Moot_Geeza wrote:Got the new Decemberists album ready for tomorrow. Had a quick listen to the first track as I was ripping, that's the second album they've done that kicks off with something (presumably) deliberately reminiscent of one of their older tracks. Looking forward to giving it a proper go in the morning.
Gremill wrote:Just listening to the newest Public Service Broadcasting album - it’s legit. It’s even made me like that bloke from the Manics.
tin_robot wrote:I've not yet given it a "proper" listen (i.e. listening without doing something else at the same time) but I'm liking it so far. It's definitely patchy, but whereas the last few records sounded tired, they sound like they're having fun again on this one (even though the lyrics are, even by their standards, often pretty depressing). It feels like they're trying on a number of different guises without quite committing to any of them, but that still feels better than treading water. (It also means than when they do a more traditional Decemberists track, they sound like they mean it again - as they do on Rusalka,Rusalka/ The Wild Rushes.) A couple of the songs risk becoming instantly throwaway - both "We all die Young" and "Everything is Awful" amused me on first listen, but I'm slightly worried that it won't hold up on subsequent listens. I noticed the special edition of the album comes as a series of singles, and that seems to fit with how the album feels to me. Lots of individual tracks, firing off in different directions.
Doves - There Goes The Fear.Olimite wrote:Help me out with a playlist I am assembling. Great songs that are longer than six minutes.
Current choices can be found at https://open.spotify.com/user/olimite/playlist/7CwA3DJomuTAZKomZQpUFz?si=MeD6U-2JTE2lcfRqP5AhcQ
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