I was at the show last night, and it was incredible. Over 2 hours, full of deep cuts, and the listening party was unreal. The Reddit description is accurate of the new stuff- very bright, vibrant, and had a very '70's sound. It's fucking great. The whole audience was in awe. It was one of the most special shows I've ever been to. New album is going to be completely different than anything they've done before (as far as I can tell). It's going to be amazing.
I get the Bjork comparisons. I think it's more about them being more 'spiritually' connected than in practice. They both, in my mind, create very visceral, emotional experimental music, and have complete control over their mutual sonic landscapes. They're ideological sisters.
I've seen way too many comments like that for this website. Like, the ONLY possible reason Adams did this was to get laid or he's getting laid. He couldn't possibly respect her or her work. Yep, there's nothing misogynistic about that at all.
I agree with Redacted. Her comments on sexuality are great, but that doesn't give her a free pass on the cultural appropriation/racism. And if she's going to call out people for things she deems wrong, she should be open to criticism herself.
That sounds exactly like when people told Lauren Mayberry she should just accept misogynistic online comments because they happen all the time. Mayberry doesn't have to accept that BS, and nor does any person who is performing on stage have to accept the possibility of being grabbed/assaulted/attacked/whatever.
I think this album is great. 'You Satellite' is my favorite, love the Dylan vibes on 'The Joke Explained', and 'Random Name Generator' is just a cool song. They haven't sounded this tight is quite some time. I agree with anyone who think this has Summerteeth vibes. I also love how this sounds like a band who was fucking around in the studio, made some songs, and was just like "let's just put this out. Done'. You can never underestimate Jeff Tweedy.
Admittedly I have not listened to Krautrock. I've listened to a little shoegaze. I like Lush! But I can tell what that woman is singing. Here, not so much...
I don't get why indie blogs are all about celebrating music they rightly admit "I have no idea what she's saying most of the time". Are indie musicians becoming so obsessed with trying to remain in their insular world, that everything has to be unintelligible now? It's like the more mainstream "indie" gets the more garbled the vocals becomes on every fucking song. If you can actually sing, we should be able to fucking hear it.
They're simply feelings she has. She never referenced any direct interview/communication with the band other than from afar. She BELIEVES they're are authentic, but that's not an intellectual argument.
It's not Deconstructing because nothing is being deconstructed (in any sense of that word). And it's barely about the music itself. This article is about the perception of the artists themselves, but instead of "deconstructing" that, she's just saying "I know people don't like them, but I do." I think it's kind of nice that she's not being a hater, but this segment should just be called "This is how I feel about ____".
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