Oh yeah, I took another listen to Folklore today and I'm definitely going to be going back and forth on which of these albums I like more. My favs on this one are The 1 (might be the best of both albums), Mirrorball, August, Invisible String, Betty, Epiphany.
Evermore starts off weaker but finishes stronger, maybe.
Also, back to The 1, on paper these album-opening lyrics don't really seem like that big of a deal:
I'm doing good, I'm on some new shit
Been saying "yes" instead of "no"
I thought I saw you at the bus stop, I didn't though
I hit the ground running each night
I hit the Sunday matinée
You know the greatest films of all time were never made
But her delivery is just so perfect, so lived-in, so cool, it sucks you into the album. That last part about the greatest films is so fucking great if you told me Malkmus or Dylan or whoever wrote it, I'd believe you.
I wouldn't visit Chicago right now if you gave me $1000 plus hotel and air fare, but I definitely feel like pounding some beers with GAF and geeking out over this shit right now.
Someone call the doctor, I don't know who I am anymore and I need HELP.