Speedy Ortiz

Major Arcana is fantastic, distinctive guitar rock that sounds fresh. sadie dupuis writes good lyrics + i like her voice + she doesn't sound like anyone else.
Speedy Ortiz might be the best new guitar band

Listened to this earlier, will give it a few more listens but will say that it didn't do an awful lot for me and I've liked a great deal of "guitar band" stuff this year.

yeah, this shit is so deep in my wheelhouse i can't even talk about it objectively.

weezer + pavement

the guitar sound + singing at least. among many other things

Sports EP was great, feel very let down by the album. Can't quite put my finger on why yet.

i get no weezer out of this, thank god

and i fucking hate playing indoor soccer

the vocal lines all got stuck in my head pretty quickly and have yet to leave me alone

is this band created specifically to do a double bill with Love & Rockets?

Instantly thought Helium but I think that there's more to that than girl + 90s sound.

the sports ep feels v. helium to me

who else is making music like this right now?

<3SO<3

Those sing-song vocals annoy me after awhile

I want to like them, and she comes across as pretty bright in interviews and the band likes lots of 80s and 90s stuff I like, but that narrow vocal range holds me back. Maybe if I listen a few more times.

Also, Shark? might be up yr alley

yes, "Shark?"

Solid stuff, I'm in

I wonder if the Pitchfork review set me up to expect more, hence my not being so blown away by this. After a bunch of listens, it's putting me in mind of bands like Autoclave (so pre-Helium) and Tsunami and such. Nothing wrong with it per se, but not something I'd get breathless about. I like the Fists album much more, if we're talking about 90's influenced (mostly) girl guitar rock.

A Washington Post freelancer I respect and the W. Post's lead critic whom I also usually agree with are calling this an album of the year, and Pitchfork has it as a best of, and so I was expecting more too.

really digging them right now -- have only heard the bandcamp stuff, not the new album...

I was very disappointed at first but 3-4 listens in I got hopelessly hooked. Cash Cab, No Below and the closer are my favorites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4yJWoViXoI

Sorry for being so obvious.

They are from Massachusetts!

they are nice kids. they live around here. here they are in my record store a while back:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe3bE0dTudE

who else is making music like this right now?

― j., Wednesday, August 14, 2013 12:13 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

P much everything on Exploding in Sound Records

Anyone into Real Hair?

Sadie is actually singing now

^ first thought

American Horror is their best song yet.

man, both times i've seen them in the last six months have been pretty disappointing. i can't really fault a band in their position - on the up, touring/travelling constantly, presumably under a ton of pressure - to be 100% into it at every show, but never before have I seen a band just like ooooooze "we really dont want to be here." they played like 6 songs both times. the songs are really good though so I'll see them again when they're in town. haven't heard the ep

Anyone seeing them (hopefully play more than six songs) in London tomorrow?

first time i saw them, last august, full set (9 songs, but the show in january was def half as long). judge for yourself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg26VqX0X_c

They were great! Played for the best part of an hour, did most of Major Arcana and a bunch of newer / older stuff. Seemed really pleased to be here - lots of pogoing and jokes about multiplayer Pokemon.

Definitely worth seeing at their other show tomorrow if anyone has the chance.

they rule

this is such a standout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWMEtcGRoe8

they played a couple of new songs in boston on saturday night and i was into them

^ good 90s revival lyric

my pal matt r. is doing cool stuff since he left speedy. here he is with my pals jen and jeremy. he's been playing with the lentils too. and he's gonna go on tour with the group he has started with my pal olivia and my pal ted of feeding tube records/zebu/egg eggs. so, if you are in europe, go see them. he also has a rad tape label: http://www.hiddentempletapes.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNgorZBqMNo

bummed that he's left the band for good it seems - he was great with Speedy both times i saw them

this new(ish) song 'the graduates' is so great, my gf keeps playing it at at random and i'm all 'hey this is awesome, what is it' every time

this band is the best

this band is the best

really odd + refreshing sense of melody in a US pop punk context

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/arts/music/sadie-dupuis-of-speedy-ortiz-adds-pop-hooks-to-the-bands-sharp-edges.html?_r=0

She talks about Stephen Malkmus and more...

excerpts--

For its last album, Speedy Ortiz jammed the recording of 14 songs into four days. This time, Ms. Dupuis and her bandmates — Devin McKnight on guitar, Darl Ferm on bass, Mike Falcone on drums — worked for a relatively lavish three weeks...

What do you listen to on tour?

We tour really cheap, in a minivan, and the driver decides. Clipse is probably the biggest overlap. We get so burned out on hearing rock every night that we gravitate a lot toward pop and rap...

What other singers and lyricists have influenced your writing?

