Trollheart Listens to Every Album on Wiki's List for 2017

Trollheart · 09-27-2017, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

It means a ton of reggae.

No it doesn't.

Trollheart · 09-27-2017, 06:51 PM

Album title: Palisades
Artist: Palisades
Genre: Post Hardcore
Nationality: American
Release date: January 20
Position in Discography: Third
Fear Factor: Moderate
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Not really. A little. I get by.
Oh here we go again! Another band who couldn't think of a name for their new album and decided to self-title it. I'll never understand that thinking. Anyway, Post Hardcore and I have had a tumultuous, seldom successful relationship and I can't really remember if I've yet heard a PH band I like. The screaming/roaring is a bit offputting in anything other than metal, and then it changes to an almost emo-like vocal, then back to growling. Odd. Yeah, I dunno. It's okay I guess, but maybe it's just me, but this is kind of all blending together. I'm sure fans of post hardcore will love it, but it's not really for me, not at the moment anyway. Maybe it needs a few more listens. It won't be getting them, not here anyway.

Check out more from this artist? I wouldn't be in a hurry
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? I won't give up on it just yet

Expectation Index: 0

**Frownland** · 09-27-2017, 06:55 PM

I usually take a late career s/t as an artist saying that it's their defining/most matured/best album. That's why WISSK hasn't released an s/t yet, at least.

Trollheart · 09-27-2017, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I usually take a late career s/t as an artist saying that it's their defining/most matured/best album. That's why WISSK hasn't released an s/t yet, at least.

Good point. Didn't work for Genesis though.

GroovyPanda · 09-27-2017, 08:28 PM

Reggaeton!!!!

Awww ya!!

Any Zumba junkie can tell you about Reggaeton! I actually dig this a good deal. Actually, I had a welder who worked for me who was from Puerto Rico and I called him Reggaeton.

Reggaeton has a very rich history in Puerto Rico and New York. You could be arrested for listening to it in PR back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. I was born in NY and had many PR friends in high school.

Trollheart · 09-27-2017, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by GroovyPanda

Reggaeton!!!!

Awww ya!!

Any Zumba junkie can tell you about Reggaeton! I actually dig this a good deal. Actually, I had a welder who worked for me who was from Puerto Rico and I called him Reggaeton.

Reggaeton has a very rich history in Puerto Rico and New York. You could be arrested for listening to it in PR back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. I was born in NY and had many PR friends in high school.

Uh, why? It's hardly got the most controversial image, the lyrics aren't violent, in fact if anything it's really laidback.

The Batlord · 09-27-2017, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I usually take a late career s/t as an artist saying that it's their defining/most matured/best album. That's why WISSK hasn't released an s/t yet, at least.

I think it's more common for it to be a change in sound.

djchameleon · 09-27-2017, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Uh, why? It's hardly got the most controversial image, the lyrics aren't violent, in fact if anything it's really laidback.

That album isn't a good representation of reggaeton overall.

You'd have to listen to Ivy Queen, Tego Caldron, Daddy Yankee, Don Omar to get a good sense of it.

Nicky Jam is just kind of laidback in comparison to others. I wouldn't know if the lyrics are violent though from others because my limited Spanish doesn't help translating their stuff.

Anteater · 09-27-2017, 11:06 PM

A brave thread Trollheart. Very brave indeed...

Trollheart · 09-28-2017, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

A brave thread Trollheart. Very brave indeed...

Thanks Ant. I'm actually having a lot more fun that I expected. So far, anyway.

09-27-2017, 06:51 PM	#232 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Palisades Artist: Palisades Genre: Post Hardcore Nationality: American Release date: January 20 Position in Discography: Third Fear Factor: Moderate Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Not really. A little. I get by. Oh here we go again! Another band who couldn't think of a name for their new album and decided to self-title it. I'll never understand that thinking. Anyway, Post Hardcore and I have had a tumultuous, seldom successful relationship and I can't really remember if I've yet heard a PH band I like. The screaming/roaring is a bit offputting in anything other than metal, and then it changes to an almost emo-like vocal, then back to growling. Odd. Yeah, I dunno. It's okay I guess, but maybe it's just me, but this is kind of all blending together. I'm sure fans of post hardcore will love it, but it's not really for me, not at the moment anyway. Maybe it needs a few more listens. It won't be getting them, not here anyway. Check out more from this artist? I wouldn't be in a hurry Check out more from this genre or subgenre? I won't give up on it just yet Expectation Index: 0 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

09-27-2017, 06:55 PM	#233 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I usually take a late career s/t as an artist saying that it's their defining/most matured/best album. That's why WISSK hasn't released an s/t yet, at least. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

09-27-2017, 08:28 PM	#235 (permalink)
GroovyPanda Groupie Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Untied States Posts: 27	Reggaeton!!!! Awww ya!! Any Zumba junkie can tell you about Reggaeton! I actually dig this a good deal. Actually, I had a welder who worked for me who was from Puerto Rico and I called him Reggaeton. Reggaeton has a very rich history in Puerto Rico and New York. You could be arrested for listening to it in PR back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. I was born in NY and had many PR friends in high school.