| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 10/01/2022 : 01:35:25
What we know (in chronical order):
- Doggerel was made with the 40 demo's/ideas that Frank (and a couple more from Joey) brought to the sessions. They had some good songs that didn't fit the record so they were put aside (acording to FBF in the French Rolling Stone)
- Paz says the band worked on 16 of the 40 songs (bass magazine interview) [12 were released on Doggerel]
- In april (source?) of 2022 the Pixies and Tom Dalgety recorded for a week in Rockfield Studios (Wales).
- One of the songs Frank liked from the demo's, but did not do during the Doggerel-sessions, that they tried to record in Wales. Bluesy, stomper song, "I enjoyed it as an acoustic demo" [...] they tried to make it bigger, better and louder, but "in the end it was just too loud", "too much information". It didn't work out, it was failure, "thank god we didn't release this because we were in a rush"
(interview on Raised on Radio)
- Joey brought some songs to the table again (working titles Howie's Garage, I hear you mary, Taking care of bid'ness, according to Uncut interview). They recorded three ideas in Rockfield (according to Under the Radar interview), maybe those three?
- Paz recorded two songs for it (according to BF in French interview)
- Frank to SPIN: [On Doggerel] "I think that’s one more writing collaboration than has appeared on any other disc in the Pixies catalog. I imagine there will be much more collaboration forthcoming. I sense it.”
- Session in Wales didn't go that well, acording to FBF in Ultimate Music Guide :
"I was not in a good mood for lots of reasons"
I was very frustrated because now Mr Fucking Producer wants to work on all the fucking artsy-fartsy scraps from the margin. I got all these 40 fucking songs I wrote, for once in my life I do my homework............Now I show up with the goods and they're like [] these werid little things that you didn't intend over here bla bla
[ ]
I threw my notebook on top of the roof [..] I threw about three temper tantrums in about eight days
- Joey in Under the Radar:
"we have recorded so far about seven or eight demos for the next album. There will be a ninth album, we’re planning that already. After a good amount of a break, we will start recording again some time next year. We’re already kicking around what part of the world to work and record in next time"
- October 2023: Pixies record a new session with Tom Dalgety at Guilford Sounds, same place were Doggerel was recorded
- Paz leaves the band in october 2023 - march 2024
- Pixies play Vegas Suite, a new song, on the Bossanova Trompe tour
- Pixies rehearse a new song, which is posted on instagram: https://fb.watch/qROLONNt-1/
- Frank Black plays a new song, which is posted on instagram:
https://fb.watch/qROQ6dvc5M/
- 11 song titles are published on the BMI website
It's here: https://pixies.tmstor.es/
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BF: Mag ik Engels spreken? |
| 35 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Troubles A Foot |
Posted - 11/08/2024 : 20:02:27
I think me and Maharal have similar ears, and not just for the TMBG shoutout. (Hope you give my podcast a try sometime!)
The main thing saving Vegas Suite for me is Frank really sounds like he gives a shit, reminds me of a Catholics vocal.
I truly, truly hate the melody for the Johnny verses. The falsetto "the fiiiight", it makes me viscerally kind of irritated. I can't even explain it. Hypnotized is like that too for me. They are fast becoming skips as I feel I've made up my mind on them.
On the far other end of the spectrum, one of the melodic + lyrics highlight for me is Jane:
"Winter bitter gave him something that did make him small"
How fun is that to listen to and to sing? It's just infection to me. |
| The Maharal |
Posted - 11/08/2024 : 05:37:19
Only the second or third time I've listened to the album in its proper order (been busy and focusing more on TMBG but have played the songs on their own several times, some way more than others). Still reckon it's a 2.5 or 3 out of 5 stars.
Excellent songs: Mercy Me, Motoroller*, Oyster Beds, Jane.
Good and/or I'm still digesting this but reckon it'll move into 'excellent' category: Ernest Evans, Primrose, Kings of the Prairie
Decent: Chicken
I'm really not sure if I like or hate this: Johnny Good Man
Meh: You're So Impatient, middle of Vegas Suite, I Hear You Mary
You fuckin' die: Hypnotised, the chorus of Vegas Suite
* Motoroller is a beast, such a rocking song but the 'first you run outta time/space' lines really annoy me for some reason.
