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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #210 on: May 09, 2013, 03:02:21 PM »
Quote from: MuppetFace on May 09, 2013, 01:51:28 PM
Quote from: olor1n on May 09, 2013, 12:15:55 PM
Modern Vampires of the City is bloody magnificent.

As someone who is rather indifferent to Dracula Holiday's previous releases, you think this might win me over? Or is it more of the same?


My Girlfriend loved the previous albums but I was always on the fence. I think their sound is a little more grown up now and I'm digging this effort.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #211 on: May 09, 2013, 05:25:27 PM »
Not sure this album will turn you if you're not a fan. It's a bit different than their previous albums, as it goes further in their direction of sound from VW --> Contra. I sorta miss the fun quirky Afro pop flavor of their debut album. This album has more breathing room, more melodic and "pretty". The soundscapes let Ezra's lyrics shine through more. He's toned down the quirk, but has upped the whimsy. The subject matter is heavier here, but its juxtaposed by this polished, flowing and pretty production. I actually feel the more fast and frantic songs here (Diane Young, Finger Back, Worship You) that were highlights for me on previous albums (A-Punk, Walcott, Cousins) kinda break the flow on this one. I've always had a soft spot for Ezra's lyrics. He's like the Aesop Rock of indie pop. He drops pop references that you're not always sure what he's talking about, but his one-liners sorta earworm their way into your soul.

Not sure how I'd place this yet as I'm still warming up to it.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #212 on: May 09, 2013, 08:08:41 PM »
This came out earlier this week:


New album from Still Corners. Fans of dreamy synthpop (ala Beach House, Chromatics) should give this a shot. I don't think they're quite as good as the aforementioned bands, but it's a decent album.

You get a cool ice blue colored vinyl for $14 if you order through Sub Pop.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #213 on: May 09, 2013, 09:04:03 PM »
Yeah, Still Corners. I really liked their Creatures of an Hour album. Haven't heard their new one yet because I'm pretty much inundated up to my eyeballs with synthy-sizer muzak.

Not that I'm complaining. That's how I roll.

We do love our syrupy warm 80s shit here at changstar according to holy peeps, after all.

Really, I'm just waiting for the new Blank Dogs full-length to drop. I'm kind of obsessed with bedroom warble pop. Or anything on Captured Tracks.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #214 on: May 10, 2013, 08:54:00 AM »
Quote from: MuppetFace on May 09, 2013, 01:51:28 PM
Quote from: olor1n on May 09, 2013, 12:15:55 PM
Modern Vampires of the City is bloody magnificent.

As someone who is rather indifferent to Dracula Holiday's previous releases, you think this might win me over? Or is it more of the same?

QH summed it up nicely above. This isn't more of the same from VW but the work is still laced with their eccentricities. There's a maturity here though, with passages that are immediately affecting. This is their Soft Bulletin.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #215 on: May 10, 2013, 09:49:04 AM »
This one has been out for a little while, but definitely worth checking out, especially if you like instrumental guitar solos. 

It's well recorded.  There is a great feeling of space that makes me consider what the space was like that it was recorded in. 

Great as ambient background music but also quite involving if you let yourself get absorbed.  His finger work is amazing and really leaves you wondering if it really is solo guitar work at times.

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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #216 on: May 10, 2013, 12:14:29 PM »
Wow, this one is such a train wreck that you can't miss it!  Really, it is such a crazy mix of low-fi, punk guitar, synthesizers, rap, funk, and soul vocals... how can this work?  But it does!  Give this one a listen if you're not afraid of something a little experimental. 

Did I mention Damon Albarn produced and guest on the album?  Seriously, check it out!

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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #217 on: May 11, 2013, 05:37:00 AM »
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Or anything on Captured Tracks.

Amen.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #218 on: May 12, 2013, 08:50:59 PM »


I've been listening to the new National album all weekend long and it is glorious. Just now getting a handle on it after a dozen spins because it just keeps unfolding with repeated listens. I think I already like it more than High Violet, although Trouble Will Find Me isn't quite as immediately gratifying. The songcraft on here are so top notch.
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Re: Good New Releases to check out
« Reply #219 on: May 13, 2013, 12:44:15 PM »
Can't wait to give it a listen! Vampire Weekend and The National are in Europe when I'm on holidays there in July. Shattered that non of their gigs align with my itinerary.
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