I can definitely see where this is all going now. We're building up to the big reveal of Dave as a person.
Havasu definitely suffered as a result of the pandemic. Wasn’t nearly as collaborative as Phoenix but I also choose to believe it’s meant to be a bit dour and monotonous considering the time of his life it’s based on.
god this is so good. he’s so good at getting to the root of a communicable, shareable feeling at the bottom of a hyper-specific story. he’s the master of that. it’s amazing
What?! ;D oh yeah, I might be able to see it with this one. I think I've already stated I really don't love those album covers, but all three albums themselves are great - Santa Cruz is definitely more surprising too
little help is such a great song. the little high note he hits at the end when he sings “i was getting pretty used to drowning” slays me
Really enjoyed my first listen. Excited to spend more time with it, but I could easily see it settling into my top three Pedro albums.
I'm digging the instrumentation on this much more than Havasu, but the specificity of the lyrics prevent me from connecting to it like those on Havasu. Bummed.
i've been super lukewarm on the hometown albums but enjoyed the hell out of my first listen. love that he brought back the care era sound
I personally really love super specific lyrics that I don’t necessarily relate to, but can empathize with. Growing up in an extremist Christian environment definitely makes some of this hit home for me. But overall this is basically everything I love about Dave’s music and writing in one and this is probably gonna be in my top 3 of his releases across all his projects.
This just took me from a “maybe I’ll listen to this over the weekend” to a “shit I need to hear this today.” Blanco and Care are some of my favorite Bazan.