Album Club 2019: Giles Corey - Giles Corey

Anteater · 03-11-2019, 01:11 PM

I've owned this record a long time. Don't have a lot to say that hasn't been posted already: it definitely has a touch of the 80's goth / Paisley Park fixins', but there's a lot of underlying blues elements and even some post-rock yearning that come to the fore in cuts like 'Blackest Bile' and the sleepy, monasterial 'No One Is Ever Going To Want Me'. "Beautiful yet strange" is an applicable phrase in this case.

Easily a strong 8.5 out of 10 from me.

**Exo** · 03-12-2019, 12:28 PM

I'm glad most of you guys enjoyed it. It's a beautifully dark record with just the right amount of dread mixed with indie singer songwriter tropes. It's like Elliott Smith got together with Pygmy Lush and, of course, Have a Nice Life, this being a solo project of Dan Barrett. It's sad as f*ck, sure, but it's also a wonderfully constructed sonic representation of those seriously sad emotions. Hits those depression strings wonderfully. I've always been a sucker for deeply personal albums but unlike Mount Eerie's album about his dead wife, I actually like this music.

I'll provide my RYM score as my rating.

9/10

03-12-2019, 12:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	I'm glad most of you guys enjoyed it. It's a beautifully dark record with just the right amount of dread mixed with indie singer songwriter tropes. It's like Elliott Smith got together with Pygmy Lush and, of course, Have a Nice Life, this being a solo project of Dan Barrett. It's sad as fck, sure, but it's also a wonderfully constructed sonic representation of those seriously sad emotions. Hits those depression strings wonderfully. I've always been a sucker for deeply personal albums but unlike Mount Eerie's album about his dead wife, I actually like this music. I'll provide my RYM score as my rating. 9/10* __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE