Comments on: short love with a long divorce and a couple of kids, of course

By: gregor

gregor — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:03:03 +0000

im with ya on lowery and isaac. but of course i am the exact opposite in terms of their spit and polish. granted, the only two records that are actually polished are the last two, which one i love and one i hate. so, i can only hope that they bring it all back with the next record.

By: GS

GS — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:56:46 +0000

umm yea. i have pretty much everything. I love Issac i think he is one of the most underratted song writers out there along side David Lowery from cracker. i just prefer the more polished sound over the older stuff. but as far as great lyrics go? love the crowded west.

By: gregor

gregor — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:13:18 +0000

have you listened to anything pre-good news? lonesome crowded, this is a long drive and moon and antarctica are classics, imo. definitely more kinda drug/booze fueled than the last two, which lead to more interesting lyrical content.

By: GS

GS — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:07:39 +0000

geeze, Missed The Boat, Fly Trapped in a Jar, Little Motel….the only songs i dont like off the new one are Florida and Dashboard. then again, as a friend pointed out im more of a new school MM fan. meaning Good News and beyond.

By: gregor

gregor — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:45 +0000

matt, yeah i was a bit indifferent to brighten the corners initially too, but of course it eventually won me over.

i will be praying for such a performance, kh.

kiel, i love good news which if i were paying attention it would have prepared me for the last one. cause both are very similar, stylistically, but yet we were dead is just a hot mess. i can deal with a hot mess if the songs are good, but they aint.

By: kiel

kiel — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:45:02 +0000

i resisted the new album for a while, mainly because i was so put off by the one before it (’good news…’). man, did that album suck. but i really like ‘we were dead’ now, especially tracks like “spitting venom” and “people as places as people” — check those out if you haven’t.

it’s cool to hear them play a b-side like “here it comes” … it actually sounds a lot better than the studio version

By: KH

KH — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:38:32 +0000

Certainly not their best album, but it’s got some good tracks. Heading to St. Louie next week to see them so hopefully it will be one of their inspired performances and not a shitty one.