Still have Hypnotised as the weakest song. Dull, clunky lyrics. At first I thought maybe the hex and grace lines were callbacks to Indie Cindy but that's a bit tenuous. 'Is anybody out there?' might rival 'just slay it' as my all-time least favourite Pixies moment.
I think there's a good song in Johnny. Guitars are nice and crunchy but the verses are annoying and I think these lines just confirm that BF was lacking inspiration (not to mention he's already covered this topic on FMRM's Johnny Barleycorn):
This is just a drinking song
Something just for me to sing along
And if the proof is very strong
This is where I belong
I'm also sad that he uses the line 'This is where I belong', recalling one of the greatest songs ever written and one of the best covers BF has done. I think the outro is catchy and fun but I wish he was singing about something other than corn.
Don't quite get the massive love for Vegas Suite as I still kinda cringe at the chorus and it reminds me of the more boring moments of Doggerel. The song is passable in the middle when the tempo kicks up and the keys (?) start but the chorus and lyrics ultimately annoy me.
Also, Jane sounds to me like Pixies doing Fleet Foxes and that's a very nice thing indeed. |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 11/05/2024 : 10:33:42
Be my guest, I would like to read it
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BF: Mag ik Engels spreken? |
| Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo |
Posted - 11/05/2024 : 09:32:00
The main issue (amongst many) with Dalgety's production is the way he doesn't manage Joey's guitar craft... but that's another RED HOT TOPIC....
++++ |
| cptnpasty |
Posted - 11/03/2024 : 09:08:24
I approve.
If I was the producer on the next record, I would string Joey's guitars with the heaviest gauge strings and turn all his shit up to eleven. Then I would tell him to play soft and pretty—if he could. The Santiago sound to me is like watching rodeo, like watching someone try to make sense of a wild animal.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/books/funny-novels-humor.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/books/review-lake-of-urine-guillermo-stitch.html
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| two reelers |
Posted - 11/03/2024 : 06:34:15
I overall like it, but I’m wondering why is Rich Gilbert playing lead guitar on most of the songs?
Emma is a great addition.
I joined the cult of Souled American / 'cause they are a damn' fine band |
| Brank_Flack |
Posted - 11/03/2024 : 05:15:52
quote:
Originally posted by Troubles A Foot
Ok, I've now listened 7 or 8 times, enough to know each track pretty well.
1 Primrose -- strange opener for a Pixies record, but I have to say, it's so lovely that it's a major reason I put the album on. It's very sweet sounding, and it does have interesting timing, or meter, or something?
2 You're So Impatient - I want this to be better and I want to like it more but I still find this kind of flat. I wish it had more angular, weird, interesting stuff going on, since it's the big dumb pick-the-energy-up song anyway.
3 Jane (The Night the Zombies Came) - this does have an interesting, angular (sorry to keep saying that word) melody, it doesn't have that "pleasant" feel many other songs have, so it's a standout. I'm not crazy about the lyrics (edit: actually I just read them, they're weirder than I thought. Is this about drugged up junkies, not literal zombies?), but I'm more respecting Dalgety's production and how he's trying different things on this album compared to the last few. This maybe hints at reverb-heavy atmospheric songs like Havalina and yet it's also it's own thing and sounds nothing like any other Pixies, or Frank song.
4 Chicken - Some may be shocked but this is growing on me, mainly from watching them perform it on The Current and enjoying the more quiet, unproduced version. I still dislike the lyrics, but I'm enjoying the depressing back and forth nauseous vibe of the music, which I think becomes a good blend of past Pixies and current Frank songwriting. I just wish Dalgety didn't make every chorus so big. "I'm begging you please" etc...That's why I liked the version on The Current. It had some more restraint.
