shameless musical obsession: it’s all about the love.
Notes: Yes, I am listening to the leak. We all are. To be honest, we all also jumped when FOB started pushing out iTunes singles and giant boxed packages months ago, so we’ve already paid for this damn thing. (I’ve also already heard four of the thirteen songs in their iTunes incarnations.) Let’s just hope what I’m about to hear justifies the $100 some of us have dropped.
There’s a peculiar sort of stress when you push play on a favorite band’s new album for the very first time. What if it sucks? Then where are you? Can you still get as passionate about them when going to see them in concert means hearing the horrible new songs? It’s especially tricky for me on this one because I fell in love with their debut, Employment halfway through the second track and never looked back. The sophomore attempt, Yours Truly, Angry Mob was harder to get into and never quite achieved the same amazing status in my head (you know what they say: you get your whole life to write your first album and six months to write your second). I kinda need them to reverse the direction here.
So, I got this album months ago, and then I just never felt like I had the uninterrupted time to really listen to it. And then it turned out to be a breakup album, and I didn’t want to listen in case it was amazing and I was sad. But then I had a plane flight cross-country, so… Continue Reading »
Preconceived notions:
1. It contains “Fernando” and “Carpetbaggers”, so it’s going to rock no matter what.
2. Some songs, I’m going to get distracted playing Who Is That Familiar Indie Rock Voice.
3. Jenny wrote all but one song on the last Rilo Kiley effort, so I assume it will sound like that.
Now, for the album. Continue Reading »
I picked this up after accidentally attending a release party for it. (I was in the bar anyway. The party just showed up.) It sounded intriguing. Let’s see if I was wrong. Continue Reading »
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