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diehappyx33
I apologize for the VERY late response. I just moved into a new place, and I moved two thousand miles away from my hometown last year as well (Santa Fe). What are your thoughts on the new Sun Kil Moon album? How is life?
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LukeRogers22
Hey friend! Great to hear from you, how's your life been treating you? Well, I did not like the new SKM album one bit, never been so disappointed in my life (with regards to an album, haha) but enough about that! I've been doing okay, just working as much as I can.
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diehappyx33
Life's been really good. :) How about with you? I'm actually enjoying the new SKM album. I wasn't big into Universal Themes, but I find this new one to be more interesting musically and I love the subjects he touches upon lyrically. It's very daunting and meandering, but I think it's growing on me in time. Some of the songs are downright silly and all over the place, but I've found some really beautiful moments that seem very worthwhile throughout it. I know this new one is a polarizing album.
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LukeRogers22
Knowing my luck, I'll give it a few more listens and end up enjoying it! And I've said some less that favourable things about it, I should definitely give it a few more listens. I bought it on CD anyway and the packaging is super pretty.
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hotfox63
Thanks! For me, it started in 1956 with Elvis. That was only white R & B with hip shaking. Between 1965 and 1969 were the Beatles and Rolling Stones really good (and there were the Kinks, Animals and Who). From "Highway 61" came Bob Dylan with new lyrics and sound. Ecstasy instead exegesis. Jimi Hendrix was one of them. Velvet Underground, Lou Reed and David Bowie transformed the rock into an art form. Important to me are people like Kevin Ayers, John Fahey or Jorma Kaukonen. Everyone is responsible for his own life, the love and the music to that.
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LukeRogers22
I adore Sparklehorse, I love the unique and magical quality of the debut album, it's one of my favourites, and the southern gothic vibe to it really grips me. My all time favourite is "Cow" that's a beautiful song, with some wonderfully strange lyrics. I wish he was still alive.. It's been really cold here! Hey, good luck with the new job! :)
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LukeRogers22
Yes, I undestand what you mean, in regards to Mark's songwriting. I suggest sitting down with the album and reading the lyrics - I have! :) Wow, that sounds absolutely beautiful. What do you do in Santa Fe? I'm well, thank you, just enjoying the cold English weather. I know you're a Sufjan Stevens fan (Carrie & Lowell is a gorgeous masterpiece) but one song that still haunts me is John Wayne Gacy Jr. When Sufjan sings "oh my God" in that falsetto, I get shivers throughout my entire body. "Haunting" is an understatement.
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LukeRogers22
I haven't listened to it a while now, moved onto some other stuff, but now you mention it, I'll give it another listen tomorrow. My favourite song is "A Song of Shadows" I really enjoy that one, it's really powerful. You're so welcome! :) It's basically like reading his diary, legit. How are you, btw? I hope you're doing well!
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LukeRogers22
Maybe I'm just strange, but I kinda enjoyed the thick riffage with Mark's hard to hear vocals underneath it. I think that maybe I just enjoy it musically and don't pay much attention to Mark, I made put a few words though before I read the lyric sheet. "Exodus" is indeed a beautiful and very touching song. Yeah, I have a copy, it arrived two days before it was released (I got mine from Caldo Verde) I was so happy with that! All the lyrics are here, 100% accurate and with spacing. Enjoy! https://www.docdroid.net/N2jwE8f/jskm-lyrics.pdf.html
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LukeRogers22
Oh my God, hey! I've only just seen your comment. I still scrobble but I rarely visit my page anymore. I'm quite enjoying the Jesu/SKM collaboration, it can get a bit reptitive at times, but it's good. The first 3 songs are really great. Universal Themes was pretty good. I thought that maybe the songs could have been clipped a little and "The Possum" is the worst SKM song, BUT, I did like it very much indeed. What are you thoughts on both? Hope you're well.
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marcodeluke
Hi, can I suggest you a band called Unquiet Nights? https://essentialcredential.bandcamp.com/album/21st-century-redemption-songs-album-sampler-2 they are awesome, let me know what you think. Marco
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naotas_forehead
I could make a playlist of Bjork B-sides, rarities, and remixes, and put it in Dropbox, if you'd like. A lot of them are must-listen, and really flesh out your understanding of her, but are kinda hard to track down, because their mostly on singles and stuff.
