Love or Hate?

Trollheart · 01-08-2016, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Is that it?

No, that's just a small example.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Oh? A true love for Tunnel Canary?

Stranger things have happened. No, wait: they haven't.

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I know you have to stick to the itinerary or your threads will melt, that's why I used the word "pretend".

I never quite understand you, my friend. Just because I work hard at my threads and have a certain way of working shouldn't mean I'm not a music enthusiast. If I wasn't, I wouldn't be bothered doing theses threads. Actually, if I wasn't, I wouldn't even be here.

**Frownland** · 01-08-2016, 10:53 AM

You take me too seriously dude.

Trollheart · 01-08-2016, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

You take me too seriously dude.

Nah, not really. I know you don't really exist and are just a black housewife in her forties using pictures of her best friend's son to give the impression of who you are. I'm on to you...

Trollheart · 01-08-2016, 04:10 PM

Title: The Lonesome Crowded West
Artiste: Modest Mouse
Genre: Indie
Familiarity: Zero; heard a lot about them though
Recommended by: Machine

Expectations: Not really sure. Indie band so maybe some sort of mix of acoustic rock and uptempo numbers. I do worry that there's a ten-minute track on this album, so I hope I like the music by the time I get there!

1. Teeth like God's shoeshine: Don't like the vocal from the off, very rough and sort of angry. Guitar's not great either; sounds a little punky to me.
2. Heart cooks brain: Just too aggressive in the vocal department, and I can't take any comfort from the music either. This is going to be a long one.
3. Convenient parking: This at least is a little better. More restrained, with a nice sort of rolling guitar, a much gentler vocal with some nice vocal harmonies. Some scratching going on too, but it works pretty well.
4. Lounge (Closing time): This is an improvement too, sort of hypnotic bass line. Bit repetitive but I enjoyed it. Like the fast guitar but the vocal is again shouted for the most part. Good instrumental passage, but overall I think this is way too long for a song of this nature. At least it goes through an impressive number of changes over its seven-minute run.
5. Jesus Christ was an only child: Nice folky acoustic feel to this. Fiddle adds to its ethnicity.
6. Doin' the Cockroach: This is actually very good, even given the raucous vocal. It works well and it's a real rocky little number. Starting to like this. Maybe.
7. Cowboy Dan: Not sure about this one. Kind of made no real impression on me.
8. Trailer trash: Yeah I like this one though. Lot of kind of pent-up energy in it. Great guitar outro.
9. Out of gas: This is very repetitive, but somehow, it's also very good.
10. Long distance drunk: I love the really low-key nature of this; the percussion is great, almost tribal in a way, and the bass is excellent.
11. Shit luck: Nah, back to the frenetic music and the shouted vocal. First part of the title is very appropriate.
12. Trucker atlas: And this is the ten-minuter. Could go either way I guess. Meh, it's okay but I don't see how they're going to stretch this to ten minutes. On the back of an extended guitar instrumental, it would seem, as we reach the sixth minute. Yeah, good admittedly, but totally unnecessary for the track to be that long. Just gets boring after a while.
13. Polar opposites: This on the other hand is quite good. Sort of a folky guitar with some sort of dreampop vibes too. Again, a really good guitar outro.
14. Bankrupt on selling: Nice rolling, swaying acoustic ballad. Very nice. Ending is a bit abrupt though.
15. Styrofoam boots/It's all nice on ice, alright: Another acoustic folky one, but faster, and then kicks into a full-fledged rocker about halfway (the second part of the song, I assume). Good closer.

End result: I started this album off thinking it would be terrible. I hated the first two tracks, then began to see it wasn't so bad, warmed to it and in the end was quite impressed with the music. I wouldn't place any money on becoming a fan of Modest Mouse, but I certainly hate it less now at the end than I did at the beginning.

So, Love or Hate? I think in the end it's earned its Love.

DeadChannel · 01-08-2016, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Nah, not really. I know you don't really exist and are just a black housewife in her forties using pictures of her best friend's son to give the impression of who you are. I'm on to you...

Who goes to a bible college...

Trollheart · 01-08-2016, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadChannel

Who goes to a bible college...

