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wikey
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| Post #1: 7th Nov 2019 7:38 AM | |
Apologies for the late thread. Still got plenty of time to listen to this.
FE Listens - November Pick
1. Sunburned Shirts
2. The Drum
3. Something Soon
4. No Passion
5. Times to Die
6. psst, teenagers, take of your clo
7. Strangers
8. Maud Gone
9. Los Borrachos (I Don't Have Any Hope Left, But the Weather is Nice)
10. Bad Role Models, Old Idols Exhumed (psst, teenagers, put your clothes back o)
11. Oh! Starving
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As a reminder, we have chosen to pick out songs that stuck out to us, or ones that you would listen to again/put on a playlist. There is no hard rule to what songs you have to include here, but they should just be the highlights of the album for you. Try to pick at least two, if you can, but you can throw on as many as you want here. (My normal habit with this is to put a small star next to a song right after I listen to it to remind myself that it stuck out to me.).
On top of this, we are giving the album an official rating from 1-10. Your rating can be off any system or scale that you choose, but here is a general scale just in case you are needing a little help pinpointing where it should be:
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10. A classic. One of your favorite albums of all time.
9. A great album. One of the best albums of the year.
8. A good album. You would suggest it to a friend.
7. An above average album. The songs hold up pretty well but the album won't change your life.
6. A promising album. There is potential for them to create great music, they just might not have perfected their sound.
5. An okay album. Your life is pretty unbothered after listening to it. You'd listen if it was on but nothing more.
4. An uninspired album. It has a few good songs but the rest were bad.
3. A disappointing album. You expected better from the album and artist and neither delivered on it.
2. A bad album. You would never go out of your way to listen to this artist or album again.
1. A horrible album. You can't understand how this album crawled its way out of a studio. |
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wikey
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| Post #2: 7th Nov 2019 9:50 AM | |
I'm really interested in this guys DIY ethic and the way he got successful on his own by sharing his music online. I gave one his albums a listen a few years ago but it wasn't for me (it was the follow up to this one actually, called Teens of Denial). I haven't given him a chance since.
Perhaps I should have started with this one though. According to Wiki:
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Intended as an introductory compilation for new listeners, it features reworked newly recorded versions of songs originally released between 2010 and 2012, with the addition of one new composition |
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wikey
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| Post #3: 9th Nov 2019 4:32 PM | |
This is way better than Teens of Denial.
Maud Gone is my fav song by far, I saved that one to a playlist straight away. I liked most of these songs, but I'd say of the others the following stood out: Sunburned Shirts, Something Soon, Los Barrachos and No Passion.
This is my fav album so far. The only complaint I have is that the vocals are drenched in reverb on every song. I think they would sound better with less of it. Guess this guy doesn't like his own voice or something. | |
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wikey
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| Post #4: 10th Nov 2019 7:28 AM | |
Gave it an 8! | |
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