Shocked there isn't a thread yet
Dude has had a wild couple years
Not a fan/haven't really listened except thru osmosis, he's from around here (or lived here briefly)
College/frat kids love him. Fantano, too
What's the deal???
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 17:25 (four years ago) link
ar built like lena dunham
last years veteran was pretty strong, can't speak to the earlier stuff; as with many things the heavy fantano endorsement made me suspicious
― devvvine, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 17:28 (four years ago) link
"I Cannot Fucking Wait Until Morrissey Dies" is such a great song title
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
he rules. was booked on a show with him at the bell foundry and it was p sparsely attended and he just left without playing lol
“Ash my blunt” is a crucial pre-veteran track. saw him at rough trade last year, sold it out, crazy energy
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 19:17 (four years ago) link
veteran was fine, but the 2019 singles have been pretty fantastic.
― jakey mo collier (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 21:06 (four years ago) link
album rules, maybe overlong, maybe ... overmuch but so much to get lost in and so visceral at the same time. the hardest 'headphones album'?
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Monday, 16 September 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
Weirdly, he released this to Bandcamp on Friday as a "pay what you want" download, then pulled it from his page today
― Been a slow education for (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 02:33 (four years ago) link
It's streaming on Spotify.
https://open.spotify.com/album/5ilsl5R2lGACTnPZMKIp7o?si=pnyc0su2TgmKA3Kyp3-c2w
It's solid and I think I like it more than Veteran which is high praise from me. The production is ridiculous.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 14:53 (four years ago) link
it was fine, nothing to really excite me but well put together idk
― imago, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 15:19 (four years ago) link
I liked Veteran better. More rapping, less singing iirc.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 15:21 (four years ago) link
cool back to the regularly scheduled bob Dylan, Taylor Swift, and Wilco discussion then!
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Thursday, 19 September 2019 19:50 (four years ago) link
i'll give it another listen. there's a lot of exciting alt-rap coming out right now and this excites me much less than, say, clipping, but as runaway leader of the rym chart it does demand further inspection
― imago, Thursday, 19 September 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
Now, now, I haven't participated in any of those and don't plan on it any time soon.
And speaking of RYM and alt-rap, the Billy Woods & Kenny Segal is much more to my liking.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 19 September 2019 20:00 (four years ago) link
sorry for the petulance! came back after a few days to find nobody caring about what i felt to be at least a very strong effort at making something new/interesting and just a bunch of threads on the must lethally boring shit ...
but ... upon further listens i am having a hard time avoiding the conclusion that this album is not good ... idk the raps are corny. would love to hear an instrumental effort or double down on the punk-rap vox of veteran. lots of cool moments though
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Saturday, 21 September 2019 17:10 (four years ago) link
really enjoyed the first listen. second ok too but " lots of cool moments though" seems about right to me
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 21 September 2019 22:18 (four years ago) link
I will never make Veteran 2. if your ever expecting that please leave now and keep playing harsh noise music on a loop I have nothing else to offer u— JPEGMAFIA (@darkskinmanson) September 21, 2019
Gonna start saying cracker way more in songs now since CRACKERS think it’s edgy. Black people talking about black issues on wax in 2019 is edgy to CRACKERS. I’ll be on tour next month u know exactly where to find me CRACKERS.— JPEGMAFIA (@darkskinmanson) September 21, 2019
I’m gonna make every last one of u fake ass closet racist hip hop fans expose yourself one by one. I’m uprooting u HOES. Until u go back to bumping bumpin whatevr Fantano tells u to— JPEGMAFIA (@darkskinmanson) September 21, 2019
― flappy bird, Saturday, 21 September 2019 22:21 (four years ago) link
the trippie redd + skinny puppy moments do point towards a world-conqueringly awesome sound, a total synthesis of rock, pop, and experimental musics of the past generation ... or something
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Monday, 23 September 2019 14:51 (four years ago) link
If I weren't already a fan this probably wouldn't be the record to convert me -- it feels like a victory lap, coasting on good will, with plenty of personality/charisma but not much focus (esp. the interminable 'skits' where he's hanging out with whoever that woman is and cracking jokes about smoking weed) -- I did get a solid chuckle from "Hope you had the time of your life, cuz it's over for you when I come around"
― Subaru owners I have wordlessly loved (bernard snowy), Thursday, 26 September 2019 19:36 (four years ago) link
I don't think this record is the best starting place but it's my favorite yet. So many interesting moments and twists every step of the way.Goes beyond everything he was doing on Veteran
― gman59, Thursday, 26 September 2019 20:56 (four years ago) link
yeah it’s less “it’s bad” and more “it’s nowhere as good as I hoped”. but first two tracks are pretty massive
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Friday, 27 September 2019 01:36 (four years ago) link
Anyone know why this dude is wiling out on twitter these days? I’m trying to pick up the thread but can’t really follow
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Friday, 18 October 2019 13:27 (four years ago) link
all my heroes are embarrassing on twitter
― devvvine, Friday, 18 October 2019 13:52 (four years ago) link
something about how music critics only make $30k a year and are bad because if you can't do, teach, and if you can't teach, etc.
― j., Friday, 18 October 2019 14:47 (four years ago) link
right, i got that, but what triggered it? a positive but not overwhelmingly so p4k review?
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Friday, 18 October 2019 14:53 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBlRmwRVBpM
oh i like this one
― ufo, Friday, 21 February 2020 11:29 (four years ago) link
New album seems p great on first couple listens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CGFU1lBdCI
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 24 October 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
New album is indeed expectedly great, "offline" version available to download on the bandcamp for free, "online" version drops a few tracks and adds CUTIE PIE! and BALD!, which youse all already heard anyway, so haed to bandcamp. Or BANDCAMP! it should prolly be
― The Speak Of The Mearns (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Sunday, 24 October 2021 19:24 (two years ago) link
I hate that the Hazard Duty Pay! sample didn't get cleared and is not on the final 'online' album. It's probably the best song here.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 30 October 2021 04:28 (two years ago) link
Yeah, it's one of my favorites. But you can get it if you get the Bandcamp version.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 30 October 2021 20:23 (two years ago) link