Who runs a bible college. Well, she helps out at weekends...

simplephysics · 01-08-2016, 04:54 PM

Oh man, I see Machine threw cLOUDDEAD at you... that's gonna be rough.

Trollheart · 01-08-2016, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by dreadnaught

Oh man, I see Machine threw cLOUDDEAD at you... that's gonna be rough.

Don't worry about me. I've survived Merzbow, Fantomas and Frownland's own music. I'm tougher than I look...

simplephysics · 01-09-2016, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Don't worry about me. I've survived Merzbow, Fantomas and Frownland's own music. I'm tougher than I look...

Fair enough. cLOUDDEAD just doesn't seem like something that would be up your alley, and I can't bare to see you cut down an album I love. You did like WHY? though, so there will be at least a shred of familiarity for you to potentially enjoy.

Trollheart · 01-09-2016, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by dreadnaught

Fair enough. cLOUDDEAD just doesn't seem like something that would be up your alley, and I can't bare to see you cut down an album I love. You did like WHY? though, so there will be at least a shred of familiarity for you to potentially enjoy.

Stay tuned, little lady.

01-08-2016, 10:53 AM	#2562 (permalink)
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01-08-2016, 04:10 PM	#2564 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Title: The Lonesome Crowded West Artiste: Modest Mouse Genre: Indie Familiarity: Zero; heard a lot about them though Recommended by: Machine Expectations: Not really sure. Indie band so maybe some sort of mix of acoustic rock and uptempo numbers. I do worry that there's a ten-minute track on this album, so I hope I like the music by the time I get there! 1. Teeth like God's shoeshine: Don't like the vocal from the off, very rough and sort of angry. Guitar's not great either; sounds a little punky to me. 2. Heart cooks brain: Just too aggressive in the vocal department, and I can't take any comfort from the music either. This is going to be a long one. 3. Convenient parking: This at least is a little better. More restrained, with a nice sort of rolling guitar, a much gentler vocal with some nice vocal harmonies. Some scratching going on too, but it works pretty well. 4. Lounge (Closing time): This is an improvement too, sort of hypnotic bass line. Bit repetitive but I enjoyed it. Like the fast guitar but the vocal is again shouted for the most part. Good instrumental passage, but overall I think this is way too long for a song of this nature. At least it goes through an impressive number of changes over its seven-minute run. 5. Jesus Christ was an only child: Nice folky acoustic feel to this. Fiddle adds to its ethnicity. 6. Doin' the Cockroach: This is actually very good, even given the raucous vocal. It works well and it's a real rocky little number. Starting to like this. Maybe. 7. Cowboy Dan: Not sure about this one. Kind of made no real impression on me. 8. Trailer trash: Yeah I like this one though. Lot of kind of pent-up energy in it. Great guitar outro. 9. Out of gas: This is very repetitive, but somehow, it's also very good. 10. Long distance drunk: I love the really low-key nature of this; the percussion is great, almost tribal in a way, and the bass is excellent. 11. Shit luck: Nah, back to the frenetic music and the shouted vocal. First part of the title is very appropriate. 12. Trucker atlas: And this is the ten-minuter. Could go either way I guess. Meh, it's okay but I don't see how they're going to stretch this to ten minutes. On the back of an extended guitar instrumental, it would seem, as we reach the sixth minute. Yeah, good admittedly, but totally unnecessary for the track to be that long. Just gets boring after a while. 13. Polar opposites: This on the other hand is quite good. Sort of a folky guitar with some sort of dreampop vibes too. Again, a really good guitar outro. 14. Bankrupt on selling: Nice rolling, swaying acoustic ballad. Very nice. Ending is a bit abrupt though. 15. Styrofoam boots/It's all nice on ice, alright: Another acoustic folky one, but faster, and then kicks into a full-fledged rocker about halfway (the second part of the song, I assume). Good closer. End result: I started this album off thinking it would be terrible. I hated the first two tracks, then began to see it wasn't so bad, warmed to it and in the end was quite impressed with the music. I wouldn't place any money on becoming a fan of Modest Mouse, but I certainly hate it less now at the end than I did at the beginning. So, Love or Hate? I think in the end it's earned its Love. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018