" they dazzled with Bikini Kill covers but some raucous but playful new material" <-- I think that's a mistake. It should be "...they dazzled with Bikini Kill covers and some raucous but playful new material."
I just spent all day yesterday slogging through their released tracks up to this point and even watched their set at Glastonbury. I am still baffled at the buzz they're getting.
This comment sucks.
It's like chiding movie producers for wanting to sell DVDs: "Wanna make more money from Pacific Rim? Fair enough, take it to Broadway!"
To insinuate that artists don't deserve to make money off of albums is asinine. Albums are arguably the most valuable form of media that we consume, and yet, people seem to undervalue them the most. I use Spotify as a necessary evil, but I still purchase a ton of music and try to find other ways to support artists. I hope you do too.
It was kind of amazing to hit up their facebook page after this aired and see a lot of people declaring themselves new fans. It kind of makes you wonder how well they could've done with wider exposure.
Are you just not a Shins fan? This is very par for the course with Mercer & Co. If you don't like this song, you probably won't like the rest of their stuff.
Sounds a lot like Cursive. Doesn't really sound like there is any experimentation happening here. And that is a good thing. It sounds soooo good. The last album was really disappointing. I am now less cautiously optimistic about this one and more just optimistic.
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