5 Hypnotised - This is one of the weaker songs for me, and genuinely kind of an annoying one (I really dislike the verses.) And my main problem is the slowed down chorus to this seems exactly like the chorus from Chicken. "Will you help me to see?" etc, it just feels like we just had this kind of chorus. In fact I kept mixing the two songs up and singing "I'm down on my knees" to the tune of "will you help me to see?" The only thing I like in this song is the one or two weird parts between the verses where I couldn't even tell you what's happening.
6 Johnny Good Man - Another least favorite, I actually really dislike the verses here, and find the melody kind of irritating when it goes "for the fiiight" etc. I don't know, some of these melodies feel like placeholders to me and not like what should have been the final song. These two songs back to back (and the lyrics to Chicken) are really where the album loses me. Thankfully, though...
7 Motoroller - The first song to make me think maybe I should keep listening to this album and see if it grows on me. It's the first one to get in my head and the first one to emotionally affect me. Great song! I wish the album went more in this direction: tense, rocking, driving, uncomfortable, just like Pixies should be.
8 I Hear You Mary - This is the new Another Toe in the Ocean. OK verses but a really, really overproduced and overly simple chorus. Some great poetic lyrics from Frank though.
9 Oyster Beds - fun stuff. Remember when Frank albums were full of stuff like this? How about some more? I like how the vocals sound. Again, I don't like everything Dalgety did on this album, but I like that he changed things up a lot. Eyrie and Doggerel had this very polished, clean, radio-friendly sound, but Zombies absolutely does not, like on this song.
10 Mercy Me - I found this song to be like a boring Fastman Raiderman reject, but then the middle parts started to hit me. "We heard the tragedienne" etc. Really nice melody and interesting structure too. So this grew on me. I will never not find it very weird that stuff like this is on a Pixies album. I mean he made Fastman during the Pixies reunion. Imagine if instead those songs were all just a new Pixies album or two? Wouldn't that be WEIRD? Well, that's what this is.
11 Ernest Evans - The Um Chagga Lagga of this album. Admirable for its energy but not exactly the songcraft. I will say I respect how low and weird the vocals are in this mix, you can't even hear Frank at all in the second verse. I hate how so much new music has crazy loud vocals so this is very appealing to me. This song is kind of boring though. I'm sometimes amazed what Dalgety chooses to be on an album compared to the stuff he rejects from them. I mean surely there was a song more interesting than this...?
12 Kings of the Prairie - This has surprisingly rocketed up to a favorite song. While I'm not thrilled with how "pleasant" this album is (I really think Pixies should have a lot of discomfort in the music), this one is just too damn nice. Kind of the new Here Comes Your Man. It's also a genuinely cute and sweet sentiment. We are here to play music for you and make you happy if you feel sad. Kind of like Dog in the Sand (the song.) Very touching, and very pretty. One of many songs where Emma's higher register kind of soars it to new heights.
13 The Vegas Suite - This took forever to grow on me but I think it finally got through. This is basically a classic Catholics song and I'm kind of taking it that way. I really appreciate Frank's heartfelt vocal performance here. I didn't really get the uptempo part, or thought it really went anywhere, but Frank "explained" it on a podcast and I think I can respect it more now. I'm still kind of undecided on this song though. Like...I genuinely don't know if I like it, or if I just know it so well that I accept it but it's just kind of okay. It was in my head all day today though. I do like the melancholy vibe. It's strange for a Pixies album to begin and end so wistfully and soft.
What could possibly be coming next?
I enjoyed reading this. I agree about I Hear You Mary (though I think Another Toe has great verses) - it's made me think that we may have dodged a bullet in them aborting the Wales sessions. I'm going to listen to the podcast later, but was anything else from the album recorded then? |
| kotvana |
Posted - 11/02/2024 : 22:43:33
PRIMROSE - NICE BUILDING BUT WHERE IS THE CHORUS?
