Love or Hate?

Trollheart · 12-02-2015, 05:11 PM

Title: Strawberry Jam
Artiste: Animal Collective
Genre: Rock
Familiarity: Heard Merriweather Post Pavilion --- it was okay but nothing great
Recommended by: Frownland

1. Peacebone: Kind of reminds me of ELO's “Mr. Blue Sky” with the beat. Very bouncy with some sort of growling effect. Bit annoying if I'm honest.
2. Unsolved mysteries: This one's a little better but I'm still not that fond of it.
3. Chores: This is really annoying
4. For Reverend Green: A little better, but I just don't really hear anything here that makes me sit up and take notice. Sort of a carnival rhythm here, but the shouted then screamed vocal does nothing for me.
5. Fireworks: It's boppy and uptempo, but meh. Cheerful sure.
6. #1: Like the very prog keyboards, not impressed with the vocal though. Still, best of a bad lot so far.
7. Winter wonderland: And back to the crappy tracks.
8. Cuckoo cuckoo: Little better, but only a little. Still don't like it, but I don't not like it (

) as much as the other tracks. If you know what I mean.
9. Derek: Yeah it's all right but I'm past caring now.

End result: I just didn't feel it. The same as when I listened to the other album for my now-defunct A-Z Review thread. Just don't see what the big deal is. I don't like his vocals, not mad about the music, and none of these songs are likely to remain in my head for more than a few minutes after I move on to my next album.

So, Love or Hate? This is a Meh all day long.

Justthefacts · 12-05-2015, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Title: Strawberry Jam
Artiste: Animal Collective
Genre: Rock
Familiarity: Heard Merriweather Post Pavilion --- it was okay but nothing great
Recommended by: Frownland

1. Peacebone: Kind of reminds me of ELO's “Mr. Blue Sky” with the beat. Very bouncy with some sort of growling effect. Bit annoying if I'm honest.
2. Unsolved mysteries: This one's a little better but I'm still not that fond of it.
3. Chores: This is really annoying
4. For Reverend Green: A little better, but I just don't really hear anything here that makes me sit up and take notice. Sort of a carnival rhythm here, but the shouted then screamed vocal does nothing for me.
5. Fireworks: It's boppy and uptempo, but meh. Cheerful sure.
6. #1: Like the very prog keyboards, not impressed with the vocal though. Still, best of a bad lot so far.
7. Winter wonderland: And back to the crappy tracks.
8. Cuckoo cuckoo: Little better, but only a little. Still don't like it, but I don't not like it (

) as much as the other tracks. If you know what I mean.
9. Derek: Yeah it's all right but I'm past caring now.

End result: I just didn't feel it. The same as when I listened to the other album for my now-defunct A-Z Review thread. Just don't see what the big deal is. I don't like his vocals, not mad about the music, and none of these songs are likely to remain in my head for more than a few minutes after I move on to my next album.

So, Love or Hate? This is a Meh all day long.

I've always thought Animal Collective were overrated too, except Merriweather Post-Pavillion, but even that one has it's share of shitty songs

The Batlord · 12-02-2015, 05:28 PM

Man, even my myopic, metalhead ass is disturbed by your lack of love for Animal Collective.

Machine · 12-02-2015, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Man, even my myopic, metalhead ass is disturbed by your lack of love for Animal Collective.

I kinda on the same boat as TH about AnCo from what I've heard. Just kind of boring indie rock/pop/electronic as far as I'm concerned.

Josef K · 12-02-2015, 10:04 PM

I think "For Reverend Green" is a really solid song, but yeah I don't like AnCo either. Some of their early stuff is sort of fun though, and I like Panda Bear a lot solo (although the latest album was meh).

Trollheart · 12-03-2015, 05:14 AM

It's not that I didn't enjoy it on its own merits. I mean, it's an ok album. I just don't see the love so many of you guys have for it. It's like MBV: you hear so much about them and you're all hyped up, and then you play Loveless and it's like, "Dude... what...?"

I could play you a Chris Rea, Deacon Blue or Prefab Sprout album and you would probably say "Boring ****" or somesuch. And I would wonder why you couldn't hear what I am hearing over the years with those artistes. Same with AC. Just doesn't click with me.

And that shouldn't be taken to mean I have anything against animals, by the way...

