 (three years ago) link
i am very alone on this board in thinking the florence album he did (how big how blue how beautiful) is her best
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:14 (three years ago) link
also viva la vida is... great... lol
Ok, I will give those a shot. Right now I'm listening to the James album he worked on.
― peace, man, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:18 (three years ago) link
Dravs's first big notable gig was doing the sound design for Derek Jarman's "Blue" (credited to Markus Draws I think). He became Eno's right-hand-man for a while, doing more-than-half the work on James's "Wah Wah", which was the album that inspired AF to hire him for Neon Bible onward. Coldplay had a "we love AF" moment and picked Dravs/Eno to do Viva La Vida, then Dravs was subsequently drafted by Mumford & Sons and Florence; Dravs won a Grammy for the former, iirc. Maybe another one, too, same band or something else. He has another arranger above me on his rolodex (the guy from Goldfrapp, who did Viva La Vida etc.) but we have great personal rapport and I love working with him, I think he's an amazing producer tbh.
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:33 (three years ago) link
Oh yeah, and Dravs did most of Homogenic, and much of Vespertine iirc
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:37 (three years ago) link
damn that is one hell of a CV
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:41 (three years ago) link
I seem to remember him telling me that the mid-00s Merz albums he produced were his own favourites of the work he's done, I haven't listened but I should
Anyway Wolf Alice rules
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:45 (three years ago) link
Thanks, fgti!
― peace, man, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:52 (three years ago) link
“It’s about the arrogance of humans,” said Rowsell, explaining the lyrics. “I’d just read Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle and I had written the line ‘Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from god’ in my notes. But then I thought: ‘Uh, your peculiar travel suggestion isn’t a dancing lesson from god, it’s just a travel suggestion! Why does everything need to mean something more?’”
i don't mean to start stanning for this band but this is exactly what i'd write a song about
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:03 (three years ago) link
oh i never realised dravs worked on homogenic - he seems to be credited with engineering & programming, not production, so that's why i'd never noticed
― ufo, Thursday, 25 February 2021 19:00 (three years ago) link
mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson) at 9:14 25 Feb 21i am very alone on this board in thinking the florence album he did (how big how blue how beautiful) is her bestnot alone!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 25 February 2021 19:06 (three years ago) link
The performance on Jools Holland was pretty astounding.
― peace, man, Sunday, 7 March 2021 01:08 (three years ago) link
Don't agree with Brad that it's the best goddamn song they've ever made,
― peace, man, Sunday, 7 March 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
Good article in the NME this morning. They give some hints about the styles of some of the songs and a few lyrical quotes.
https://www.nme.com/big-reads/wolf-alice-cover-interview-2021-blue-weekend-2898441
― peace, man, Friday, 12 March 2021 12:45 (three years ago) link
The new song Smile is great, imo.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 17:26 (three years ago) link
love the drummer in this band
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 17:33 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV39h7GHDYs
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 18:23 (three years ago) link
oh this one rules
― ufo, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
Lovely (although beset by streaming difficulties) little acoustic set:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CN-sAmSIVDB/?igshid=1usncoqx41sod
― peace, man, Thursday, 22 April 2021 21:09 (three years ago) link
Release date moved from June 11th to June 4th!
― peace, man, Monday, 3 May 2021 14:46 (three years ago) link
Apparently they're on Zane Lowe right now if anyone subscribes to Apple whatever. New song coming in 30 minutes for the rest of us.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 16:31 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoBzpdm_h0c
holy shit tbh
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 17:12 (three years ago) link
got partway through that lovely song and decided I'm waiting for the LP before I hear any more. fuckin stoked.
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 17:23 (three years ago) link
Yeah, i like it. First of the three i've really liked tbh.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 17:26 (three years ago) link
xp: I might have to go that route if they release any more advance songs. All the tracks they've released so far have hit my sweet spot where I can just play them endlessly on repeat. I want to save something for when the album comes out.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 18:53 (three years ago) link
gorgeous
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 05:16 (two years ago) link
This is my favourite of the three so far I think.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 05:24 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gEBVbHJpZo
really wanna see this band live
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 21 May 2021 20:48 (two years ago) link
I'm surprised by the mixed reception for "last man on earth", it stops me in my tracks every time
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Friday, 21 May 2021 23:55 (two years ago) link
rt
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 21 May 2021 23:57 (two years ago) link
the first few tracks on this are really cool & cinematic
― ufo, Thursday, 3 June 2021 12:03 (two years ago) link
great album, they really love their dramatic sweeping crescendos now
― ufo, Thursday, 3 June 2021 12:35 (two years ago) link
"lipstick on the glass" is so good
― ufo, Thursday, 3 June 2021 12:37 (two years ago) link
Has it leaked? Y’all got promos?
I was a bit meh about the tracks I’ve heard so far but that wee audience-less Worthy Farm show last weekend was fantastic. I mean they’ve seemed like Glastonbury Pyramid Stage headline material since the first album so fair dos, I hope they get to headline a night at next year’s.
― piscesx, Thursday, 3 June 2021 14:03 (two years ago) link