5
YOU'RE SO IMPATIENT - ANOTHER STRANGLERS-LIKE SONG, WITH NO REAL SOUL AND ANNOYING LYRICS AND SHOUTS
4
JANE (THE NIGHT THE ZOMBIES CAME) - TRIES VERY HARD TO SOUND DARK BUT THE LYRICS ARE TOO CORNY AND THE MELODIC IS TOO SIMPLISTIC AND THE SHOUT 'JANE' IS QUITE ANNOYING
3
CHICKEN - OK SONG, A LITTLE BIT LIKE A COMBINATION OF "SILVER" AND "NO 13 BABY" BUT WITH STUPID LYRICS AND THE CHORUS A LITTLE TOO MUCH LIKE A COW MOOOOHHHH
6
HYPNOTHISE - ANOTHER OK SONG, AND ALSO OK LYRICS BUT TOO MUCH LIKE EARLY PIXIES 2.0 SONGS, POPPY AND NOT REALLY BRILLIANT.
6
JOHNNY GOOD MAN - NICE SONG ACTUALLY. GOOD BUILDING AND C PART, REMINDS ME OF "MOTORWAY TO ROSEWELL" AND "SPACE". AWFULL LYRICS, AGAIN (ABOUT DRINKING?)
7
MOTOROLLER - FIRST REAL GOOD SONG. INTERESTING LYRICS AND BACKING VOCALS, AND REAL FURY. GUITAR IS TOO BLANT, BUT THE SONG STRUCTURE IS REALLY GOOD SO IT'S NOT RUING IT.
8
I HEAR YOU MARRY - NOT VERY GOOD BUT NOT VERY BAD. NOT MUCH SONGWRITING IN THIS SONG. STARTS NICE BUT CONTINUE INTO A FAKE EMOTIONAL CLIMAX. GUITARS HELPS IT FROM BEING BAD.
6
OYSTER BEDS - "PLANET OF SOUND" VERSION PIXIES 2.0 AND AGAIN ANNOYING SHOUTS TO GIVE THE SONG "ENERGY".
6
MERCY ME - I LIKE THIS SONG. LIKE "DOG IN THE SAND" MEETS "STUPID ME" AND THE PRODUCTION IS MINIMAL ENOUGH TO NOT RUIN IT. LYRICS ARE WEIRD AND FUN.
8
ERNEST EVANS - "THE SAD PUNK" WITHOUT THE MELODIC POWER AND THE ANGST. I DON'T LIKE THIS SONG.
4
KING OF THE PRAIRIE - OK SONG. NICE GUITAR PART AND BACKING VOCALS. A BIT TOO MEDIOCRE MELODIC.
6
THE VEGAS SUITE - AT LAST, A-LEVEL SONG! LYRICS ARE BLANT, BUT THE MELODIC POWER IS BACK AND THE SINGING SUBLIME.
9
ALL IN ALL, ACCEPT THE "8" SONGS IF ANY OT THOSE SONGS WERE ACOUSTIC THEY WERE LIKE THE WORSE SONGS FB EVER WRITTEN BUT THE PRODUCTION SOMETIMES SAVE THEM, MAKING THEM APPEAR WITH MORE 'FLESH' THAN THEY REALLY ARE.
BTE WAS 9/10
DOGGREL WAS 8/10
THIS IS 6/10
frank blak/saved my life
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| Troubles A Foot |
Posted - 11/02/2024 : 22:15:55
Ok, I've now listened 7 or 8 times, enough to know each track pretty well.
1 Primrose -- strange opener for a Pixies record, but I have to say, it's so lovely that it's a major reason I put the album on. It's very sweet sounding, and it does have interesting timing, or meter, or something?
2 You're So Impatient - I want this to be better and I want to like it more but I still find this kind of flat. I wish it had more angular, weird, interesting stuff going on, since it's the big dumb pick-the-energy-up song anyway.
3 Jane (The Night the Zombies Came) - this does have an interesting, angular (sorry to keep saying that word) melody, it doesn't have that "pleasant" feel many other songs have, so it's a standout. I'm not crazy about the lyrics (edit: actually I just read them, they're weirder than I thought. Is this about drugged up junkies, not literal zombies?), but I'm more respecting Dalgety's production and how he's trying different things on this album compared to the last few. This maybe hints at reverb-heavy atmospheric songs like Havalina and yet it's also it's own thing and sounds nothing like any other Pixies, or Frank song.
