https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DLVLRpKtYc
― scott seward, Friday, 9 October 2015 19:12 (nine years ago)
like, what do you call that?
bubblegum soul rock?
― Stevolende, Friday, 9 October 2015 19:14 (nine years ago)
okay?
― scott seward, Friday, 9 October 2015 19:17 (nine years ago)
It kind of just sounds like a rock band goofing off in another style, sort of like some Zeppelin album tracks.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 9 October 2015 19:19 (nine years ago)
alright?
― scott seward, Friday, 9 October 2015 19:20 (nine years ago)
"aughties indie" is what comes to mind, also bleuurgh
― jill's got heroin (rip van wanko), Friday, 9 October 2015 19:30 (nine years ago)
coachella blues rock
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 9 October 2015 19:35 (nine years ago)
it kinda stumped me. the why and the how and the what of it. also i had no idea they were still a thing.
― scott seward, Friday, 9 October 2015 19:36 (nine years ago)
Sparks`
― Οὖτις, Friday, 9 October 2015 19:37 (nine years ago)
^^^ yeah, that's a good referent. Neo-new wave art pop.
― Half as cool as Man Sized Action (Dan Peterson), Friday, 9 October 2015 19:42 (nine years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tV5QDjqCQc
― scott seward, Friday, 9 October 2015 19:44 (nine years ago)
what a weird band!
they look like a Halloween party in that video
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 9 October 2015 19:47 (nine years ago)
one guy is the dude from ZZ Top, one guy is...Terry Richardson?
that is not Billy Gibbons
― Οὖτις, Friday, 9 October 2015 19:48 (nine years ago)
n/m
― Οὖτις, Friday, 9 October 2015 19:49 (nine years ago)
judging from the record cover maybe they're going for a mediocre 70s AOR kind of thing?
http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/albums/22406/homepage_large.95eb9078.jpg
I could almost picture this song being played by some also-ran on the Old Grey Whistle Test
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 9 October 2015 20:40 (nine years ago)
brbrbrbrbrbr don't fear the reapah
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 9 October 2015 20:42 (nine years ago)
They don't sound like 70s AOR though? More like Devo circa "Good Thing."
― Half as cool as Man Sized Action (Dan Peterson), Friday, 9 October 2015 20:50 (nine years ago)
lol Whiney
― these are my pincers and if you don't like them I have udders (DJ Mencap), Friday, 9 October 2015 20:52 (nine years ago)
whatever this is, it's just not good
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 9 October 2015 20:52 (nine years ago)
didn't much care for that song but it seems to honour an established tradition of buttrock or pop-metal bands turning themselves into some quasi-new wave thing
― these are my pincers and if you don't like them I have udders (DJ Mencap), Friday, 9 October 2015 20:56 (nine years ago)
is this what it would have sounded like if fatboy slim had produced an offspring album?
― scott seward, Friday, 9 October 2015 21:52 (nine years ago)
2012 offspring happened. offspring and EODM should tour together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAlZyajmcIM
― scott seward, Friday, 9 October 2015 21:57 (nine years ago)
i don't hate this one! better than foo fighters. i like the power poppy guitars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Zy2GkWVFs
― scott seward, Friday, 9 October 2015 22:03 (nine years ago)
i like this too. i've always had a soft spot for offspring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_b-V7BdJK8
― scott seward, Friday, 9 October 2015 22:10 (nine years ago)
Brazilian website Whiplash.net made a very favorable review, giving the album a score 8 out of 10 and noting that: "The album is not flawless, but the guitars are back, there are some "whooas" and that sounds like they are returning to a long lost path."
sounds like spoon
― brimstead, Friday, 9 October 2015 22:19 (nine years ago)
Mentioned a couple times upthread; but yeah, definitely a strong Devo-vibe to it.
― bodacious ignoramus, Monday, 12 October 2015 12:30 (nine years ago)
this is the kind of shit my ex liked
― twunty fifteen (imago), Monday, 12 October 2015 13:12 (nine years ago)
and that you pretended to like.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 12 October 2015 13:57 (nine years ago)
surely scott you're being coy calling these guys "weird"
― jill's got heroin (rip van wanko), Monday, 12 October 2015 15:05 (nine years ago)
Same genre as Electric Six, whatever that may be.
― juggulo for the complete klvtz (bendy), Monday, 12 October 2015 16:13 (nine years ago)
did you guys read that grantland interview with the singer? he is truly a weirdo. yeah, electric six makes sense. ok go?
― scott seward, Monday, 12 October 2015 16:21 (nine years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3fAzQzgeSc
...and the name of the song echoes another Monks classic. So, retro novelty punk.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 12 October 2015 16:32 (nine years ago)
I've needed a new dn for a while, and that's it!
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Monday, 12 October 2015 16:40 (nine years ago)
Ok Go don't have enough surly to fit, maybe not enough self-awareness. The Darkness and Andrew WK have the surliness, though the self awareness is less easy to parse. Har Mar Superstar might fit, conceptually. Midnight Vultures seems to be a prologue, as does Soundgarden's cover of "Girl U Want". ZZ Top's "Gotsta Get Paid" is the godfathers coming back and reclaiming their territory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaIZWjItReI
― juggulo for the complete klvtz (bendy), Monday, 12 October 2015 16:57 (nine years ago)
I'm getting this Robert Palmer covering "Beat It" thing from this.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 12 October 2015 17:18 (nine years ago)