Weird timing, I got in the mood for Smith’s solo “Final Battle” earlier this week and have been randomly dipping into it (it was my album of the year in 2004)
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 27 April 2022 18:22 (two years ago) link
(I don’t know why I never sought out his other stuff. Maybe this one just hit it too well.)
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 27 April 2022 19:03 (two years ago) link
Ponyoak is all-time. Though it doesn't really hit at all like GBV for me. Probability two left feet!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 28 April 2022 02:42 (two years ago) link
"the mohican antler-yard alphabet" and "mayflower looks at asia" are basically robert pollard songs and "power bird" is basically a tobin sprout song which is enough for me to draw the lines but yeah the rest of the album is more diverse
― ciderpress, Thursday, 28 April 2022 23:27 (two years ago) link
Yeah I’d say the GBV influence is more noticeable in his pre-Ponyoak stuff. “What Is Your Posture?”doesn’t just sound like GBV, it sounds like an absolutely classic GBV song that they’d probably still be playing at every show if Bob had written it.https://kleenexgirlwonder.bandcamp.com/track/what-is-your-posture
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Friday, 29 April 2022 05:18 (two years ago) link