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Old 02-04-2018, 06:17 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default The Album Club: "House in the Tall Grass" by Kikagaku Moyo


Our last album for round four. Discuss, rate, review, comment and vote here.
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Old 02-04-2018, 06:21 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 02-04-2018, 06:28 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I listened to the album yesterday. I'll drop my review in tomorrow or Tuesday depending on what's in store for me tomorrow, but it's a pretty cool album, Psy-Fi.
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Kikagaku Moyo- House in the Tall Grass (2016)


Best Tracks: Kogarashi, Silver Owl, Trad

Weakest Tracks: Melted Crystal, Fata Morgana

I like this album. It’s mellow for the most part though it does have its heavier moments. I especially liked the longer songs which is a little unusual for me. In fact, my least favorite song on the album, Fata Morgana, was way too short for me. In contrast, the ten minute long Silver Owl seems to glide smoothly with its changes from mellow to heavy. The album ends nicely with the acoustic Cardigan Song.

So I’m giving this one a strong like. I can’t quite love it, but it came pretty close.





7.5/10 (the Word has spoken )
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Word dafuq up I love this. I’m not saying it’s as good as Spacemen 3 or Guided By Voices but it kind of is. NAME DROP!!! Better than Tame Impala. What’s it got dat dat ain’t got? Books. I mean, books. I mean hooks. HOOKS people. Somewhere to hang my goddamn hate. I mean hat.

It’s like this retro neo post post post psychedelic yeah yeah yeah I like that but it’s gotta work and it don’t mean a thing is it ain’t got that swing. Good tunes, man. You might say yeah ok Ocvult every satanist says that. Songs man. You saw it with Shylock on the sopranos. But not really. Sunn0))) and that other band do it another way. So yeah, melody I guess. Japanese bands do this thing really well (it’s the rice) where one guitarist drones along and the other one picks out an ethereal harmonic accompaniment. And if you’re really tops the vocals will kind of stereolab their way in there. Just all floating around together like the smell of clean but unwashed pussy after some drunken dancing. Tell the truth! It’s a little scary but right I mean hell yeah it’s great but you gotta come through. Hit this ****. Wear a condom. It’s still this.

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I've managed to listen to this four or five times now (a rarity for me to be able to listen to any album here more than once, but with my taking a break from the album thread I took the opportunity to listen to this ahead of time) and I kind of still can't quite get a handle on what it is, but I do love it. There are a lot of what sound like different styles in the songs, but there's nothing on it I don't love. Not only that, on one occasion I forgot and let Spotify play on after the album was over. Ended up hearing another album and halfway through a third, and I loved those even more. So that can't be bad, can it?

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I think I'm in the wrong place. Is this where the orgy is gonna happen?
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I think I'm in the wrong place. Is this where the orgy is gonna happen?
Wrong house, pal. You want the House in the Long Grass. It's the other side of town. Look for the red lights; you can't miss it.
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