Red Mosquito

daft twat wrote:

LetMeSleep wrote:Royal Blood was disappointing.

Manchester Orchestra was pretty strong.

Disagree. I’m loving this Royal Blood album. I only liked maybe 3 songs off their debut and never even finished their follow-up. Typhoons is likely my Aussie winter 2021 album. Love it more with each spin.

LetMeSleep wrote:

LetMeSleep wrote:

epilogue wrote:

LetMeSleep wrote:

What's this?

ghost wrote:

epilogue wrote:

LetMeSleep wrote:

What's this?

Lord Huron, "Long Lost"

liebzz wrote:Actually listened to about half of it driving around today. Pretty good. Sounds to me like what Western Stars would have sounded like if My Morning Jacket recorded it.

Teeeeeekay wrote:J. Cole - The Off-Season
CZARFACE & MF DOOM - Super What?!

tragabigzanda wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote: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

Ello Sailor wrote:Does anything from your list stand in terms of beats/production? That's what I'm most interested in.

liebzz wrote:

liebzz wrote:Actually listened to about half of it driving around today. Pretty good. Sounds to me like what Western Stars would have sounded like if My Morning Jacket recorded it.

I might have to take this back on further review. Listened to the end of the album, and perhaps I’d be more into it in smaller doses, the dragging tempo just just do it for me after a while. The second half of the album in particular just sounded like one long droning song with reverb soaked vocals. Perhaps their other albums have a bit more variety in them but I kind of just got tired of it after a bit.

liebzz wrote:Actually listened to about half of it driving around today. Pretty good. Sounds to me like what Western Stars would have sounded like if My Morning Jacket recorded it.

ghost wrote:

liebzz wrote:

liebzz wrote:Actually listened to about half of it driving around today. Pretty good. Sounds to me like what Western Stars would have sounded like if My Morning Jacket recorded it.

I might have to take this back on further review. Listened to the end of the album, and perhaps I’d be more into it in smaller doses, the dragging tempo just just do it for me after a while. The second half of the album in particular just sounded like one long droning song with reverb soaked vocals. Perhaps their other albums have a bit more variety in them but I kind of just got tired of it after a bit.

Yeah they leaned hard into the "lost country classic" concept with this one. Maybe too hard. The LP artwork and liner notes reference a bunch of fictional artists and albums. There's a note on the back that says it's meant to be heard in sequence and uninterrupted. If you want a real deep dive you can go to the LH subreddit and read theories on how this album fits into their "lore." I think they're making a movie based on album #3 (Vide Noir) and this is related to it somehow? It can be a bit much.

I like it so far, but the concept weighs it down a bit. It was easier to enjoy the first 3 albums without knowing anything about the stories behind them.

epilogue wrote:

ghost wrote:

liebzz wrote:

liebzz wrote:Actually listened to about half of it driving around today. Pretty good. Sounds to me like what Western Stars would have sounded like if My Morning Jacket recorded it.

I might have to take this back on further review. Listened to the end of the album, and perhaps I’d be more into it in smaller doses, the dragging tempo just just do it for me after a while. The second half of the album in particular just sounded like one long droning song with reverb soaked vocals. Perhaps their other albums have a bit more variety in them but I kind of just got tired of it after a bit.

Yeah they leaned hard into the "lost country classic" concept with this one. Maybe too hard. The LP artwork and liner notes reference a bunch of fictional artists and albums. There's a note on the back that says it's meant to be heard in sequence and uninterrupted. If you want a real deep dive you can go to the LH subreddit and read theories on how this album fits into their "lore." I think they're making a movie based on album #3 (Vide Noir) and this is related to it somehow? It can be a bit much.

I like it so far, but the concept weighs it down a bit. It was easier to enjoy the first 3 albums without knowing anything about the stories behind them.

I know nothing about this band and now I'm kinda freaking out. What's all this???!