Random Music Talk CXXVIII: Cobbler's 42 Hat Sucks

[the tourist]

I know none of you care, but my record is very, very close to finished - started it just shy of two years ago, and it's been a difficult process since I'm doing literally everything on it (performance, programming, mixing, mastering). Hope to get it onto spotify/apple music/whatnot through distrokid here in the next handful of weeks. I have one producer friend who's gonna give it a listen to make sure there aren't any glaring production issues, but then it's done. Currently sits at 8 songs and 40 minutes.

 

[cobl04]

I care mate! Bloody congrats, excited to listen.

 

[u2popmofo]

View attachment 12667

 

[Hewson]

Happy Halloween mofo.

 

[lazarus]

I know none of you care, but my record is very, very close to finished - started it just shy of two years ago, and it's been a difficult process since I'm doing literally everything on it (performance, programming, mixing, mastering). Hope to get it onto spotify/apple music/whatnot through distrokid here in the next handful of weeks. I have one producer friend who's gonna give it a listen to make sure there aren't any glaring production issues, but then it's done. Currently sits at 8 songs and 40 minutes.

 

[Dalton]

Blast from the past: I’m gearing up for tomorrow’s inevitable disappointment by drinking too much, listening to the best album of the year (Bartees Strange’s “Live Forever”), Matt’s “Serpentine Prison”, and Parachutes while holding out hope that since the team I coach, Michigan, Manchester United AND the Lions lost this weekend the universe is prepping for a big victory over fascism.

That’s all.

 

[LemonMelon]

Which horseman of the apocalypse is Dalton?

 

[bono_212]

Some new Midnight Oil for the first time in 20 years. They are putting out a mini album collaborating with indigenous Australian artists. I like this one, has a Dead Heart feel.

Ooooh, I don't know, this is a pretty big oof for me.


My favorite Van Morrison song is "Everyone" (thanks Wes Anderson), followed by "Brown Eyed Girl" because that has literally been a favorite song of mine for as long as I can remember.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

followed by "Brown Eyed Girl" because that has literally been a favorite song of mine for as long as I can remember.

I've always liked that song, too .

"Moondance" is my favorite.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Have either of you fucking heard Dweller on the Threshold? it's literally perfect.

Spoiler

also all I know is the hits from a best of. I have owned Astral Weeks for yrs but never listened to it whoops

I have heard Dweller on The Threshold, as it happens. A number of versions including the original studio track, don't entirely do it for me, but this live version from later in the eighties really brings the energy.



Not even close to my favourite Van Morrison song, although I quite enjoy it. That would be And The Healing Has Begun.

 

[U2inUtah]

Ooooh, I don't know, this is a pretty big oof for me.

You might check out the other single Gadigal Land. Neither are amazing, lyrics maybe too on the nose, but this is also just a side project.

Supposedly a proper Midnight Oil album is coming out soon too. (was going to be out in 2020, but likely delayed with covid). I am more interested to see how that is, and maybe a chance to them live one last time.

I'm just kinda amazed they are still making new music. 20 year old me thought they were so old when I saw them in 2002, (I think Peter was almost 50), so its kinda crazy to me seeing new music from them almost 2 decades later.

 

[Kieran McConville]

And just for the hell of it, the answer to a question nobody asked - my favourite obscure Van Morrison outtake.

 

[david]

Any other iPhone user experiencing the Siri glitch when asking Siri to play an album via Apple Music? She’s playing album tracks out of order.

 

[iron yuppie]

There's a bit of a chillwave revival going on right now. Anyone with nostalgia for it (like me) should check out Goth Babe.

 

[lazarus]

Today is a great day.


Enjoy the weekend, fam!

 

[cobl04]

One might even say a... beautiful day.

 

[Lancemc]

Hell yeah motherfuckers

 

[lazarus]

motherfuckers

 

[phanan]

Random thought -

Weezer needs a greatest hits album.

Carry on.

 

[bono_212]

They don't have one? How?

 

[phanan]

No idea. I saw that there was some sort of promo released in Canada a few years back, but they have never officially released one.

 

[the tourist]

Random music thought of the day: Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino is the best album by Arctic Monkeys. It was almost immediately my second favorite of theirs the day it came out, but it’s passed Favorite Worst Nightmare now for me I think.

 

[iron yuppie]

Easily my favorite by them too.

 

[the tourist]

Well, my record’s in the upload queue. Should hit all streaming services December 1st. No more last minute tweaking. It took 23 months of hard work. Next record I think I’m gonna get help.

 

[gump]

Congrats, tourist. Looking forward to listening.

 

[Danny Boy]

Is there any reason at all I should listen to the new AC/DC album?

 

[Nate Dogg]

Speaking of having no greatest hits albums: AC/DC, Metallica, and Coldplay

 

[cobl04]

Well there's no point having an AC/DC greatest hits album. You just buy Back in Black, or any album from the 70s or 80s really. They all sound exactly the same.

I am glad to see love for Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino. It's not my favourite by them (Suck it and See is one of my all-time favourite records) but I always feel like an outcast when it comes to Arctic Monkeys because those two are the only records by them I like. Everyone feels so strongly about AM which I just think is boring and them doing a by-numbers record and the debut and the other stuff but I've always found those records too abrasive for my liking. But I fucking adore when they buck the trend a bit, I think they're 100x more interesting when they do.

I've spent some time with Matt Berninger's solo record now, and it's a disappointment, quite boring overall. Some good tunes and good parts to tunes but it just doesn't add up to anything very exciting or interesting.

 

[gump]

Should we get a best of 2020 thread started? I doubt we have enough people at this point to do a ranking, but I’d like to hear what people have enjoyed as I’ve fallen behind these last few months.

Also, Fetch the Bolt Cutters.

 

[Joey788]

I've spent some time with Matt Berninger's solo record now, and it's a disappointment, quite boring overall. Some good tunes and good parts to tunes but it just doesn't add up to anything very exciting or interesting.

I liked it but I agree that it doesn't add up to much. It really feels like a placeholder until the next National record. "One More Second" and "Silver Springs" were my favorites, but I lost interest in the second half. It definitely needed more variety or some uptempo songs.

I wrote a review of the album in anyone would like my more detailed thoughts:

Matt Berninger: Serpentine Prison - Music Review - No Ripcord