Frownland

(hopefully this isn't the first Fahey song that you've heard since the sound he's known for is very different from this)

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The Batlord

Nostalgia Rating: S'alright but I'd probably be embarrassed for blank if he played this in plug/10

And yes that is a legit rating I'd use in the future.

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Go on then, I'll give ya one

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DwnWthVwls

Here you go Mic..

Kendra Morris - Epilogue


edit: since you didn't get to me yet, listen to this one too, from her cover album:

Kendra Morris - Ride the Lightning (Metallica)

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MicShazam

Rubber Soul: Beth Gibbons - Mysteries



Man... I haven't listened to this for the longest time. I couldn't remember any songtitles from the album, but the one you picked happens to be my favorite. You've got good taste my man

Batlord: Idina Menzel - Like Lightning



I like the calmly moody vibe of this song. The simple musical arrangement in the chorus works really well.
She's got a good voice, I'm not going to argue with that, it's just that I tend to really get into somewhat different types of voices.
But yeah, on a first listen, this seems pretty neat.

Neapolitan: Sleep Party People - Floating


Sine I did a whole bunch of songs all at once, I chose to only do the two tracks that you recommended specifically from this album:
Change in Time and In Another World. Maybe I will check out the whole thing at a later date.

Change in Time:
Ok first impressions are not too good, in that I'm admittedly not very into things that have that twee indie sound. But upon a closer listen, there really is some quite nice details in the music. There's some atmosphere to it, but I'm not entirely sold, especially not on the vocals.

In Another World:
This immediately sound more like my kind of thing. I'm not a fan of Radiohead, but somehow still pleased that it reminds me of them.
A bit further into the track, I'm thinking that I really love the bass guitar here. Some very cool, reverby instrumentation in some sections. It almost sounds creepy.
I no doubt enjoyed this song a lot more than the first track. I might come back to this album and see what other surprises it's hiding.



Trollheart:A-ha - Birthright



His voice is kind of evocative, so that's good. Those cymbals are unusually loud in the mix when all other instruments are quieting down. Hmm...
This doesn't strike me as the sort of song I could usually make up my mind about in one listen. It's very laid back and not catchy as such.
My first, possibly unfair reaction, will have to be that I think I prefer A-ha when they're more shamelessly catchy and energetic. This starts feeling a bit like U2, in a way.

Sorry. Didn't leave much of a first impression.

The Batlord

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The first homerun of this thread! This is really damn hard hitting and pretty awesome. It sounds like some modern Napalm Death, but somehow more industrial sounding and with a slight touch of tech death. That solo at 5:00 is excellent.

It just pretty much sidesteps so many of the issues that tend to make very aggressive music sound stale and boring to me.



It is absolutely, without any question the first time I've even heard about this dude at all. If there's something about his output that I need to know, feel free to throw it at me.

About this particular track: I'm admittedly very bad at appreciating various forms of ambient, drone and avant-garde music, so this is not the easiest thing for me to enjoy. I do think that one of the things I tend to feel about such music is that it doesn't really sound interesting to me. This track, however, has quite an otherworldly vibe to it that I swear I find appealing. Later in the track, I'm starting to suspect this is a Jesus the Carpenter track. It sound just like your stuff when that acoustic guitar comes in. If you please, you may feel flattered by the comparison

Also - not actually joking - I wish I had called this thread something along the lines of "educating MicShazam" from the start, since that's more along the lines of what I want it to be about, i.e. making me listen to things that I should learn to appreciate and not be ignorant about. Feel free to exercise some mod powers if you find it meaningful to do so.



What the actual ****. I'd need serious amounts of booze to wrap my head around this one - especially the video.

The Batlord

White Label is a pretty great album too, but unfortunately their only one. They're actually a deathcore band, but obviously not your run-of-the-mill deathcore.

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He's a huge influence of mine, so definitely a compliment that you can hear it.

John Fahey invented American primitivism which blends neoclassical and piedmont blues with an emphasis on fingerpicking.



Consider that a rec btw

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