lex : Paramore's S/T :: me : this album
don't know if i did it right, don't care, you get the point
― Murgatroid, Monday, 13 January 2014 18:04 (ten years ago) link
Although I didn't really take to Paramore's S/T on the first listen either, so I should love this by the third or fourth listen.
― Murgatroid, Monday, 13 January 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
This album is fantastic
― Evan R, Monday, 13 January 2014 19:13 (ten years ago) link
When was the last time a punk album captured the feeling of marginalization this persuasively? Feels like ages since I've heard an album nail it like this
― Evan R, Monday, 13 January 2014 19:20 (ten years ago) link
That's probably due to how (North American) punk is as dominated by straight white dudes as any other guitar-centric genre.
― Murgatroid, Monday, 13 January 2014 20:37 (ten years ago) link
i've never listened to this band but this is great
― crüt, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 23:30 (ten years ago) link
"FUCKMYLIFE666" is such a terrible song title though
― crüt, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 23:35 (ten years ago) link
i've never listened to this band but you're wrong
― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 00:09 (ten years ago) link
this record is completely gorgeous
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 09:24 (ten years ago) link
Yeah
Fuck me, this album
― 龜, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 09:52 (ten years ago) link
I haven't gotten around to disentangling songcraft from context and personal resonance yet, but I really love this.
― one way street, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 12:14 (ten years ago) link
damn good
― Nerd Trombones (thebingo), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 13:54 (ten years ago) link
hey this is p good!
― super lovely music lover (imago), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 14:14 (ten years ago) link
v good
― lisa 龜 (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 14:15 (ten years ago) link
two coffins
― Nerd Trombones (thebingo), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 19:24 (ten years ago) link
i'm disappointed by this, i think it's the production
i need to listen to it more though
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 20:00 (ten years ago) link
production is a little... off. can't really tell why. the guitars just sometimes arbitrarily bury the drums
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
i love this record 100 percent tho, surprising no one
I have one AM! song, the one they did with either Tegan or Sara, and I've listened to it a million times lol
― rip van wanko, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 20:23 (ten years ago) link
Production is really harsh, hard to listen to loudly which I really want to do.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 20:28 (ten years ago) link
I tried to warn y'all about the production upthread
Don't listen to the vinyl rip, get the CD or iTunes
In the end I'm not gonna quibble over the production in a statement record like this
The True Trans EP has the best production I've ever heard in an AM! record
― 龜, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 23:47 (ten years ago) link
Is spotify the vinyl rip? May buy on iTunes anyway.
― Spottie, Thursday, 23 January 2014 01:28 (ten years ago) link
Oh I don't know, but it sounds better than the vinyl rip
Agree that it still sounds 'weirdly compressed' per my post upthread
Maura: http://www.emusic.com/music-news/review/album/against-me-transgender-dysphoria-blues/
― 龜, Thursday, 23 January 2014 01:34 (ten years ago) link
Also feeling really bad that I didn't nominate FUCKMYLIFE666 for the tracks poll this year
Probably wouldn't have placed anyway :\
― 龜, Thursday, 23 January 2014 01:46 (ten years ago) link
it might make a killing in the 2014 poll tbf
this was much much better than I expected it to be & really well-written. basically yeah, go team AM
― pessimishaim (imago), Thursday, 23 January 2014 01:50 (ten years ago) link
I want to vote for the acoustic version though : (
― 龜, Thursday, 23 January 2014 03:00 (ten years ago) link
In the Rolling Stone interview, Grace spoke about how certain aspects of being in Against Me! made her feel increasingly pushed toward performing “this role of ‘angry white man in a punk band,’” and this album’s no-nonsense look at who Grace is now is an open rebuke to being shoved in that box.
This makes so much sense - always saw "I Was a Teenage Anarchist" as a repudiation of "Baby, I'm an Anarchist!" and now this album is sort of the complete metamorphosis from that identity, didn't know the stakes were so much larger but looking back it couldn't be more obvious
― 龜, Thursday, 23 January 2014 03:24 (ten years ago) link
If I adore this album what other Against Me! should I check first?
