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Originally Posted by RanaldoNecro
The song Waiting on a Dream insanely takes off after the first drum crash. What a reccorded moment LEE!
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Damn strait. Chill inducing. That first line really hits me esp. being born in CO, haha.
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Originally Posted by Mortte Jousimo
And about that Pitchfork review, I think it is very poor way to start with Thurston`s and Kim`s divorce. (What itīs got to do with Leeīs music?)
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This. Pitchfork never fails to fail. At least the reviews. The fest in Chi is alrght, tho.
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Originally Posted by Chris Lawrence
Some of the negative comments in this thread had me curious, but this record exceeds my expectations completely. He assembled a great group of musicians - you can rarely go wrong with Nels Cline's touch, Steve is naturally flawless, and I love hearing fluid, driving basslines behind these songs - the whole group mixes quite well! Pretty much every song had burned itself into my mind by the 2nd listen.
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I think its best to either not have
any expectations or to understand his influences before going into it. Yes, it does sounds a bit 60's nostalgic, with hints of Neil Young-ish bits (Cline?). It helps to understand the Brian Wilson-60's-psychrock-Dead strain of thought I and others have recognized i some of Lee's output. The instrumentation/arrangement here is superb though! Nice to hear established skilled musicians backing Lee/SS.
Also, as far as any poetry or musical missteps.. Miles Davis once said "the wrong notes serve to make the right ones look better". I think that SY output in general always had weird moments and things present in them like this (Goo?), but by contrast, really does serve to help put other moments in a certain light (thinking of many Thousand Leaves moments here..). I guess sometimes I appreciate that unabashed honestly/awkward moments in music sometimes. It's more human in a way.