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Post by chud on Feb 28, 2012 10:23:51 GMT -8
My tax dollars hard at work!
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Post by chud on Feb 28, 2012 11:38:37 GMT -8
WOW. I guess I missed the transition that occurred on It's Frightening. Can't really even tell that this is the same band that put out Fort Nightly. Definitely got a lot of Spoon going on.
Edit: I like it, but completely caught me off guard.
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Post by Dr. Crane on Feb 28, 2012 18:41:31 GMT -8
My first favorite album of 2012 is Paralytic Stalks by of Montreal. Barnes really brought it back from the funk (not the kind he likes) that was False Priest IMO. This is probably my favorite front-back of Montreal album, especially the last 3 tracks where the ambiance takes over.
Lyrically recommended for anyone who's recently gone through some shit. Sonically recommended for anyone who does dr0ogz, as always.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 28, 2012 19:40:54 GMT -8
Fuck of Montreal 2.0
Seriously.
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Post by Skoops McKenzie on Feb 28, 2012 20:19:10 GMT -8
Big Deal - Lights Out
Fun. - Some Nights
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Post by kymess_jr on Feb 28, 2012 20:26:18 GMT -8
I can get behind many mainstream indie-pop albums that grab the attentions of the 16 year-old crowd and have a ton of fun with them (see Young the Giant last year) but this one is just terrible. Which is a shame 'cause I do like that We Are Young song.
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Post by Skoops McKenzie on Feb 28, 2012 22:53:22 GMT -8
I can get behind many mainstream indie-pop albums that grab the attentions of the 16 year-old crowd and have a ton of fun with them (see Young the Giant last year) but this one is just terrible. Which is a shame 'cause I do like that We Are Young song. I want to just tell you that you're wrong, but opinions don't really work that way. I can understand why this album is being perceived as terrible, I just can't bring myself to not enjoy it. I have been listening to Nate Reuss' projects since I first saw the video 'Dog Problems' which had been preloaded onto my first gen PSP. The Format was an important step into the world of indie music that I hold very dear to my heart, and when I first heard fun.'s debut album I was ecstatic. I have had all of that music on heavy rotation since they first played for me. This album doesn't disappoint me at all. I love the stadium drumming, the choirs, the autotune. It is exactly what I expect out of them... to have fun. I dunno, I feel like a tool for defending it.
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Post by Skoops McKenzie on Feb 28, 2012 22:54:37 GMT -8
Also, I'll admit that I did not enjoy We Are Young much at all until I heard both versions in the context of the album, at which point I was turned.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 29, 2012 0:55:35 GMT -8
I love that yr passionate about it but I guarantee that you will be ashamed of that Fun. album ten years from now.
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Post by kymess_jr on Feb 29, 2012 1:39:06 GMT -8
I want to just tell you that you're wrong, but opinions don't really work that way. I can understand why this album is being perceived as terrible, I just can't bring myself to not enjoy it. I have been listening to Nate Reuss' projects since I first saw the video 'Dog Problems' which had been preloaded onto my first gen PSP. The Format was an important step into the world of indie music that I hold very dear to my heart, and when I first heard fun.'s debut album I was ecstatic. I have had all of that music on heavy rotation since they first played for me. This album doesn't disappoint me at all. I love the stadium drumming, the choirs, the autotune. It is exactly what I expect out of them... to have fun. I dunno, I feel like a tool for defending it. By all means, defend away, no need to feel like a tool for having a differing opinion. And I'm with HG on this, I think it's great you're this passionate about them but I just don't hear what you're hearing. Pretty much everything you listed as reasons you love the album are the same ones I can't stand it. It probably didn't help that I heard how it sounded a lot like Queen/ABBA before my first listen, so that's all I could hear and I kept thinking if I had wanted to listen to Queen I would've put on Queen. If anything, for me this album came across as one of my biggest disappointments of this year so far because I really did like We Are Young when I first heard it. I'll still give it a few more listens, just like I keep trying their other album, Aim and Ignite, which I also don't like much. But at this point they're no more than a one-hit wonder guilty pleasure for me.
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Post by Dr. Crane on Feb 29, 2012 6:17:37 GMT -8
Fuck of Montreal 2.0 Seriously. I'm getting better at seeing these posts coming. I thought they killed it at Sasquatch in 2009.