Fiona Apple does things with sentences over the course of a verse that I can’t even believe. So I’ll keep that in mind: “What would Fiona Apple do?” I also sang in a children’s choir until I was 16, and we would tour internationally. I was really into stuff that was harmony-heavy because that was what I was spending 10 hours a week doing in rehearsal. I’ve always thought Beyoncé’s vocal harmonies were really weird. A lot of the stuff in the choir was really dissonant, and she’ll do that — the harmony will be in a totally different key. Another one that is obvious to me but maybe doesn’t come across is Aaliyah. There were certain things on this record where I was like: “Oh, Aaliyah wouldn’t push this. She would do it calm.” And the reverse reverb that Timbaland would apply to her vocals, we used that on a couple songs.

That interview has me curious about their new album

It's very good. Hear for yourself: http://www.npr.org/2015/04/12/398062996/first-listen-speedy-ortiz-foil-deer

on the first song, this is literally bursting to throw all the melodies in your face

literally the point where postpunk emocore brad nelson music atomsmashes into imago melodyprog

first song has some serious Chavez vibes

^^^yes!!!

third or fourth song the low-key intertwining verse segments remind me of Slint a bit, or Slint style interplay applied to a pop song structure

(the one that says don't ever touch my ring you fool you'll be curse for a lifetime in the chorus)

there's definitely the hint of math in here, and it's way heavier than other records of its type

is this where I mention the Mitski album from last year too? check it out, srsly

not familiar w/Mitski

yeah i like this because it's definitely got great hooks and pop instincts but i hear elements the aforementioned bands, Polvo, etc that type of stuff without getting too in the capital-M math like Don Cab or A Minor Forest or whatever

guys

i love the 90s

yh me too

mitski album is my homework assignment for everyone on ilx who likes punk, emo or the 90s

Mitski is so good

first song has some serious Chavez vibes

― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, April 13, 2015 3:58 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wow you weren't kidding

how come this sounds so amazing and other indie rock records suck so much

they're trying harder

just saw Mitski w/ Screaming Females a few days ago, she was really great.

from now on all bands should try harder

agreed

literally the point where postpunk emocore brad nelson music atomsmashes into imago melodyprog

love bands that can bring everyone together

mitski is touring with speedy!! so is krill <3

love the falling-down-the-stairs drumfills in 'raising the skate'

mitski sucks

god i hate mainlander, emo bullshit with boring crunchy guitars. why didn't that trend get left in the early aughts?

i'll try speedy ortiz though

this from the genius who called pc music 'insensitive'

i mean, it is insensitive. you're talking about a bunch of upper class art school haircuts selling you their idea of the "future" in the form of j-pop theft

i'm glad you think your progressive

how come this sounds so amazing and other indie rock records suck so much

― j., Monday, April 13, 2015 5:11 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

YES THIS

"Foil Deer" raises the stakes (no pun intended, I swear) in the best possible ways

Mainlander?

Is the album as good as The Graduates?

"mainlander" = college rock bands situated in a local area

(my word for it)

i went on Urban Dictionary and apparently that term has offensive connotations. didn't mean that. doh

Is the album as good as The Graduates?

yes

Thanks for the Mitski tip. I'm a sucker for this kind of style and the songs/lyrics/persona are more distinct/memorable than most. This is what I'm hoping the new Waxahatchee album will be like (when I get around to hearing it).

a little bit of Tilt in her voice.

A little bit of Liz Phair too

Mitski is the pure shit

it was thanks to you that we discovered her! shuffle find on the traxpoll spotify, instant liking

(this is where my gf informs me that she knew about her already or w/e but you still did well nominating her)

now back to speedy ortiz, this is one of the strongest opening salvos to an album in recent memory, 'raising the skate' is a fucking classic indie rock song already

mitski sucks

god i hate mainlander, emo bullshit with boring crunchy guitars

only now listening to the mitski album and as a fan of emo bullshit with boring crunchy guitars this is a very uncharitable and inaccurate description of the record itself

it's pretty good

'my dead girl' is the lower-order classic on this album, based on 2 listens, but it really is all great

yeah "my dead girl" is amazing

Mitski is the core, the heart music

get a similar rush from this as from catherine wheel's poppier stuff

what kinda fuckin space-age bass drum micing technology did they cook up to record this thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnUWcm6KK6c

pro mitski

hey, that's my favorite One Direction song

this is quite possibly album of the year

you always say that

every year

get some fresh material

say it every year about speedy ortiz?

fine, "this album could end up being my favourite album of 2015, got some cracking indie songs on it m8"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU4FkiO_Bns

it looks just like your pictures but in 3d

good album!

I was already sold, Major Arcana was one of my favorite records of the past few years, but this is even better, I'm over the moon.

