The Alabama Shakes Thread

[Duke Silver]

Future People is my favorite!

[Rocky]

I'm meh on the release but my favorite song is This Feeling. Sounds like a 70's Stones outtake.

[Zip City]

Miss You has that garage sound as well

[Zip City]

Miss You has that garage sound as well

[Zip City]

Future People is my favorite!

yeah, TC is crazy on this one

[Tequila Cowboy]

Future People is my favorite!

yeah, TC is crazy on this one

Sorry, it's godawful and that noise 3/4 through? Yikes. Unlistenable.

[Jonicont]

yeah, TC is crazy on this one

Sorry, it's godawful and that noise 3/4 through? Yikes. Unlistenable.

First listen in the car--wtf is that noise. Heard it on the big boys at home--Whoa-wtf-awesome

[Zip City]

yeah, TC is crazy on this one

Sorry, it's godawful and that noise 3/4 through? Yikes. Unlistenable.

First listen in the car--wtf is that noise. Heard it on the big boys at home--Whoa-wtf-awesome

TC hates this song. I think it might be the best on the record

[Duke Silver]

Are you talking about the synth bass/buzzsaw noise? What's not to like?

[Tequila Cowboy]

Are you talking about the synth bass/buzzsaw noise? What's not to like?

I find that noise physically painful.

[Swamp]

On CBS's Sunday morning very shortly here.

[Vincent]

Nice to see these guys put out a strong second album. Quite a few solid tracks, with something for everyone.

Interested in how it comes across live.

Put Future People in the plus column for me.

[Swamp]

Nice to see these guys put out a strong second album. Quite a few solid tracks, with something for everyone.

Interested in how it comes across live.

Put Future People in the plus column for me.

x 2

[paulc]

Nice to see these guys put out a strong second album. Quite a few solid tracks, with something for everyone.

Interested in how it comes across live.

http://livebootlegconcert.blogspot.pt/2 ... alley.html

[Tequila Cowboy]

EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT: ALABAMA SHAKES INTERVIEWED BY DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS’ PATTERSON HOOD

[Tequila Cowboy]

I took the liberty of changing the title of this thread because with the #1 record in America it's clear that nothing has happened to them, well except fame, fortune and a hit record of course. It made me wince every time I clicked on it. If you've got issues with the name change leave Clams alone and blame me.

[beantownbubba]

I took the liberty of changing the title of this thread because with the #1 record in America it's clear that nothing has happened to them, well except fame, fortune and a hit record of course. It made me wince every time I clicked on it. If you've got issues with the name change leave Clams alone and blame me.

The title change is ok. Leaving clams alone is just over the line, tc. Even for a mod.

[rlipps]

Finally got around to listening to the album yesterday. Didn't care for it at all, just not my cup of tea I guess. Might try to give it another listen later to see if something clicks.

[Iowan]

I've enjoyed every listen I've given to this album, but I'm not really compelled to keep listening.

[Tequila Cowboy]

I took the liberty of changing the title of this thread because with the #1 record in America it's clear that nothing has happened to them, well except fame, fortune and a hit record of course. It made me wince every time I clicked on it. If you've got issues with the name change leave Clams alone and blame me.

The title change is ok. Leaving clams alone is just over the line, tc. Even for a mod.

OK fine, just blame Clams. After all it's on a tee shirt so it must be true.

[roland]

I'm on a rum-filled tear through my records while I make chai concentrate for work. Once I'm down to the last batch and after Gangstabilly, I;m going to give it another turn.

[Vincent]

Nice to see these guys put out a strong second album. Quite a few solid tracks, with something for everyone.

Interested in how it comes across live.

http://livebootlegconcert.blogspot.pt/2 ... alley.html

Thanks,

A bit more excited about this summer's backwards double bill.

[Rocky]

ALABAMA SHAKES INTERVIEWED BY PATTERSON HOOD

http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2015/05/0 ... rson-hood/

[TW_2.0]

Just heard from the promoter that the show at Red Rocks with DBT is about to sellout.

Good for all

[lotusamerica]

Appreciate and respect what they're doing on this one. Didn't care for the first record especially compared to live. Straight up retro is played out.

[lotusamerica]

I've never really been a big fan of the band and I don't think they should be trying to 'pull back' the strongest factor--which is Brittany! I feel like she needs to go into the studio with just a jack white or a dan auerbach and cut a stripped down record. This stuff isn't working.

Interesting. I think Future People sounds like an MMJ song.

[Tequila Cowboy]

Appreciate and respect what they're doing on this one. Didn't care for the first record especially compared to live. Straight up retro is played out.

Here's the thing, I like what the first record represented in terms of sound but it was barely more than a demo. I was looking forward to more of that. I mean in 2015 who in the world is playing garage/soul? St. Paul & the Broken Bones are playing straight out Eddie HInton/Otis Redding Soul without a touch of irony but nobody does what Brittany and the boys were doing. In the interview with Patterson they mention that they were starting to play an entirely different batch of tunes for a second record, scrapped them and came up with what became Sound & Color. I heard some of those and they were promising. I hope to hear to them someday. The other thing that I thought was interesting in that interview is how Patterson mentioned that it sounds like they skipped thier second record and went straight to the third or fourth. I agree with that. This new record sounds like a band that moved on from what they started with and found a new thing. That's admirable and I like the record, especially loud, but man it was jarring at first. I laughed out loud at the suggestion that Future People sounds like an MMJ song because that's it exactly. Lots of unnecessary noises and sounds when all I want is songs. Fortunately it's the only song that feels blatantly like that on the record. Forget trying to make music that people will hail as genius, listen to Radiohead if that's your thing, I want to hear Brittany sing and the boys play like they can and, for the most part, that's intact on this record and I can groove to that.

[Zip City]

I don't find any of the sounds in Future People to be unnecessary.

I do find rehashing 50 year old soul music to be unnecessary, though

[Tequila Cowboy]

I don't find any of the sounds in Future People to be unnecessary.

I do find rehashing 50 year old soul music to be unnecessary, though

Why? Nobody is really making it anymore. We still have people making country records that evoke bygone times, Sturgill Simpson could be considered a throwback with a modern touch or two and their are blues artists making records that, apart from superior technology, could have been made 60 years ago. In the world of books there's genre fiction what's wrong with well produced "genre music"? As I said before that synth noise in Future People is jarring to me and almost painful. If people like it I'm good with that, like people like Radiohead too and I don't understand that either. Vive la différence.

[Zip City]

I'm just saying that soul for the 21st century is more exciting (to me) than the same soul music I can listen to from decades ago