Would be more open to the 20+ song data-dump record if they were structured as double or triple albums. Put some thought into pacing, sequencing, break points and I’m not going to think “that’s too long”. I never think 69 Love Songs is too long, you know?
I love everything they’ve done but the run where they’re working with Philippe Zdar is just the best shit in the world. On top of everything else they’re a masterclass in producing/mixing/mastering rock songs to sound perfect in the club.
Those 2000s Phoenix albums fucking rule. Weapons-grade compression. Whole thing wound so tight it feels like it’s perpetually about to snap. A disco ball in a glitter factory. Tambourine thrashed within an inch of its life.
@thedreadedwheel Yeah you were very fair. The production is a mess but I love the melodies. Plus I used to get a kick out of playing it when I had a regular DJ gig at a poetry night.
Unemployed friend: Dude we should open a Steely Dan themed bar. The drinks will all be named after different songs. We can call it “Black Cow”
Me (dreamed of this exact scenario playing out leading to the bar burning down with him in it leaving me with the insurance money): Sure
Need to spend more time with the new Shikari before forming a big picture opinion but I will say that it has a moment that made me think “tropical Gesaffelstein” which is a combination of words I’ve never experienced before and isn’t that what music is all about
Fifteen years old and this rapidly eclipsed everything else important in the world. We went days on end without seeing the sun. If Kirby had told us to commit an act of public violence we probably would've
Trailer Trash is probably the best song of all time but all my favourite MM albums are after that time cut off. (Early Modest Mouse guys are like Early R.E.M. guys to me. Like yeah; that stuff rules but the stuff after is even better)