wavves - king of the beach

first of all

http://i40.tinypic.com/120i6b4.jpg

so this record is really great. even tho i felt like i identified a lot with nathan when he first broke, i thought his recordings were shit. i'm not a big lo fi person as it is, but i found his albums particularly unlistenable and, after seeing videos of him playing live, really needless. but the new album is, as has been bandied about, pretty clean, at least the guitar pop songs. but, more importantly and surprisingly, the typical & awesome bratty so cal punk jamz that you can now hear take the backseat to songs that are more indebted to girl-pop stuff ("mickey mouse" apparently samples the crystals & "when will you come" opens with the classic "be my baby" beat), or, say d-plan ("convertable balloon", which sounds like a one-man d-plan demo) or even panda bear ("baseball cards"). so, it's a record that is what we thought it would be -- great pop-punk finally cleaned up, but it also reveals nathan to be a kid with real ideas that are real good, which certainly came as a surprise to me.

so

yeah, i felt it needed its own thread as well.

like the single a lot.

1. "King of the Beach" - 2:38
2. "Super Soaker" – 2:29
3. "Idiot" – 2:50
4. "When Will You Come?" – 2:32
5. "Post Acid" – 2:09
6. "Take On the World" – 2:42
7. "Baseball Cards" – 3:02
8. "Convertible Balloon" – 2:23
9. "Green Eyes" – 3:47
10. "Mickey Mouse" – 3:53
11. "Linus Spacehead" – 3:14
12. "Baby Say Goodbye" – 5:11

shit, the leak i downloaded has a totally different tracklist

got it from Wikipedia, they have been wrong in the past (see Arcade Fire).

it also spelled "convertible" as "convertable" which i thought was intentional

anyway, "green eyes" is a really pretty song on this

that tracklist you posted is on amazon, so i think it's right

http://takethepills.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/wavves.jpg

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/1187/altf4redux19tm6yd.jpg

lots of cat covers this year

feature on him in the new fader is really good as well

I really like the title track...will have to check out the rest of the album as well

blink was better. check out cheshire cat, poway wut wut. i still have my copy from the pre-182 years, before they got sued by that irish techno band. scott raynor you were a fuckin monster, RIP.

well yes, blink was better

blink was better than millions of bands tho

this is a good album.

my man

i was excited to check them out this week but then this tweet from him (rumor is still unsubstantiated) got me really excited

http://twitter.com/wavveswavves/status/16976016828

this album is the official summer of the oil spill album

^^yesssssssssss

'Mickey Mouse' is great. Is at least half the rest of the album as strong?

yes

Ta

King of the Beach sounds a bit like Weezer?

Looking forward to hearing this. Thanks for posting.

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that being posted, I bought the last record and will look into this one too

LOL between this and Ariel Pink being "hi fi" versions. They still sound like they are singing into a coffee can!

Woah wait a minute i accidentally put on the old record.

ok, respect is due, kid is talented. but i don't think i like pop punk enough to truly dig this album and man does he still sound like a dbag.

hey someone said this one sounded like a good ripoff of early built to spill, that kinda got me interested...does that sound accurate to folx that have heard it?

no tbh

:(

well if anyone knows of any new bands that sound like early built to spill, keep me posted!

alt + f4 just opens system preferences for me [via apple]

sweet bts shortcut thx

lol is that really the sleeve upthread? kinda makes me wanna get this

Not for me. :(

I can't shake the impression that

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2304/2269404604_3d8da0fd68.jpg

is to shallow trendy emo kids, as

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/wavves.jpeg

is to shallow trendy hipsters.

Just my impression- I hope nobody who enjoys it here takes offense to that.

who's the emo kid group?

Not sure, the image was posted on another thread, but they seem to represent pretty much every one I've seen.

http://www.wreckthetapedeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/wavves.jpg

<black metal shrieking>I'M SO BOOORRRREEEEEED!!!</black metal shrieking>

http://www.wreckthetapedeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/wavves.jpg

<black metal shrieking>I'M SO BOOORRRREEEEEED!!!</black metal shrieking>

emo girl is kind of cute.

and sassy!

it looks like they just exhumed her from the ground

Surprisingly, only one of them is a girl! Guess which one! If you do you win a free ipod!

Tie dye is totally coming back doodz.

lock thread

It seems kind of weird that he's spent so much time in Memphis and is playing with Jay's old rhythm section.

