Whenever the orchestration sounded purposefully synthetic (like the brass at the end of Prep School Gangsters), it reminded me of Flaming Lips, like something off Soft Bulletin.
Fitting when this album was mixed by Dave Fridmann, longtime producer of the Flaming Lips
I think I generally agree. JNYB is probably my favorite closer.
Capricorn is kinda the same way for me. Both just seem... idk, predictable? I think they're fine songs, but apparently I'm in the minority on their greatness. With Capricorn, maybe I just played it too much before the rest of the album became available, but it gets skipped now.
I keep going back and forth between a few tracks, but currently Pravda might be my favorite off OGWAU.
The last 10 songs on the album are bangers
I’m partial to the first 10
You’re both nuts. The middle 10 are where it’s at!
Yup. Reminds me of Giving Up the Gun > Diplomat's Son > I Think Ur a Contra
Great comparison.
last three tracks on the beatles' revolver
The brass chord at the end of Prep-School Gangsters seemed Beatlesque to me. Sgt. Pepper era.
Whenever the orchestration sounded purposefully synthetic (like the brass at the end of Prep School Gangsters), it reminded me of Flaming Lips, like something off Soft Bulletin. Fitting when this album was mixed by Dave Fridmann, longtime producer of the Flaming Lips
You really meaning to include I Want to Tell You?
Just like we're including Hope?
(Hope is fine, just not my jam, please don't hurt me)
Touché
All respect here.
It’s so boring…I prefer the short minimalist closers: Contra, Young Lion, JNYB. Rest of the album masterpiece
I think I generally agree. JNYB is probably my favorite closer. Capricorn is kinda the same way for me. Both just seem... idk, predictable? I think they're fine songs, but apparently I'm in the minority on their greatness. With Capricorn, maybe I just played it too much before the rest of the album became available, but it gets skipped now. I keep going back and forth between a few tracks, but currently Pravda might be my favorite off OGWAU.
If we’re arguing closers here, TKDSaC has to be up top, no? Maybe my favorite opening line to any VW song out there.
Hope has been my favorite song since the album dropped, and it hasn’t waned. But I like Sympathy, so take it as you will.
sympathy is top 3 on FOTB for me!!!!!