Love or Hate?

Trollheart · 06-19-2015, 01:55 PM

Title: Didn't it rain?
Artiste: Songs: Ohia
Genre: Indie/ Folk/ Alt-Country (?)
Familiarity: Zero
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didn%2...gs:_Ohia_album)

Track 1(Love) Nice acoustic folky start; like his voice. Song is very slow and relaxed. Reminds me of a slower early Dan Fogelberg.
Track 2(Love) A bit samey if I'm honest
Track 3(Love) This is better. Reminds me of Boatman's call-era Cave.
Track 4(Love) This one is really good. Again a certain flavour of Cave, which I guess is helped by the violins, but it's more the ambience.
Track 5(Love) This has a nice slow blues feel to it. Female duet on the chorus is nice. Could do with something a bit more uptempo at this point though.
Track 6(Love) This is a bit better. It's still slowish but has a little more life in it. I was beginning to fall asleep! Horrible memories of Mick Flannery! (See my “Bitesize” journal)
Track 7(Love) Yeah it's okay but again it's really slow and downbeat. Don't quite feel like slitting my wrists but ...

End result: Following on from the serious headbanging of Anacrusis, this was a real comedown. Not that it was bad; I enjoyed pretty much all of it. But a lot of it was depressing and moody, and it really hardly ever lifted above that level all through the album, though it is at least a short one. A few more upbeat songs, I could have got more into this. Still, for what it was it was good.

So, Love or Hate? I sure don't hate it so I guess Love, but another sort of begrudging one.

Chances of a full review:0/10

Chula Vista · 06-19-2015, 02:16 PM

Whenever you're back open for business:

Jar of Flies - Alice in Chains

Forgotten how great this is.

Spoiler for Spoiler:

Trollheart · 06-19-2015, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Whenever you're back open for business:

Jar of Flies - Alice in Chains

Forgotten how great this is.

Spoiler for Spoiler:

Soon. Very soon now...

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 06-19-2015, 03:30 PM

I suppose now that you've already listened to a Gorillaz album and don't seem to be in too much of a hurry to hear their other work, I'll swap my pick if that's okay?

I'm thinking Aha Shake Heartbreak by Kings of Leon instead, however if you've already heard it I can find something else!

Trollheart · 06-19-2015, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Qwertyy

I suppose now that you've already listened to a Gorillaz album and don't seem to be in too much of a hurry to hear their other work, I'll swap my pick if that's okay?

I'm thinking Aha Shake Heartbreak by Kings of Leon instead, however if you've already heard it I can find something else!

Oh god no I heard that and hated it. Kings of Leon are not on my radar sorry.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 06-19-2015, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Oh god no I heard that and hated it. Kings of Leon are not on my radar sorry.

Haha, that's fine! Pink Moon by Nick Drake it is then.

Trollheart · 06-19-2015, 05:21 PM

Edit: Goddamn! Wrong thread! You idiot, Trollheart!

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06-19-2015, 01:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Title: Didn't it rain? Artiste: Songs: Ohia Genre: Indie/ Folk/ Alt-Country (?) Familiarity: Zero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didn%2...gs:_Ohia_album) Track 1(Love) Nice acoustic folky start; like his voice. Song is very slow and relaxed. Reminds me of a slower early Dan Fogelberg. Track 2(Love) A bit samey if I'm honest Track 3(Love) This is better. Reminds me of Boatman's call-era Cave. Track 4(Love) This one is really good. Again a certain flavour of Cave, which I guess is helped by the violins, but it's more the ambience. Track 5(Love) This has a nice slow blues feel to it. Female duet on the chorus is nice. Could do with something a bit more uptempo at this point though. Track 6(Love) This is a bit better. It's still slowish but has a little more life in it. I was beginning to fall asleep! Horrible memories of Mick Flannery! (See my “Bitesize” journal) Track 7(Love) Yeah it's okay but again it's really slow and downbeat. Don't quite feel like slitting my wrists but ... End result: Following on from the serious headbanging of Anacrusis, this was a real comedown. Not that it was bad; I enjoyed pretty much all of it. But a lot of it was depressing and moody, and it really hardly ever lifted above that level all through the album, though it is at least a short one. A few more upbeat songs, I could have got more into this. Still, for what it was it was good. So, Love or Hate? I sure don't hate it so I guess Love, but another sort of begrudging one. Chances of a full review:0/10 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018 Last edited by Trollheart; 06-19-2015 at 05:43 PM.

06-19-2015, 02:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Whenever you're back open for business: Jar of Flies - Alice in Chains Forgotten how great this is. Spoiler for Spoiler: If you don't dig the unique Staley/Cantrell harmonies you'll probably hate it. I love their vocals and the album. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

06-19-2015, 05:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Edit: Goddamn! Wrong thread! You idiot, Trollheart! (Post deleted) __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018 Last edited by Trollheart; 06-19-2015 at 05:37 PM.

06-19-2015, 03:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ol’ Qwerty Bastard OQB Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Frownland Posts: 8,831	I suppose now that you've already listened to a Gorillaz album and don't seem to be in too much of a hurry to hear their other work, I'll swap my pick if that's okay? I'm thinking Aha Shake Heartbreak by Kings of Leon instead, however if you've already heard it I can find something else!