Albums You're Digging II

LoathsomePete · 12-16-2011, 03:01 PM

Twilight Hotel - When The Wolves Go Blind (2011)

An album I grabbed earlier in the year but haven't listened to in a little while. I think this album is going to be one of the ones that we will talk about 7-8 years down the line when we're looking fondly back on the music of the past decade. This album is full of all sorts of interesting and well implemented instrumentation. It makes it a hard album to place, there's elements of baroque pop, folk, classical, bluegrass, country, and just about every similar genre all crammed into one unique piece. Definitely don't sleep on this one.

Very close to sounding like the recorded track, and I love their showman's ship, plus Brandy Zdan is pretty good looking.

Here's a studio version of their best song on the album.

Zer0 · 12-16-2011, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by bob.

French Teen Idol - French Teen Idol

this is an amazingly surprising mix of post rock, shoegaze type stuff from Italy...with a very interesting twist.....just a bit off from the typical stuff while sound like it belongs there....does that even make sense?

It's available as a free legal download here. Seems like something I'll enjoy so I'm going to take your recommendation and give it a listen. I admit that album cover sold me though, I hope the music lives up to it.

Howard the Duck · 12-17-2011, 01:43 AM

pure fucking genius - love at first listen

Charlemagne · 12-17-2011, 06:18 PM

Sufjan Stevens - Songs For Christmas

My all time favorite Christmas album, it always gets me into the spirit. Now that I think about it, it's great all year around.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 12-17-2011, 08:45 PM

Kinski - Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle
About the only post rock band I can stand. This was OK, not as good as their other album I have, but I still enjoyed it.

Frightwig - Cat Farm Faboo
Came across this band on a Shonen Knife tribute album I have. Wanted to investigate further and found that their own stuff was described as a female version of Flipper, and that is exactly how they sound like. So naturally I was sold on that and the first thing I did was alert Tumor to it and now she's frothing at the mouth to hear it.

Snap Ant - ¡This is Jut!
One of the artists I first heard on that Ladytron mix album I listened to a couple of weeks ago that I wanted to check out further (I told you it was good). I guess you could call it electronica but that wouldn't do it justice. It's just all over the place, which is exactly what I like.

The Flying Burrito Bros - The Gilded Palace of Sin
Only took me like 8 years to finally get around to getting this.
I always get there in the end.

Sneer · 12-18-2011, 07:40 PM

Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld

Seventh album from this experimental Japanese band. In all seriousness, this is the best Neo-Psychedelia I've ever heard. That may sound like a grand statement, but it's sensational. I can't praise it enough. HIGHLY recommended.

Bulldog · 12-19-2011, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

The Flying Burrito Bros - The Gilded Palace of Sin
Only took me like 8 years to finally get around to getting this.
I always get there in the end.

That album is all seven circles of immense in my books. It has quite possibly the strongest B-side of any album I own (well...stole) as well.

DoctorSoft · 12-19-2011, 06:28 PM

I don't listen to this too often but everytime I do I fall in love with it again. A very interesting dream pop/shoegaze album, with a heavy use of different percussion sounds. I usually am not a huge, huge fan of "dreamy" vocals, that blend into the mix but I feel it works really well with this. The guitars and keyboards have some really pretty and catchy melodies as well. I'm always surprised that this album doesn't start to feel extremely "samey" by the end, because it is 22 tracks (a few interludes under a minute though) long, but it never does. Love, love, love this album.

Zer0 · 12-19-2011, 06:37 PM

^ I love that album, I prefer it to Scribble Mural Comic Journal. It's a very ambitious album and there's a lot going on in their sound, there's lots of little things buried in it and every time you listen to it you discover something new. I haven't listened to it in a while but I must give it a spin soon, I associate it with this time of the year.

jackhammer · 12-19-2011, 06:41 PM

Enjoying this huge beast tonight.

12-16-2011, 03:01 PM	#7591 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Twilight Hotel - When The Wolves Go Blind (2011) An album I grabbed earlier in the year but haven't listened to in a little while. I think this album is going to be one of the ones that we will talk about 7-8 years down the line when we're looking fondly back on the music of the past decade. This album is full of all sorts of interesting and well implemented instrumentation. It makes it a hard album to place, there's elements of baroque pop, folk, classical, bluegrass, country, and just about every similar genre all crammed into one unique piece. Definitely don't sleep on this one. Very close to sounding like the recorded track, and I love their showman's ship, plus Brandy Zdan is pretty good looking. Here's a studio version of their best song on the album. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

12-17-2011, 06:18 PM	#7594 (permalink)
Charlemagne Say something vague Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,551	Sufjan Stevens - Songs For Christmas My all time favorite Christmas album, it always gets me into the spirit. Now that I think about it, it's great all year around. __________________ Charlemagne had eyes like a lover, but last winter there was weather and his eyes they iced right over. My Last.fm

12-17-2011, 08:45 PM	#7595 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Kinski - Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle About the only post rock band I can stand. This was OK, not as good as their other album I have, but I still enjoyed it. Frightwig - Cat Farm Faboo Came across this band on a Shonen Knife tribute album I have. Wanted to investigate further and found that their own stuff was described as a female version of Flipper, and that is exactly how they sound like. So naturally I was sold on that and the first thing I did was alert Tumor to it and now she's frothing at the mouth to hear it. Snap Ant - ¡This is Jut! One of the artists I first heard on that Ladytron mix album I listened to a couple of weeks ago that I wanted to check out further (I told you it was good). I guess you could call it electronica but that wouldn't do it justice. It's just all over the place, which is exactly what I like. The Flying Burrito Bros - The Gilded Palace of Sin Only took me like 8 years to finally get around to getting this. I always get there in the end. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

12-18-2011, 07:40 PM	#7596 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld Seventh album from this experimental Japanese band. In all seriousness, this is the best Neo-Psychedelia I've ever heard. That may sound like a grand statement, but it's sensational. I can't praise it enough. HIGHLY recommended. __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show

12-19-2011, 06:37 PM	#7599 (permalink)
Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	^ I love that album, I prefer it to Scribble Mural Comic Journal. It's a very ambitious album and there's a lot going on in their sound, there's lots of little things buried in it and every time you listen to it you discover something new. I haven't listened to it in a while but I must give it a spin soon, I associate it with this time of the year. __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound

12-19-2011, 06:28 PM	#7598 (permalink)
DoctorSoft Rocket Appliances Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,335	I don't listen to this too often but everytime I do I fall in love with it again. A very interesting dream pop/shoegaze album, with a heavy use of different percussion sounds. I usually am not a huge, huge fan of "dreamy" vocals, that blend into the mix but I feel it works really well with this. The guitars and keyboards have some really pretty and catchy melodies as well. I'm always surprised that this album doesn't start to feel extremely "samey" by the end, because it is 22 tracks (a few interludes under a minute though) long, but it never does. Love, love, love this album.

12-19-2011, 06:41 PM	#7600 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Enjoying this huge beast tonight. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”