Great review, I appreciate the candidness. Even as someone who goes to bat for I Am Easy to Find, I’m not finding much to grab me with the tracks released so far.
Agreed, [i]You & Me[/i] is an all-time favorite album for me. I like [i]Lisbon[/i], but its not as rewarding a listen as [i]You & Me[/i]. To drop this track 13 songs in, incredible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKRKppEJbLs
[i]Lisbon[/i] is a lighter listen and is great to throw on, but doesn't have the depth that [i]You & Me[/i] has. [i]Lisbon[/i] still has great jams though - "While I Shovel The Snow" was a great show-opener when they toured that album.
I agree with this sentiment. I Am Easy to Find is definitely overstuffed, but I think it works in the album's favor. I find myself listening to the whole thing front-to-back a lot more than Sleep Well Beast, even if the highs of Sleep Well Beast are greater than the highs of I Am Easy to Find.
Alligator
Boxer
Trouble Will Find Me
Sad Songs
High Violet
I Am Easy to Find
Sleep Well Beast
Self-Titled
The 4 between Trouble Will Find Me and self-titled are always changing place though.
Great write-up, Ryan. Gonna drop this High Violet b-side here, I really wish this made the final tracklist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWxpbrvrXfQ
There are some good songs on both, but the clunkers really clunk! "Let the Records Play" and "Johnny Guitar" are two of the worst PJ songs, full stop. Most 21st PJ albums are uneven, but the highs on Binuaral->Avocado top Backspacer/LB, and the lows are not as low.
My main takeaway from this is "more interesting a listen than Backspacer and Lightning Bolt," and I'll gladly take that at this point in their career.
Now crossing my fingers the tour doesn't get postponed.
Very awesome that this is happening and Brassland’s putting it out. Yr boy mikeyetc knew Bartees Strange’s National covers were the good stuff.
https://twitter.com/mikeyetc/status/1189356044180512768?s=21
It is a fever dream! It’s such a bizarre fucking thing and they’ll show a picture of a surfboard and Jenny McCarthy will be like “OH MAYBE ITS A SURFER?!”
It is so bizarre, my gf and I watch it weekly.
Definitely better than Cant Deny Me. As someone who didn’t get much replay value outta Backspacer and Lightning Bolt, I’m happy to hear them pushing in a different direction with this.
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