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**Frownland** · 03-11-2014, 08:54 PM

I was expecting a more folksy tune from you, but I was pleasantly surprised when I pressed play. The percussion and background part was great, and the vocals only slightly less so. Keep up the good work! You also got the stamp of disapproval from Trollheart, so now you know it's a great track.

Paul Smeenus · 03-11-2014, 11:14 PM

I loved it

And yes, Cake

djchameleon · 03-12-2014, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I was expecting a more folksy tune from you, but I was pleasantly surprised when I pressed play. The percussion and background part was great, and the vocals only slightly less so. Keep up the good work! You also got the stamp of disapproval from Trollheart, so now you know it's a great track.

Sounds kind of folksy to me.

Yes I hear the Cake comparison because of the talking parts but I can also hear it being similar to The Uncluded. It has the same folksy vibe that those two have together.

WWWP · 03-12-2014, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Well I'd hoped to be able to say I liked it Steph but sorry I just hated it. Not for me. Impressions would be a cross between Waits and Kraftwerk with some Gregorian style gongs or something thrown in? I realise your singer is singing that way deliberately but to me he's just talking, maybe rapping? Doesn't do anything for me. Very minimalistic, which is I guess how it's meant to be?

Wish you all the luck in the world though. Good to see you're following your dreams. Hopefully I'll be proven wrong and this will be really popular. You certainly deserve the notice and, more importantly, the money!

You're right that this track is meant to be minimalistic, all the percussive bits are being played on household objects (mason jars, water bottles, a 2x4, etc). The gong sound you hear are actually three mixing bowls filled with different amounts of pennies being hit with a mallet.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I was expecting a more folksy tune from you, but I was pleasantly surprised when I pressed play. The percussion and background part was great, and the vocals only slightly less so. Keep up the good work! You also got the stamp of disapproval from Trollheart, so now you know it's a great track.

Thanks man. I'll be interested to hear what you think about some of our other releases, especially in terms of instrumentation.

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

I loved it

And yes, Cake

You'll have to come to a gig when we tour the PacNW next summer.

Ponzio · 03-12-2014, 04:42 PM

Thanks for turning me on to The Olivia Tremor Control. Good luck in your endeavors.

Paul Smeenus · 03-12-2014, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Junkyard Donner

You'll have to come to a gig when we tour the PacNW next summer.

Wild horses 'n shit.

Mojo · 03-13-2014, 07:52 PM

Like Frownland, I was expecting something a little more folksy too. Well, a lot more folksy, Are you suggesting that some of the other tracks on the record may sound more like that?

Anyway, it doesn't matter. Whatever it sounds like I'll be keeping up with the rest of the album.

**Janszoon** · 03-13-2014, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Junkyard Donner

Danger, Danger! Shameless Self Promotion!

My band has officially released our first single. It's available for purchase or free download on bandcamp, for streaming on soundcloud and also right here:

I'd love to hear any feedback. We're currently recording our first full-length album and will be releasing single tracks on a monthly basis. Any donations made will go toward funding that project, but more importantly we just want to be heard!

Additionally, on our facebook page we advertised that we will make use of any artwork submitted to us by local (or independent) artists, so if any of you have a piece you'd like to PM me or send to snakewalkmusic@gmail.com that would be rad. We'll mostly be pairing the artwork with the singles we release, but if there's something we really enjoy we'll ask for permission to ultimately use it as our album cover (all due credit given). Thanks MB

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Dude. That was great! Seriously something I'd listen to even if I didn't know the person who made it.

And since everyone is tossing out comparisons, here's mine: Tom Zé with Anticon.

Plankton · 03-14-2014, 09:29 AM

Sounded like Mr Rogers to me, and yes Cake too.

Good stuffs. Looking forward to the next one.

WWWP · 12-02-2014, 01:32 PM

Creepoid - S/T (2014)

Tracklist:
1. Nadua
2. Sunday
3. Yellow Wallpaper
4. Baptism
5. Gout
6. Stay Inside
7. Tired Eyes
8. Golden String
9. Acrimony
10. Vulgar
11. Old Tree

Released on the landmark beard-punk No Idea Records label based in Gainesville, alongside the likes of Against Me!’s “Reinventing Axl Rose,” Ghost Mice’s “DEATH AND HATRED TO MANKIND,” and Paul Baribeau’s “Unbearable,” (as well as material released by Alkaline Trio, Less Than Jake, A Wilhelm Scream, etc.), Creepoid’s sophomore album is a novel and altogether time-travelling blend of noisy psychedelic folk-punk that reeks of stale beer and feels like the come down of an opiate fueled head rush.

I caught Creepoid on tour with Against Me! this August and I’ve kept them in constant rotation since. I wish I had chatted them up after the show in retrospect, but I was so jazzed to meet Laura Jane Grace that the most I could muster was a meek “thanks, great set” to the bassist after she gave me a free sticker from the passenger seat of their van before they left the venue.

The album dark, it’s gritty, and it’s loud. But most of all, it’s cool. I highly recommend trying to catch these guys as they’re seemingly always on tour.

Spoiler for Videos:

Bonus: If you like anything you've heard so far, also check out their folksier, slide-guitar heavy debut,

Spoiler for Horse Heaven:

03-11-2014, 08:54 PM	#91 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I was expecting a more folksy tune from you, but I was pleasantly surprised when I pressed play. The percussion and background part was great, and the vocals only slightly less so. Keep up the good work! You also got the stamp of disapproval from Trollheart, so now you know it's a great track. __________________ 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 Last edited by Frownland; 03-11-2014 at 09:26 PM.

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Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	Like Frownland, I was expecting something a little more folksy too. Well, a lot more folksy, Are you suggesting that some of the other tracks on the record may sound more like that? Anyway, it doesn't matter. Whatever it sounds like I'll be keeping up with the rest of the album. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

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Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	Sounded like Mr Rogers to me, and yes Cake too. Good stuffs. Looking forward to the next one. __________________ See location...

03-12-2014, 04:42 PM	#95 (permalink)
Ponzio Groupie Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Wit's End, Fredonia Posts: 7	Thanks for turning me on to The Olivia Tremor Control. Good luck in your endeavors.