Still have three songs left to go but man, I am impressed with this. I still love The Outfield and the two remixes that were released as well.
I think the songs are awesome through and through, but I wish the actual recordings had a little more oomph to them. Especially noticeable on "American Nights" and "Die A Little," which lose some punch from the live versions they've been doing. But that's the risk that comes with playing the record live for as long as he did before it got released. Still VERY happy with this project.
Very back heavy record in my opinion. The "Die A Little"-"Summerland"-"Coffee And Cigarettes" stretch is ridiculously good!
That's not even in my top 5 on the record! Guess that just goes to show how strong of a record it is!
Damn for real? It’ll prolly be in my top five songs of the year. I messaged Martin about that song when it came out, haha.
I think the opening 3 work really well together too, just in a different way. Hard to say though. Really love the way the whole thing flows. Some of the extended outros help a lot.
That’s kinda how he made the music videos too **stares off in the distance “I still think about chya now and then”
Yeah, like the album cover with the yellow on side one fading into blue on side 2 it really does a good job of being a whole album. Very cohesive and intentionally structured. I like that.
Those colours make sense with the stretches of songs too, for real. I didn’t even notice that but you’re absolutely right.
It was an adjustment getting used to the art because I loved the handwritten style of The Night Game, but I look forward to studying it when I get my vinyl later tonight!
Just finished my first spin of the album and really enjoyed it. Will definitely be getting played more over the next few moneth. A couple of things that stood out to me. Musically some of the songs remind me of Marianas Trench's Astoria, I think it's because of some of the guitars and just general melodic structure. Also when he does the kind of spoken vocals he reminds me a lot of Mark Knopfler.