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naotas_forehead
Everything else is great as well. Don't ignore Debut, Post, Volta, or the soundtrack albums SelmaSongs and Drawing Restraint 9! She has not released a bad album. Bjork is definitely one of those artists where the more familiar you are with their discography, the more you fall in love with them. (Like Phil Elverum for me.) Which explains my current obsession-phase with her. I'm afraid to look into her pre-solo work in bands like the Sugarcubes, I might not be able to handle it right now. Too much material!
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naotas_forehead
I also highly HIGHLY recommend Vespertine's B-Sides. There's quite a lot of them, and they are all AMAZING. So seek them out. Also, all the versions of All is Full of Love: if you've only heard the album version, check out the single version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjI2J2SQ528 (and the remixes)
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naotas_forehead
I highly recommend Medulla. And Biophilia: watch this documentary (or any others that you find about it; there's also videos showing you what each app does, if you so choose) Biophilia was the hardest for me to get into personally, but all the supplemental material puts it into a context that really makes a lot of sense and is really interesting. So now I like it a lot (especially the minimalism of it when compared to her other works)
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naotas_forehead
ahaha, no, it's literally just that one guy who is trolling Bjork's shoutbox. His friend he called in for backup is relatively sane and doesn't really care. I wanted to talk to him like I would with anyone (usually I can have conversations with people I disagree with, especially if they've proven to be somewhat intelligent) but he flipped out. It was weird.
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KatiesConscious
I'm loving it so much. What do you think of the final two tracks? And it really is weird that nobody knows of them. I think there's just a certain clique for them.
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KatiesConscious
The real cryfest comes at the final song, though (as is the usual case with them)
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KatiesConscious
Mel!!!! Me too! The new Mew is unbelievable, really. I've been looking forward to it, actively, for around 4 months, so it's like a dream. It's hard for me to believe that these are actual new songs by Mew. Especially the ones that haven't been revealed before, such as Clinging and Rows. OH BY THE WAY, CLINGING AND ROWSSSS are such good songs I can't even begin to tell you
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naotas_forehead
Yeah, I read your email, and want to respond. It was just really long and heavy, and my response probably would be, too, so I had to put it off. I'll write back soon!
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naotas_forehead
Why is your recent scrobble list not showing "Spring"? Don't tell me you skipped the best track on Sauna!
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naotas_forehead
And the other thing about the Crane Wife is I've tried over and over and over again to like it, but I just can't. I don't know why. Almost everything about it irks me in some way...
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naotas_forehead
Yeah, I'll definitely give Carrie&Lowell a lot more listens. I need to get my hands on the actual 11-song version first though...
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naotas_forehead
Meanwhile, the Tain and Her Majesty are ignored, despite being way more subtle and better nearly every way, and.... sorry, I'm ranting
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naotas_forehead
Good lord, you should listen to The Tain asap. It's a must-listen, especially if you loved Hazards. Make sure it's the single track version that doesn't have any pauses in between the five parts. It should be treated as a single 20-minute song. I dislike the Crane Wife except for the first song (Pt. 3) is good, the songs in the middle are just awful... The Island is like the Tain except instead of having an epic conclusion, it just sort of sputters out into who cares? territory, and the album never recovers after that. O Valencia and the Perfect Crime are the worst songs they've ever done, makes it unlistenable. The album recovers a bit with Summersong, but Crane Wife 1 and 2 are really, I don't know... melodramatic? Something about it bothers me, like it had potential but it was squandered. Combined with the fact that everyone treats the album like the second coming of Jesus makes me... irritated.
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naotas_forehead
Hey, what do you think of The Tain? And The Crane Wife? Those are my favorite and least favorite releases, respectively. I know you like the Hazards of Love, but the Tain is just... ugh... every bit as epic, a lot more subtle, (I don't really understand the story so much as feel it, you know?) and it's a lot more concise. The build up to part V, and then the climax of "hush now baby don't you cry" gives me chills every time.
