Marnie Stern - Marnie Stern

http://pitchfork.com/news/39518-marnie-stern-announces-new-album/

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

not sure about the blurry vocals.
other than that - good as usual.

yeah, it's definitely different, especially from the stuff that was on her last record, but I'm really looking forward to hearing the whole LP

I really enjoy her non-music video endeavors. I find her incredibly funny. But her music makes me run for my life.

so use it for jogging

i like it, not surprisingly. i don't think it's all that much of a departure, but i'm okay with her not departing. i noticed though that her press release more explicitly invokes prog than before. which is what she's always seemed like to me.

why did we need a new thread for this?

seriously guys, why did we need a new thread for a new record?

I guess 162 posts on the other thread justifies a separate one this time...although if people started new threads for every new record this site would become a bit unwieldy.

here's the other thread -- marnie stern is fun

this site would become a bit unwieldy.

Would?! This site already seems as unruly as a Marnie Stern record.

does anyone know what happened with the Mary Timony collaboration?

also, this is predictably great and I am super excited about the new album.

The label teased another new track from the album today, "Transparency is the New Mystery," one of the (relatively) slower ones that nonetheless gives a sense of the album's mood. It's her most earnest and wistful album, and I really can't get enough of it. Each song is a like a punch in the gut, but it's still really brisk and fun. This is easily one of my favorite albums of the year.

for ash is great, might be the best i've heard from her. very psyched for this!

Perpetua linked to a new interview w/ Marnie Stern

thanks for the heads up, Evan -- I've already listened to the track eleven times in the past hour or so according to iTunes

I love how adamant she is that music has to mean something; that she's almost personally offended by songwriters who don't somehow reveal themselves or put themselves out there.

I also love how on the new record she goes out of her way to make sure every song has stakes. Early on the album, on "Nothing Left," she even explicitly spells them out in the chorus: "This! Does! Matter!" It is awesome.

the new track is awesome. a really step forward.

i hope most of the album will sound like this.

http://pitchfork.com/news/39970-listen-to-a-new-marnie-stern-track/

i dig the song just fine, but does anyone else get annoyed by zach hill? dude overplays the drums like crazy! it's like... i admire your proficiency and all, but it comes across as just showy and i always hate how tightly his drums seem to be tuned.

couldn't agree with you less

she killed it was her previous record -- if this is on that level ohhhhhhhh mannnnnnn it could turn out to be the best thing i've heard all year!

i love this record so much. it's full of joy and pain and beauty all of which is revealed through absolute musical dominnnce. so, so good.

30 seconds of each song from the new album can be listened to here:

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/marnie_stern/marnie_stern/

and it sounds great.

female guitar players are the new black.

maura's post is awesome -- really looking forward to this record a lot

this sounds just like sleigh bells?

i like marnie stern

in what way, dayo?

trebly, energetic, high pitched female vocals, sugary, high bpm (I only heard that one song 'rulers' I think it was called)

i really like marnie stern, but she is the queen of one-note melodies

marnie stern is fun

"marnie stern is fun" is a better & more otm name for a thread than "marnie stern - marnie stern"

i will miss it

"marnie stern is fun" is a better & more otm name for a thread than "marnie stern - marnie stern"

is marnie stern no longer fun?

yeah, she sucks now so I started a new thread -- hope no one minds too much! <3 y'all

I pre-ordered this yesterday.

I keep playing "Transparency Is The New Mystery" again and again -- it's just so good. If this record is as good as her last one, then I'll be ecstatic.

""marnie stern is fun" is a better & more otm name for a thread than "marnie stern - marnie stern"

the most otm thread name shouldve been "marnie stern - This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That"

must've started the song in the middle some of these times, but:

✓ 03 TRANSPARENCY IS THE NEW MYSTERY 2:57 Marnie Stern Marnie Stern 79

in, like, three and a half days

omg "Building a Body"

not on YouTube or hypem yet :-(

I pre-ordered the album & Kill Rock Stars sent me a download link today! Legal 'leak,' feels weird but awesome.

oh wow that's not a bad idea -- should look into that! thanks for the tip, Abbott!

leaked, and it's awesome as expected.

