against me!: transgender dysphoria blues

Twenty-six minutes!

is it idk, thoughtless or inappropriate to talk about how/whether laura jane grace's voice has changed at all between albums?

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?

"biologically" definitely a terrible word for me to use in any conversation about this, i'm gonna grab another coffee

lex : Paramore's S/T :: me : this album

don't know if i did it right, don't care, you get the point

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.

This album is fantastic

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

That's probably due to how (North American) punk is as dominated by straight white dudes as any other guitar-centric genre.

i've never listened to this band but this is great

"FUCKMYLIFE666" is such a terrible song title though

i've never listened to this band but you're wrong

this record is completely gorgeous

Yeah

Fuck me, this album

I haven't gotten around to disentangling songcraft from context and personal resonance yet, but I really love this.

damn good

hey this is p good!

v good

two coffins

i'm disappointed by this, i think it's the production

i need to listen to it more though

production is a little... off. can't really tell why. the guitars just sometimes arbitrarily bury the drums

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

Production is really harsh, hard to listen to loudly which I really want to do.

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

Is spotify the vinyl rip? May buy on iTunes anyway.

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/

Also feeling really bad that I didn't nominate FUCKMYLIFE666 for the tracks poll this year

Probably wouldn't have placed anyway :\

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

I want to vote for the acoustic version though : (

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

If I adore this album what other Against Me! should I check first?

i like white crosses + new wave so far both more than this album ymmv etc

ughh can't wait to hear this

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.

Yeah it does

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

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.

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

I want Grace to wrap Bono in the flag and set him on fire.

black him out

wow "Black Me Out" is so good, just listening again & again & again

I want Grace to wrap Bono in the flag and set him on fire.

― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, January 23, 2014 3:35 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

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

the vinyl rip is awful

cd is only slightly better. but better

Agreed on the production but *shrug*

WHITE CROSSED over NEW WAVE for me

Production on NEW WAVE is also terrible fwiw. WHITE CROSSES is the only modern era AM! where they nailed it

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."

I bet she has no hearing left. AM! shows are fucking loud

“Is your mother proud of your eyelashes?” rips me apart

yeah yeah me too

― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Saturday, November 10, 2018 4:21 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

<3

Best album.

yes just a great record

I like this one from the new album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ0__vF3bUk

this album kinda rules!

oh it very much rules

this album def rules

here's Ezra Furman playing "Black Me Out" btw

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/

Went to see Austin Lucas play a couple of weeks ago, he said his next album will be an Against Me! covers LP.