i have this year's model, blood & chocolate, and my aim is true. i thought i had get happy and at least one other album, but i can't find them if i do...
I've only heard 6 of his albums, but I would say you're definitely missing out if you don't own Armed Forces, Get Happy and Imperial Bedroom.
You know a band that I basically forgot existed? TV On The Radio. Their last album was fucking great.
I used to be wholly on the Dear Science bandwagon, but once I discovered Cookie Mountain had four less songs on it than I thought it did, I found it wasn't such a slog. Great album, both of them.
Is there any reason to hear Bloodthirsty Babes or whatever? The Young Liars EP was nice enough.
Just listened to The Suburbs again for the first time in a bit and have come to this conclusion: The Suburbs fucks Funeral in the ear hole.
Eh, Deep Blue and Rococo exist. And Month of May is a lazy run through 12-bar blues played really loudly, never found that one very inspired. It's a pretty emotional album though, which is the primary thing I like about Funeral, although with that one there's no reason to wait for the highlights to come since only 1 or 2 tracks dip below par. In contrast, the Suburbs spreads its highlights out pretty evenly, more thinly over the second half.
Funeral fucks most albums in the ear hole though, so it's no insult to Suburbs, which probably is the best album of the year. Great comeback from Neon Bible's petulance.
The Arcade Fire mention reminded me of a thought that I had the other day while listening to The Suburbs: the band might be stronger if Regine was the lead vocalist. Win's lyrics often come across as petulant when he sings them, but Regine imbues them with incredible sincerity. Then again, the fact that she rarely sings lead makes those occasions all the more spellbinding.
Win is a basketball-thieving dickhead, but he has strong stage presence and writes the songs, so no one in the band has any right to complain. Plus, most people I know are irritated by Regine on the albums. As charming as I find her onstage, if she cut a solo album, it would be universally panned, Pitchfork apologists aside.