Albums of 2022

[epilogue]

Ants from Up There by Black Country, New Road is fucking great. Really digging it.

i still can't believe their lead singer upped and quit a week before the album dropped.

Oh really?

Wow.

I should look up that story. I know exactly nothing about that band.

it just struck me as really weird timing

https://pitchfork.com/news/black-countr ... m-release/

I like seeing more and more people in the public eye take care of themselves and make hard decisions in service of mental health. Pretty cool.

[psychobain]

What about the New alt-j album? Any good?

[Brett]

A new batch of Rat-Drifting releases dropped out of the blue this past Friday (multiple releases at once was the common Rat-Drifting form in the label's initial run from 2002-2011).

In the Same Room is a series of duets for piano/trombone and drums by Doug Tielli on the former and Nick Fraser on the latter. The duo initially recorded a set of pieces in 2018 that Tielli describes as being "avoidant" and more heavily leaning on form in the practice of improvisation. This new set was recorded in late 2020, after the initial storm of coronavirus had ebbed and there was a greater desire for connection.
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Impossible Burger is, I believe, the debut recording of p2p, a surrealist collage group centered on saxophonist Karen Ng. It's a musique concrete tapestry of ephemeral recordings and instrumental improvisations.
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Country Phasers is a new project by Kurt Newman and on this debut self-titled recording he plays pedal steel, harmonica, and electronics, creating a somewhat glitchy instrumental space country style of music. This is pretty close to the direction that I had hoped Newman would take his Nashville Minimalism Unit, but they went in a more pop direction.
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[Mickey]

Happy Beach House day to all who celebrate

[dad]

Happy Beach House day to all who celebrate

[Mickey]

Happy Beach House day to all who celebrate

I actually haven't really liked a record of theirs since Depression Cherry but what the hell.

[dad]

Happy Beach House day to all who celebrate

I actually haven't really liked a record of theirs since Depression Cherry but what the hell.

I liked Depression Cherry. I think I bought a digital copy, but don't think I've liked any of their albums more than Teen Dream and Bloom.

I'll give this new one a listen eventually.

[Higgs]

I'll absolutely check this out but I don't know if they could ever hit a high as Everestian as Norway again.

[Mickey]

Teen Dream and Bloom really are a world apart from the rest.

[washing machine]

Ants from Up There by Black Country, New Road is fucking great. Really digging it.

In the spirit of RM discussion, what does this group sound like? I could google but yeah. RM.

Anyway, I see this group mentioned a lot lately but I guess I missed them first time around. Brand new to me.

[surfndestroy]

Ants from Up There by Black Country, New Road is fucking great. Really digging it.

In the spirit of RM discussion, what does this group sound like? I could google but yeah. RM.

Anyway, I see this group mentioned a lot lately but I guess I missed them first time around. Brand new to me.

Bland and boring was my take. That said, a lot of poster on here love mellow/nuanced music.

[washing machine]

If I'm guessing based on name and album art, I'm thinking campfire folk with indie voice?

[Mickey]

If I'm guessing based on name and album art, I'm thinking campfire folk with indie voice?

Not even close

[washing machine]

Go on..

[Mickey]

I dunno it's kind of a weird album, the mood is almost manic and the vocals are kind of shout-sung. Someone described it to me as "The Brits have discovered Slint" which I don't think is exactly true but it's definitely a little discordant. Reminds me a jazzier British Sea Power? I'm not sure I like it at all but it's definitely not campfire voice.

[washing machine]

I dunno it's kind of a weird album, the mood is almost manic and the vocals are kind of shout-sung. Someone described it to me as "The Brits have discovered Slint" which I don't think is exactly true but it's definitely a little discordant. Reminds me a jazzier British Sea Power? I'm not sure I like it at all but it's definitely not campfire voice.

Sounds like you're describing a British Akron/Family somehow.

[Mickey]

I dunno it's kind of a weird album, the mood is almost manic and the vocals are kind of shout-sung. Someone described it to me as "The Brits have discovered Slint" which I don't think is exactly true but it's definitely a little discordant. Reminds me a jazzier British Sea Power? I'm not sure I like it at all but it's definitely not campfire voice.

Sounds like you're describing a British Akron/Family somehow.

It's much more polished, and veers orchestral where A/F went folk.

[Kevin Davis]

Teen Dream and Bloom really are a world apart from the rest.

Teen Dream and Bloom are two of my favorite albums of the 2010's, Bloom especially. I've liked all the rest but it's been more of a passive, "everything this band does sounds generally pretty good in the same way even when I'm not really connecting personally with it"-type appreciation. From the previews, the new stuff sounded like another dose of that, but I will definitely give it a listen.

[Mickey]

Teen Dream and Bloom really are a world apart from the rest.

Teen Dream and Bloom are two of my favorite albums of the 2010's, Bloom especially. I've liked all the rest but it's been more of a passive, "everything this band does sounds generally pretty good in the same way even when I'm not really connecting personally with it"-type appreciation. From the previews, the new stuff sounded like another dose of that, but I will definitely give it a listen.

Yeah that's what a first listen felt like for me. Bloom just has that extra something--like a slightly darker, menacing texture underneath the dreaminess.

[psychobain]

7 is my fav
But i like the whole discography