#222

It’s their Hail to the Thief (and I mean that as a compliment)

#223

Wow! I thought I did well going to the morning gig where they played A-Punk three times in succession


#224

I like this fine, but I am a bit disappointed after being totally won round by Sunflower, This Life and Unbearably White. It really doesn’t keep my attention for a whole listen through, even once I have removed the few tracks I don’t like (basically the duets with Danielle Haim).

Still, going to see them later in the year and looking forward to it.

#225

The Boys Are Back In Town cover!

#226

I was loving it to start. Had a tinge of Simon and Garfunkel early for me. However, middle kind of lost my interest. Still a very enjoyable band and will give a couple more spins. If we cut like 5-7 songs from the record in my opinion we would have a phenomenal record. Still will see them live of course.

#227

Wow, the late in the evening cover is straight fire!! :fire::fire::fire:

Apart from the fan singing :sweat_smile:

#228

any band that covers Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, Velvet Underground, Paul Simon and Dylan in the same night live is just fine by me.

#229

Not enjoying this as much as I’d hoped I would
feels quite lightweight and “silly”. Hope it’s a grower. Gonna hammer it over this next week.

#230

The latest episode of Time Crisis is 2+ hours of Ezra, Ariel and Jake playing FOTB and chatting over it track-by-track. Really fun listen and hearing about the ideas behind each song (not so much lyrically as the sounds they were going for, also who played what, which songs were considered as singles etc.) has made me appreciate this album even more.

My current FOTB top 5:
This Life
Rich Man
Unbearably White
Flower Moon
Spring Snow

Also enjoyed this new interview that popped up:

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#231

Ezra Koenig doesn’t seem to age

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#232

Yeah this isn’t doing anything for me. I understand why people like it but, I listened to it twice today and the second time I hadn’t realised that it was on its second time round.

Can’t wait for Rostam’s next LP though.

#233

Enjoying this, very pleasant. Would prefer a bit more weirdness/abrasiveness in the arrangements/production, i guess that’s what Rostam used to do. Also, prefer the radio edit of This Life.

Finally, Married in a Gold Rush sounds like it’s straight off The Charm Of The Highway Strip by The Magnetic Fields, this is not a criticism

#234

Yes to this. I do like it. I think it’s about 4 songs too long and it tails off at the end for me. I’d like it more if it was cut down a bit. What else is there is great though.

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#236

Yes that Jokerman cover! It’s a subtle song to play - they did a great job of keeping it interesting.

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#237

Yeah really enjoyed that. :+1:

#238

The whole VW Webster Hall show was broadcast on satellite radio, so there’s a very nice bootleg in circulation! :slightly_smiling_face:

Not sure that it’s OK to post such links here but you could Google some of the above words.

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#240

This album has really held up for me, still have ‘floooower moon’ running through my head regularly. Don’t think I’ve ever listened the whole way through, I start at the beginning and listen to half or around Sympathy and listen to the end.

Think I’ll go to one of the Alexandra Palace shows, which will be my 4th! time seeing them this year.

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#241

I’d agree with that, definitely in my top 5 of the year. The first 6 or 7 tracks in particular are really strong, and that Jokerman cover mentioned above is superb, never heard anyone do that as a cover.