Iowan wrote:And I was totally bored by that War On Drugs album. Just way too synthy for me. I'm sure ill try it again, but I'm not getting that one yet.
Here's the odd thing, I don't dig that synth sound very often but the songs are just so strong that the feel works for me.
We call him Scooby Do, but Scooby doesn’t do. Scooby, is not involved
The War on Drugs album is a bit etheral compared to what I usually listen to but I'm really digging it. It has a hint of Spiriutalized to it and fits great into that small window of late night listening that I refer to as red wine and Vicoden music.
<edit> It seems like I'm on board with the above comments. Not my typical type of music but this album really grabbed me
Iowan wrote:And I was totally bored by that War On Drugs album. Just way too synthy for me. I'm sure ill try it again, but I'm not getting that one yet.
I was excited about the hype and the quality of the folks who are really digging, but we can't all like everything...it really missed the mark for me.
NP
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Fist listen. I really loved their first few albums, but I didn't care much for HIW. First impressions are that without the prevalent keys the music seems to lose some sensitivity that they originally had.
The front half drags a bit after "Spinners". The run of "Big Cig">"Wait a While">"Runner's High" is some really fun rock and roll. Big guitars, classic Hold Steady. "Almost Everything" has a dusty quality to it, before the epic slow-burn on "Oaks".
I think I'm starting to understand Duke's feelings for Celebration.
The front half drags a bit after "Spinners". The run of "Big Cig">"Wait a While">"Runner's High" is some really fun rock and roll. Big guitars, classic Hold Steady. "Almost Everything" has a dusty quality to it, before the epic slow-burn on "Oaks".
Definitely getting that, the album started out shaky, but before you know it you're listening to classic THS - In a good way.
Iowan wrote:I think I'm starting to understand Duke's feelings for Celebration.
I had my room mate listen to Celebration last night. Two tracks in this was his review: "Please turn it off." I'll give it another chance once some water's under the bridge.
Iowan wrote:I think I'm starting to understand Duke's feelings for Celebration.
I had my room mate listen to Celebration last night. Two tracks in this was his review: "Please turn it off." I'll give it another chance once some water's under the bridge.
Were you passing a bottle of cough syrup back and forth? That helps.
"Green on Red is the musical equivalent of the Grapes of Wrath...@Chuck Prophet 's country style guitar riffs & neo psychedelic sounds recall the best of other places & other times ... Green On Red does produce a slick top 40 pop music, but is creating a truly All-American sound" and so begins your All-American 80's flashback for Stupor Bowl Sunday...
Apparently in 1985, Bob Guccione, Jr. 's original SPIN magazine had a radio program. They'd send out 2 vinyl records to create a full lprogram. One of the programs featured this gig recorded at the I-Beam in San Francisco, and I see that it sells for up to $300 currently on record nerd websites. Through the miracle of trolling dark corners of the interwebs... here it is for all you folks that'd like to hear it ... Chuck Prophet stays mum throughout the interviews, but Dan Stuart can be heard 'splainin' his bad self throughout the probing question sessions.
