VinylGuy wrote:My favorites so far ( in no order);
Harvest Home; Judgment time; Floor of the ocean; The Killing Season; Seventh Day; Death Trip To Tulsa; dry iced; no bells on sunday; Sad Lover.
Amazing.
I'm with you on everything but the first two. Torn Red Heart, Wild People, and Waltzing in Blue haven't grown on me like I had hoped, but I really like the Floor of the Ocean - Seventh Day Run (I'm surprised how much I've come to like floor of the ocean), and Death trip to Tulsa. Having said that, this reminds me a bit of Scraps at Midnight, where the whole is greater than the individual sum of its parts. It's a pretty satisfying listen from start to finish, even if there aren't songs I'm dying to seek out.
VinylGuy wrote:My favorites so far ( in no order);
Harvest Home; Judgment time; Floor of the ocean; The Killing Season; Seventh Day; Death Trip To Tulsa; dry iced; no bells on sunday; Sad Lover.
Amazing.
I'm with you on everything but the first two. Torn Red Heart, Wild People, and Waltzing in Blue haven't grown on me like I had hoped, but I really like the Floor of the Ocean - Seventh Day Run (I'm surprised how much I've come to like floor of the ocean), and Death trip to Tulsa. Having said that, this reminds me a bit of Scraps at Midnight, where the whole is greater than the individual sum of its parts. It's a pretty satisfying listen from start to finish, even if there aren't songs I'm dying to seek out.
And Dry Iced is good and Sad Lover is great.
Oh man floor of the ocean is great...i love it. Might be my favorite.
Sad lover is going to kick ass live.
Not sure where is the place for this album yet in his career.
Revelator wrote:Since this is technically a Pearl Jam board, I feel it necessary to point out that Jack Irons plays drums on Harvest Home. That is all for now.
Revelator wrote:Since this is technically a Pearl Jam board, I feel it necessary to point out that Jack Irons plays drums on Harvest Home. That is all for now.
Cool...and what about the rest of the album?
I'll have to look at the album notes this evening, don't have them on me at work. Pretty sure that's the only song Irons was on. I believe Mark's girlfriend, Shelly Brien, sings backing vocals on Floor of the Ocean, Seventh Day, and Waltzing In Blue. The latter of which also has Johanness backing as well. Waltzing in Blue has grown on me quite a bit over the past week, BTW
Revelator wrote:Since this is technically a Pearl Jam board, I feel it necessary to point out that Jack Irons plays drums on Harvest Home. That is all for now.
Cool...and what about the rest of the album?
I'll have to look at the album notes this evening, don't have them on me at work. Pretty sure that's the only song Irons was on. I believe Mark's girlfriend, Shelly Brien, sings backing vocals on Floor of the Ocean, Seventh Day, and Waltzing In Blue. The latter of which also has Johanness backing as well. Waltzing in Blue has grown on me quite a bit over the past week, BTW
this started to open up after 3 listens or so, strat. Meh was a pretty common first reaction.
If you want to make it easier on yourself just do a smaller playlist with Floor of the Ocean, Killing Season, Seven Days, Torn Red Heart, and Death Trip to Tulsa.
Definitely a huge step back from Blues Funeral, but still pretty good
Yeah its not an easy album. You need to give it time.
Blues Funeral was a shocker too, because the electronic elements were weird at the time. But goddamn, there are really cool songs here...and i agree; its the sums of the parts that makes them great, but some of them are going to sound great live.
stip wrote:this started to open up after 3 listens or so, strat. Meh was a pretty common first reaction.
If you want to make it easier on yourself just do a smaller playlist with Floor of the Ocean, Killing Season, Seven Days, Torn Red Heart, and Death Trip to Tulsa.
Definitely a huge step back from Blues Funeral, but still pretty good
You forgot to mention Waltzing In Blue and The Wild People
stip wrote:this started to open up after 3 listens or so, strat. Meh was a pretty common first reaction.
If you want to make it easier on yourself just do a smaller playlist with Floor of the Ocean, Killing Season, Seven Days, Torn Red Heart, and Death Trip to Tulsa.
Definitely a huge step back from Blues Funeral, but still pretty good
You forgot to mention Waltzing In Blue and The Wild People
I've had a few more spins and it's pleasing but it's totally not interesting. I've gotten over the bad lyrics but his vocals still sound very lazy and the music is very limited too. This is easily his least excitable album to date for me. Johannes was a perfect companion for Blues Funeral but he needs to get someone new in.