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Brank_Flack
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
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 Posted - 11/01/2024 : 13:06:42
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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
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The Night the Zombies Came
Doggerel
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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
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Primrose
The Night the Zombies Came
Kings of the Prairies
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Ernest Evans
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Johnny Good Man
You're So Impatient
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Hypnotized
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Troubles A Foot
= Cult of Ray =
USA
927 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2024 : 14:06:44
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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. |
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Skatealex1
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 11/01/2024 : 14:22:49
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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. |
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Brank_Flack
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
999 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2024 : 14:57:20
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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. |
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 11/01/2024 : 20:41:59
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| All right! Members of the Creature Crawling fan club unite! |
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sdon
= Cult of Ray =
France
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Posted - 11/02/2024 : 02:32:21
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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.
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"Aristophanes! (gong sounds)"
"Fucking up my devotion!"
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The Night The Zombies Came
