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

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 09-30-2017, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Still, a huge improvement on Attack on Memory at any rate.

boooooooo

Trollheart · 09-30-2017, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

boooooooo

Oh boo yourself.

Paedantic Basterd · 09-30-2017, 04:40 PM

Booooooooo [2] !

Attack on Memory is such a fun, angry album.

Trollheart · 09-30-2017, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Paedantic Basterd

Booooooooo [2] !

Attack on Memory is such a fun, angry album.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion

Paedantic Basterd · 09-30-2017, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion

You've been really snippy with me ever since I said it was foolish to try and listen to every album ever released in a year.

My comment was not to be taken as a reflection on you as a person. Can we not have a truce at this point?

Trollheart · 09-30-2017, 06:37 PM

Album title: All These Countless Nights
Artist: Deaf Havana
Genre: Rock/Indie Rock
Nationality: English
Release date: January 27
Position in Discography: Fourth
Fear Factor: Low
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Yes
Average RYM Score: 3.04
OK, this is pretty punchy rock, though what makes it different to a hundred other indie bands I couldn't say. Mind you, this is only track three so maybe something will jump out at me. Good stuff so far, just not anything mind-blowing. There's a nice change of pace with an acoustic, country-sounding “Happiness”, but in general this is fairly bargain basement indie rock. Don't understand how the album went in at number five, but fair play I guess. Seems like bands such as these are ten a penny, and this album doesn't necessarily change my opinion on that. Good, but nothing more than that really.

Check out more from this artist? I'd be in no particular hurry
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Expectation Index: 3

Trollheart · 10-01-2017, 06:19 AM

Album title: Red Sea Road
Artist: Ellie Holcomb
Genre: CCM/Country/Folk
Nationality: American
Release date: January 27
Position in Discography: Second
Fear Factor: Low-ish
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.5
So we're back to praising God, eh? Well supposedly this lady peppers her worship with a dash of country and folk, so we'll see. For some reason the first track won't play. An omen? A hint from On High? Nah, probably just Spotify being Spotify really. Right: country? Folk? I don't see it. Bland Christian pop pap so far as I can see. Change Jesus to Jesse and it wouldn't really sound that much different. I don't particularly like CCM, but give the likes of Brian and Jenn Johnson and Grayson/Reed credit where it's due: they make decent music. This is just terrible. Right, I hear a country/bluegrass element entering “Fighting Words”, but it's still not enough to hook me. Nah, this is the kind of thing that makes me want to give CCM a wide berth. A very wide berth.

Check out more from this artist? No way
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? May do

Expectation Index: 8

Trollheart · 10-01-2017, 03:18 PM

Album title: Return to the Sauce
Artist: Infected Mushroom
Genre: Electronic/Psy-Trance
Nationality: Israeli
Release date: January 27
Position in Discography: Eleventh
Fear Factor: High
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Have heard of it, but never to my knowledge heard one single psy-trance track
Average RYM Score: 3.24
Now there's a Power Metal album cover if ever I saw one!

The first (maybe the only) Israeli album released in January, and certainly the first released in 2017, this is going to be a whole new experience for me. To me, trance means loud, pumping beats and pounding piano keyboards that can probably really only be appreciated if you're either high or dancing at a club, and probably preferably both. Since I am neither, and never likely to be, what will this music say, if anything, to me? Let's find out. Interesting. More heavy and guitar-oriented than I had expected. Don't imagine this playing at any club. Not really sure what to make of this. Kind of electronic psychedelic music? Okay, track two has more the kind of sound I expected from anything with “trance” in its name, but also rather cleverly I feel keeps a sort of Middle Eastern melody running through it. Not bad. I don't hate this. It's all instrumental – apart from a few speech samples inserted here and there - so not that easy to really have too much to say about it

Pretty odd. After an interesting opening it morphed into something I could definitely see people dancing to, but not necessarily something I would return to for listening pleasure. Then we got to the ten-minute number, “Milosh”, and it kind of metamorphosed into a space/prog rock sort of thing before warping back into the trance vein most of the album had taken up to then. Not quite sure what to make of this. Yeah, I guess it was fun but I can't see any reason I'd be coming back to listen to it again. If I was out of my head at some club dancing, yeah, I could see how this would be irresistible, but since I'm not likely to ever find myself in that position, this is an interesting experiment but not one I'd be particularly eager to repeat.

Oh holy good ****! The final track is FORTY-EIGHT minutes long. As the pope once said, **** that!

Check out more from this artist? Unlikely
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Probably not

Expectation Index: 6

Trollheart · 10-01-2017, 03:51 PM

Album title: Near to the Wild Heart of Life
Artist: Japandroids
Genre: Indie Rock/Noise Pop/Pop Punk/Garage Rock
Nationality: Canadian
Release date: January 27
Position in Discography: Third
Fear Factor: High
Familiar with this artist? No, but I've heard of them. Cool name!
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.04
Starts off a lot easier than I expected; reminds me of the likes of Big Country or The Alarm; lots of energy, and the songs are really good. Must say, I'm enjoying this a lot more than I had expected to. “North East South West” is excellent, as is “Arc of Bar”. In fact. I think I love everything on this album. Really great.

