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

The Batlord · 02-06-2018, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Just trying to keep the peace. Can you imagine the comments when JTF reads that?

Also, **** off.

But it's clearly disingenuous. Also...

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Quit being a pussy.

Trollheart · 02-06-2018, 10:23 AM

Album title: Big Walnuts Yonder
Artist: Big Walnuts Yonder
Genre: Indie Rock
Nationality: American
Release date: May 5
Position in Discography: Debut
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Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.00
Ah lord, not another goddamn supergroup! What is the point? Ain't they got enough beach-houses and BMWs? Yes, I'm sure it's all very artistic but I can only ever see any reason why people form supergroups, and it has always to do with dead presidents. Anyway, here we have members of Wilco, Deerhoof, Minutemen and Tera Melos, none of which I know but I'm sure you do. This also comes with the perhaps tentative tag of experimental rock, and I can kind of see this in the second track, “Sponge Bath”, which kind of reminds me vaguely of early The The, and certainly “Flare Star Phantom” has all the weird noises and effects I associate with noise/experimental music. Halfway through it breaks out into a kind of blasting guitar solo, which isn't bad.

I must admit I've very impressed with the guitar-centric “I Got Marty Feldman Eyes”, which is a straight rocker and riff-fest, but then I don't like “Raise the Drawbridges?” much at all, and it kind of goes a little downhill from there. All the way. I said it once, I'll say it again: supergroups, huh?

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**Frownland** · 02-06-2018, 10:28 AM

"Supergroups" can be great. If a group promotes themselves on the basis of being a supergroup alone (which doesn't really apply in this instance), that's when you have a problem. Artists can't just be tied to a solo project and their first band; let them branch out, TH.

Trollheart · 02-06-2018, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

But it's clearly disingenuous. Also...

Nah, it's just being fair and not being an arrogant *******. I'm saying "look I don't know this band. If you're a fan you probably love this album. I'm not, and I don't, but for me personally there's not much here."

Trollheart · 02-06-2018, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

"Supergroups" can be great. If a group promotes themselves on the basis of being a supergroup alone (which doesn't really apply in this instance), that's when you have a problem. Artists can't just be tied to a solo project and their first band; let them branch out, TH.

Fair enough. I suppose it helps if you know who the members are. I don't, so it doesn't really mean anything to me. But if they're just getting together in order to squeeze more money out of their fans, then that's where I personally have a problem with such groupings.

**Frownland** · 02-06-2018, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Nah, it's just being fair and not being an arrogant *******. I'm saying "look I don't know this band. If you're a fan you probably love this album. I'm not, and I don't, but for me personally there's not much here."

"My favourite colour is blue, in my opinion. If your favourite colour is red, I don't want to step on your toes by saying that it's a bad colour--it just does nothing for me. If you love it, that is just fine and I will allow it."

Trollheart · 02-06-2018, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

"My favourite colour is blue, in my opinion. If your favourite colour is red, I don't want to step on your toes by saying that it's a bad colour--it just does nothing for me. If you love it, that is just fine and I will allow it."

Now you've got it.

**Frownland** · 02-06-2018, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Fair enough. I suppose it helps if you know who the members are. I don't, so it doesn't really mean anything to me. But if they're just getting together in order to squeeze more money out of their fans, then that's where I personally have a problem with such groupings.

You'd probably be all up on Tera Melos and Wilco's dicks. Minutemen and Deerhoof are excellent as well, iirc Deerhoof was in a song war and we argued about it once.

The Batlord · 02-06-2018, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Nah, it's just being fair and not being an arrogant *******. I'm saying "look I don't know this band. If you're a fan you probably love this album. I'm not, and I don't, but for me personally there's not much here."

1. It's pointless. Give your opinion and spare us the patronizing bull****.

2. You are being disingenuous when you say something you don't believe just to "keep the peace".

**Frownland** · 02-06-2018, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

1. It's pointless. Give your opinion and spare us the patronizing bull****.

^^^

02-06-2018, 10:23 AM	#1782 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Album title: Big Walnuts Yonder Artist: Big Walnuts Yonder Genre: Indie Rock Nationality: American Release date: May 5 Position in Discography: Debut Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 3.00 Ah lord, not another goddamn supergroup! What is the point? Ain't they got enough beach-houses and BMWs? Yes, I'm sure it's all very artistic but I can only ever see any reason why people form supergroups, and it has always to do with dead presidents. Anyway, here we have members of Wilco, Deerhoof, Minutemen and Tera Melos, none of which I know but I'm sure you do. This also comes with the perhaps tentative tag of experimental rock, and I can kind of see this in the second track, “Sponge Bath”, which kind of reminds me vaguely of early The The, and certainly “Flare Star Phantom” has all the weird noises and effects I associate with noise/experimental music. Halfway through it breaks out into a kind of blasting guitar solo, which isn't bad. I must admit I've very impressed with the guitar-centric “I Got Marty Feldman Eyes”, which is a straight rocker and riff-fest, but then I don't like “Raise the Drawbridges?” much at all, and it kind of goes a little downhill from there. All the way. I said it once, I'll say it again: supergroups, huh? Check out more from this artist? No Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-06-2018, 10:28 AM	#1783 (permalink)
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