Post Random Music-Related Thoughts You Have

[BurtReynolds]

kevin davis and theplatypus love them...that has to mean something!

Kevin Davis once berated a girl over a broken cd player!

[doug rr]

i'd never heard of them so listened to 2 random songs just now....meh

[lennytheweedwhacker]

kevin davis and theplatypus love them...that has to mean something!

Kevin Davis once berated a girl over a broken cd player!

what a mighty good man

[lennytheweedwhacker]

beach house are probably the best band of the last 7 years

[Mike]

Beach House is wonderful.

[epilogue]

Which album is their best?

BLOOM

Imma load this up on Spotify ri'now. I'll let you know what I think after I've digested it.

[Kaius]

I can happily live without those guys. Not terrible but not enough.

Im not a huge platypus fan either.

[epilogue]

I can happily live without those guys. Not terrible but not enough.

Im not a huge platypus fan either.

[Kaius]

beach house are probably the best band of the last 7 years

GTFO

Of here

[Mike]

Can't go wrong with Bloom, though I prefer Teen Dream.

[LetMeSleep]

Use Your Illusion I is terrible. I was right to slate it back then.

[Kevin Davis]

you're both wrong

I've only heard the newest album and didn't venture any further.

Give me one song to convert me.

I think their best song is "New Year."

They were not a "loved them from first listen" band for me -- I thought "Myth" was hypnotic and pretty and thought a couple of the other songs on "Bloom" had some good parts, but getting past that took a few listens. The problem with their genre of music is how overwhelmingly the wash of sound consumes the compositions -- at first, everything sounds like the same indistinct mess of reverb-drenched vocals, watery guitar arpeggios, dreamy keyboard effects, and shitty Casio beats. But beyond that outer layer, there are a lot of beautifully-written songs, smartly arranged in their own limited way, which for me only emerged once processing the massive wall of sound became second nature. Once I picked up on what I thought the songs were doing on a compositional level, it became easier for me to listen from the ground up, so to speak, and then go back and make some sense of how those songs were supported by their presentation. This took maybe 3-4 full, dedicated listens, but the payoff was significant -- they're definitely one of my favorite bands working today.

I do think "Depression Cherry" was a step back -- less compelling songwriting, and no big shakes musically -- though I still find it highly enjoyable. I haven't heard the new one yet.

[Mike]

I haven't heard the new one yet.

I can highly recommend listening to it as soon as possible. I was expecting this to be a nice enough record of leftovers but its really an album of its own. It sounds quite a bit different than DC even though it's from the same sessions. It's a looser and grittier album with a bit more energy that I thought DC was lacking. (Energy for Beach House standards) There's some darkness here that's kind of new for Beach House. (Especially in 'Elegy To The Void', that song is something else).
'Somewhere Tonight' ends this album with an absolutely gorgeous performance by Victoria. The desperate quality in her voice on that song slays me. It's great.
Definitely it's own album and no throwaway companion piece to DC. I might end up liking this one more.

[Mike]

[Kevin Davis]

Oh, I have every intention of listening to it, I just haven't gotten around to it yet. All in good time.

[LetMeSleep]

Use Your Illusion I is terrible. I was right to slate it back then.

And Use Your Illusion II isn't much better. Such a bloated mess. I don't think there's a complete song that I enjoyed listening to. There are some great parts but the whole is a mess.

[VinylGuy]

loved that.

[LoathedVermin72]

I miss Incubus. S.C.I.E.N.C.E. > Make Yourself > Morning View > A Crow Left of the Murder was a killer run of records.

[LoathedVermin72]

I want PJ's next album to sound like Morning View

[epilogue]

My friend is asking me for a good list of country/blues type singer/songwriters and I can't think of one blessed fucking artist to recommend that he hasn't already heard.