the tourist
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Brothers has recently taken over as my #1 album of the year (displacing High Violet). That is all.
The problem is that (and I posted this in the New Music thread in The Place That Shall Remain Nameless) the band shouldn't need to go through that giant monster promo machine for an album, but that doesn't just mean releasing a dinky EP, either. They can just ride the current wave of being in the public eye and put something out a la Cockropa, or for a more modern comparison, In Rainbows. Even if it's minus the digital only/pay whatever model. The point is that Radiohead had very little advance notice and just dropped the shit. Didn't need a music video, all the other advertising bullshit, etc.
So my point is that there is a middle ground the band can (and should) explore. I doubt the band would really agree on an EP anyway.
Nah, shoegaze sounds shitty no matter what. That's what happens when you take every instrument and throw it into a sonic vortex.
If there's any band you'll ever regret seeing live, it's the Black Keys.
It's number 2 on Cassie's list after The National.
I probably would regret seeing The Black Keys live, as they've never done anything for me.
if you make the slightest grammar slip on this forum you get absolutely crucified, you should have known!
it has driven me insane because now i notice poor grammar constantly I.R.L.
Yeah, agreed. It's not fresh at all, IMO -- a few bands a year break through with albums like this, whether it be M83, Pains of Being Pure At Heart, or The Horrors -- but I think Gemini hits the spot. The song you posted is probably the best, although you can't go wrong with first single Summer Holiday.
Chinatown makes all of the songs you mentioned look like shit. Well, maybe not, but it's easily one of my favorite songs this year. The new Wild Nothing and Radio Dept. will be in my top 20 this year, if not top 10. I'll never get tired of this sound.
Why can young hipsters not differentiate between dream pop and shoegaze?