4 Chicken - Some may be shocked but this is growing on me, mainly from watching them perform it on The Current and enjoying the more quiet, unproduced version. I still dislike the lyrics, but I'm enjoying the depressing back and forth nauseous vibe of the music, which I think becomes a good blend of past Pixies and current Frank songwriting. I just wish Dalgety didn't make every chorus so big. "I'm begging you please" etc...That's why I liked the version on The Current. It had some more restraint.
5 Hypnotised - This is one of the weaker songs for me, and genuinely kind of an annoying one (I really dislike the verses.) And my main problem is the slowed down chorus to this seems exactly like the chorus from Chicken. "Will you help me to see?" etc, it just feels like we just had this kind of chorus. In fact I kept mixing the two songs up and singing "I'm down on my knees" to the tune of "will you help me to see?" The only thing I like in this song is the one or two weird parts between the verses where I couldn't even tell you what's happening.
6 Johnny Good Man - Another least favorite, I actually really dislike the verses here, and find the melody kind of irritating when it goes "for the fiiight" etc. I don't know, some of these melodies feel like placeholders to me and not like what should have been the final song. These two songs back to back (and the lyrics to Chicken) are really where the album loses me. Thankfully, though...
7 Motoroller - The first song to make me think maybe I should keep listening to this album and see if it grows on me. It's the first one to get in my head and the first one to emotionally affect me. Great song! I wish the album went more in this direction: tense, rocking, driving, uncomfortable, just like Pixies should be.
8 I Hear You Mary - This is the new Another Toe in the Ocean. OK verses but a really, really overproduced and overly simple chorus. Some great poetic lyrics from Frank though.
9 Oyster Beds - fun stuff. Remember when Frank albums were full of stuff like this? How about some more? I like how the vocals sound. Again, I don't like everything Dalgety did on this album, but I like that he changed things up a lot. Eyrie and Doggerel had this very polished, clean, radio-friendly sound, but Zombies absolutely does not, like on this song.
10 Mercy Me - I found this song to be like a boring Fastman Raiderman reject, but then the middle parts started to hit me. "We heard the tragedienne" etc. Really nice melody and interesting structure too. So this grew on me. I will never not find it very weird that stuff like this is on a Pixies album. I mean he made Fastman during the Pixies reunion. Imagine if instead those songs were all just a new Pixies album or two? Wouldn't that be WEIRD? Well, that's what this is.
11 Ernest Evans - The Um Chagga Lagga of this album. Admirable for its energy but not exactly the songcraft. I will say I respect how low and weird the vocals are in this mix, you can't even hear Frank at all in the second verse. I hate how so much new music has crazy loud vocals so this is very appealing to me. This song is kind of boring though. I'm sometimes amazed what Dalgety chooses to be on an album compared to the stuff he rejects from them. I mean surely there was a song more interesting than this...?
12 Kings of the Prairie - This has surprisingly rocketed up to a favorite song. While I'm not thrilled with how "pleasant" this album is (I really think Pixies should have a lot of discomfort in the music), this one is just too damn nice. Kind of the new Here Comes Your Man. It's also a genuinely cute and sweet sentiment. We are here to play music for you and make you happy if you feel sad. Kind of like Dog in the Sand (the song.) Very touching, and very pretty. One of many songs where Emma's higher register kind of soars it to new heights.
13 The Vegas Suite - This took forever to grow on me but I think it finally got through. This is basically a classic Catholics song and I'm kind of taking it that way. I really appreciate Frank's heartfelt vocal performance here. I didn't really get the uptempo part, or thought it really went anywhere, but Frank "explained" it on a podcast and I think I can respect it more now. I'm still kind of undecided on this song though. Like...I genuinely don't know if I like it, or if I just know it so well that I accept it but it's just kind of okay. It was in my head all day today though. I do like the melancholy vibe. It's strange for a Pixies album to begin and end so wistfully and soft.
