The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (August 25, 2017) Album • Page 5

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This is beautiful.

Am I just living in the space between the beauty and the pain and the real thing?

 

Update: I still haven't found this but a lady at the record store asked if I wanted Queens of the Stone Age instead and I'm TRIGGERED

 

lmao

 

LOL

 

just hit play. all i've heard from this is 'thinking of a place' and i only listened to that once.

 

this is going to get a lot of play this weekend during long, aimless drives and/or nights with a glass of whiskey in my hand.

can't wait.

 

Hopefully not whisky in your hand during the drive! Don't be Don Draper or Julian from Trailer Park Boys

 

'course not, drives around dusk and come home to late night drinking.

 

wowee this is uh-amazing.

 

Get such Petty/Dylan vibes from this album (band in general). I think this album is going to take my appreciation of them to a whole new level.

 

Sometimes his voice comes so close to Dylan it's insane. Fucking LOVE it.

 

I can't believe looking at the tracklisting that some of those songs were as long as they say. They don't feel that long! What a great listen

 

yeah honestly "Thinking of a Place" feels like maybe a 6 minute song

 

Just had this moment with "You Don't Have To Go"

 

This year is insane. Not only can I not come close to deciding what my top 10 would look like, I can't even decide wtf to put on right now!! It's too much lol

 

spoiler: I put this on

 

i'm really into this. feels more in your face than the last one, it doesn't just wash over you. digging this

 

Yeah to me that's the biggest shift even if it's a subtle one... The production and overall vibe feels more "direct" somehow compared to Lost in the Dream, while still keeping all the great atmosphere that album had.

 

tinymixtapes did a good review on this as well: Music Review: The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding

the writer did a particularly excellent job outlining what makes Adam's guitar solos so unique to the emotion of his songs and as a contrast to "solo culture" in the classic rock tradition

 

Going to have to give this a full listen tomorrow - Nothing To Find popped on earlier and got those real good Springsteen vibes from it.

 

The bass line on "Clean Living" reminds me a lot of some Death Cab song--I think "Summer Skin?"

 

This is accurate

 

Same. I usually have sort of a running top 10 list in my mind. This year...nope. I'm not even sure what my AOTY is right now.

 

Same. I had it going until Brand New and Quicksand came crashing through. (Sorry other bands!)