On a similar note, if you like amanset what is yr favorite song by them? mine would be a tie between 'don't wake me' and 'i must soon leave the scene'.
― tk, Friday, 25 July 2003 15:37 (twenty-three years ago)
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Friday, 25 July 2003 15:46 (twenty-three years ago)
ya ... i mean as of now. thanks for the response though.
― tk, Friday, 25 July 2003 15:47 (twenty-three years ago)
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 25 July 2003 16:17 (twenty-three years ago)
― Nick Mirov (nick), Friday, 25 July 2003 17:12 (twenty-three years ago)
Can't pick just one, but "Gone to Earth" off the first CD, "Blue Chaise" and "Two Way Diamond II" off the second, the title track and "I Must Soon Quit the Scene" off the third, the 7" version of "It's All About Us" off the comp, and "Hard to Find" on the new album are all at the top of my list.
― Phil (phil), Friday, 25 July 2003 18:42 (twenty-three years ago)
― Sean (Sean), Friday, 25 July 2003 20:06 (twenty-three years ago)
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Friday, 25 July 2003 20:09 (twenty-three years ago)
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Friday, 25 July 2003 20:46 (twenty-three years ago)
― tk, Friday, 25 July 2003 21:46 (twenty-three years ago)
― kelly denison-cole (dustjacket), Monday, 28 July 2003 21:22 (twenty-three years ago)
Really enjoying Andrew Kenny's new record:
http://www.myspace.com/thewoodenbirds
Not a huge departure, but I loved AMANSET so no complaints here.
― Barnaby, Hardly, Thursday, 25 June 2009 18:29 (seventeen years ago)
haven't heard it. they lost me a little after the golden band, though there are still major later jams like "like foxes through fences"
― kamerad, Sunday, 13 September 2009 02:33 (seventeen years ago)
Saw The Wooden Birds live and they were pleasant enough.
― Evan, Sunday, 13 September 2009 03:37 (seventeen years ago)
Didn't seem like too much of a departure from AAS.
New album!https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-american-analog-set-announce-1st-album-in-18-years-out-this-month/
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 21:39 (three years ago)
Wow!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 22:07 (three years ago)
dope news
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 23:56 (three years ago)
oh wow!
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 10:54 (three years ago)
lol omg
― the adventures of Yari and ixa. (Austin), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 14:02 (three years ago)
seriously though, i can't think of better news.
― the adventures of Yari and ixa. (Austin), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 14:03 (three years ago)
wow great news
― campreverb, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 16:07 (three years ago)
the "new" song sounds straight from the vault to me. very lofi, gets very dreamy. cool. this is one of my alltimer bands so this is kinda sorta exciting af.
― the adventures of Yari and ixa. (Austin), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 16:26 (three years ago)
two of the songs on the new album are streaming on their site. "camp don't count" is pretty heavy!
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 19 October 2023 13:38 (two years ago)
welp
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Sunday, 29 October 2023 03:03 (two years ago)
i mean to answer the initial question asked: yeah, that's a no from me.
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Sunday, 29 October 2023 03:07 (two years ago)
but for realsies-
some of it feels like a natural extension of where they left off (the title track is the exact kind of spacey slow burn they built their rep on), while some of it goes off into classicism of the sort the band had never showed any signs of before (the cs+n style harmonies on "by the bridle" threw me off initially, but sure why not). like destroyer said, some of it definitely has a lot more punch in the guitars and while it is missing some of that echoey atmosphere, in the end it sounds like them (especially if you consider the wooden birds material). andrew kenny's brand of spacey americana has become an actual thing in more recent times, and the 'kraut country' is certainly played up here. perfect timing, i say. early highlights--
"over the jeans""gin shakes""camp don't count""for forever"
random aside thought: i could see some wilco fans getting converted by, or at least digging, for forever. it has a much more pronounced americana vibe and i can see some of the buzzier moments resonating with wilco fans. of course, it has none of the guitaristry, but definitely hits some similar vibes; kind of cosmic neil young.
overall: 5 mics duh. riyl old amanset, william tyler+the impossible truth, newer wilco, the 90s, buzzy basslines, nonsense chords buried under rad moods
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Sunday, 29 October 2023 03:59 (two years ago)
Really dig this. There are little moments I’m not sure about—the vocals are more up in the mix and (relatively!) more vigorous than other AmAnSet albums, but when they shift into zone mode it’s just about perfect.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 03:56 (two years ago)
The Golden Band is so so good, a top all-time under-rated album. the SF Sorrow of the 90s
"they are angels who see angels all around them"
― reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 5 November 2023 01:04 (two years ago)