What could possibly be coming next? |
| sdon |
Posted - 11/02/2024 : 02:32:21
Highlights for me on Zombies are
Primrose
Jane
Chicken
Hypnotised
Mercy Me
Kings of the Prairie
Vegas Suite
I don't like Impatient and Johnny
I Hear you Mary is overproduced and a bit uninspired. Evans is fun but not a durable song. Motoroller is great but the lyrics irritate me a bit.
--
"Aristophanes! (gong sounds)"
"Fucking up my devotion!"
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| Bedbug |
Posted - 11/01/2024 : 20:41:59
All right! Members of the Creature Crawling fan club unite! |
| Brank_Flack |
Posted - 11/01/2024 : 14:57:20
I get where you're both coming from, but I'm happy to have both Creature Crawling and Kings of the Prairie.
This album in particular to me sounds spontaneous and not overthought; wouldn't it be less punk to consciously try to tap into previous modes of songwriting? (+ Oysters Beds, Motoroller, and Ernest Evans are no slouches either) If mellow, pretty country songs are what are coming out right now, I have no problem with that, given that I find the songs satisfying (i.e., Primrose, Jane, Mercy Me, Kings, Vegas), and we never know what direction his muse will take him next. Lots of people had difficulty with the Catholics because they were mad at him doing alt-country instead of alt, or the Nashville records because they wanted him making more noise, or even the Black Francis solo albums because they wanted more Catholics, etc. rather than enjoying each period for what it was, knowing something else is going to come along later. That's not to say one shouldn't be critical, but just that I would hesitate to lean to heavily towards criticizing whatever the current iteration of his songwriting is for not sounding like or tapping into records from decades ago. |
| Skatealex1 |
Posted - 11/01/2024 : 14:22:49
I feel similarly with a lot of Frank's solo work. Maybe something a little more spontaneous or punky about it...
Even Bluefinger just had a kind of punk feeling about it, not overthinking it too much. I don't know if I can quantify exactly what mix of factors cause what though.
I'd be curious to hear what kind of songs came together if Frank tried writing some songs with the Teenager of the Year band. |
| Troubles A Foot |
Posted - 11/01/2024 : 14:06:44
I was listening to my Halloween playlist, and Creature Crawling came on.
Certainly not a top tier Frank song for many, and yet I absolutely adore it, and I love it 10,000 times more than anything on the last few Pixies albums.
I'm just not sure why something like that can't be tapped into again. It's certainly not an overly ambitious or complex song, and yet it has this great feel and attitude that I feel is missing from this new stuff. I don't know if it's the chord progression or melody or what. I just keep listening to Zombies and wondering (especially with that title and thematic idea) why the melodies aren't more strange, haunting, angular, instead of so consistently pleasant and simple. You title an album The Night The Zombies Came, I want it to be filled with Creatures Crawling, not mellow and pretty country songs. |
| Brank_Flack |
Posted - 11/01/2024 : 13:06:42
The album is gelling really well for me. I've come around to the songs that I wasn't sure of originally, and think they've really matured into a new sounds of their own. Kings of the Prairies has really grown on me as a wistful little number.
I think it sounds better on LP than streaming; less slick and compressed - more mysterious and dynamic.
Right now I think I'm
Beneath the Eyrie
Indie Cindy
***
The Night the Zombies Came
Doggerel
***
Head Carrier
It's similar in quality to Doggerel, but as mentioned previously, I just think it has a lot more personality.
My song tiers at the moment look something like this:
Motoroller
Mercy Me
Oyster Beds
Vegas Suit
***
Primrose
The Night the Zombies Came
Kings of the Prairies
***
Ernest Evans
***
Johnny Good Man
You're So Impatient
***
Hypnotized
I Hear You Mary |
| Active Duck |
Posted - 11/01/2024 : 00:42:38
quote:
Originally posted by Troubles A Foot
I find Hypnotized to be very bad.
Motoroller pulled me in, and last night I found myself enjoying Mercy Me and King of the Prairies more.
