Young Jesus - Shepherd Head (September 16, 2022)

First song featuring Tomberlin out now!

 

very excited for this

 

My excitement was tempered by the album art and length.

 

I'm okay with them taking a break from the long, sprawling songs this time around. I think they've really done so much with that angle of their sound over the last three records and I think it's cool that they're going for brevity here

 

The rest of the band seems pretty deemphasized in the description of the album. Is it just the singer?

 

The promo photo is just him - I know the former bassist plays a bit on this

 

gonna just wait and listen as a whole with this one. bummed I apparently did NOT buy that bandcamp EP like I thought I did, if anyone has it and doesn’t mind sharing I would greatly appreciate it.

equal parts excited and kinda wary of the apparent change-up with this record.

 

Very curious. Think I’ll like it a lot

 

been on a big discography kick since the announcement. really special band.

 

The promo write-up makes it sound like the other members left the band.

Not super into this song tbh.

 

i like this record. it is definitely different, but i think the sound suits them. ocean is a pretty good indicator, though i think a lot of the record is more interesting than that song. i thought of strange ranger’s no light in heaven a few times while listening, they made kind of a similar transition on that one (though this record is not quite as eclectic). i’ll probably listen to this a lot

 

that sounds ideal if you ask me

 

even better on second listen imo

 

I do not think I like this record

 

Just got my vinyl in the mail.

 

I think I really enjoy it as for my first listen, love the Tomberlin features, and I try not to put any comparison on the previous stuff, which comes easy seeing as I only discovered YJ a bit more than a year ago.

 

They're opening up for Petey, who used to be their drummer.

 

lol had no idea Petey was their drummer

 

I've never listened to Young Jesus, haha. Only reason I've heard of them was because when I started listening to Petey, I saw he was the drummer for them previously and then he just announced a few weeks ago they'd be opening for him.

 

Me either. Too funny.

 

I listened to about half of the new record. I’m gonna finish it up later. Tbh I’m not really crazy about the new sound. The last 3 records are imo some of the best and most underrated indie rock has to offer, but idk, this one might not be for me.

 

Petey rules. Had no idea these guys were connected. Gotta make sure to listen to this later today. Didn’t love the single so we shall see

 

Can't believe we don't have a Petey thread.

 

Made a Petey thread.

Petey • forum.chorus.fm

 

I love this