Albums You're Digging II

Justthefacts · 03-30-2015, 07:35 PM

Tobias Jesso Jr - Goon

Simple, yet elegant. This records very straight forward, not many layers instrumentally, but it doesn't need to have that. The piano playing, the drums, and Tobias' lyrics make this one of the smoothest album I've heard in awhile.

Black Francis · 03-31-2015, 12:50 AM

Not a particularly great album or a particularly great band but im digging this album.

The few songs i like from it like Earthquake, pale bride, shut your mouth make up for the ones i don't like.

i would say they sound like Bloc party or Tokyo police club around those lines.

Justthefacts · 03-31-2015, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Black Francis

Not a particularly great album or a particularly great band but im digging this album.

The few songs i like from it like Earthquake, pale bride, shut your mouth make up for the ones i don't like.

i would say they sound like Bloc party or Tokyo police club around those lines.

Broooo come on, their first two records are so much better. Stop wasting your time.

Mr. Sir · 03-31-2015, 02:18 AM

I discovered this album on Janszoon's 25 albums... and fell in love with its strangely appealing gentleness and grieving atmospheres.

I had heard Only Theatre of Pain before, but a lot of these albums seem to be more pleasing to my ears as I listen to them again later. This is one of them.

This album has made up the time it took to grow on me with some of my favorite listening session of the past few weeks. In the Aeroplane over the Sea is pretty **** good in general, but the lyrical aspect is superb if you ask me. Oh, and it has brass instruments.

Black Francis · 03-31-2015, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Justthefacts

Broooo come on, their first two records are so much better. Stop wasting your time.

Are they? idk much about this band honestly, i just knew they made that "C'mon, C'mon" song.

i'll check them out.

Mondo Bungle · 03-31-2015, 04:35 PM

Probably will play this like seven more times today

**Janszoon** · 03-31-2015, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Sir

I discovered this album on Janszoon's 25 albums... and fell in love with its strangely appealing gentleness and grieving atmospheres.

It's nice to hear that journal still gets some visitors. I'm glad you enjoyed the album.

Surell · 03-31-2015, 10:35 PM

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Moodie Black - MB II (2015)

Yes, this is my shit. Awesome follow up to Nausea, and probably better. Calls out Death Grips and Clipping too, which is interesting.

you had me at calls out death grips.

I really love this album's brand of 60s nostalgia/reexamination, even more than the other bands that have taken those reigns (Ariel Pink, the Growlers, Tame Impala, Foxygen). It's subdued throughout, but always with a clear tone. It feels like a relic from the era but is armed with a broad understanding of its varying factors. Plus, the opening track sounds like the gentlest song Sonic Youth ever recorded.

Mr. Sir · 04-01-2015, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle

Probably will play this like seven more times today

Nice. I haven't heard the newest album, but I've been anticipating it because I enjoyed everything they've made so far. I'll check it out soon.

**Janszoon** · 04-01-2015, 09:46 PM

Nacho Picasso and Blue Sky Black Death—Stoned & Dethroned (2015)
When I posted about this album in the "last listened to" thread, I was pretty iffy on it and gave it only very faint praise, but damn has it turned out to be a grower. I just keep wanting to listen to it lately. The production is vast sounding and multi-layered, the kind of thing you can get really lost in. And it's just drenched in mood, all full of hazy, drug-fueled menace that's evocative of corpses, dark alleys and paranoia. Even Nacho Picasso's rapping, which I found kind of generic on first listen, has grown on me. He comes off here as sort of a raspy voiced, opiate-inflected answer to Kool Keith and it really works for me.

One of my favorite tracks from this album:

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Black Francis Out of Place Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: in an abstract house Posts: 4,111	Not a particularly great album or a particularly great band but im digging this album. The few songs i like from it like Earthquake, pale bride, shut your mouth make up for the ones i don't like. i would say they sound like Bloc party or Tokyo police club around those lines. __________________ "Hey Kids you got to meet the MIGHTY PIXIES!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A

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Mr. Sir He behind the curtains Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 127	I discovered this album on Janszoon's 25 albums... and fell in love with its strangely appealing gentleness and grieving atmospheres. I had heard Only Theatre of Pain before, but a lot of these albums seem to be more pleasing to my ears as I listen to them again later. This is one of them. This album has made up the time it took to grow on me with some of my favorite listening session of the past few weeks. In the Aeroplane over the Sea is pretty ** good in general, but the lyrical aspect is superb if you ask me. Oh, and it has brass instruments. __________________ (╯°□°)╯︵ suoıʇuəʌuoɔ lɐɔısnɯ** 100 albums worthy of stealing your time [2/100]

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Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	*Nacho Picasso and Blue Sky Black Death—Stoned & Dethroned* (2015) When I posted about this album in the "last listened to" thread, I was pretty iffy on it and gave it only very faint praise, but damn has it turned out to be a grower. I just keep wanting to listen to it lately. The production is vast sounding and multi-layered, the kind of thing you can get really lost in. And it's just drenched in mood, all full of hazy, drug-fueled menace that's evocative of corpses, dark alleys and paranoia. Even Nacho Picasso's rapping, which I found kind of generic on first listen, has grown on me. He comes off here as sort of a raspy voiced, opiate-inflected answer to Kool Keith and it really works for me. One of my favorite tracks from this album: __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die** last.fm