Albums You're Digging II

Mrd00d · 09-06-2012, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

Oh hai thar Album Of The Year! How you doin' today eh?!

Oh ****.

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

Must. Resist. Urge. To. Pirate....

**** all that noise!

Key · 09-06-2012, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

Oh hai thar Album Of The Year! How you doin' today eh?!

I waaaaaaaaant.

Howard the Duck · 09-06-2012, 10:42 PM

not A Tribe called Quest great

but still, not bad

LoathsomePete · 09-07-2012, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bob.

Wovenhand - The Laughing Stalk

by this point in his career i have extremely high expectations on anything David Eugene Edwards is involved in....and although this is unlike anything Woven Hand has ever released....this delivers and delivers!.....there is noise feedback mixed with appalachian folk music here....and i mean noisy

....it really took me by surprise but i have to say the change is very welcome and now i can see why he has change the name from Woven Hand to Wovenhand.....this is a very different and bold step.....and in my opinion very much and a new and bold direction....well done

I broke and grabbed this yesterday. I definitely seem what you mean when you say it's noisy. I mean it's not like anything by Unsane or any other noise based band, but compared to his previous Wovenhands/ 16 Horsepower work, this is a different animal completely. I wasn't as big on The Threshingfloor, but I can definitely see this one in my top 10 at the end of the year.

Key · 09-07-2012, 11:32 PM

I don't know how Devin does it, but he never seems to release a bad album. Even with releasing two albums last year, and now releasing this, his sound still sounds new. Nothing ever gets repetitive, and there always seems to be surprises in each of his releases. I enjoy/am enjoying Epicloud quite a bit. I've gone through it once already, and will be giving it another listen tomorrow.

Howard the Duck · 09-08-2012, 05:56 AM

the idea just screams "novelty" - traditional folk songs done in a garage-punk, proto-grunge manner

but only Neil had the verve to pull it off:-

Holerbot6000 · 09-08-2012, 09:00 AM

Just recently picked this up on vinyl...

I'm a huge 'everything from Swordfish on' fan of Tom Waits but this was never really on my radar. It really has some great songs on it and plays well as an album, albeit a very short album. I guess I will have to look for 'Alice' now also....

**Janszoon** · 09-08-2012, 09:02 AM

^Blood Money is great. Alice, unfortunately, is the worst album he's ever released.

Holerbot6000 · 09-08-2012, 09:48 AM

Hahah. That's interesting. I swear all I hear/read about 'Alice' is that it's either TW's 'forgotten masterpiece' or that, as Jansz says, it sucks the big one. Nothing in between. Guess I better give it a listen before I plunk down any cash....Thanks man.

**Janszoon** · 09-08-2012, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Holerbot6000

Hahah. That's interesting. I swear all I hear/read about 'Alice' is that it's either TW's 'forgotten masterpiece' or that, as Jansz says, it sucks the big one. Nothing in between. Guess I better give it a listen before I plunk down any cash....Thanks man.

I think the issue is that the entire album consists of slow, dirgey songs. If you love that side of his music then you'd probably love Alice. If you're like me and can only take those tracks in small doses—the way he doles them out on most of his albums—then you probably won't like the album very much.

09-08-2012, 09:02 AM	#8518 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	^Blood Money is great. Alice, unfortunately, is the worst album he's ever released. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

09-07-2012, 11:32 PM	#8515 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	I don't know how Devin does it, but he never seems to release a bad album. Even with releasing two albums last year, and now releasing this, his sound still sounds new. Nothing ever gets repetitive, and there always seems to be surprises in each of his releases. I enjoy/am enjoying Epicloud quite a bit. I've gone through it once already, and will be giving it another listen tomorrow.

09-08-2012, 09:00 AM	#8517 (permalink)
Holerbot6000 Music Mutant Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: near a record store Posts: 327	Just recently picked this up on vinyl... I'm a huge 'everything from Swordfish on' fan of Tom Waits but this was never really on my radar. It really has some great songs on it and plays well as an album, albeit a very short album. I guess I will have to look for 'Alice' now also....

09-08-2012, 09:48 AM	#8519 (permalink)
Holerbot6000 Music Mutant Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: near a record store Posts: 327	Hahah. That's interesting. I swear all I hear/read about 'Alice' is that it's either TW's 'forgotten masterpiece' or that, as Jansz says, it sucks the big one. Nothing in between. Guess I better give it a listen before I plunk down any cash....Thanks man.