New Jenny Lewis album!
And probably some other stuff. I actually haven't had a chance to listen to the new Jenny Lewis. Stupid Warner messed up and didn't deliver it to Pandora till 5am this morning for some reason. >:(
New Music Friday - 3/22/19
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Re: New Music Friday - 3/22/19
I guess there is a new BSS song too. The original BSS that is.
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Re: New Music Friday - 3/22/19
Just finished up my first listen to the new Jenny Lewis and it is pleasant enough. It doesn't stand out to me like the Voyager, but is still a solid album.
Next up, Ex Hex - It's Real
Next up, Ex Hex - It's Real
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Re: New Music Friday - 3/22/19
I checked out the new Apparat album. I really love one that he did a few years ago, 'Walls', but this new one felt a little one-note, and that one-note is "relentlessly dour" so... I think that's a thumbs down from me.
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Re: New Music Friday - 3/22/19
Ex Hex was really good rock and roll!
Now, I'm listening to American Football - LP3 for the second time. Very beautiful music with mature lyrics. Guys in their 40s will love it!
Now, I'm listening to American Football - LP3 for the second time. Very beautiful music with mature lyrics. Guys in their 40s will love it!
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Re: New Music Friday - 3/22/19
I moved on to the new Lambchop album which has a surprising amount of autotuney / vocodey vocal FX! But in a good way! I'll definitely be returning to this one.
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Re: New Music Friday - 3/22/19
Andrew Bird's new album - My Finest Work Yet is a nice listen. Kind of mellow, but heartfelt and solid.
I'll check out Lambchop next since vowlvom made it sound good.
I'll check out Lambchop next since vowlvom made it sound good.
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Re: New Music Friday - 3/22/19
I'm pretty disappointed by the Jenny Lewis album. I guess I probably had unrealistically high expectations so that doesn't help. A few of the songs are good, most of them are just ok. It feels a bit slow and dragging at times. And what is up with the production of her voice? I feel like her vocals all have a bit crusher or lo-fi mp3 compression kind of distortion on them. Something about them just feels crunchy in a way I don't like. And then in that one song "Little White Dove", which I otherwise really like, there are two parts where they (deliberately I presume?) left in very painfully obvious autotune artifacts, scooping down a step and back up. Totally takes me out of the song for a moment when I hear that. Even that song though, I love the groove and atmosphere but the guitar solo comes in and cheeses all over it. Blarf. Don't get me started on the lyrics. They just seem a bit dumbed down compared to Voyager.