― Tim F, Thursday, 23 January 2014 20:36 (ten years ago) link
i like white crosses + new wave so far both more than this album ymmv etc
― Mordy , Thursday, 23 January 2014 20:39 (ten years ago) link
ughh can't wait to hear this
― i have the new brutal HOOS if you want it (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 23 January 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link
I love WC and New Wave about the same, Tim, but this album is closer to singer-songwriter rock with a good rhythm section than a band effort, if that makes sense.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 January 2014 20:49 (ten years ago) link
Yeah it does
― Tim F, Thursday, 23 January 2014 20:56 (ten years ago) link
new wave has kind of a wobbly second half but even then i can never decide if i prefer white crosses or not
new wave is sort of an ultimate gleaming alt rock record while white crosses has all these cute '70s rock references that also thread seamlessly into the actual songs
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 January 2014 21:06 (ten years ago) link
the production on "dead friend" is almost muted-like? to some extent i think it's a good ex of form following content + creates a sense of distance but also idk a lot of this album lacks some of the immediacy + attack of the other two i love. the title track is the big exception to that (and seems like the best song on the album to me). i also like 'osama bin laden as the crucified christ' a lot.
― Mordy , Thursday, 23 January 2014 21:07 (ten years ago) link
ok this is really good; "Black Me Out" in particular is a get-your-lighters out anthem, like I want Bono to cover it at Red Rocks and wave a flag
― Euler, Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:28 (ten years ago) link
I want Grace to wrap Bono in the flag and set him on fire.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:35 (ten years ago) link
black him out
― Euler, Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:36 (ten years ago) link
wow "Black Me Out" is so good, just listening again & again & again
― Euler, Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:40 (ten years ago) link
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, January 23, 2014 3:35 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― The Reverend, Friday, 24 January 2014 00:11 (ten years ago) link
man this sounds bad, and not even my usual grouching about overmastered records way (though it is)
it just sounds muddy like...a local band
― Ronnie James 乒乓 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 January 2014 00:19 (ten years ago) link
the vinyl rip is awful
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 January 2014 00:20 (ten years ago) link
cd is only slightly better. but better
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 24 January 2014 01:20 (ten years ago) link
Agreed on the production but *shrug*
WHITE CROSSED over NEW WAVE for me
― 龜, Friday, 24 January 2014 01:34 (ten years ago) link
Production on NEW WAVE is also terrible fwiw. WHITE CROSSES is the only modern era AM! where they nailed it
― 龜, Friday, 24 January 2014 01:38 (ten years ago) link
Against Me! have been reportedly working on Transgender Dysphoria Blues in their own Total Treble Studio since February, with breaks to play out and to speak on camera about Grace's progress. While Butch Vig produced the band's last two LPs, Seward says Grace is, "recording the whole thing herself. Engineering, producing, (building) the studio — full-on everything."
― a chance to cross is a chance to score (anonanon), Friday, 24 January 2014 02:10 (ten years ago) link
I bet she has no hearing left. AM! shows are fucking loud
― 龜, Friday, 24 January 2014 02:27 (ten years ago) link
This record is so fuckin' great, just yes. I actually thought White Crosses was a minor dip in quality after New Wave, but I emphasize the minor part. This is probably the perfect length, actually.
Does anyone else get a strong noted ILXor band Aerosmith vibe on "FUCKMYLIFE666"?
― an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 4 February 2014 04:26 (ten years ago) link
this is so great
the production does strike me as kinda thin or something, all punch and no kick, but i get it
"unconditional love" and the title track are the immediate slayers here for me
― i have the new brutal HOOS if you want it (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 4 February 2014 14:42 (ten years ago) link
beautiful album
― g simmel, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 15:22 (ten years ago) link
Laura Jane Grace has just done an AMA on Reddit.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/1x6vt7/hi_im_laura_jane_grace_ask_me_anything/
― nate woolls, Thursday, 6 February 2014 20:11 (ten years ago) link
I like this one from the new album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ0__vF3bUk
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 11 November 2018 04:52 (five years ago) link
this album kinda rules!
― k3vin k., Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:03 (four years ago) link
oh it very much rules
― alpine static, Friday, 3 April 2020 07:54 (four years ago) link
this album def rules
here's Ezra Furman playing "Black Me Out" btw
― silby, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 16:38 (four years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/ezrafurmanmusic/videos/1139327736411316/
sorry 4 facebook
New LJG album produced by Albini
https://pitchfork.com/news/laura-jane-grace-surprise-releases-new-album-stay-alive-listen/
― Indexed, Thursday, 1 October 2020 15:18 (three years ago) link
Went to see Austin Lucas play a couple of weeks ago, he said his next album will be an Against Me! covers LP.
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 20 May 2023 21:45 (eleven months ago) link