Lancemc
Blue Crack Addict
World Sick miiiiight be the best song I've heard this year.
It's a damn shame how overlooked The New Pornographers' newest album has been in light of the NASH/SOC/LCD trio. It's terrific, as good as any of those.
Tell me more about this For Givin' Us Cock Record.
I've never heard a live take of Texico Bitches, but it's one of my favs on the album.
"Forced to Love,"
Well it wouldn't be a BSS release without a little dissent among the fan base.
Here's something: "Lover's Spit (Redux)" is damn near perfect.
Picked up the CD at lunch today, and was lucky to get the last free copy of the EP to go with it.
Well it wouldn't be a BSS release without a little dissent among the fan base.
Here's something: "Lover's Spit (Redux)" is damn near perfect.
Wait, did they actually give you a physical EP, or a download code?
Physical CD.
I'm not sure what you mean, or how this relates to my comment.Well, I was anticipating changes, for sure. I mean, McEntire and Newfeld are not quite the same producers. That's been a bigger personal hangup than I expected, but I was prepared for it. And the album has been nowhere near as anticipated as the self-titled, which followed what was, for many, a decade-definer. The lowered expectations, this time, have slightly contributed to the euphoric reaction. I don't mean that people like it because it's not the self-titled, mind you; I'm just saying that there's a kind of relief in a lot of the criticism that I've been reading. The ghastly Pitchfork review included.
As a very, very long-time BSS fan (well, since YFIIP, anyway), I just wanted to chime in to express profound disappointment. I was about 50/50 on those Presents... albums, but I hate the fuck out of this thing. Wow. Listened to the stream several times, over the last twoish weeks, and can't even put into words how terrible I found about 9/10ths of this thing. Three of my listens found me falling asleep.
I'm not trying to attack anybody or say that people who like this record are wrong. In fact, I'm jealous. I was looking forward to this with tempered but positive expectations, and holy fuck...I'm sad, because I actually hate this record and I don't want to. I'm not just kind of let down (see The Hold Steady); I'm disgusted.
Don't like how comparatively spare the songs sound (and, yes, I realize that "spare" isn't the best word, but when you compare this sound to the last two OG BSS albums, you know what I mean), don't like the lyrics or especially the vocals, don't like the melodies, don't like...well, anything. "World Sick" is okay, and I do actively like "Meet Me In The Basement," but even that sounds a lot better live. I'll never forget seeing them in Tokyo, about 2.5 years ago, and seeing them play that with most of the crew + Stars + some Japanese kids/fans they met on the subway, that afternoon. AMAZING. This version's good, for sure. But I do wish that it was longer, and more krauty a la the live version.
Again, please don't hate. I'm not hating. I'm just sad. And I wonder if anybody feels the same way. Maybe...? Anyway, continue. I don't mean to derail. I'm just speechless, as I didn't see this coming.