You have to listen to this

jackhammer · 04-21-2009, 11:46 AM

OK let's get this back on again and this time I will review the album at the end too. PM for link. Freak Folk is the name of the game.

4ZZZ · 04-22-2009, 01:54 AM

And this thread should be revived and be popular damn you all to eternal (The) Darkness.

I am in as usual but no need for a PM as I have this courtesy of your good self jackhammer.

4ZZZ · 04-27-2009, 08:23 AM

What is going on? If it was a Red Hot Chilli Peppers album there would be a thousand posts. We are a music banter site FFS.

FWIW I will have a review up within 48 hours. I want to have further listens. Promising at this moment. I should have played this more initially when you first gave it to me jackhammer.

Piss Me Off · 04-27-2009, 08:24 AM

Yeah, throw it my way. I'm not big on folk but i am big on freaks.

4ZZZ · 04-27-2009, 08:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Piss Me Off

Yeah, throw it my way. I'm not big on folk but i am big on freaks.

Seeing as jackhammer is not around I have sent you his link.

Fruitonica · 04-27-2009, 10:06 AM

Yeah, I've been inundated with new music recently and haven't had enough listens to form a great impression. I've got a clear slate tomorrow so I can give it more attention then.

Fruitonica · 04-28-2009, 03:12 AM

Alexander Tucker - Old Fog

I was unfamiliar with the term freak folk before now, and that sent me into the album with some wrong preconceptions. Freak made me think of something angry and bouncy, maybe even some punk influence. So I was actually a little disappointed on my first listen through when it was so subdued.

But whether or not freak is a good descriptor the music is great, the way the acoustic arrangements skitter along, bundling up in places and completely falling apart in others is interesting. The melodies are sparse and haunting, and the more unconventional touches, like the accordion? squalls at the end of Hag Stones work well with the mood. Tucker's voice is really perfect for the music he's creating and it all comes together excellently.

Perfect listening for late night driving.

4ZZZ · 04-28-2009, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fruitonica

I was unfamiliar with the term freak folk before now,

I first heard the term a couple of years back though I have also heard it called Weird Folk. Check out say CocoRosie, Devandra Banhart and even Joanna Newsom just as a few examples. I put this album in that category. "Freak" or "weird" it is still "odd" none the less. My first freakishly, weird and odd folk album was The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band. No one told me that it was freakishly, weird and odd even though it sounded freakishly, weird and odd.

Gees hope that all makes sense

simplephysics · 04-28-2009, 08:22 AM

I see Animal Collective tagged as freak folk now and again, their older albums certainly.

jackhammer · 04-28-2009, 09:53 AM

I have never heard an Animal Collective album. They got rave reviews in all the fashionable press so I stayed away

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4ZZZ Forever young Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Brisbane Posts: 608	What is going on? If it was a Red Hot Chilli Peppers album there would be a thousand posts. We are a music banter site FFS. FWIW I will have a review up within 48 hours. I want to have further listens. Promising at this moment. I should have played this more initially when you first gave it to me jackhammer. __________________ Terra Music Est Non A Vitium.

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Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	Yeah, throw it my way. I'm not big on folk but i am big on freaks. __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I have never heard an Animal Collective album. They got rave reviews in all the fashionable press so I stayed away __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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Fruitonica Pale and Wan Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Aus Posts: 917	Yeah, I've been inundated with new music recently and haven't had enough listens to form a great impression. I've got a clear slate tomorrow so I can give it more attention then.

04-28-2009, 03:12 AM	#167 (permalink)
Fruitonica Pale and Wan Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Aus Posts: 917	Alexander Tucker - Old Fog I was unfamiliar with the term freak folk before now, and that sent me into the album with some wrong preconceptions. Freak made me think of something angry and bouncy, maybe even some punk influence. So I was actually a little disappointed on my first listen through when it was so subdued. But whether or not freak is a good descriptor the music is great, the way the acoustic arrangements skitter along, bundling up in places and completely falling apart in others is interesting. The melodies are sparse and haunting, and the more unconventional touches, like the accordion? squalls at the end of Hag Stones work well with the mood. Tucker's voice is really perfect for the music he's creating and it all comes together excellently. Perfect listening for late night driving.