The Chorus Music Club Society • Page 196

I am happy with the albums you got though, I think at the very least you’ll get some enjoyment out of them even if you don’t love them.

 

it’s not THAT bad!

 

the fact that st anger is worse than death magnetic says a lot

 

Again, the remastered Death Magnetic songs on Guitar Hero: Metallica are far superior to the album versions.

 

Oh shit I didn't know you got that too, everything I said about the birds in row album applies to the frameworks album, two of my favorites of the decade so far

 

I’ll post a list in here of the 30 records I received from Deathwish.

 

It's probably all shit I love haha I love everything I've heard that they've put out which I think is over half of what they've done

 

What’s this grab bag you speak of?!

 

They are one of the most consistent and hardworking labels out there. Their customer service is impeccable as well. I inquired about a good record player in order to play vinyl and I had an almost text message interaction with one of the employees.

 

10 for $10 CD Deal

It’s sold out unfortunately...

 

I’m most likely going to offer them up to whom ever wants them once I’m done ripping them to Apple Music. Anything I really like(mostly all of it) I’ll buy on vinyl.

 

You can tell when labels are run by people who really care about music. Everything anyone in Converge does outside of that band has the same intensity of passion running through between Jacobs label and Kurts producing and Nate and Bens other bands, they give back so much to the scene

 

We decided to trade a second album!

He gave me:

Starset: Vessels

and I gave him:

Acceptance: Phantoms

 

Took my time getting to it, but this week I exchanged one album with @Wall Of Arms. I listened to Clean by Soccer Mommy. I had never heard of them. I thought they were an emo band from the name alone. And when I went to look them up, turns out it's not a band, but the stage moniker of 20 year-old Sophie Allison, a singer/songwriter from Nashville. I was happy to be wrong, even when I recognized zero of the related artists on Spotify.

Soccer Mommy's bandcamp labels her music as "chill but kinda sad" which can honestly describe an entire generation of high schoolers at any point in time. It's an accurate summation of her sound. The album starts out slightly muted, with nothing but Sophie's voice and that reverb-laden guitar I've come to know and love by way of Julien Baker. The whole opening track sounds like she's holding something back. And she is, because Sophie starts complaining about the "cool girl" in the second song, while an infectious bass line effortlessly kicks in. The type of sound on display here is where I feel the album is the strongest. This upbeat tempo sticks around for the third track "Your Dog" and implements another catchy chorus, before being wound back in by the album's mid-point.

There are passages of songs where it's just Sophie and her guitar, and then there are the portions of the album where the whole band gets in the kind of groove that was made to elicit head-bobbing. In either case, Soccer Mommy's brand of "bedroom pop" is like a cross between Tancred and Phoebe Bridgers (the latter she actually opened for on a recent tour). I'll admit that I was not an immediate fan. It took maybe five full listens before I started getting the songs stuck in my head, and they've been there ever since. She seems like she's only just finding her voice, and I can't wait to see what she does next!

Favs: "Skin" "Your Dog" "Cool"
RIYL: being at a party where you don't know anyone but there is free beer, people watching, rolling your eyes until they get stuck

 

I will have 5 reviews for @Patterns in Traffic @skogsraet and @broken22 tomorrow night posted

 

Ps for anyone who says I recommend Starset too much (I do); I actually had given him another album but when trying to explain Starset to him I just showed him a song. He liked it a lot and said it reminded him of one of his favorites; so I couldn’t help but swap it for that album (yes @bachna84 the song I showed him was Ricochet)

 

I can vouch for this being true!

 

I’ve been meaning to check out Soccer Mommy, seen a lot of talk about that album on twitter recently.

 

Aside from a couple songs off the loads, I don’t see any reason to go beyond the black album when choosing to listen to Metallica.

 

The new record is great.

 

hardwired to self destruct is not good

 

Agree to disagree. Respectfully of course.

 

The feeling is mutual.

 

I think hardwired’s ok, it’s got the same problem with all the post 2000 albums. It’sjust too bloated and could have a number of tracks taken out to make it a better album. I feel it’s the best thing they’ve done since reload. Still there’s some good songs in there that I wouldn’t hate to see in the setlist which I can’t say about the previous 2 albums.

 

Agreed.