Elvis Costello

[Kevin Davis]

Fantastic song, right in the "Secret Profane and Sugarcane" wheelhouse

[LetMeSleep]

I haven't hated a song so much for quite a while.

[Jorge]

I haven't hated a song so much for quite a while.

Uncultured swine!

[tragabigzanda]

[Jorge]

You are not the first person to make that comparison!

[tragabigzanda]

[Jorge]

Thank you

[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

[flavdave]

Okay, now we're talking

EC sounds so old on this track. The new songs haven't clicked for me like the ones on Look Now did.

[Jorge]

This song came out last week, a collaboration with Michael Leonhart Orchestra. "Shut Him Down"

https://open.spotify.com/track/4Th7MnRG ... 4GPb6MvWqA

It's really great! It's like Wise Up Ghost with a bigger horn section! And actual rapping!

[Jorge]

[Jorge]

Hey Clockface is out and I want to cry it's so good

"No Flag" takes on a whole new power coming out of that weird jazzy instrumental intro thing that opens the album.

"They're Not Laughing at Me Now" is gorgeous.

I love the patched-together feel of this, it really works even though the sounds are very disparate.

[Kevin Davis]

Finally getting around to this! It's really good. The Helsinki songs sound way better in the album context, and -- in my opinion -- with the lyric sheet. I was kind of underwhelmed by "Hetty O'Hara Confidential" initially; I love it now. I'm still in the "early processing" phase (maybe a little more so than usual, some of the melodies feel a little obscure and labyrinth-like), and my initial instinct is that it's not quite the achievement that Look Now was, but it's a fascinating, sprawling record that benefits from its sharp aesthetic contrasts, and feels like an unflinching commentary on the times. Can't wait to unpack it some more.

[bada]

Where should a noob begin? The first ten years comp?

[Jorge]

Where should a noob begin? The first ten years comp?

Yeah I guess that's a good start

Here's an hour-long intro playlist I made, trying to showcase a little bit of his different styles and eras: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Ht9b ... pbg7vvrVFg

[bada]

Thx!

[epilogue]

I don't know a ton about Elvis Costello. But I really dig this new album. And it reminds me a lot of Tom Waits. Which, of course, I mean as a compliment. This album is really exciting.

The album also reminds me of some latter day Bowie, too. In a weird way.

[Kevin Davis]

I don't know a ton about Elvis Costello. But I really dig this new album. And it reminds me a lot of Tom Waits. Which, of course, I mean as a compliment. This album is really exciting.

Come to think of it, the contrast between the more abrasive Helsinki stuff ("No Flag," "We Are All Cowards," "Hetty O'Hara" -- that last one even has beatboxing!) and the more Vaudevillian, Tin Pan Alley-sounding material is really Waitsian -- great observation! I am really loving this album too, listening to it pretty much every day, with new stuff jumping out every time. Right now I'm really obsessed with "Newspaper Pane."

[Ello Sailor]

Jorge, do you have an intro to Costello playlist? Hit me.

[Kevin Davis]

Not sure if Jorge has one, but here's an hour-long intro playlist I made, trying to showcase a little bit of his different styles and eras: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Ht9b ... pbg7vvrVFg