Richard Dawson (raucous experimental UK folk racket w/ intense picaresque realness vox)

hen ogledd album good-not-mindblowing, worth a listen though

am now decided that weaver is the best track on peasant, so much range but moves through all these different moments with eerie smoothness, carried along by that slightly nervous, unsettled energy

I'm partial to 'Hob', for predictably temperamental reasons. I also happen to prefer the relative nihilism of Nothing Important, also for predictably temperamental reasons.

I too prefer the best album of the decade to the third or fourth best album of the decade

Weaver was always one of the best tracks, as was Hob, as were all the others. I can barely talk about it

springtime is dawson time

i still have vivid memories of my first listen to Ogre, walking through a Surrey village en route to a lesson, on an extremely idyllic spring afternoon

New track "Jogging", from forthcoming album 2020 (due October):
https://youtu.be/UGiQ_-Ktpvc

!!

he's gone...rock!

Droll lyrics, as usual, but I'm underwhelmed by the song proper. Nothing Important was the peak imho.

It was the peak of albums by anybody this decade, so

I mean I still like this and am intrigued by the album

did he get muse to do the arrangement? not really feeling this

muse?!

yeah this is great

I must say, I prefer him when he's stripped down and dirty. Peasant felt too dense and painterly for me to be able to get into.

This is okay though.

actually this is really good with the video

about the third listen before I was fully this song's humble servant

have to admit the bathos of the last verse/chorus got me a bit choked up. I like this song. always helps to have the words to read along with I feel

love it

You are all mad. Peasant was his peak. This next album might better it.

It will be something, that's for sure.

There's a limited-edition David Squires comic with the LP! Might have to get that...

I like the way it's somehow both specific and universal, and I also like the contrast between the surging rock chorus arrangement and the almost humdrumness of the words being sung over them. Plus, I'm just coming to the end of reading Jonathan Coe's Middle England, and - the direct lyrical parallel aside - the themes of both dovetail well. It articulates something which feels more contemporary and less past-referencing than other stuff I've heard of his, and Rock suits him better here than on the Hen Ogledd project, which didn't really do it for me.

agreed and nicely put

WOW

i think the song itself is fine but the rock arrangement is just so plodding and doesn't really work with his voice

okay this on at least the best song I've heard oooh.. in the last day of not week. Nice one Dawso

is. I'm drunk

if. fml

dl otm :)

Great song, and re: mike t-diva, it's the specific that makes it universal. Loving this.

I tried to listen to Peasant again and couldn't get into it. Maybe I need to read some of the lyrics, but it feels more like the work of a full and different band: a lot more traditional and folky? I'm starting to think Jogging is my favourite thing by him that I've heard

anyone else getting Super Furry Animals vibes off this too?

yeah the vocoders made me think of them, that's all though

I always got a SFA vibe off him, so I can imagine this does.

Yep, good sentence that, sticking to it.

Even the clean vox have a tinge of Gruff Rhys straining to them.

Then again, it's a NE accent, which (when some people try to imitate it) can end up sounding Welsh-ish.

I don't think this song is up there with the best of Peasant. (After only a few listens). I tend to agree with ufo above that the heavyish arrangement is a little plodding. But I'm really looking forward to the album. He's one of my favourite people.

I've come to realise that 'anyway, will you sponsor me for my stupid run? its gonna do fuck all' is the ultimate message from this song.

the yellow hoodie
the England flag
the kids in their karate outfits

the whole. fucking. thing.

I like this and it makes sense as a lead off single but I'm eager to hear more skronky folk jams like Weaver and Shapeshifter off the last album.

I like this and it makes sense as a lead off single but I'm eager to hear more skronky folk jams like Weaver and Shapeshifter off the last album.

― hot dog go to bathroom (cajunsunday), Sunday, 4 August 2019 10:11 

Exactly my thoughts.

'there's no such thing as a quick fix'

I'd never heard of this guy until I saw the Jogging video earlier. Loved it. Watched it three times. Teared up.

:)

you are in for a treat

Agreed!!

I didn't think I liked the arrangement much but the lyrics have stuck with me since it was posted. Coming back for a second listen it's all sounding pretty great now.

I know I'm like Top Fan of this song, but I think the music really suits it. The opening heavy metal salvo is kind of a mocking tribute to Eye of the Tiger which gives away to that slightly clompy palm-muted rhythm. Makes me think of every time I've thought about jogging outside: that initial burst of inspiration quickly turning into mild disappointment at my own physical inabilities. And yeah, the robot voice bit provides some nice, light, maniacal relief.

new one; much prefer this to jogging, which i'm yet to warm to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkSvn23fbAg

Eh, the poppier his aspirations the more I struggle with his fanciful streak. I'll start caring again when he reverts back to the relative nihilism of Nothing Important.

While I do genuinely love Jogging, I agree. For the first time a new Dawson song that feels like self-parody to me, lyrically. I'd be fine with never hearing Two Halves again, and that's a first for me w/ Dawson.

Brace yourself for imago's beatdown!

*joggs off*

Best stop-motion interpretive dance of the year.