Argh god dammit. Hitting the entire state of Florida but not coming to Philly :(
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Friday, 20 December 2013 03:37 (ten years ago) link
Haha well they're from Florida
Have mentioned it before and in other AM! threads but the best show of my life was seeing them at the church
― 乒乓, Friday, 20 December 2013 14:13 (ten years ago) link
yep -- Ft Lauderdale in a month!
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 December 2013 14:16 (ten years ago) link
a vinyl rip of this is out there
it rules
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2014 02:21 (ten years ago) link
paralytic states!
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2014 02:24 (ten years ago) link
Gonna wait til the release date
But in anticipation of this I took a selfie
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9627011/pphotos/AMWDYLL.jpg
― 龜, Monday, 13 January 2014 02:29 (ten years ago) link
beautiful
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2014 02:40 (ten years ago) link
YOU MAKE ME WANT TO SMOKE CIGARETTESYOU MAKE ME WANT TO DRINK WHISKEY
EVEN IF YOUR LOVE WAS UNCONDITIONALIT STILL WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH TO SAVE ME
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2014 02:42 (ten years ago) link
what's up, does god bless your transsexual heart http://www.npr.org/2014/01/12/261095666/first-listen-against-me-transgender-dysphoria-blues
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2014 04:27 (ten years ago) link
Twenty-six minutes!
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 January 2014 16:02 (ten years ago) link
is it idk, thoughtless or inappropriate to talk about how/whether laura jane grace's voice has changed at all between albums?
― Mordy , Monday, 13 January 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
unless you're implying that her transition is impacting her voice (which is like biologically not the case) uh, not really, but is there anything to say other than it's gotten cleaner over the last few records?
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2014 16:32 (ten years ago) link
"biologically" definitely a terrible word for me to use in any conversation about this, i'm gonna grab another coffee
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2014 16:34 (ten years ago) link
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
Update, now that I've seen the whole thing: only the first couple of minutes are about Orlando. The rest is about trans issues, the N. Carolina bathroom idiocy, etc but still a really good interview.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Sunday, 19 June 2016 15:57 (seven years ago) link
New album streaming, seeing LJG tonight in a small club:
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/01/661158897/first-listen-laura-jane-grace-the-devouring-mothers-bought-to-rot
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 8 November 2018 22:07 (five years ago) link
Good one played with the band at last night's show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC08TfB0fxg
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 9 November 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
wow, four years since this album
― sleeve, Friday, 9 November 2018 19:25 (five years ago) link
almost five now!
literally a life-changing record for me
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 9 November 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
oh shit, you're right!
― sleeve, Friday, 9 November 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
For a lot of people, I imagine.xp
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Friday, 9 November 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
FUCKMYLIFE666 still the best fuckin' rock song ever
― alpine static, Saturday, 10 November 2018 00:04 (five years ago) link
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, November 9, 2018 11:28 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah yeah me too
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Saturday, 10 November 2018 11:21 (five years ago) link
“Is your mother proud of your eyelashes?” rips me apart
― L'assie (Euler), Saturday, 10 November 2018 11:29 (five years ago) link
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Saturday, November 10, 2018 4:21 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
<3
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 10 November 2018 13:36 (five years ago) link
Best album.
― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Saturday, 10 November 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
yes just a great record
― rip van wanko, Saturday, 10 November 2018 18:09 (five 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 (three 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