Album Rating: 3.5

All them Taylor fans streaming The Alcott.

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

My worst recent moment was realising the 'tik tok Aphex Twin song' is the most played Aphex song on Spotify



Also the most played Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds tune is now 'the Harry Potter song'

Album Rating: 3.5

I literally never use Spotify so I’m completely out of the loop on what’s popular

Album Rating: 3.5

mascara being a top 5-10 deftones song today after being seen as a weird deep cut for over two decades is the one that always gets me



love stuff like this

Album Rating: 4.0

Alphabet City - 4/5



Deep End (Paul's in Pieces) - 4.5/5



Weird Goodbyes (feat. Bon Iver) - 2/5



Turn off the House - 4.5/5



Dreaming - 4/5



Laugh Track (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) - 3/5



Space Invader - 4/5



Hornets - 2.5/5



Coat on a Hook - 1.5/5



Tour Manager - 2.5/5



Crumble (feat. Rosanne Cash) - 2.5/5



Smoke Detector - 4.5/5

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Ohhhhh, apparently Fantano gave a scathing review of 'Weird Goodbyes' - starting to understand the source of the hate

Album Rating: 4.0

I'm with you on Goodbyes Doof, love that one.

Album Rating: 4.0

I like that song too, one of the better National/BI collabs.



Honestly, there's only a few "skips" on here for me. At first it was much closer to 50/50, but a good chunk of the album grew on me.

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From someone who really really likes about 25% of the stuff the Big Red Machine project releases then that song has a similar thing going for it.



I think Matt's performance is one of his better recent ones on that song - it also has a memorably melodic verse, pre chorus, chorus and bridge! Not many nu-National songs tick all those boxes, usually they coast on some part of the song. Justin's vocals add what they need to as well.



I guess the way I'd sum up 'Weird Goodbyes' is it makes me get the whole direction they've gone with nu-National material because it is more 'pretty', 'layered' and yes, commercial - it goes 'all in' on all that and gets close to 'pop appeal'.



When they prettify or go production crazy on other stuff with more their trad National template I don't really get what it adds :/

Is it as terrible as Bon Iver's post self titled solo stuff

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Flag, you've never listened to any Big Red Machine stuff?



If you want more old school Vernon that's the place to head really.



'Weird Goodbyes' pretty much sounds like a BRM song with Matt on lead vocals.

I have not! Just looked at the album from 2021 two Taylor Swift features??

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Yup, it’s the usual suspects - I actually have a lot of time for that album and even rated it a 4.



It’s maybe cheesy at times, but I like that Dessner and Vernon have a really commercial and relaxed outlet for their music.



The Fleet Foxes singer feature song has become one of my most played recent songs since I watched FF play it live a year ago.

I mean two of the best songs on Folklore and Evermore are featuring Vernon so I will check

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The project is maybe a bit of a testing ground but I dig it anyway

Album Rating: 3.0

sometimes I wanna drive around and find you and act like it's a random thing

Album Rating: 4.0

Decided to go through both FTPOF and Laugh Track and take what I feel are the best of each and combine into a single, more jammable 49 min and 54 sec playlist. I know nothing about track mixing or how to make songs flow together, but my layman's "First Two Laugh Tracks" is:

Once Upon A Poolside

Alphabet City

Deep End (Paul's In Pieces)

Weird Goodbyes (featuring Justin Vernon)

Tropic Morning News

Turn Off the House

Grease In Your Hair

Space Invader

Crumble (featuring Roseanne Cash)

Smoke Detector

Had some trouble deciding which track to begin with, in the end settling on Poolside because I like the tune and think it works as an opener.

If I had to include an 11th or 12th track, candidates include Hornets, Laugh Track, Send for Me, or New Order T-Shirt. Eucalyptus is the odd man out for me because it feels so EP B-sidey but, maybe.

Really like how Turn Off the House flows into Grease In Your Hair and then into Space Invader. Going from the ending of Space Invader into Crumble is a bit more abrupt-feeling and I've toyed with slipping in a slower "11th track" here (Hornets would be the band-picked successor).

Album Rating: 3.0

Alphabet City is the tits tho.



Edit: Weird Goodbyes rules too. I’m digging this.

Great review

Band is finished (RIP)

Album Rating: 3.5

Nah there's some good shit on here