Transperancy is.. and Cinco De are especially awesome it seems

http://3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/luisterpaal/44001815#luisterpaal.44001815

She is going to be playing here *free* on Nov. 2 for an "election night party." I am so stoked! Meedly meedly frrrm!

My record showed up in the mail yesterday and it came w/a cool poster of the album cover. Also it is an awesome album so I am highly satisfied w/this purchase. I wish there were more bands I liked on KRS because the vinyl/download ticket combo is affordable + awesome!

I went to go buy this yesterday and the guy behind the counter told me they had sold their last (only?) copy, but that they'd be getting at least one more in when the truck stopped by next at the end of the day or whatever. Dude also said some of the other stores in the area had it. I'm going to head out in a bit and see if I can find one.

Totally forgot about this coming out yesterday!

Meedly meedly frrrm!

might CUTECELSIOR this

I like this album quite a lot, more than the one before I think

does anyone know what happened with the Mary Timony collaboration?

am also interested in this (didn't even know it was a thing)

utterly, utterly awesome

reminds me

the interview linked upthread makes her sound like she talks like she plays.

i never checked for her before but i'm hearing the new one now and it sounds awesome. 'cinco de mayo' especially. i think 'prog' was not a very useful thing to tag her with, but maybe it made more sense on the older ones.

Mash up is great too, D! Two artists who belong together.

My promo of this just arrived...so awesome, so so awesome!

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/marnie2.gif

underrated album

That is a sweet .gif!

I am going to see her play in about five hours. Merm nerm merm nerm nirmna ferrrm!

JEALOUS

I should pick up some ear plugs, I think.

The show was v v awesome and loud and joyful and fun! Lots of smiling and good motion and shredding.
After four songs or so she said, "Normally I say a bunch of really dirty stuff between songs, but Courtney's grandparents are in the audience tonight." (I looked it up and this Courtney is their tour manager.) The bassist kept trying to get her to play along with little jokes about labia or whatever and she'd just take a sip of whiskey and say, "Usually I'm not this slow!" <3

:-D :-D

this album rules btw

yes indeed it does! and thankfully it sounds nothing like sleigh bells

The best part of fall is putting this CD back in my car and becoming obsessed with it all over again. My favorite album of 2010, in hindsight.

psyyyyyched

http://pitchfork.com/news/48901-the-new-marnie-stern-album-is-called-the-chronicles-of-marnia/

a+ title

2013: the year I finally make a point of listening to Stern's music.

Chronicles, I'm still trying to figure it out and whether I like it. The excesses echo what I once loved about Deerhoof, so there's that.

Female Guitar Players are the New Black is one of the greatest songs of the decade

Miss her. Where's she been?

She still sits in with Seth Meyers' band sometimes, right? It's always cool flipping through channels and hearing her wail away on national television. But it'd be happier if she toured

It appears she is still in his house band, which must be a pretty solid and steady gig but I do wish she'd record another album.

haven't been in a position to play the new song just yet, but absurdly happy that she's back!

https://pitchfork.com/news/marnie-stern-announces-first-album-in-10-years-shares-new-song-listen/

dig the song and that album art is great

yeah that album art is very cool and she looks great!

Huh, Arcade Fire drummer on drums. I like the song but kinda miss having a crazy virtuoso on drums like Zach Hill or Kid Millions.

https://www.stereogum.com/2234369/marnie-stern-new-album-the-comeback-kid/music/

I really like the song, agree about the drums. Super happy she's back!

super excited - her S/T was my favorite record of 2010.

Her ludicrously-titled one was my favorite record of whichever year that was.

i think outside of the s/t they would all fit that criteria!

Late getting around to it, but her new one is so so so good.

Just won tickets to see her next week, going in pretty blind.