MB Album Club 2022

SGR · 09-16-2022, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

I have no idea actually! I don't know any of their other albums (yet)

Im curious, Ill have to check em out

Is it Protection time?

Trollheart · 09-16-2022, 03:05 PM

Tomorrow.

SGR · 09-16-2022, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Tomorrow.

Theres always tomorrow...

SGR · 09-16-2022, 07:14 PM

I've gone ahead and done the math for our ratings for Morphine - Cure for Pain:

Rubber Soul - 8/10
Carpe Mortem - 6/10
SGR - 6/10
Lisna - 8/10
music_collector - 7/10
Trollheart - 3/10
Elphenor - 6/10
Marie - 7/10

Add em all up, divide by 8 and we're left with 6.375, round up and its an average score of 6.4. Whenever you get a chance Trolls, if you'd be so kind as to update the front page.

rubber soul · 09-17-2022, 07:29 AM

3/10 for Lisna's album? I bet he buys a voodoo doll in Trollheart's name.

Trollheart · 09-17-2022, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by rubber soul

3/10 for Lisna's album? I bet he buys a voodoo doll in Trollheart's name.

They sold out of them months ago. Orders are backlogged to Christmas. I suggest he makes one of his own; those things are a rip-off. Don't even look like me. I mean, a stick man with glasses, I ask you...

Anyway, moving - OW! What's that sharp sensation in my lower regions? OWW! Almost like someone was sticking pins in -- YOWWWW! - uh, moving on...

Lisnaholic · 09-17-2022, 06:41 PM

Thanks for doing the rating average for Morphine, SGR. I've had a busy week, some computer probs and then all that time spent shopping for a Trollheart voodoo doll.....

TBH, I was also a bit dis-animated by the Field Music album; I expect interesting things from Marie's recs because they're frequently worth following up. This time, though, I found it a struggle to get through the album at all. To begin with, the band's fundamental decisions about their sound seem to be the opposite of what I like: Field Music gives us consistently short songs, a bright and breezy sound, lots of vocals, and standard (afaik) band line up. I prefer longer gloomier stuff.

I can't really go song by song, but most of them seemed to jump around without actually going anywhere. Those are the twists and turns that Marie mentions: maybe an achievement of a kind, to keep the lisna off-balance, but imo they didn't offer much reward in return for the sacrifice they made: a good solid sound that you can get down with. I found the guy's singing kind reedy, weak and annoying, especially on In Context, and on the track A House Is Not A Home I felt that the band was finally admitting,"We have nothing heartfelt or sincere to offer, just a flippant kind of cleverness."

So, definitely not for me. I've never heard of Spoon, the comparison several of you make: I think the closest I have come to Field Music's sound is the band Misophone, who, if anything, are even more lightweight and annoying.
An apologetic 4/10 I'm afraid, Marie.

Sneeer · 09-17-2022, 08:13 PM

Right now:

Nails - Unsilent Death

It's less than 15 minutes long, but **** me, what an intense 15 minutes.

I like my grindcore, but this is another level. Undiluted anger that raises your heckles whether you like it or not. The musicianship is also spectacular. The perfect soundtrack for a god-awful age.

Prepare to **** your spleen.

Trollheart · 09-17-2022, 08:30 PM

You're in the wrong thread pal. You want this one.

Sneeer · 09-17-2022, 08:43 PM

We'll all get over it, I hope.

09-16-2022, 03:05 PM	#512 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Tomorrow. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

09-17-2022, 06:41 PM	#517 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Thanks for doing the rating average for Morphine, SGR. I've had a busy week, some computer probs and then all that time spent shopping for a Trollheart voodoo doll..... TBH, I was also a bit dis-animated by the Field Music album; I expect interesting things from Marie's recs because they're frequently worth following up. This time, though, I found it a struggle to get through the album at all. To begin with, the band's fundamental decisions about their sound seem to be the opposite of what I like: Field Music gives us consistently short songs, a bright and breezy sound, lots of vocals, and standard (afaik) band line up. I prefer longer gloomier stuff. I can't really go song by song, but most of them seemed to jump around without actually going anywhere. Those are the twists and turns that Marie mentions: maybe an achievement of a kind, to keep the lisna off-balance, but imo they didn't offer much reward in return for the sacrifice they made: a good solid sound that you can get down with. I found the guy's singing kind reedy, weak and annoying, especially on In Context, and on the track A House Is Not A Home I felt that the band was finally admitting,"We have nothing heartfelt or sincere to offer, just a flippant kind of cleverness." So, definitely not for me. I've never heard of Spoon, the comparison several of you make: I think the closest I have come to Field Music's sound is the band Misophone, who, if anything, are even more lightweight and annoying. An apologetic 4/10 I'm afraid, Marie. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953 Last edited by Lisnaholic; 09-18-2022 at 07:41 AM.

09-17-2022, 08:30 PM	#519 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	You're in the wrong thread pal. You want this one. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

09-16-2022, 07:14 PM	#514 (permalink)
SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,326	I've gone ahead and done the math for our ratings for Morphine - Cure for Pain: Rubber Soul - 8/10 Carpe Mortem - 6/10 SGR - 6/10 Lisna - 8/10 music_collector - 7/10 Trollheart - 3/10 Elphenor - 6/10 Marie - 7/10 Add em all up, divide by 8 and we're left with 6.375, round up and its an average score of 6.4. Whenever you get a chance Trolls, if you'd be so kind as to update the front page.

09-17-2022, 08:13 PM	#518 (permalink)
Sneeer Groupie Join Date: Sep 2022 Posts: 9	Right now: Nails - Unsilent Death It's less than 15 minutes long, but ** me, what an intense 15 minutes. I like my grindcore, but this is another level. Undiluted anger that raises your heckles whether you like it or not. The musicianship is also spectacular. The perfect soundtrack for a god-awful age. Prepare to ** your spleen.

09-17-2022, 08:43 PM	#520 (permalink)
Sneeer Groupie Join Date: Sep 2022 Posts: 9	We'll all get over it, I hope.