The Chorus Music Club Society • Page 45

And prancer And vixen?

 

Great news! Look forward to it.

 

Seems a bit soon

 

It isn't too soon.

 

All of these Wolves being an all-time great record belong in the Eternal Cringe thread haha.

@Bloodsucker II

 

I haven't listened, but that seem erroneous

 

I don't hear it on radio, but I must say around here we only have pop stations that all play the same thing.

 

I’m going to make @Bloodsucker II listen to the Frozen soundtrack

 

Reported

 

I'VE SEEN THE MOVIE

 

Not the same.

 

Alright, I finally got back to @angrycandy earlier today and recommended him Sunny Day Real Estate's How It Feels To Be Something On and Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. I've listened to one of his recs already, had a lot of fun with it and I'm looking forward to continue listening to it during the hell of finals week lol

 

The deluxe edition of the soundtrack is 21 minutes longer than the movie haha

Do you think I’d like The Always Open Mouth?

 

Oh helllllll yeah. HIFTBSO is one that I was planning on recommending to someone eventually. Miseducation is great too.

 

I don't know, but you should

 

Oh are soundtracks in play

 

We're pretty much the same dude a lot of the time haha

 

It's very interesting.

 

@Larry David very happy with the strings, horns and electronics in this Biffy Clyro album. Unexpected

 

All Time Great? Eh too soon to tell. Amazing album and best SOTY album? Definitely

 

I know I'm late, but here are my thoughts about the recs @Cody gave me.

PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
This album was incredibly interesting. This was the first I had ever heard from Harvey. Her voice is mesmerizing. She has a lot of vocal idiosyncrasies that give her singing a larger than life feel. Musically, I guess, for whatever reason, I wasn't expecting the record to be as... weird, as it is. And I mean that as a compliment. I wouldn't be surprised if Harvey is an influence on St. Vincent's sound. There are a lot of unusual sonic layers to this record, so much so that I feel like repeated listens would be necessary to truly form an understanding of the music. I get the sense that this isn't a record that necessarily hits you fully on first listen -- at least not for me. I'd be very interested in returning to this album more in the future and seeing what else Harvey has to offer in her discography. I think my standout tracks were the title track, The Dancer, and Long Snake Moan, which pretty much floored me. Overall, I wasn't enamored, but I had a good time listening to the record. It's the kind of music that keeps me on my toes, and I like that.

Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope
I have to be totally honest here: this album didn't really do much for me. That being said, I think, like the PJ Harvey record, repeated listens would be necessary to really digest what's going on. Jackson is obviously an undeniable vocalist, and her singing was the highlight of the album for me. I also read up about the concept of the album and was really impressed by all that she put into its creation. However, I honestly found the album to be kind of bloated, and very few of the melodies really resonated with me. I'd love to give it another try in the future, and I probably will, but my first impression was that this record just might not be my thing.

Thanks for the recs, Cody!

 

@ImAMetaphor thanks for listening! Glad they challenged you even if it weren't to totally positive ends.

I'm running real behind with yours this week, my friggin landlord decided to sell my building with barely 30 days notice so all my free internet time is panic apartment hunting. I PROMISE ILL GET TO IT EVERYBODY GET OFF MY BACK *manic emoji x5*

 

PJ Harvey was 100% an influence on St Vincent, at the very least on an aesthetic level re: career arc

 

All right, I’m just gonna make myself do this now or I may never do it lol

Under The Influence of Giants – Under The Influence of Giants
Okay, right away this album caught my attention just due to how much is going on with it, sonically. It starts with the song “Ah Ha”, which is a super fitting introduction, as it’s kind of an amalgamation of nearly every aspect of the record all wrapped into one catchy, energetic song. There’s a ton of genre fusion going on here, elements of jazz, R&B, funk, and disco (among other things) all filtered through an indie rock lens. I think that there are definite standouts here for me, such as “Ah Ha”, “Meaningless Love”, and especially “Heaven Is Full” (the intro to this song is seriously incredible), but the album doesn’t have anything I’m tempted to skip. At times it does feel like maybe there are instances of style over substance, and I’m left more interested in the tones and genre-blending going on than the songwriting itself. That’s definitely not the case for a majority of the album though, and I could see that changing with more listens. Only other negative I can think of is, at times, I find the vocals to be kinda... cheesy? Idk. They’re probably overall my least favorite aspect of the record, but that’s more because the instrumental performances are so incredibly strong here than anything else. I definitely plan on listening to this album more in the future, and am super glad it was recc’d to me.
Vaux – Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice
I liked this one too, but I don’t think I’ve listened to it enough for it to totally sink in with me yet. It feels like an album that I’ll be peeling back the layers to for a few listens at least. It’s a very interesting record, it could most easily be described as post-hardcore, but there’s definitely more going on here than what many of their peers were doing around this time. At times, the clean vocals remind me of Thom Yorke and/or Matt Bellamy, which definitely is one of the first things to catch my attention on the record. My early standouts would probably be the first two songs, along with The Rope, The Pistol, and The Candlestick. I definitely see myself returning to this album in the future as well, I could see it growing on me immensely once it’s settled in more.

I want to thank @Patterns in Traffic for the awesome recc’s, super glad we got paired up bc of how much we enjoyed each other’s picks. Sorry for how late I am to doing this lol.

 

one of my all time fav albums