5 new songs released today. Seems like he's putting out 4-6 songs per week until album's release on 6/14
Re: Bill Callahan/Smog
Posted: Fri June 14, 2019 3:01 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Bill Callahan/Smog
Posted: Fri June 14, 2019 3:15 pm
by washing machine
Kind of wild that this album at long last is the true follow up to Dream River. That one hit me hard, and at the exact right time.
Re: Bill Callahan/Smog
Posted: Fri June 14, 2019 3:34 pm
by Simple Torture
I'm hoping to buy this local this weekend, and I'm trying to hold off on listening to it all until then (although I listened to the first two sides on Spotify and loved them).
Re: Bill Callahan/Smog
Posted: Fri June 14, 2019 5:22 pm
by washing machine
Simple Torture wrote:I'm hoping to buy this local this weekend, and I'm trying to hold off on listening to it all until then (although I listened to the first two sides on Spotify and loved them).
Strongly considering not only buying a physical copy of the new record but designating it for heavy rotation to ring in life in a new house.
Re: Bill Callahan/Smog
Posted: Fri June 14, 2019 7:44 pm
by Alex
where does one start with smog? i've only listened to knock knock because pitchfork gave it a 10 or something and i didn't listen to anything in college if it wasn't blessed by pitchfork.
Re: Bill Callahan/Smog
Posted: Fri June 14, 2019 7:47 pm
by washing machine
I was about to say the track on the High Fidelity soundtrack was where I started with Smog but then I remembered that it’s also on Knock Knock.
Re: Bill Callahan/Smog
Posted: Fri June 14, 2019 7:50 pm
by Simple Torture
I would go with A River Ain't Too Much To Love, but then again, I am a bigger fan of and came to BC through his solo work, and I think that record sounds more like his post-Smog sound.
Re: Bill Callahan/Smog
Posted: Fri June 14, 2019 7:55 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Bill Callahan/Smog
Posted: Fri June 14, 2019 8:09 pm
by Alex
Is the River in question the river of Hericlitean unity of opposites or a simply puerile effluvium of Jungian dream-shadows?
Re: Bill Callahan/Smog
Posted: Fri June 14, 2019 8:10 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Bill Callahan/Smog
Posted: Fri June 14, 2019 8:14 pm
by washing machine
I think we can all agree that the knock knock album cover is a hilarious precursor to internet cat culture in the 21st century.
Re: Bill Callahan/Smog
Posted: Fri June 14, 2019 9:00 pm
by tragabigzanda
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
Re: Bill Callahan/Smog
Posted: Sat June 15, 2019 4:03 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Bill Callahan/Smog
Posted: Sat June 15, 2019 4:11 pm
by washing machine
tragabigzanda wrote:I miss the settling into a minimalist song for five minutes and letting his words slowly paint a picture. These 2-3 minute songs feel more like (beautiful) sketches.
Baby's Breath comes to mind.
Re: Bill Callahan/Smog
Posted: Tue June 18, 2019 5:54 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Bill Callahan/Smog
Posted: Tue June 18, 2019 6:13 pm
by kreng
tragabigzanda wrote:Anyone else have more thoughts on this? I keep having this problem that's never before happened with a Callahan album: I'll put it on, it feels and sounds lovely, but I'll be damned if I can remember a bit of it once it's over. I'll recall little phrases here and there, but whole songs sort of drift in and out of my awareness to the point that nothing really sticks.