Check out more from this artist? Absolutely
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Expectation Index: 10

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 10-01-2017, 03:57 PM

hell yeah, Japandroids rock. that's their weakest album thus far but it's still pretty anthemic and catchy. i'm going to catch them live with Cloud Nothings later on this month.

09-30-2017, 06:37 PM	#286 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: All These Countless Nights Artist: Deaf Havana Genre: Rock/Indie Rock Nationality: English Release date: January 27 Position in Discography: Fourth Fear Factor: Low Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Yes Average RYM Score: 3.04 OK, this is pretty punchy rock, though what makes it different to a hundred other indie bands I couldn't say. Mind you, this is only track three so maybe something will jump out at me. Good stuff so far, just not anything mind-blowing. There's a nice change of pace with an acoustic, country-sounding “Happiness”, but in general this is fairly bargain basement indie rock. Don't understand how the album went in at number five, but fair play I guess. Seems like bands such as these are ten a penny, and this album doesn't necessarily change my opinion on that. Good, but nothing more than that really. Check out more from this artist? I'd be in no particular hurry Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Expectation Index: 3 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

10-01-2017, 06:19 AM	#287 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Red Sea Road Artist: Ellie Holcomb Genre: CCM/Country/Folk Nationality: American Release date: January 27 Position in Discography: Second Fear Factor: Low-ish Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 3.5 So we're back to praising God, eh? Well supposedly this lady peppers her worship with a dash of country and folk, so we'll see. For some reason the first track won't play. An omen? A hint from On High? Nah, probably just Spotify being Spotify really. Right: country? Folk? I don't see it. Bland Christian pop pap so far as I can see. Change Jesus to Jesse and it wouldn't really sound that much different. I don't particularly like CCM, but give the likes of Brian and Jenn Johnson and Grayson/Reed credit where it's due: they make decent music. This is just terrible. Right, I hear a country/bluegrass element entering “Fighting Words”, but it's still not enough to hook me. Nah, this is the kind of thing that makes me want to give CCM a wide berth. A very wide berth. Check out more from this artist? No way Check out more from this genre or subgenre? May do Expectation Index: 8 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

10-01-2017, 03:18 PM	#288 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Return to the Sauce Artist: Infected Mushroom Genre: Electronic/Psy-Trance Nationality: Israeli Release date: January 27 Position in Discography: Eleventh Fear Factor: High Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Have heard of it, but never to my knowledge heard one single psy-trance track Average RYM Score: 3.24 Now there's a Power Metal album cover if ever I saw one! The first (maybe the only) Israeli album released in January, and certainly the first released in 2017, this is going to be a whole new experience for me. To me, trance means loud, pumping beats and pounding piano keyboards that can probably really only be appreciated if you're either high or dancing at a club, and probably preferably both. Since I am neither, and never likely to be, what will this music say, if anything, to me? Let's find out. Interesting. More heavy and guitar-oriented than I had expected. Don't imagine this playing at any club. Not really sure what to make of this. Kind of electronic psychedelic music? Okay, track two has more the kind of sound I expected from anything with “trance” in its name, but also rather cleverly I feel keeps a sort of Middle Eastern melody running through it. Not bad. I don't hate this. It's all instrumental – apart from a few speech samples inserted here and there - so not that easy to really have too much to say about it Pretty odd. After an interesting opening it morphed into something I could definitely see people dancing to, but not necessarily something I would return to for listening pleasure. Then we got to the ten-minute number, “Milosh”, and it kind of metamorphosed into a space/prog rock sort of thing before warping back into the trance vein most of the album had taken up to then. Not quite sure what to make of this. Yeah, I guess it was fun but I can't see any reason I'd be coming back to listen to it again. If I was out of my head at some club dancing, yeah, I could see how this would be irresistible, but since I'm not likely to ever find myself in that position, this is an interesting experiment but not one I'd be particularly eager to repeat. Oh holy good **! The final track is FORTY-EIGHT minutes long. As the pope once said, that! Check out more from this artist? Unlikely Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Probably not Expectation Index: 6** __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

10-01-2017, 03:51 PM	#289 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Near to the Wild Heart of Life Artist: Japandroids Genre: Indie Rock/Noise Pop/Pop Punk/Garage Rock Nationality: Canadian Release date: January 27 Position in Discography: Third Fear Factor: High Familiar with this artist? No, but I've heard of them. Cool name! Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 3.04 Starts off a lot easier than I expected; reminds me of the likes of Big Country or The Alarm; lots of energy, and the songs are really good. Must say, I'm enjoying this a lot more than I had expected to. “North East South West” is excellent, as is “Arc of Bar”. In fact. I think I love everything on this album. Really great. Check out more from this artist? Absolutely Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Expectation Index: 10 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

09-30-2017, 04:40 PM	#283 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Booooooooo [2] ! Attack on Memory is such a fun, angry album.