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Post by Switch on Feb 29, 2012 6:45:20 GMT -8
I dunno, I feel like a tool for defending it. Dude, we all need to fight the good fight. I defend DMB, Jack Johnson, and Bright Eyes, how do you think that makes me feel sometimes? If you like something, then you like something. It is more honorable to defend it intelligently then to back down for fear of looking like a fool. That being said, it is also my responsibility as your fellow boarder to point out when something is terrible. They are terrible you tool.
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Feb 29, 2012 7:01:43 GMT -8
I want to just tell you that you're wrong, but opinions don't really work that way. I can understand why this album is being perceived as terrible, I just can't bring myself to not enjoy it. I have been listening to Nate Reuss' projects since I first saw the video 'Dog Problems' which had been preloaded onto my first gen PSP. The Format was an important step into the world of indie music that I hold very dear to my heart, and when I first heard fun.'s debut album I was ecstatic. I have had all of that music on heavy rotation since they first played for me. This album doesn't disappoint me at all. I love the stadium drumming, the choirs, the autotune. It is exactly what I expect out of them... to have fun. See, why can't people post things like this about their musical taste. SkeeKnee, you won't convince me on the merit here, but I'm going to give the whole album a listen to at some point today. Solid post dude. The whole notion that the Sasquatch Board is a pile of assholes who will send you to exile for making one small music miss step is so funny to me. Personally, I feel we have a good system that manages to keep interesting people around who have something to say about themselves and music. I don't know, perhaps it's as a result of my very new introduction to message boards, but I always feel like the people that stick around here post more conversationally than the typical You-post-"A"-so-I-Post-"B" boringness of other message boards I've seen.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 29, 2012 8:02:39 GMT -8
Fuck of Montreal 2.0 Seriously. I'm getting better at seeing these posts coming. I thought they killed it at Sasquatch in 2009. Short version: Used to be my fav. band E6 material was amazing Saw them in 01 Every album since Sataic Panic fucking sucks The last 3 albums should lead to public caning of Barnes I hate oM fans I hate oM
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Post by Skoops McKenzie on Feb 29, 2012 11:30:05 GMT -8
I want to just tell you that you're wrong, but opinions don't really work that way. I can understand why this album is being perceived as terrible, I just can't bring myself to not enjoy it. I have been listening to Nate Reuss' projects since I first saw the video 'Dog Problems' which had been preloaded onto my first gen PSP. The Format was an important step into the world of indie music that I hold very dear to my heart, and when I first heard fun.'s debut album I was ecstatic. I have had all of that music on heavy rotation since they first played for me. This album doesn't disappoint me at all. I love the stadium drumming, the choirs, the autotune. It is exactly what I expect out of them... to have fun. See, why can't people post things like this about their musical taste. SkeeKnee, you won't convince me on the merit here, but I'm going to give the whole album a listen to at some point today. Solid post dude. The whole notion that the Sasquatch Board is a pile of assholes who will send you to exile for making one small music miss step is so funny to me. Personally, I feel we have a good system that manages to keep interesting people around who have something to say about themselves and music. I don't know, perhaps it's as a result of my very new introduction to message boards, but I always feel like the people that stick around here post more conversationally than the typical You-post-"A"-so-I-Post-"B" boringness of other message boards I've seen. I want to recommend specific tracks, but I haven't decided that I like any tracks more than others yet. I can actually sit down and listen all the way through and be totally satisfied.
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Post by Dr. Crane on Feb 29, 2012 16:19:47 GMT -8
Short version: Used to be my fav. band E6 material was amazing Saw them in 01 Every album since Sataic Panic fucking sucks The last 3 albums should lead to public caning of Barnes I hate oM fans I hate oM
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Post by Drew on Feb 29, 2012 20:25:16 GMT -8
I'm getting better at seeing these posts coming. I thought they killed it at Sasquatch in 2009. Short version: Fuck Kevin Barnes fixed
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Post by Geoff on Feb 29, 2012 20:28:57 GMT -8
I like Hissing Fauna... but yeah that's about it for their newer albums.
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Mar 1, 2012 6:33:20 GMT -8
I want to recommend specific tracks, but I haven't decided that I like any tracks more than others yet. I can actually sit down and listen all the way through and be totally satisfied. Oh shit. I actually really liked that album.
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Post by Skoops McKenzie on Mar 1, 2012 15:18:04 GMT -8
I want to recommend specific tracks, but I haven't decided that I like any tracks more than others yet. I can actually sit down and listen all the way through and be totally satisfied. Oh shit. I actually really liked that album. fuck yeah!
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