Sleater Kinney / Wild Flag / Quasi / related bands

[tragabigzanda]

Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

[epilogue]

I can't say I'm not hurt, 'snatch.

It's been a long week here, and my mind is reeling trying to reconcile this double negative.

YOUR BOYFRIEND HURT ME TRAG

[tragabigzanda]

[bodysnatcher]

I can't say I'm not hurt, 'snatch.

It's been a long week here, and my mind is reeling trying to reconcile this double negative.

YOUR BOYFRIEND HURT ME TRAG

I'll have a durdy frank discussion with him when we turn in for the night.

[tragabigzanda]

[epilogue]

I can't say I'm not hurt, 'snatch.

It's been a long week here, and my mind is reeling trying to reconcile this double negative.

YOUR BOYFRIEND HURT ME TRAG

I'll have a frank discussion with him when we turn in for the night.

THANK YOU

[epilogue]

I can't say I'm not hurt, 'snatch.

It's been a long week here, and my mind is reeling trying to reconcile this double negative.

YOUR BOYFRIEND HURT ME TRAG

I'll have a durdy frank discussion with him when we turn in for the night.

ha!

[epilogue]

just for the record, 'snatch is one of the nicer, calmer guys I've met. I've tried to bait him into my negative self-righteousness on multiple occasions, to no avail.

'snatcher is one of my favorite people that I've never met. I love him as much as you can love an internet stranger.

[bodysnatcher]

ok, here's my thoughts after one listen:

1) Is this my thing? No
2) Do I respect the creative risk they took? Yes
3) Will I revisit this more than a handful of times? Probably not
4) This is a Carrie S-K album, which reaffirms that I prefer Corin S-K albums

I will go back and listen again, bc I was working while it was playing loud in another room. But my gut reaction is that Ruins was probably my favorite song.

[swan]

So, unsurprisingly, I have some thoughts on the record.

I think it's probably my least favorite since the S/T. I don't think that really speaks to anything defective about this record per se as opposed to the strength of their catalog. One thing that's clear is that people (and some reviewers) have let the narrative of this record overwhelm the actual songs on here. This album sounds nothing like a Sleater-Kinney record, but it doesn't sound anything like a push for pop relevance (like I don't think there's a strong Top 40 call for Sleater-Kinney writing a Tom Petty song, as 'The Dog/The Body' is).

Nor does this record sound anything like a St. Vincent record. I wonder if people were partially hoodwinked by the release of Hurry On Home as the first single, which is the song with the most overt St. Vincent production touches. But stuff like Restless, Bad Dance, Love, Broken, The Dog/The Body doesn't sound anything like Annie Clark. It's been a good barometer of how the music press can sometimes let narrative overwhelm what they're actually writing about.

And for the music, it's clearly their Experimental album with a capital E. Some of it works brilliantly, and some of it falls on its face. It's funny how much of the record is not a 'synth-pop' experiment; there's the unadorned songs like Restless and Broken, odd pop like Bad Dance and The Dog, along with synth workouts like Ruins and Reach Out. More than Janet's drumming, the most significant missing sound in this record is Carrie's guitar. She has an extremely distinctive guitar style that really isn't present (which, in listening to the album, makes sense; this is clearly the album where Carrie wants to fuck around with anything but guitar).

Right now, I'm drawn to a lot of the songs on the back half that were panned prior to release, including Love and Bad Dance. It's an often maddening album, but a lot of it's rewarding, and I think it will age better after it's out of the context of its release. People were saying these would be a masterpiece or a disaster, and it's neither.

Well said. I agree with most of what you wrote after 2 listens. I feel it will be a grower. Very interested to see what the live shows will be like.

[E.H. Ruddock]

This whole back and forth in here reminds me of a famous quote I read somewhere. Can't remember who said it, but
"All the complexities and games
No one wins, but somehow, they still play"

[epilogue]

You're a national treasure, Ruddo.

[bodysnatcher]

nicolas cage set to play ruddo in RM: The Movie

[epilogue]

nicolas cage set to play ruddo in RM: The Movie

[E.H. Ruddock]

nicolas cage set to play ruddo in RM: The Movie

I'm more of a "cut the chit chat a-hole" kind of Nicolas Cage tho

[VinylGuy]

ok, here's my thoughts after one listen:

1) Is this my thing? No
2) Do I respect the creative risk they took? Yes
3) Will I revisit this more than a handful of times? Probably not
4) This is a Carrie S-K album, which reaffirms that I prefer Corin S-K albums

I will go back and listen again, bc I was working while it was playing loud in another room. But my gut reaction is that Ruins was probably my favorite song.

Im surprised on how great Corin is in this one. She is the real star i would say.

[verb_to_trust]

Grohl drumming on the tour: confirmed

[tragabigzanda]

Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

[Leatherhead]

ok, here's my thoughts after one listen:

1) Is this my thing? No
2) Do I respect the creative risk they took? Yes
3) Will I revisit this more than a handful of times? Probably not
4) This is a Carrie S-K album, which reaffirms that I prefer Corin S-K albums

I will go back and listen again, bc I was working while it was playing loud in another room. But my gut reaction is that Ruins was probably my favorite song.

Im surprised on how great Corin is in this one. She is the real star i would say.

I agree with VG.

[swan]

Corin’s always been the best one of the bunch.