This is a superior quality piece of 90s Matador nostalgia but I'm not sure I'd care if it wasn't for the singer, she tips it away from just being a slavish recreation of a sound. Still, this is the best time of year to listen to this sort of thing, and I'm enjoying it.

Mister Difficult is staggering

This album is stellar, and indeed My Dead Girl is an amazing song. Puffer has some serious Luscious Jackson vibes.

how does she do that ~~~tHiNg~~~ with her voice

I missed the stream apparently now I'm desperately trying to listen to that first song to get the Chavez vibes described upthread...

In Pitchfork interview, as in NY Times one, she talks about listening to rap, r'n'b, and Pavement.

http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/9634-boss-status-speedy-ortiz-make-power-moves/

completely leveled by Mister Difficult.

Whiney says this band isn't cool anymore pack it in

i was rinsing 'taylor swift' b/w 'swim fan' before the new release. the words to 'raising the skate' are amazing.

it's about an entrepreneur who starts a successful fish farm right

at the show saturday i was standing next to a group of dudes talking about nytimes music writers by name so maybe whiney was right

anyway imo this is a very special band that is very difficult to write about well

wonder why anyone would listen to whiney anyway

he's so confident

despite the fact that is only skill is dismissal

Dupuis explained (kind of...) a bunch of her songs on genius.com and it's quite interesting, the story behind My Dead Girl adds a whole other layer for me.

how does she do that ~~~tHiNg~~~ with her voice

― j., Thursday, April 23, 2015 11:06 AM (2 months ago)

srsly

o they are lovely live! started off playing the songs maybe 20% slower than on the record but then the weed wore off

they have such chops; they make a muscular racket with such clarity. awesome band

and they man their own merch stand! my gf and I gave Dupuis a note at the end recommending Cardiacs as she's such a Blur fan - hopefully she will give them a try!

man i can't stand this band anymore. the whole hotline thing was so embarrassing, what a cynical push for a floundering album cycle. sadie's got a solo album coming out in november, the lead single is about consent, christ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd94YUSWplo

wtf dude

this bird has flown

She should start a synth pop supergroup with Kristin Kontrol.

tt has alerted me to Sadie's new album (as Sad13) Slugger - it's great! she's gone predictably in a more electronic direction ('she's been at the Ableton') but the songwriting is really strong, maybe just as strong as on Foil Deer. do give it a listen, even as this year continues to provide album upon album of true wonder

the album by hellrazor (fronted by mike falcone, the drummer) is really great in a "meant to soundtrack skate-wipeout videos" way

http://lkhellrazor.bandcamp.com/album/satan-smile

love the hellrazor album, it's gross

whoa i was not expecting to like this but

New Speedy Ortiz single! https://www.npr.org/2018/02/21/586560145/songs-we-love-speedy-ortiz-lucky-88 Album out April 27. Sounds like they've toned things down a bit for this one, but I'm still excited.

album stream! https://www.npr.org/2018/04/19/602233938/first-listen-speedy-ortiz-twerp-verse

It's quite good.

(that's all I can say until next week lol)

A bit frontloaded maybe(?) but pretty solid, lots going on sonically

i underrated "lucky 88" when it came out, that song rules

the back half is strongest for me, actually

"You Hate the Title" is the most obvious single they've ever recorded.

i love "backslidin'" sooo much

yep

I'm Blessed is amazing

Opinion totally in character as it's basically a Speedy Ortiz mini-prog-suite

Whole album sounding great tbf

Only thing I'm not sure about is the new guitarist, but he seems pretty good. I did so like the last one though

is sad13 actually pronounced sad thirteen?

i think it's "sadie."

i hope so

so, actually, it's sad13, according to spotify

people shouldn't believe me all the time. i feel that ilx considers me an indisputable fount of wisdom and --i have to say -- that's only 95% true.

oh, we know

Sometimes I have opinions without having all the facts

― Trϵϵship, Monday, November 5, 2018 11:54 AM (one year ago)

lol, good find

i will say though, that is only sometimes. most of the time i have all the facts and more.

are you voting yes tho

in the faulknerian sense? like, do i believe in the survival of mankind?

evidently i cannot accurately gauge your emoness

probably for the best

i'm just drunk, dude

lol you think i'm not?

anyway literally every other ilxor would be shocked that you, like Peter, so casually disavow your savior

lol do ppl here really think i am a death cab for cutie fan--a teenager, preserved in amber, from 2001?

yes

that's cool i guess

there's a subset that wonders if you're cute (seriously), but if they dwelled too much on you, they'd just become misanthropes

New album sounding good. "Cry Cry Cry" is huge, one of their best.

Her voice is great but Rabbit Rabbit album songwriting seems musically formulaic to me .