I can not stop listening to this album. I had intended to post this a week ago, but it sucked me in, and I lost a week.
You Can Just Leave It All is a great album, and is much better than the band's previous efforts, which I thought I liked. I absolutely love the addition of post-rock elements.
Buy it digitally here or here. Or just use the link on the band’s Facebook page and download it for free from mediafire.
I’ve spent the last 2 hours listening to the same 8 Singles Mothers songs trying to decide which one is the best.
It has not been an easy decision, and I’m probably going to second-guess it even after it's posted.
The official quote for this band seems to be: “It’s like Craig Finn fronting Black Flag in early ’90s DC, yet not at all.” His voice and lyric style are pretty Finn-ish, especially on their Wild Party ep, but just like the quote, but it's not.
Check everything out on their Bandcamp page. The Wild Party ep is name your own price, and the self-titled record is $5 CA or $5 for a vinyl copy from Deathwish Inc.
I’m super stoked for the new album “NO.” Order it here.
In the meantime here is a track from their Seminar II: The Holy Rites of Primitivism Regression album.
Mandried is a pretty good “cliff notes” version of OMG in eight minutes and ten seconds. It starts heavy and riffy (that is now a word) with shouted vocals, then the vocals go out and the song marches on, getting nosier and nosier. The drums drop out, and the guitar slowly fades, and the noise gets more prominent. Eventually, it becomes a noise collage with only the faintest traces of what the song started as. 8:10 that completely covers everything that Old Man Gloom does.
A “super group” made up of dudes I (for the most part) didn’t know existed.
The album is great, though, and the Replacements cover is amazing.
I’ve been waiting for this record since the first time I listened to Chicago Bowls a year or so ago.
I loved the hell out of those 4 songs, I’m a little less in love with these 10. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still super stoked about the album and have been playing it constantly since I bought it last week (which you should also do), but the slow songs just aren’t hitting me right at the moment. I have only had the album for 5 days, though, so we’ll see.
Talk about a sophomore slump. 93 posts for the year and only 10 in 2012.
Hopefully, for year three, I can get my act together.
Some stats:
66 followers. Which is more than double year one, but still not many. I should probably post more Snowing, Tumblr loves that shit (221 notes).
Covers month was the most popular month of the year, accounting for four of the top five posts (note-wise) posted in the last year.
1. Ryan Adams - Wonderwall (135) cover2. MixTapes - Nothing Can Kill The Grimace (79)3. Deftones - Simple Man (35) Cover 4. The Gaslight Anthem - I Do Not Hook Up (30) cover5. Johnny Cash - Solitary Man (30) cover
So, Tumblr loves covers by big popular bands and pop punk.
Goals for year three:
I made this.
Every few months/years, I dig it back out. I’m still pretty happy with the noise I’ve made.
Download three Terra Billa Ta releases at my Bandcamp page, or the extended version of the album that this song is on here.
Drone with less noise.
I’m pretty sure posting this band two days in a row is breaking my own rules for this site. Even if yesterday was a collaboration.
Go listen to and then buy everything this band has.
*Between the time I wrote this and when I published it, several records in the linked store sold out. Move fast.
Ridiculous name aside, this kills.
Drone metal with a little thrash in the middle, so good.
They have 8 releases up on their bandcamp page.
A little too close to home as of late.
A song from the excellent soundtrack to an excellent game, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP.
Buy the album here (MP3, 180-gram vinyl, or cassette) and the game for iOS or Steam.
I highly recommend both the game and the soundtrack.
I can not stop listening to this album.
Mamiffer is Aaron Turner of Isis, House of Low Culture, and a million other bands, and Faith Coloccia, formerly of Everlovely Lightningheart. Their releases in the past have been pretty hit or miss for me, with more being “eh, I don’t care” than “this is amazing.”
I know absolutely nothing about Locrian, but I’m probably going to fix that issue.
Go buy it, it's stupid expensive, but amazing.