Ha! Yeah, I'm not totally convinced that it's not bad. There's something about the vocals around the 1:25 mark (The clouds in my eyes, they're not leaving) that got my attention. |
| Troubles A Foot |
Posted - 10/31/2024 : 11:51:30
quote:
Originally posted by Active Duck
I'm on a similar journey. This album is starting to pull me in. Is there a song that has been the key?
Weirdly, as it doesn't seem to be the most loved, Hypnotised has been the one that has opened things up for me. At first it felt like several songs badly stitched together but being irritated by it made me pay more attention and suddenly the mood of the album started to make sense to me.
I find Hypnotized to be very bad.
Motoroller pulled me in, and last night I found myself enjoying Mercy Me and King of the Prairies more. |
| kotvana |
Posted - 10/31/2024 : 03:07:27
2 first listen thought it was a horrible album, unless the closer.
After third listen, I think think the 2 previous albums were MUCH MUCH better, especially BTE, and for the first time in his career there is a decline in FB ARTISTIC POWER, both lyrically and musically, but.. MERCY ME is also quite good...
frank blak/saved my life
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| Active Duck |
Posted - 10/31/2024 : 00:57:23
quote:
Originally posted by Troubles A Foot
I listened like two more times. The album is slowly growing on me. Instead of not liking the whole thing, I think I like maybe a good third of it. I'm still figuring it out.
I'm on a similar journey. This album is starting to pull me in. Is there a song that has been the key?
Weirdly, as it doesn't seem to be the most loved, Hypnotised has been the one that has opened things up for me. At first it felt like several songs badly stitched together but being irritated by it made me pay more attention and suddenly the mood of the album started to make sense to me. |
| Troubles A Foot |
Posted - 10/30/2024 : 23:25:15
I listened like two more times. The album is slowly growing on me. Instead of not liking the whole thing, I think I like maybe a good third of it. I'm still figuring it out. |
| auxfnx |
Posted - 10/30/2024 : 02:08:39
the more i listen, little doubts kinda melt away and the melodies become seriously satisfying to hear each time.
this is a really consistent album and i love it. there's a lot of clever and addictive off kilterness to the chord progressions and melodies.
some The Catholics flavour on here too that i know not everyone loves but i'm all for it. very pleased. and i also like that they brought back the centre label 'window' in the vinyl sleeve and incorporated it into the artwork, especially for a full length LP like this. don't see that too often these days and when you do it's generally a single.
some tunes on here really feel like classics already, like Vegas Suite. |
| hammerhands |
Posted - 10/30/2024 : 00:43:32
quote:
Originally posted by hammerhands
I have a couple of technical questions.
1. Does the digital download come with the CD on PixiesMerch.com?
2. What is the format/resolution of the digital download on PixiesMerch.com?
I can get 24/48 .flac from ProStudioMasters, which is what they have for the last few releases.
I asked the website and they have replied:
1. No the CD does not come with a digital download.
2. The format of the download is 24/48 .wav |
| Bedbug |
Posted - 10/29/2024 : 07:57:26
Emma’s voice is wonderful
She kills it on Mercy Me |
| tamefan |
Posted - 10/29/2024 : 02:56:40
yeah i'm having a blast with almost every song on this record
blessed days |
| Bedbug |
Posted - 10/28/2024 : 19:46:25
quote:
Originally posted by johnnyribcage
Best 2.0 album.
I had a bad reaction to your public hobby writings.
Agreed
Each 2.0 album is better than the one before
What a great time to be a Frank fan
On Primrose, which is an absolutely perfect song, I love how “repose” melts into Joey’s solo.. so many fun twists on that song |
| AG80 |
Posted - 10/28/2024 : 19:35:13
quote:
Originally posted by Active Duck
Apologies for taking it back to the basics but what are people ranking as their top 3 tracks on the album so far? Is there a consensus emerging on what the standouts are?
I really love this album so this isn't easy!
My top 3 tracks at this moment in time:
1 Jane (The Night the Zombies Came.)
2 Mercy Me
3 Chicken
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I'm feeling fine in the modern age. |
| johnnyribcage |
Posted - 10/28/2024 : 19:24:31
Best 2.0 album.
