well, he sounds like early mickey mouse. like, before the coke and polyster suit period, when it was still about the music.
― Pat F1nn, Sunday, 3 July 2011 05:51 (twelve years ago) link
Bend Beyond is a nice album
having seen them live a bunch of times recently though ... I like most of these new songs better the way they've been doing them live. the title track being only 4:25 long is a surprise, in their set they stretch that one out with a buncha spacey shit in the middle.
Cali in a Cup is a p sweet track. sounds like sunshine. nice harmonica.
― dmr, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
best song on this might be Size Meets the Sound, pretty awesome
― dmr, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
Enjoying this a lot, best album I've heard from them since Songs of Shame. The B-Side to "Cali in a Cup" is lovely too (only clip on Youtube involves the knees of a crazy cat guy):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d1DSGSR_so
― tish tosch (seandalai), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 00:42 (eleven years ago) link
Fuck I love this new one, right up my alley. What of their other stuff sounds like the new one?
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 27 September 2012 02:25 (eleven years ago) link
the new album's good. i like how this band releases albums every year, seemingly. this is what bands should do when they are solid and can make consistently enjoyable, if rarely "surprising" music. they haven't topped "songs of shame" yet but that's probably for the best. to top it they'd have to deviate from the by-now reliable formula.
― Treeship, Sunday, 8 June 2014 06:04 (nine years ago) link
i really like this new one, anyone else listening?
― just sayin, Friday, 4 November 2016 04:21 (seven years ago) link
Loved it all summer long.
― rizzx, Friday, 4 November 2016 08:38 (seven years ago) link
summers just started here & yeah its perfect
― just sayin, Friday, 4 November 2016 09:12 (seven years ago) link
Any thoughts on Strange To Explain? I haven't heard it yet, I was stupidly waiting for the physical copy I pre-ordered to show up before I played it, but since I'm entering week 4 since it was shipped I might have to just go ahead and stream it anyway.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 15 June 2020 19:45 (three years ago) link
it's good but not as proggy as the last one. few if any obvious reflections on purple mountains
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 15 June 2020 23:59 (three years ago) link
They were not on my radar at all pre-Purple Mountains (name too boring to care) so Strange to Explain is the first thing I've heard from them. I liked a couple of the singles but the album is yet to fully connect with me.
I pitched it to my dad as existing somewhere on a continuum from Todd Rundgren to The Shins... am I crazy? lol
― handsome boy modelling software (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 13:17 (three years ago) link
Still waiting for my copy to show up, USPS is really shitting the bed on some deliveries lately. Really curious myself to hear where they are heading these days (yes I know I can just stream it, but I'm silly and old-fashioned about albums by bands I really like that I've pre-ordered).
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 6 July 2020 18:14 (three years ago) link
Bit underwhelmed by Strange to Explain sadly cos I loooove City Sun etc
― incapacitant hairdresser society (rizzx), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 15:34 (three years ago) link
Finally getting a chance to spin this after the nine week journey for my copy to get to me from Long Island, I like it. It's definitely not as good as With Light and Love or City Sun, but I think it's a step back in the right direction after Love is Love.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 15:07 (three years ago) link
Reflections, Vol. 1 is stunning if you already love Woods
― timber euros (seandalai), Saturday, 24 October 2020 00:54 (three years ago) link
this band puts out consistently good stuff
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 15 January 2021 18:23 (three years ago) link
they do
― Oor Neechy, Friday, 15 January 2021 21:28 (three years ago) link
found a copy of Love is Love in the clearance bin at a record store, they deserve better (but was happy to pick it up for $8.99!)
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 20 February 2024 21:30 (two months ago) link
they are astonishing live
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 22 February 2024 22:28 (two months ago) link