I like this a lot. My only thoughts so far really are that the Mulatu Astatke sample makes me so happy, that I'm definitely not disappointed with this record, and that the deck is probably unfairly stacked in favor of Helplessness Blues for me and against any new record they could put out no matter how wonderful, just because of how much HB has meant to me and what it has come to represent in the last six years of my life. So great that they're back though. Hope I can snag a Chicago ticket once I have the spare income to do so.
Nice!! What is that, 12 hrs Philly->STL? I'll be crossing your path near Indianapolis going home to Louisville this weekend haha. My drives only 4-5 hrs tho
Always seen FF name around, somehow never checked them out. Went into this without a semblance of an expectation, and woooooow that was awesome. Can't believe I've slept on them for so long
Yeah that really sucks for them. Yeah (I am Kyle Huntington, UK staff member from AP.net btw). I can't see Robin's response to the leak for some reason, what he say?
Can you elaborate on the sample? Where is it, and what song was sampled? Also, so.... this album is about him swimming across the ocean and getting his girl back, right?
This was the perfect album to listen to driving through the mountains in Pennsylvania while it was raining
Agreed, I was definitely stoned as hell on a leisurely night time bike ride and it was cold and cloudy and pretty much perfect. Living in AZ I don't think I'm gonna have a night like that again for a few months so I'm glad that worked out the way it did
This is just so unexplainably beautiful. Like I haven't began at all to unpack it because I just become hypnotized.
This is so beautiful. I feel like this record is begging for a long drive on an autumn evening or something.
I'm all on board the "hypnotized" train, going on a trip w/my wife to Montana/Wyoming. Talk about scenery+music...gonna be cathartic as junk