Guest Glass Plate Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjecYugTbIQ yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 clever video, boring song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 A perfect example of an album that has grown on me. I first heard "Two Weeks" on our local indie station, before the album came out. I only knew of the band but hadn't bothered to check them out. I enjoyed the song, heard it twice I think. Decided to check out the album on the strength of that song, and boy was it a snoozefest. Seriously! Nothing stood out except for "Two Weeks", it all just blended together and washed over me with no effect. However, I tried again, and slowly some of the tracks started standing out. I played it a lot over the summer and absolutely LOVE some of the tracks (Two Weeks, Cheerleader, Ready Able, About Face, Foreground, maybe another). Unfortunately, the others are kind of meh. They've grown on me to the point that I recognize them and don't mind listening to them, but they really pale in comparison to the songs I like. It's too bad, because they keep the album from reaching more than 4 out of 5 stars for me. But really I LOVE the good songs. They make me feel warm and sad with a little bit of hope. Oh and I've since checked out Yellow House but don't dig it too much. I thought maybe it could grow on me the way Veckatimest did, but I'm not sure that's possible. I've only tried twice, but I figure after my experience with Veckatimest I'd be able to tell if there was something there or not. And I'm not feeling it. The last track "Colorado" is decent but the rest I really struggled to find interesting. I just realized this forum automatically adds new posts to your previous post if no one else has posted. That is awesome, I must say. Beats editing and getting that "edited..." message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benc812 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 I first heard "Two Weeks" on our local indie station, before the album came out. I only knew of the band but hadn't bothered to check them out. I enjoyed the song, heard it twice I think. Decided to check out the album on the strength of that song, and boy was it a snoozefest. Seriously! Nothing stood out except for "Two Weeks", it all just blended together and washed over me with no effect. However, I tried again, and slowly some of the tracks started standing out. I played it a lot over the summer and absolutely LOVE some of the tracks (Two Weeks, Cheerleader, Ready Able, About Face, Foreground, maybe another). Unfortunately, the others are kind of meh. They've grown on me to the point that I recognize them and don't mind listening to them, but they really pale in comparison to the songs I like. It's too bad, because they keep the album from reaching more than 4 out of 5 stars for me. But really I LOVE the good songs. They make me feel warm and sad with a little bit of hope. pretty much the same story here. i also think "southern point" is awesome. there is one prominent vocalist in grizzly bear that i dislike much more than the others (whoever leads the pre-chorus/chorus of "all we ask"... come on. it sounds ridiculous) but the middle of the cd is where it starts to shine. to sum up, veckatimest works better when you listen to it a few times from beginning to end. skipping between songs breaks that strange cohesive factor of the album that makes it good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 this is the album. just a+++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Yellow House, Veckatimest, Horn of Plenty. So fucking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 totally into them:) not sure if i can pick a favourite between yellow house and veckatimest but they're both amazing. they're playing in australia next year and i have tickets to both their melbourne shows :D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GrandPopPoplock Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 By far one of the best songs and videos of 09 . I need that fucking album ( thank God I didn't buy it yet ) Gotta get the 2 disc version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hautlle Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Oh and I've since checked out Yellow House but don't dig it too much. I thought maybe it could grow on me the way Veckatimest did, but I'm not sure that's possible. I've only tried twice, but I figure after my experience with Veckatimest I'd be able to tell if there was something there or not. And I'm not feeling it. The last track "Colorado" is decent but the rest I really struggled to find interesting. I just realized this forum automatically adds new posts to your previous post if no one else has posted. That is awesome, I must say. Beats editing and getting that "edited..." message. Man, Yellow House is so much better than Veckatimst IMO. LIttle Brother, On a Neck on a Spit, Colorado as you mentioned. I love that whole album other than Marla I think it's called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Well perhaps I'll give it another try some day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXIMUS MISCHIEF Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 ac is better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Benedict Cumberbatch Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 great album but video was a half good idea overdone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest beatfanatic Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Yellow House and Veckatimest (shitty name for an album) are both great. I cant pick one over the other either but that music video is pretty boring. Also Warp is just being smart by branching out. Good for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 still though, it's a better video vid than While You Wait For The Others.. i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hautlle Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 man i wish warp would stop signing indie bands. maybe they could create a separate label for hipster trash. This comment pisses me off. This band was signed before they were anything pretty much. All the had out was horn of plenty and sorry for the delay which both are really crappy lo-fi recordings with some good songs on them. Yellow House was an amazing album that got picked up and by pitchfork etc and hyped because it was amazing. Of course the hipsters jumped on too. The same thing is happening with WHY? recently and it's ridiculous. A band drops an amazing album which gets picked up by more mainstream media and suddenly they're hipster trash... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 hipster trash or not, if this song is any indication of the rest of their output, its nothing to go crazy about. pleasant enough, sure, but at the end of the day ill just listen to the beatles or something if i need a pop fix like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXIMUS MISCHIEF Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 you got to stop judging stuff because of what other people think of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Kingdom Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I like them a lot, they're a good band regardless of the hype and hipster love. I think I still prefer Yellow Hose to Veckatimest (still have no idea how to pronounce this, luckily I haven't needed to). The good songs on Vecka.. are truly awesome, which more than makes up for the meh ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXIMUS MISCHIEF Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 k well i hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glass Plate Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 just so you guys like over 50% of hipsters listen to aphex twin. Go to the most pretentious ridiculous drone/psych hipster forum, and you'll find people showing off their aphex record collection, or Squarepusher etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I liked Yellow House quite a bit. Haven't really checked out Veckatimest too much. Who cares if the hipsters like them. I didn't stop liking Aphex when all the faggots who found out about him through NIN started to love him. If you stop liking something because hipsters like it, then you're just as much of a scenester as they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmakramer Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I hate the new album but I think yellow house is well very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 love both albums.. really really do. i think yellow house is more solid, but i also think the band are in a better place now than before. they have a really defined and uniqely grizzly style of songwriting+performance, and they've just been getting stronger and stronger. there's a reason grizzly bear are among my favourite bands atm and it's got nothing to do with pitchfork or trendy trends or anything. i downloaded yellow house based on jonny greenwoods words of praise, but all i could hear was bland nothingness that went straight over my head. came back to it later when i realised they were on warp and gave it a few more listens. eventually it clicked and i realised i was listening to some of the nicest fucken music. in short, what i'm trying to say is.. <3<3<3!!1oneonelolol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Veckatimest is a top five album of this decade for me. I have a hard time understanding how anyone who appreciates melodic, emotional, vocal oriented music can not love these guys. Everything about their sound is so inviting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I didn't stop liking Aphex when all the faggots who found out about him through NIN started to love him hey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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