Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
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Tyler.
September 10th 2016


19021 Comments


oh fuck

Tyler.
September 10th 2016


19021 Comments


actually no

theBoneyKing
September 10th 2016


24425 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

If I pull an ALA on this...



Y'all should take a break from this and listen to the new Wilco instead tbh.

porcupinetheater
September 10th 2016


11030 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Honestly, I can't stop listening to this. I tell myself to stop to give the ol' emotions a break, but everytime the title track wraps there's an immediate compulsion to restart the album. I've literally never experienced it this intense before in my life

Frippertronics
Emeritus
September 10th 2016


19513 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

first track in and i'm feeling it brothas

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 10th 2016


47620 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

I actually kinda agree that that fade-out to the t/t is a little cheap but then again it fits in with the whole too exhausted to try properly vibe. a nitpick anyway

theBoneyKing
September 10th 2016


24425 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

OvDeath I'm a complete newcomer to this band so I really can't compare it to what they've done before and I really didn't know any context, thanks for informing me a bit there.



Again as I said before I'm just listing my thoughts after one cursory listen, everything I've said comes with a huge qualifier. I probably should have just kept my mouth shut but here we are.

dbizzles
September 10th 2016


15194 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

'he's not bothering with his usual metaphors and overblown stories. he's just spewing this emotional shit that he's thinking. this is literally the least melodramatic Cave has ever been, this is his straight-up venting, not even trying drama. he didn't have the energy to do his usual bombastic style. he didn't have the energy to write epic stories. the art is just telling you what it is: raw recordings from the cheap recording sessions he paid for to get this music out of the way, out of his system.'

Doesn't sound like a 5 rating lol, but I get what you mean.

porcupinetheater
September 10th 2016


11030 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I mean, pretty much all the tracks fade out fast. The only reason it stands out on the t/t is because there isn't any more Skeleton Tree left to keep being perfect.

dbizzles
September 10th 2016


15194 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I really do love that this is putting new eyes on Cave.

dbizzles
September 10th 2016


15194 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I don't know, Ov.

On one hand it sounds like Cave just phoned this in to get it over with, per your description. On the other, it sounds like they didn't have to try; that they could have done this with any old leftovers because what was said needed to be said and any canvas they could muster would do- which is impressive in itself.

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 10th 2016


47620 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

I just have an irrational hatred of fade-outs in literally every situation, this has some of the better ones I've heard but they still get my blood boilin

dbizzles
September 10th 2016


15194 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Me too. Not a fan. I'd prefer an abrupt stop with one last note from the piano than a fade out.

dbizzles
September 10th 2016


15194 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

There we go. That. I like that.

Thalassic
September 10th 2016


5738 Comments


Gonna check this out asap

Piglet
September 10th 2016


8481 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

a paragraph like that is liable to make sowingseason cum

Frippertronics
Emeritus
September 10th 2016


19513 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

and it's





allllllllright now

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 10th 2016


47620 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

with my voice



I am calling you

Frippertronics
Emeritus
September 10th 2016


19513 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

fuck me that song really hits hard after all the other ones



where on the other songs, it sounds as if Cave is holding back, and with the title track, just lets it all out

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 10th 2016


47620 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

doesn't sound like he's holding back to me, personally I think he's already let all the big stuff out and this album is just the tired, numb aftershock of that



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