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naotas_forehead
Now you've got me on a Decemberists kick. I have such a love-hate relationship with them, it's not even funny. So much nostalgia, so many feels right now...
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naotas_forehead
Listening to parts of The Hazards of Love... it's weird how I actually like it almost as much as any of them. But still despise the Crane Wife.
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naotas_forehead
Yeah, me too. I was really into them for a while, but got totally disillusioned with them. I loved their unique storytelling ability, purposeful theatricality, hyper-literate lyrics, and old-timey vibe. But they never made a perfect album... and the one album everyone froths at the mouth over I actually like the least, to the point of irrationally hating it. But even now, I'd buy Picaresque (or Her Majesty or The Tain or Castaways) in a heartbeat if I had the cash...
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naotas_forehead
Built To Spill Live and The Flaming Lips' Zaireeka and on vinyl were my only record store day purchases in the past. Cost like $80 dollars together. x__x
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naotas_forehead
Record store day! Thanks for reminding me. I wish I participated last year, but I was broke. And still am this year... sooo. Nothing too interesting, Decemberist's Picaresque would be cool, but probably way too overpriced. And why red vinyl? Weirdest color for that album. Clouds Era Flaming Lips Eps... eh, three seperate 10" records, too expensive! The only thing I might pick up is David Bowie's Changes single if it's cheap. AND OH MY GOD NEW BUILT TO SPILL! WHAT :D
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naotas_forehead
http://www.last.fm/user/naotas_forehead/journal/2015/03/18/6h33cg_my_alternate_tracklisting_to_mm%27s_strangers_to_ourselves
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naotas_forehead
I don't listen to Sufjan Stevens, but I'll check out his new album. Have you heard Bjork's new album? Now that one is a masterpiece, easily up there with Homogenic and Vespertine, possibly even better because of its themes and strong cohesiveness. Came out of nowhere, too.
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naotas_forehead
I like Strangers to Ourselves, but only certain aspects of it. Like I said otherwise, the production, arrangements, and sequencing are atrocious; the songwriting is solid all the way through. It's certainly AT LEAST on par with Good News/WWD. If it had been produced by Calvin Johnson, it would have probably been 4 times as good as it is, and taken a quarter of the time to create. I've been listening to it a lot because I've been trying to make an alternate sequencing. I think I've finally settled on one. I'll share it with you guys later.
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naotas_forehead
*(not on headphones, meaning speakers that fill the room, and to extent my house.) You can really hear the differences when vinyl is played loud, compared to digital/CD. Some albums sound A LOOOOOT better on vinyl (my copy of Death Cab's Photo Album on vinyl is STUNNING), and some barely sound different at all. So there are a lot of factors.
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naotas_forehead
I listen to CDs in the car, too, and I often listen to vinyl. But sometimes flipping sides is just annoying, so sometimes I just listen to digital on my computer. But sometimes I want to really hear the best quality, or want to listen to it not on headphones. Then vinyl is the best option, but I usually only can do that when I'm alone at home. Usually, if I want to scrobble vinyl, I just play the album on my computer and mute it as I play the vinyl. I do that often, but not all the time.
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naotas_forehead
I'll add you on Skype later (and try to keep Skype open, I tend to forget about it). Your Skype name doesn't sound embarrassing at all, I don't know why you would be embarrassed by it.
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naotas_forehead
That's okay, I understand. Sounds like you're in a tough place right now. :(
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naotas_forehead
But then this album comes out, and they seem to be insulting their audience. Their first three albums aren't pretentious or arrogant at all, despite what some people claim. (The Crane Wife, on the other hand, IS, but that's a whole other discussion.) But this new album of theirs, despite a couple of very very good songs, is pure shit because Colin Meloy is straight up acting like an arrogant douchebag. The first song is like, "yeah, we changed, get over it" but then most of the songs afterwards seem like direct appeals to their previous style, without any of the subtlety or heart. The very next song is called Cavalry Captain, which, in the context of what preceded it, is like a big FUCK YOU to Legionnaire's Lament and Soldiering Life and Engine Driver. It seems hypocritical.
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