Surprisingly, only one of them is a girl! Guess which one! If you do you win a free ipod!

the bald one

the drummer

hey someone said this one sounded like a good ripoff of early built to spill, that kinda got me interested...does that sound accurate to folx that have heard it?

yes it does kind of sound like Built to Spill.

here is a stream:

http://www.fatpossum.com/promo_pages/wavves

This album is really great, and I wasn't a huge fan of the last one. I listened to it the other day while walking to work in the gorgeous sunshine and felt like this is going to be such a great summer jam album.

i thought the last album was kinda crummy.

this is one is an improvement as it is kinda ok

so hey

http://blog.pradprathivi.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/PlanetHype.gif

Actual Wavves press release copy: "The title 'King Of The Beach' isn't meant to be ironic or a self-deprecating joke. It's a declaration."

http://www.ecademy.com/images/pn_logo/206876.jpg

i'm gonna give this a shot, but his first album was like '09's fleet foxes to me

o/

i'm gonna give this a shot, but his first album was like '09's fleet foxes to me

I don't even get this, unless you are making some sort of statement about not understanding all the buzz.

i think that's it

this album is nothing like his last album -- really i think someone would just find it "ok" if the hooks didn't grab you or w/e, but i can't seem to find it hateable

i can't even remember his last album, but this one's semi-burrowed into my brain.

i'm gonna give this a shot, but his first album was like '09's fleet foxes to me

I don't even get this, unless you are making some sort of statement about not understanding all the buzz.

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, July 4, 2010 11:28 PM (7 minutes ago)

no i'm referring the yearly unlistenable garbage (personal obv, hence "for me") that gets picked up by a lot of critics at the time. so yeah the buzz intensifies my hate but i'm mainly talking about the crappy music

I think "nothing like" his last album is some serious forest-for-the-trees shit. It's better produced, and there are more songs and no instrumental filler, but the overall aesthetic and lyrical perspective is still there. Both albums are clearly made by the same guy. Agree with your other sentiment - it's not really a "hateable" record. It is what it is and you'll be into it or you won't.

Not a great album really is it. Plus I always get the feeling that Wavves dude would be a monumental prick in real life, and though that shouldn't put me off the music it kinda does.

I find it very hard to get excited by stuff like this, Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls et al.

yeah i can't bring myself to like this. not nearly as bad the old stuff tho

but does it sound as good as what he did with zach hill?

KING OF THE BEACH

i wasn't into the zach hill/wavves stuff... he's "good at drums" but just overplays for what nathan is doing. new album is straight fun to listen to.

yeah this is a good, fun album. im actually p psyched 4 the collabo w/ freddie gibbs track talked abt on pitchfork

i never listened to any of his stuff before, should i just not bother going back?

This album is great! It kind of reminds me of the way Nirvana would just thrash through pop songs c. Incesticide.

listening to this now for the first time -- cleaning up the production was such an A+ movie on Williams's part

collabo w/ freddie gibbs

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll43/myknsj/d34fc96f.gif

irl lol

how about the best coast/rostam b/kid cudi joint

not to hop on a ksh i-don't-even-READ-p4k-anymore tip but i have not been keeping up with my chillwave/newjack rapper collabos, thankfully

hahaha! dude I still read Pitchfork, just not as much as I used to I guess. but anyway I just listened to this and then Best Coast right after, and both of them are solid, short, and catchy summer records that I feel good giving the ksh stamp of approval to

dude I still read Pitchfork, just not as much as I used to I guess

check p4k every day you wouldn't want to miss anything

I'm going to hire someone to email me a quick summary once a week containing links to only the best stories, like the one about Conor Oberst sending a letter

Conor Oberst sending a letter

"DEAR INTERNET"

Unavailable for comment: http://twitter.com/conoroberst

u_u

Might be a woman who's been playing video games for seven months? http://twitter.com/BrightEyes/status/6660925622

Come back soon!

stfu both of you

<3

u are so fucking boring

hey man

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This album has no staying power. I didn't really get sick of it, but I couldn't be moved to listen to it after a few days. I went back to his first two, though, and they seem better to me now. Like, it seems pretty bold to release something that sounds like that. I'm sure his friends/parents told him it sounded like shit.

xpost

remember the days when yr posts used to upset me? ~~~nostalgia~~~

<3 to all -- I'm gonna go drink some Vanilla Coke and enjoy a second listen to the Best Coast record now

xpost

remember the days when yr posts used to upset me? ~~~nostalgia~~~

<3 to all -- I'm gonna go drink some Vanilla Coke and enjoy a second listen to the Best Coast record now

― ksh, Monday, July 12, 2010 3:44 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i.e.:

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<3 the return of que

hey dude

Actual Wavves press release copy: "The title 'King Of The Beach' isn't meant to be ironic or a self-deprecating joke. It's a declaration."

http://www.vpix.com/docs_f/rhps/trivia/atlas.c/atlas01.jpg

hey mr. que!

this still rules

http://i40.tinypic.com/120i6b4.jpg
^^^^^^

so does this

What is that semicolon doing? Is that a normal thing when you're describing keypresses?

i wanted to hate this band so bad but the title track on this album is undeniable.

doing a free NYC show at East River Park ... Friday?

What is that semicolon doing? Is that a normal thing when you're describing keypresses?

― bamcquern, Monday, August 15, 2011 8:43 PM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark

good q lol

actually, the free NY show is this Thursday.

Caught the last 5 songs (a 7pm show with two bands ends by 8:40? really?). Nice little punk band, but that I want to slap him for his vocals is not an entirely good thing.

still :D

Post-Acid is pretty brilliant. For the most part, the rest of the album doesn't seem remarkable to me.