The solid records are rolling in this year
Tortoise & Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Brave And The Bold
To be honest, I have my gripes with both sets of musicians in this pairing. Whilst the Bonnie Prince did make I See A Darkness, one of my favorite records ever, nothing else he's done has ever really made it past being filed as "OK" in my brain. Tortoise have just flat out never done anything for me. The technicality and composure of their music was always impressive but at the same time very dull. I'm not the kind of guy who can listen to a ten minute drum solo and think "wow, the technicality is amazing" and therefore I can't listen to an hour long Tortoise album and stay listening just because the record's an exercise in musical proficiency.
So upon purchasing this record, I was slightly worried that "The Brave And The Bold" was going to be a display of both acts lesser points as opposed to Billy breaking out the insanely bleak song writing that makes him so important and using Tortoise as an all purpose inclusive, back up band. Fortunately they went with the latter. Billy is feeling the darkness again in this collection of cover versions and it seems to have helped mould Tortoise's musical wankery in to the melodic support that is needed to transport the lyrics across. It's no "I See A Darkness" but then I wasn't really expecting it to be. This still manages to lay waste to the majority both parties' back catalogue.
Thunder Road
Cat Power - The Greatest
I can't claim to be "in the know" about Cat Power. I'm not really part of that little cult that Chan Marshall seems to have following her. I'm sure you know what I'm referring to, those awkward fan boys that thinks she's the best female artist of all time. Yeah, I'm not really that in to her or her music. That's not to say I'm not fond of her music. I just don't have a restraining order against me after I was found sitting in her bushes, not really wearing much. I really liked "Myra Lee" and I'm getting in to "The Greatest" as well. It follows the departure from her harsh awkward wailing in to a more mature graceful singer/song-writer style.
Lived In Bars
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To be honest, I have my gripes with both sets of musicians in this pairing. Whilst the Bonnie Prince did make I See A Darkness, one of my favorite records ever, nothing else he's done has ever really made it past being filed as "OK" in my brain. Tortoise have just flat out never done anything for me. The technicality and composure of their music was always impressive but at the same time very dull. I'm not the kind of guy who can listen to a ten minute drum solo and think "wow, the technicality is amazing" and therefore I can't listen to an hour long Tortoise album and stay listening just because the record's an exercise in musical proficiency.So upon purchasing this record, I was slightly worried that "The Brave And The Bold" was going to be a display of both acts lesser points as opposed to Billy breaking out the insanely bleak song writing that makes him so important and using Tortoise as an all purpose inclusive, back up band. Fortunately they went with the latter. Billy is feeling the darkness again in this collection of cover versions and it seems to have helped mould Tortoise's musical wankery in to the melodic support that is needed to transport the lyrics across. It's no "I See A Darkness" but then I wasn't really expecting it to be. This still manages to lay waste to the majority both parties' back catalogue.
Thunder Road
Cat Power - The Greatest
I can't claim to be "in the know" about Cat Power. I'm not really part of that little cult that Chan Marshall seems to have following her. I'm sure you know what I'm referring to, those awkward fan boys that thinks she's the best female artist of all time. Yeah, I'm not really that in to her or her music. That's not to say I'm not fond of her music. I just don't have a restraining order against me after I was found sitting in her bushes, not really wearing much. I really liked "Myra Lee" and I'm getting in to "The Greatest" as well. It follows the departure from her harsh awkward wailing in to a more mature graceful singer/song-writer style. Lived In Bars
expired
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