I had a bad reaction to your public hobby writings. |
| Bedbug |
Posted - 10/28/2024 : 16:55:52
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Originally posted by QuaBear
Spinning this as I drive and run errands. Such a great flow from song to song. Each song just feels like it contributes to this whole album….again, no songs overstay their welcome. I love this thing.
Agree, I love it.
Every song is 100% perfectly Pixies 2.0 album |
| Troubles A Foot |
Posted - 10/28/2024 : 16:53:43
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Originally posted by Brank_Flack
There's also much I like about I Hear You Mary - particularly the verses. It could just be a production issue on the choruses, though I'm not sure about the ending which loses the minor-key complexity of the chord progression for Who-esque major chords.
The Dalgety thing seems to be interesting verses, boring choruses. Pixies, and Frank's solo work for that matter, never had this problem. I think the Zombies album may be the worst offender so far. I just tune out mentally every time one of these songs' choruses happen. |
| QuaBear |
Posted - 10/28/2024 : 13:40:41
Spinning this as I drive and run errands. Such a great flow from song to song. Each song just feels like it contributes to this whole album….again, no songs overstay their welcome. I love this thing. |
| Bedbug |
Posted - 10/28/2024 : 10:46:58
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Originally posted by yarbles
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Originally posted by Bedbug
Forgive me if this has been asked and answered somewhere in the last 2 dozen pages:
Do we know about B-sides for this album? Any infotel anywhere?
I am super curious about what the album was sounding like when Paz recorded it with them last October...
It was probably the perfect blend of Surfer Rosa meets Doolittle, but now we’ll never know |
| Brank_Flack |
Posted - 10/28/2024 : 10:44:12
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Originally posted by QuaBear
I love Johnny Goodman and I Hear You Mary!
Especially that change in Johnny Goodman nearing the end.
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Originally posted by Brank_Flack
Listened to it again on a lunch walk around the neighbourhood. I'm quite fond of most of it, but still a bit unsure about Hypnotized, Johnny Goodman, and I Hear You Mary (mostly because of the over-produced chorus), which takes up most of the middle-section of the record. It's still early, so how I warm up or don't to those songs will be important to whether the album ends up as 3.5/5 or 4/5 for me.
Yes, I do like the end of Johnny Goodman! The earlier sections haven't really stuck with me, but that could change.
There's also much I like about I Hear You Mary - particularly the verses. It could just be a production issue on the choruses, though I'm not sure about the ending which loses the minor-key complexity of the chord progression for Who-esque major chords. |
| yarbles |
Posted - 10/28/2024 : 10:33:32
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Originally posted by Bedbug
Forgive me if this has been asked and answered somewhere in the last 2 dozen pages:
Do we know about B-sides for this album? Any infotel anywhere?
I have no info.... but i'm just guessing that with having to urgently recruit Emma to help finish the album, I'm thinking they didn't do anything extra... Perhaps there were extra bits with Paz? But I imagine Dalgety was all, these are the 13 songs for the album, Emma could you please help us out and add parts to these 13 tracks? Oh, and Que Sera Sera, that's 14 songs.
I am super curious about what the album was sounding like when Paz recorded it with them last October... |
| QuaBear |
Posted - 10/28/2024 : 10:21:10
I love Johnny Goodman and I Hear You Mary!
Especially that change in Johnny Goodman nearing the end.
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Originally posted by Brank_Flack
Listened to it again on a lunch walk around the neighbourhood. I'm quite fond of most of it, but still a bit unsure about Hypnotized, Johnny Goodman, and I Hear You Mary (mostly because of the over-produced chorus), which takes up most of the middle-section of the record. It's still early, so how I warm up or don't to those songs will be important to whether the album ends up as 3.5/5 or 4/5 for me.
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| Bedbug |
Posted - 10/28/2024 : 10:09:44
Forgive me if this has been asked and answered somewhere in the last 2 dozen pages:
Do we know about B-sides for this album? Any infotel anywhere? |
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