The Batlord · 12-05-2015, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Important note: Apparently there's a limit on how much text I can put into a post (did not know that) so I would have been unable to add to the list as it was. I had therefore to delete all the spoilered albums, but I will reset them in another post, or even a separate thread. I'm thinking about how to do it. For now, here is the current list, completely updated. If I've missed anyone out, let me know as this took a lot of searching, checking and rechecking and I may very well have missed one or two along the way.

You could always steal my idea of the index for Unknown Soldier's journal (I really gotta update that thing).

TechnicLePanther · 12-05-2015, 01:03 PM

Ooh, just noticed that Trollheart's going to get his first taste of Vaporwave before Floral Shoppe. I'm interested to hear his thoughts, as I'm sure he'll be thoroughly "impressed" with both.

Trollheart · 12-05-2015, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by TechnicLePanther

Ooh, just noticed that Trollheart's going to get his first taste of Vaporwave before Floral Shoppe. I'm interested to hear his thoughts, as I'm sure he'll be thoroughly "impressed" with both.

Um, which album is that? I've listened to everything in yellow and nothing has impressed me as "Vaporwave", whatever that is?

TechnicLePanther · 12-05-2015, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Um, which album is that? I've listened to everything in yellow and nothing has impressed me as "Vaporwave", whatever that is?

You haven't gotten to it yet. When you hear the album, I'm referring to, you'll immediately be able to tell that you've never heard anything like it before, and you'll immediately look it up on Wikipedia, and you'll pretty much immediately figure out that that was the album I was talking about.

Tu compredes?

12-02-2015, 05:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Title: Strawberry Jam Artiste: Animal Collective Genre: Rock Familiarity: Heard Merriweather Post Pavilion --- it was okay but nothing great Recommended by: Frownland 1. Peacebone: Kind of reminds me of ELO's “Mr. Blue Sky” with the beat. Very bouncy with some sort of growling effect. Bit annoying if I'm honest. 2. Unsolved mysteries: This one's a little better but I'm still not that fond of it. 3. Chores: This is really annoying 4. For Reverend Green: A little better, but I just don't really hear anything here that makes me sit up and take notice. Sort of a carnival rhythm here, but the shouted then screamed vocal does nothing for me. 5. Fireworks: It's boppy and uptempo, but meh. Cheerful sure. 6. #1: Like the very prog keyboards, not impressed with the vocal though. Still, best of a bad lot so far. 7. Winter wonderland: And back to the crappy tracks. 8. Cuckoo cuckoo: Little better, but only a little. Still don't like it, but I don't not like it () as much as the other tracks. If you know what I mean. 9. Derek: Yeah it's all right but I'm past caring now. End result: I just didn't feel it. The same as when I listened to the other album for my now-defunct A-Z Review thread. Just don't see what the big deal is. I don't like his vocals, not mad about the music, and none of these songs are likely to remain in my head for more than a few minutes after I move on to my next album. So, Love or Hate? This is a Meh all day long. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

12-03-2015, 05:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	It's not that I didn't enjoy it on its own merits. I mean, it's an ok album. I just don't see the love so many of you guys have for it. It's like MBV: you hear so much about them and you're all hyped up, and then you play Loveless and it's like, "Dude... what...?" I could play you a Chris Rea, Deacon Blue or Prefab Sprout album and you would probably say "Boring ***" or somesuch. And I would wonder why you couldn't hear what I am hearing over the years with those artistes. Same with AC. Just doesn't click with me. And that shouldn't be taken to mean I have anything against animals, by the way... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018*

12-05-2015, 01:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	Ooh, just noticed that Trollheart's going to get his first taste of Vaporwave before Floral Shoppe. I'm interested to hear his thoughts, as I'm sure he'll be thoroughly "impressed" with both. __________________ Many have tried to destroy it... but... true evil never dies. It is only... REBORN *SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM* - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough. Last edited by TechnicLePanther; 12-05-2015 at 01:12 PM.

12-02-2015, 10:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
Josef K A Jew on a motorbike! Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 800	I think "For Reverend Green" is a really solid song, but yeah I don't like AnCo either. Some of their early stuff is sort of fun though, and I like Panda Bear a lot solo (although the latest album was meh).