Trollheart Listens to Every Album on Wiki's List for 2017

Trollheart · 12-20-2017, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

na the album is actually called greatest hits

Okay, I wasn't sure. That's cool then.

**Frownland** · 12-20-2017, 03:04 PM

Alfa Mist - Antiphon

GD · 12-20-2017, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

Planning for Burial - Below the House

Beat me to it

**Frownland** · 12-20-2017, 03:22 PM

I think March was the month when I decided that 2017 wasn't going to be as good of a year for music as 2016.

Paedantic Basterd · 12-20-2017, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

Planning for Burial - Below the House

OOH yes. I second this. Didn't realize it was a March album.

rubber soul · 12-20-2017, 03:42 PM

Magnetic Fields- 50 Song Memoir

GD · 12-20-2017, 04:43 PM

Do IDLES - Brutalism, too. You probably won't like it, but it's still worth a shot.

OccultHawk · 12-20-2017, 05:01 PM

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I think you should eat a bowl of hot dicks.

That must be an Irish thing.

Trollheart · 12-20-2017, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by rubber soul

Magnetic Fields- 50 Song Memoir

No,no. A thousand times no. A FIVE DISC set? Uh-uh. Besides, it's on the list anyway. I just sort of ... forgot ... to do it.

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

That must be an Irish thing.

No, that would be a bowl of hot micks.

Trollheart · 12-20-2017, 05:24 PM

Album title: In the Same Room
Artist: Julia Holter
Genre: Baroque Pop
Nationality: American
Release date: March 31
Position in Discography: Fifth
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.54
What the hell is a live studio album? Well, this is one, apparently. Seems most of these tracks were originally released on two other albums. Hmmm. I also have not too much idea what baroque pop is, but whatever it is, this is it. It's not terrible, that's the first thing I can say, though much of it does sound kind of like experimental vocal stuff or something, like yer wan Chelsea Wolfe, is it? No idea really, just grasping here. “Silhouette” has some real manic energy in it, while “How Long” is a yearning ballad attended by some gentle violin and piano. There's a real country twang to “Feel You”, which is more uptempo, while yet not what you'd call boppy (I wouldn't, anyway) and rippling piano helps to create a sense of waves and isolation on “Lucette Stranded on the Island”. Holter has an odd singing voice; it's not bad, not at all, but it's certainly, shall we say, unconventional.

Speaking of unconventional, “In the Green Wild” is played almost entirely on bass with a Waitsy vibe to it (I'm not that into it to be honest) and then “City Appearing” is totally laidback, smooth, gentle, relaxing though it picks up in intensity about halfway through, horns and piano driving it along. I have to say though, “Vasquez” seems to drag on forever. It's almost nine minutes long, so easily the longest on the album, but it seems like twice that length. Very annoying. Kind of the only real wrinkle in the album though. Pretty interesting stuff.

Check out more from this artist? I'm not that eager to, no
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Not really

Actual Rating:

12-20-2017, 03:04 PM	#1312 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Alfa Mist - Antiphon __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

12-20-2017, 03:22 PM	#1314 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	I think March was the month when I decided that 2017 wasn't going to be as good of a year for music as 2016. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

12-20-2017, 04:43 PM	#1317 (permalink)
GD ???pp? ??snW Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: NO Posts: 686	Do IDLES - Brutalism, too. You probably won't like it, but it's still worth a shot. __________________ lasty\|rate-y music-y

12-20-2017, 05:24 PM	#1320 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Album title: In the Same Room Artist: Julia Holter Genre: Baroque Pop Nationality: American Release date: March 31 Position in Discography: Fifth Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 3.54 What the hell is a live studio album? Well, this is one, apparently. Seems most of these tracks were originally released on two other albums. Hmmm. I also have not too much idea what baroque pop is, but whatever it is, this is it. It's not terrible, that's the first thing I can say, though much of it does sound kind of like experimental vocal stuff or something, like yer wan Chelsea Wolfe, is it? No idea really, just grasping here. “Silhouette” has some real manic energy in it, while “How Long” is a yearning ballad attended by some gentle violin and piano. There's a real country twang to “Feel You”, which is more uptempo, while yet not what you'd call boppy (I wouldn't, anyway) and rippling piano helps to create a sense of waves and isolation on “Lucette Stranded on the Island”. Holter has an odd singing voice; it's not bad, not at all, but it's certainly, shall we say, unconventional. Speaking of unconventional, “In the Green Wild” is played almost entirely on bass with a Waitsy vibe to it (I'm not that into it to be honest) and then “City Appearing” is totally laidback, smooth, gentle, relaxing though it picks up in intensity about halfway through, horns and piano driving it along. I have to say though, “Vasquez” seems to drag on forever. It's almost nine minutes long, so easily the longest on the album, but it seems like twice that length. Very annoying. Kind of the only real wrinkle in the album though. Pretty interesting stuff. Check out more from this artist? I'm not that eager to, no Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Not really Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018