Ah, a crossover with the âbands no one has thought about for agesâ thread!
That whole Pitchforky school of US indie rock from, say, 2005-2011 feels more remote to me now than anything from the 1990s. Iâll have to listen to TVotR again before voting, but I canât imagine itâs going to be a high score.
Went through a phase of really enjoying the first three albums but the last two were so dull theyâve ruined the whole band for me, donât really ever want to listen to any of their albums ever again.
Massively huge fan of the first 2 records. The other 3 I donât much care for as much although I do like bits of Dear Science but, those 2 and Young Liars are at least better than some on 4 and above. Plus even though Dear Science wasnât the 1st 2 it was the best tour I saw them on also did a really good daft cover Ghostbusters.
In the Strokes thread people were going on about them being artificially pushed into the music press. For me all things being equal these should have had the biggest push of them all in the press that never quite came for bands of that period from New York.
Every halloween I put Wolf Like Me on a playlist and it inspires me to listen to some more of their albums which I do and then immediately forget, only to repeat the same ritual the following year.
3/5 - the peaks are amazing but I never really fell for them in the way some people did. I almost like hearing other people talk about them more than I like their music âŠ
I Was a Lover is such a cool, weird album opener though. Regardless of legacy they clearly were doing more interesting and unusual stuff than nearly all the rest of the Brooklyn P4K set, felt for a minute like they were really going to make âguitar musicâ into something new
The Letterman Wolf Life Me performance is one of the best TV debuts Iâve seen, they just seemed totally electric. Seem like a GBOLs from Meet Me in the Bathroom too
Iâm doing a 4 based on how amazing their early work was and how important they were for me (though I did miss seeing them play at a festival and watched Gayngs instead which is a huge regret). Also one time I nearly got to work with Dave Sitek but my manager sent him an email addressed to Dave Shitek by mistake and he decided not to bother.
Return to cookie Mountain is legit incredible, the rest ranges from very decent to kinda boring sadly.
Dear Science I remembered being 9ne of the most disappointing records I have ever heard in my life but think it may be due a reevaluation by my older ears
4
oh good this again.