“I don’t normally talk about records that I’ve worked on because I think it’s kind of rude. But there’s this guy Dan Smith, he puts out records under the name Danielson or Danielson Family… He’s put out a bunch of records that I think are charming and interesting and cool. He just put together this ad hoc band with a guy named Steve Taylor. The two of them put together this band – that was like kind of a 'fuck off' project and they play this really rowdy punk rock - like completely unexpected.
The Danielson music is kind of clever and odd but it’s not rowdy. It’s not raucous – it’s like cute in a way. I’m charmed by it and I think it’s great but it’s not like powerful music. And the same with Steve Taylor… very much like the singer is the center of attention. It’s sort like conventional pop music in that regard.
But the two of them writing these songs together and then deciding to make a punk band around it – somehow the synthesis was really natural - THAT RECORD IS FUCKED UP AND GREAT.
That was out of the blue. I did not expect that kind of music out of them. I certainly didn’t expect it to be as awesome as it was. I was expecting it to be charming or interesting or curious or whatever but it ended up being really raucous and really great.”
Thoughts on Arch Enemy? I was looking at melodic death metal and thrash metal, noticed they have put a lot out and thought they seemed interesting. Also Opeth, DCD, and Isis.
Thoughts on Arch Enemy? I was looking at melodic death metal and thrash metal, noticed they have put a lot out and thought they seemed interesting. Also Opeth, DCD, and Isis.
I haven't heard Arch Enemy yet, but Burning Bridges and Wages of Sin are supposed to be good albums.
Blackwater Park and Heritage are pretty obvious choices for Opeth.
I don't know as much about DCD as I should, but their earlier albums are worth listening to.
Thoughts on Arch Enemy? I was looking at melodic death metal and thrash metal, noticed they have put a lot out and thought they seemed interesting. Also Opeth, DCD, and Isis.
In addition to the albums Section mentioned, I remember enjoying Doomsday Machine, though It's been awhile. If you like them, I'd also recommend checking out the band Carcass, specifically Heartwork and Swansong.
As for Opeth, Blackwater Park is easily my favorite of their albums. Deliverance, Damnation and Ghost Reveries are all really good too. If you like Opeth, also give Katatonia's Brave Murder Day a listen. It's Death-Doom instead Opeth's flavor of Progressive Death Metal, but it has the singer for Opeth doign the vocals and it's a solid album.
I can give you more Melodic Death Metal recommendations if you like.
I rather enjoy Isis. They are, in some respects, what I feel like a lot of grungy/proggy alt-metal bands were striving for but failing to achieve, but filtered through a doom or sludge metal lens and distilled in some sort of musical alembic.
...how on earth is Future actually a thing, Drake aside? He has no presence on record, his annunciation is appalling, and his reliance on autotune and gloomy beats is... almost avant-garde in its lack of conventional pop appeal, really.
I'm not saying it's not entertaining in a "this is actually really weird" way. I'm just saying that it has absolutely no business being on the Billboard charts.
...how on earth is Future actually a thing, Drake aside? He has no presence on record, his annunciation is appalling, and his reliance on autotune and gloomy beats is... almost avant-garde in its lack of conventional pop appeal, really.
that's why people like him. It's intensely depressive music.
Future's success actually owes a lot more to Gucci Mane and the Dungeon Family than it does to Drake, and even though I don't like his music at all, I at least can respect what he's doing.
I'm not sure whether I'm entirely behind this new weirdness simply because it seems to give permission for things that are technically extremely subpar without being interesting to become similarly popular. But that was already happening. At least Future is intriguingly bizarre.
honestly Future is sort of an example (along with eg. Young Thug) of what i was talking about earlier with people thinking "interesting" and "good" are the same thing.
I can listen to Future's songs one by one, but over the course of even a short project it becomes a complete slog.
honestly Future is sort of an example (along with eg. Young Thug) of what i was talking about earlier with people thinking "interesting" and "good" are the same thing.
I can listen to Future's songs one by one, but over the course of even a short project it becomes a complete slog.
Random aside: If anyone asks why Chvrches let Martin Doherty front one or two songs per album, simply direct them to the video of their Pitchfork Festival performance from last year and skip to "Under the Tide". It's the dancing that makes it, but pretty much every aspect of that performance is intensely endearing.
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Thanks for that.
i am leaning towards 'yes' simply because a genre that leaves me so unsure about it is probably good
As for Opeth, Blackwater Park is easily my favorite of their albums. Deliverance, Damnation and Ghost Reveries are all really good too. If you like Opeth, also give Katatonia's Brave Murder Day a listen. It's Death-Doom instead Opeth's flavor of Progressive Death Metal, but it has the singer for Opeth doign the vocals and it's a solid album.
I can give you more Melodic Death Metal recommendations if you like.
That's reasonable.
it's... slinky
My dad has that. It's in our living room. It's not that large a collection of CDs, though, is it?
Also, I gave you my entire Prurient collection. So while you own more Steely Dan (weird to say), you definitely have a lot more Prurient.