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not the best threadtitle but anyway. Which recent albums can be compared to some extent to alltime classics? I'll do one:

Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles
vs.
Pop Group - Y

I'm aware of the absolute differences in intention between those bands but what do you think of the comparison sound- and moodwise?

I'm curious to see what recent albums made you think back like ooooh fuck that sounds like [...]

― Rizz (Rizz), Monday, 21 February 2005 05:01 (twenty years ago)

Soundwise, Xiu Xiu's a lot more lo-fi (although their production's improving) and fraught in a not very fun way. I've never really thought The Pop Group to be in any league with them at all, though. I'll have to dwell on this.

― Ian Riese-Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Monday, 21 February 2005 14:45 (twenty years ago)

Maybe The Birthday Party would make a bit more sense than The Pop Group? I could see Hee-Haw or Prayers on Fire being a bit of a forerunner to Fabulous Muscles. Then again, maybe those Birthday Party records are a bit too fun...Junkyard might be a bit more suitable.

― Ian Riese-Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Monday, 21 February 2005 14:47 (twenty years ago)

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